Manchester United legend

Chapter 5 Apprentice Contract
In the morning, Jost got up on time and took coach Ferguson's car to the Carrington training base.

At the gate of the training base, the doorman, Uncle Fat John, was listening to the radio.Seeing Ferguson's car coming, he hurried forward to say hello. "Good morning Coach Ferguson, you always come so early".Ferguson and John joked: "Drink less beer, John, look at you, I remember that you came to Manchester United with me to work, you are about to become John with a belly now."

John laughed, and Ferguson then drove in the car. Fat John, seeing Jost sitting in Ferguson's car, didn't pay attention, thinking that he performed well and was rewarded by Ferguson and trained with the first team. Sometimes, Ferguson would recruit outstanding players from the youth team into the first team training, so that they could feel the atmosphere of the first team.

After arriving at the parking lot, Jost went to the youth team training ground. Ferguson asked Jost to train hard and then went to his office to change clothes.

Jost did not go directly to the training ground. It remembered that Kidd asked him to go to the office to sign the contract. He came to the office of Kidd, the director of youth training. Jost tricked himself into the office. Kidd was drinking coffee and watching today’s news from The Sun. When he saw Jost entering, he took out a document from the drawer of his desk: "Jost, this is your apprenticeship contract. Look at the contents, and if you think it’s okay, you can sign this contract. If you don’t understand anything, you can ask me.

Jost saw that there were not many clauses in the contract, he got a two-year contract, what priority does Manchester United have to renew the contract, the reward mechanism for good performance, etc., the most important one is that he can receive a subsidy of 25 pounds a week, Jost thought, 25 pounds a week subsidy, 200 pounds a month, is enough for him to live on, but who would think he has too much money?See if you can win some money for yourself.

Jost: "Mr. Kidd, see if you can increase my 25 pounds a week."

Kidd laughed: "Haha, young man, I want to raise my wages now. You know how bad the British economy is now. You know how many unemployed people there are. The captain of your youth team, Gary Neville, is only a subsidy of 29.5 pounds a week.

How much do you think you are worth?You should also thank Coach Ferguson for getting this contract. Although Manchester United has turned around financially, Coach Ferguson still did not use money to buy famous stars. He decided to spend money on Manchester United’s youth training. Big contract, sign your name now. "

Jost was very unhappy with Kidd's attitude, and felt that he was arrogant and impatient.But for life, for his plan to help Sister Joan of Arc, and coach Ferguson's appreciation for him, he had to sign a contract, who made him unfamiliar with the place of life in England.

After Jost signed the contract and left Kidd's office, he secretly made up his mind outside the door to become the best player in England.He has to work harder and train harder.

But the ideal is full, and the reality is the backbone. In the technical training in the afternoon, Jost became the joke of the team again, and he is still the best in physical training.But in terms of technology, apart from knowing that the ball cannot be used with hands, Jost is inferior to the Manchester United youth team in some football rules. The technical training pass always deviates from the target, which made the youth team coach Harrison yell at him all afternoon.

Manchester United's training is amazing, pass, pass, just pass, in the words of coach Harrison: "First pass the ball well, and then find a way to beat the opponent, because the football game is to pass the ball, find the weakness of the opponent, pass the threatening ball, seize the opportunity to kick the goal to beat the opponent, so the training is extremely strict.

You have to do it all over again, whether it is physical or mental, it is hard work, and it is not a joke at all.Either do it right or do it all over again.Long pass, stop the ball, possession, short pass, run.

United's youth players learned the grit and technique necessary to tackle under pressure and move forward with speed and precision.Everything needs to be done quickly.Manchester United's competition is also the fiercest.If you don't work hard, Manchester United has a large number of talented youngsters who come to Manchester United for trial training every summer, and you will be eliminated easily.

Everyone who came to Manchester United wanted to stand out, so they all practiced desperately on the training ground. Jost was obviously behind, which made him feel a crisis.

Jost finds Coach Harrison and begs him to help him.Harrison asked Coach Peter to lead Joost to the No. 2 venue for individual training, which was a small lesson for him.

Sitting in Coach Ferguson's car at night, Jost said, "Coach, I don't think I will ride in your car anymore. I want to come to the training base by myself."

Ferguson: "Why Jost? Give me a reason."

Jost: "I want to run to the training base early every day, so that I can train my physical fitness and warm up in advance. Also, my skills have fallen behind in the team. Coach Harrison made a separate training plan for me. After hearing this, Ferguson agreed.

After dinner, Jost took the ball and went out to train again. Casey said to Ferguson: "Jost is really a hardworking kid. He is more diligent than Darren. He will definitely become the best player in England."

Jost came to a remote place with a football. He drew a circle on the wall and started kicking against the wall. At first, he couldn’t kick the ball into the circle. Later, he began to master some tricks. Occasionally, a ball could hit the circle on the wall.

Kicking, kicking, Jost felt that someone was watching him. It was an old man wearing a top hat and leaning on a civilized stick. The old man was watching Jost kick the ball against the wall.

Jost stopped and asked, "What's the matter, sir?"

The old man spoke with a Scottish accent: "It's okay. Watching you play football reminds me of a player who also kicks the ball against the wall for practice. What's your name? Are you a professional player?"

"My name is Paul Jost. I am a young player of the Manchester United team. My skills are very backward in the team. They always laugh at me, so I found a remote place to practice."

"Oh, what a diligent young man. Although you kick the ball against the wall to practice passing, you still need to master the feeling of the ball. Only by mastering the ball can you better control the football. The most common and effective way to control the football is juggling the ball. During the juggling process, you will master the characteristics of the football, learn how to control the football, how much strength you use, and what are the characteristics of juggling the ball with different parts of your body. When you bounce the ball back from the wall, stop it with your feet first. , and become good friends with it. If you really love your friend, your friend can love you. Only by juggling the ball to the point where you want, can you control football well. Argentina’s Diego Maradona can juggle the ball with any part of his body. He can even use a golf ball to juggle with his feet. When you do like him, you can also become a good player.

Jost had never heard of these techniques, and what the old man said opened his eyes.Jost saw Scholes practice like this on the training ground, but he didn't take it seriously at the time.

Jost thought to himself, "Jumping the ball, isn't it the same as kicking the keys. When I was in the orphanage, the director made me the keys. It was his favorite game to play. Ball juggling is similar to kicking the keys. It's nothing difficult."

Jost thanked the old man sincerely, "What should I call you sir?"

The old man chuckled, "Call me Sir Busby!"
(End of this chapter)