fat man who can't play football

Chapter 177
Back at the hotel, Steve had another shameful insomnia and had to board the bus back to Leeds with huge dark circles under his eyes.

Steve put his neck comfortably on the small pillow, and took advantage of this rare comfortable time to carefully study the team's latest schedule—the interval between the League Cup and the tenth round of the league was less than 48 hours. time.

The fat man always thought that the officials of the FA had a bottom line, but the fact gave the fat man a resounding slap in the face. The officials were not only black-hearted but also treated the players as human beings.

Even the donkeys of the production team have to have rest time.

The fat man was subconsciously whipping the FA officials hard, when a harsh ringing of the phone interrupted his obsession.

The new director Horta called, and it seemed that Lao Gao's affairs had something to do with it.

"Hello, Director."

"Steve, I have good news for you. Our go-between has hooked up with Gao.

Gao was very interested in our invitation, and the contract negotiations went very smoothly.

Gao is likely to catch a flight to Leeds tomorrow, when the final details of the contract will be hammered out. "

"Wow, this is really great news. Gao will definitely not let us down. I'm already on my way back, so we'll talk when we have something to do."

"Okay, see you (See u)."

On the evening of the second day after returning to Leeds, Fatty, who had been busy training for the players all day, was notified again by Horta.

That man - Gao Hongbo has arrived.

Fatty was debating whether to take the initiative to meet Gao, but after thinking about it, he gave up the plan.

Now the contract negotiations between the club and Gao are in the final stage, and it is better to wait until everything is settled.

In the office, the fat man was bored watching the game video, but his thoughts drifted to the other side.

In the previous life, I only saw the figure of the high-level guide on TV. After time travel, I basically had no chance to contact Chinese football players.

This time he could see the vivid guidance of Gao Hongbo, Fatty felt inexplicably happy in his heart.

It's like coming to a strange world and finally being able to connect with this world.

Fatty was anxiously waiting for the result of the high-director's contract negotiations. At this moment, a lady broke in and interrupted Steve's anxious emotional rendering.

Jesse Ward!

Currently the director of youth training development at Leeds United, she is deeply loved at Elland Road as a meritorious task for the Leeds women's football team.

In the past few years, she has been engaged in the important task of educating young players at the club, helping these young people living in other places overcome homesickness, get rid of anxiety, and guide them to adapt to the intense professional football environment.

You must know that young players are not mature in all aspects such as physical and psychological, and the anxiety of whether they can make it out is always with them. After all, a youth team of one age group will have at most two to three players entering the first team.

Most young players also worry about the risk of injury during the ball-up period, and often a serious injury will end a young player's career.

Steve himself is a living example. Fatty, who was still a handsome boy at the time, received a lot of care and encouragement from Ward after he was injured. Fatty still inherits this gratitude in his body now.

Ward is proudest of having guided James Milner and Fabian Delph on the right track, telling them how to grow as professionals.

Step by step, they helped them into the Leeds first team, and taught them a professional attitude, which made them improve day by day. In the end, both of them became England internationals.

This lady can be called a club legend.

Ms. Ward's latest masterpiece is Lewis Cook. The little Cook she trained gradually shined in British football and was also selected for the England national team, which once again polished the signboard of Leeds' youth training.

Steve couldn't help thinking that it must be something very important for Ward to come to him at such a late hour.

"Hi, Jesse."

"Steve, there's no need for too much small talk. I think you know what I've been doing with my team."

This lady is still as simple and rude as ever. Steve knows that because of Ms. Ward's achievements in youth training, she has a great say in the introduction of young players in the club.

Because it is a long-term task to inspect a young player, the scouting team of the first team often cannot spend so much time and energy on young players.

Ms Ward organized a group of football-loving Leeds fanatics who were willing to collect information on young talents in various parts of Leeds for a small fee because of their love.

School and community football is an important part of England's youth development programme.

