Chapter 855 - 19: Defeating Montpellier! Striving for a Perfect September! Puma Has News!

"Arsenal defeats Montpellier 4-1, securing their first victory of the new season, likely to advance as the group leader without suspense!" — Manchester Evening Paper

"Ma’el scores twice, blasting in the 2nd goal of the new season’s Champions League, maintaining a hot streak, but temporarily ranking second on the Champions League top scorer list due to Messi’s four goals!" — Marca

"World-class goal! Ma’el’s aerial strike wins Best Goal of the first round of Champions League! The number of long shot goals by the player is about to surpass all the long shot goals in Messi’s career so far!" — Live Stream

"With September coming to an end, will Arsenal possibly win every match? Ma’el shares a photo on social media with his girlfriend drinking from a red mug, does this symbolize a victorious trajectory?" — Sun

"Overinterpretation, Sun is the most boring newspaper." — Isabella on social media

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On September 27th, Arsenal played their first English League Cup match of the season.

In this third-round match, their opponent was the Coventry Team, which was relegated from the Championship to the English First Division last season.

Facing such an opponent, Wenger was not even willing to send out the second team, instead opting for a lineup of the third team plus some second team players to complete the match.

Yennaris, Zhu Lu, Andre Santos, along with Angera, Mikel, and other players who usually do not make the main roster, played and earned valuable rest time for the main players.

In Ma’el’s mansion, several first-team members sat on the sofa watching this match.

"Are we still aiming for the English League Cup this season?" Giroud asked Ma’el with a smile, feeling that as captain, Ma’el should be in sync with Wenger on some ideas.

"Actually, I’m not sure either."

Ma’el understood what Giroud meant, shaking his head, "Mr. Wenger’s idea should be to keep moving forward and see if there’s hope for winning, then strive for it.

"It was the same last season. I remember when the team reached the quarterfinals, they still hadn’t made a firm decision, and only in the semi-finals did they decide to go all out."

Van Persie nodded, adding, "The focus this season should be on the FA Cup. Among the four competitions involved, the English League Cup is the lowest priority."

"Alright." Giroud shrugged, just joining the team, experiencing the feeling of being a strong team player, and hoping for all championships.

However, he must learn to prioritize like the Arsenal players did last season in order to achieve the best results by the end of the season.

After chatting for a while, Ma’el suddenly turned his head towards Bale, who hadn’t spoken the whole time.

Since officially transferring, Bale had joined the team’s training, but so far, he hadn’t gotten any playing time and was still adapting.

Wenger frequently called him to the office for private lessons, likely having some special plans.

Just not sure when he’ll get to play, and when will the MFJB combination be formed?

"Bale, have you heard anything from Mr. Wenger about playing time?" Ma’el asked proactively.

"Soon, I think," Bale smiled faintly, seemingly expressing that he didn’t mind it, as long as he can blend in well, anytime is fine.

Ma’el nodded and refocused on the game.

Ultimately, thanks to the goals from Chamberlain and Walcott, Arsenal crushed Coventry 6-1, securing the penultimate match of the month.

Thus, they won all 8 matches since the start of the season!

These included 1 Community Shield, 1 Champions League, 1 English League Cup, and 5 Premier League matches!

"Cheers!!"

After the match, Ma’el raised a glass clinking with everyone, full of hope, saying, "There’s only one league match against Manchester City left in September, and I hope we can enter October with an unbeaten record!"

"Let’s go.....!"

After encouraging each other, they chatted a bit more before preparing to leave.

At that moment, Bale suddenly picked up his phone, with his eyes lighting up, he smiled and quietly said, "Mr. Wenger sent a message, considering starting me in the next match."

Ma’el glanced at him, pinched his shoulder, and congratulated him, "Great, with you in, we’ll be even more confident about winning every match!"

A brand new forward line is about to set sail; by then, they might possess even stronger combat power!

After all, this is a forward line worth nearly 300 million Euros combined!

Giroud seemed to have thought of this, joking with everyone, "So that means, averaging among the four of us, I’m also around a 60 million Euro forward."

"Hahahaha.....!" everyone laughed together; it’s quite a way to average.

After sending off the teammates, Ma’el received an invitation from Puma and went to Puma’s headquarters for a small additional contract signing.

After Isabella’s company merged with his, Mendes had been helping him negotiate with Puma to remove the ’non-compete clause’ issue.

To have a personal brand like CR7 in the future, it’s a must-have!

Perhaps as an individual, bargaining with such a large company is difficult.

But this Ma’el is not the same anymore. Finally, after much deliberation, Puma replaced the previous non-compete agreement with a new contract and competition agreement.

The new contract term has reached 9 and a half years, from now until the start of 22 years.

And the new competition agreement only encircles brands like Nike and Adi that have competitive relationships with Puma, no longer restricting his own brand operations.

This contract shows that Puma values Ma’el’s personal demands and wants to keep him longer to capture more market share through him.

For this, they are willing to make concessions and sacrifices, even if it costs much in endorsement fees, they still give the player a bit of freedom!

"Vroom vroom..."

Ma’el was driving the new Ferrari 458 when he spotted a Bugatti passing by, his eyes showing a hint of envy.

In the short term, he definitely won’t be driving a Bugatti, but by the time Rafa comes out next year, he will most likely own one.

By that time, his public appearances will surely be even more eye-catching, as it is a truly top-notch super sports car!

Before long, he arrived at the Puma headquarters building, taking the elevator all the way to Alto’s office.