The World's Greatest Football Club

David Dein still clearly remembered how Arsène Wenger had looked when he first met the new owner, Mikhail, the night before—so shocked that he had nearly lost his composure.

But he did not laugh at Wenger for it, because when he himself had first met Mikhail, he had not handled it much better.

He had even found it hard to believe that this young man was the mysterious investor.

Of course, after David Dein introduced Mikhail's identity, Wenger became even more shocked and flustered...

This young man, who looked like a university student, was actually a Russian oligarch worth over ten billion US dollars?

And the deputy speaker of the State Duma, no less!

For Wenger, who spent every day buried in his team, it was unimaginable that someone like this could even exist in the world...

The geniuses in Wenger's eyes had originally been players like Thierry Henry on his own team, Cristiano Ronaldo at Manchester United, Kaká, whom AC Milan had just signed, and of course Lionel Messi at Barcelona. Those were the dazzling young talents Wenger considered true geniuses.

But after comparing them to the Mikhail standing before him, Wenger realized that his horizons had been far too narrow!

Those so-called footballing prodigies whom the media hailed as "once in thirty years," "once in fifty years," or "once in a century" were truly not worth mentioning beside Mikhail...

Of course, everyone had their own field of expertise, so such a simple and crude comparison was not exactly fair.

The very first thing Wang Ye said made both Wenger and David Dein jump to their feet.

"Since I have acquired Arsenal, I will not be content with small-time ambitions. My goal is to build Arsenal into the greatest football club in the world—the undisputed greatest," Wang Ye