The high popularity of football in England has brought the football population on campuses in England to 40.To discover a player who can embark on the road of professional football among so many people is undoubtedly looking for a needle in a haystack.

But Ms. Ward and her fanatical followers went through countless arduous and tedious days of running around, and forcibly found treasures from the sea.

The Ward team discovered Delph from Tong Middle School through the figures of shuttling through the major stadiums one by one.

And brought this lost pearl into the Leeds first team. If Leeds hadn't been in the quagmire at that time and had to sell Delph for cash, this "black pearl" would definitely shine even brighter in Leeds.

In recent years, because Ward and her friends have helped Leeds discover many young talents, the Leeds club is now well-off, so it has increased its financial investment in the team.

These fanatics who stick to football have expanded their current search network, going to more and farther places to search for talents for Leeds.

Ms. Ward is here tonight to talk about the surprises of those searches.

"Steve, I don't know if you still remember Harland when he was with the team."

"Of course I remember, that old guy almost hiccupped when he flew on a plane in 98."

Fatty's remaining memories can't help but go back to that frightening moment. This Norwegian iron guard can really be said to have escaped from life.

It was still on the night of March 1998, 3. After Leeds United finished their away game against West Ham United, chairman Ridsdale, all the players and coaching staff arrived at Stansted Airport in northeast London and boarded the stadium. An old propeller plane returned to Leeds to prepare for the home game against Barnsley in 30 days.

The head coach Graham returned to his home in London for the night and did not follow the team back to Leeds.

The team has just experienced a 0-3 disastrous defeat, and the mood of the whole team is not good.

At that time, the HS 748 the team took was a small and medium-sized aircraft that could carry 40 passengers. It had been out of production for 10 years at that time, and it mainly performed domestic missions.

Just as the wheels of the plane on which the Leeds team was flying had just left the ground, the propeller engine on the right wing suddenly exploded!
Originally the co-pilot was flying the plane, but the experienced 61-year-old captain Hackett decisively took over the joystick of the plane.

The plane veered violently to the right as the engine stopped suddenly, so he turned the rudder full left, steered the plane back toward the runway, and landed again.

The grass at the end of the runway was undulating with a road running through it, so when the nose wheels hit there, the nose sank into the ground.

The plane at this time is full of fuel, and a bigger explosion may occur at any time.Danger hangs over the 40 passengers and crew.

The captain turned Qianlong around by virtue of his superb driving skills. Experts spoke highly of the handling of all passengers and crew after the accident, believing that it was a "textbook emergency evacuation".

Of the 40 passengers, including 18 Leeds United players and four crew members, only O'Reilly (then Leeds United's assistant coach) suffered a minor shoulder injury.

Notable Leeds players on board at the time included goalkeeper Nigel Martin, defenders Ian Hart, Gary Kelly and Haaland, midfielder Bowyer and Dutch striker Hasselbaink.

If this accident caused an air crash, then Leeds United will suffer a fatal blow and may usher in a long dark period.

At the time, Haaland was still terrified in an interview after the incident: "I was sitting in the middle and just as the wheels started to leave the ground, I saw flames coming out of the engine.

Seconds later there was a huge explosion and the entire engine was ablaze.Everyone on board could see the flames and explosion, and everyone seemed to be yelling: 'Fire! Fire!' '

The plane is actually still climbing at this moment.

Immediately the buzzer sounded and the flight attendant said we were going to make an emergency landing, please get ready.Then the plane landed, and the flames grew bigger and bigger.

O'Reilly was sitting next to the emergency exit, and he pushed through the emergency exit very quickly and started getting everyone out.

He was the last to jump out of the plane after guiding all the passengers out of the plane.

Everything happened too fast, too thrilling.I can't even recall what I've been through. "

It was the survival of the catastrophe that saved Leeds' hope, which created the young guards that shocked Europe and reached the semi-finals of the Champions League.

Harland also became the backbone of Leeds' defense at the time. From 97 to 2000, Harland played 64 times for Leeds in the league and scored 8 goals.

"Steve, I have to say you're still as sarcastic as ever. It's just that Harland's son is an amazing talent named Erling.

Speaking of which, this kid was born in Leeds, about one and a half months after his father transferred to Manchester City.

In the just-concluded Scandinavian U17 Championship, people from our team inspected Harland's performance.

Speaking of which, we didn't make a special trip to investigate him, but this young man's performance quickly aroused our interest.

We also went to Norway to inspect his performance in the league. The young man's current team can only play in Norway's secondary league.

But the team has seen his talent and has begun to consciously train him, giving him a lot of playing time. "

Fatty took the scouting report handed over by Ms. Ward, and the report in the data column was quite eye-catching.

Haaland hasn't scored a goal in 16 appearances for the team (Blainey) (12 of which came off the bench), and that's only in the Norwegian secondary league.

Fortunately, the fat man still has the memory before the time travel, and he knows that Harland is an amazing center, otherwise he should suspect that Ward has received black money at this moment.

The report on Harland's physical fitness quickly attracted Fatty's attention.

When he was a teenager, Harland was better at handball and track and field. When the friends of the Ward team checked the information, they found that Harland still held a world record for standing long jump in the 5-year-old group. In January 2006, he Jumped out of 1 meters.

Looks like he has a lot of explosive power.

And his slender figure (he has grown to 1.9 meters, and there is a tendency to continue to grow taller) seems a bit too tall on the football field, which may affect his future growth.

After all, according to this height, his running speed and center of gravity change on the court will definitely be affected.

However, under the guidance of his father, Harland adapted to the physical problems well, and gradually became more interested in football, and he devoted more energy to the green field.

Through training, currently he can complete the 6-meter sprint in 60 and a half seconds.This is what the Ward team found out from Harland's enlightenment coach.

Ward's people have estimated through the game video that this 1.9-meter-tall guy sometimes sprints as high as 35 kilometers per hour in the game.

Seeing this, the fat man couldn't help but start shaking his hands. This is simply a natural center model, with both height, speed, and explosive power. He only needs to polish his football skills and he will definitely shine on the field.

Fatty silently put down the scouting report in his hand, and looked at Ms. Ward eagerly, what a fairy!I really want to kiss her.

"Steve, our people have had private contact with Harland as well, although it's a bit out of the norm.

But we got good feedback, Haaland told us that he has always had a dream, which is to help Leeds win the Premier League title.

He believes he can be a better player than his father at Leeds. "

"Oh! Ms. Ward, I must pay you the utmost respect for your work.

At present, it seems that Haaland's physical condition has not adapted to the requirements of the professional arena, but his talent is visible to the blind.

If I miss him, I think the Leeds fans will kill me.

Please continue to follow up on his investigation, and I will find a way to persuade the club executives to buy him. "

The fat man paused, and then remembered another thing: according to the last test of "Kimchi" Zidane, the opponent didn't even know that B Fee had transferred to Manchester United, according to this time point.

Zidane can see that Harland has also moved to Dortmund, but the other party can see Erling at the Red Bull Salzburg.

Although Harland's talent at that time also attracted the attention of many teams, it still reached the stage of becoming popular later.

At this time, by quietly attacking Harland, I believe there are many possibilities for success.

Zidane's sniping cannot always be without dead ends.

Now the fat man was not calm at all, and decided to find a suitable time to have a good talk with Horta.

Just thinking about the name of the Spaniard, the other party called.

When Steve answered the phone, he glanced at the time on the screen. It was already one o'clock in the morning on October 10.

Horta on the other end of the phone couldn't wait to say: "Steve, I guess you haven't fallen asleep, I have good news for you, Gao's contract is settled."

"Good job! (Good job)"

The framework of Fatty's coaching staff has been further improved, and there is a sense of sight of the return of the gods.

(End of this chapter)