Legendary Road

The news that Yan Jing, who was originally just an equipment manager, became the coach of the Dortmund youth team has spread throughout the club.

Yan Jing arrived at Dortmund's training base at 08:30 in the morning.

In front of the gate, the bald and menacing Boonyan Sol is enjoying his breakfast today, a takeaway smoked fish sandwich and a cup of instant coffee from a fast food restaurant.

Saul also put down the sandwich in his hand when he saw Yan Jing walk into the gate, and greeted Yan Jing warmly.

"Yan, good morning! It's really early for you to come, and Michelle has just arrived not long ago."

"Good morning. In fact, I didn't want to stay at home until I went out. Jan, do you know where Mr. Michel is now?"

"It seems to be in the second venue. The fourteen and five-year-old children brought back by Kraft are almost all there. Michelle and Richard are inspecting them, but the U13 children are in the fourth venue."

"Thank you." Yan Jing glanced at the steaming coffee and sandwiches on the table in the security room through the glass window, and realized that he hadn't eaten yet. The aroma of coffee floated into his nostrils through the crack of the window. My stomach growled uncontrollably.

Yan Jing swallowed a mouthful of saliva and turned away.

"...Jan, your breakfast looks good."

"Haha, Yan, even if you say that, it's not your share!"

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"No, Kraft, I don't think the kid can do it."

"Why? Richard, you should have seen his skills and talents!"

"But he's so skinny, he looks like he's never had enough. He's almost never won against others, and he's not very strong."

"But he's a genius! I guarantee you'll be amazed at what he's capable of!"

"But I don't need such a genius in my team! Kraft, I'm afraid he will have a broken leg if he doesn't play two games in England!"

Yan Jing just came to the No. [-] court, looked around for a while and didn't see Zorke, but saw two people beside the court arguing fiercely.

"Richard, he's only 14 years old, he's not fully developed yet!"

"Yeah, he's underdeveloped, and he might be strong in the future. But Kraft, you know, if you put him in my team now, I'm sure he won't get even a minute of playing. Time! We have a lot of talent in this position, if you want him to be ruined here, then I have nothing to say!"

Kraft Fehn, head scout for Borussia Dortmund in Germany, is 45 years old.

At two o'clock in the morning last night, he took the plane from Augsburg back to Dortmund. After a brief rest of less than five hours, he came to the Dortmund training base.

Now, he is eye-catching with Borussia Dortmund U14s manager Richard Ratke for a 14-year-old.

The object of their argument is a teenager named Marco Royce.

Royce was brought by Kraft himself.

A few weeks ago, he spotted Reus playing at a Dortmund public football stadium on his way home.

Royce's delicate foot skills attracted Kraft's attention. Out of professional instinct, he chose to stay on the court to watch the children's game.

Although Royce's weak physique made him always at a disadvantage in physical confrontation, after seeing that Royce used fake moves to avoid physical contact with the opponent's defender, he sent a beautiful cross. At that time, Kraft felt that he must have found a treasure today.

Just look at this kid's IQ, it's unbelievable!

With his many years of scouting experience, Kraft believes that the skinny boy is definitely a good material to play football.

Poor physical fitness can be remedied in future training, but the innate sense of the ball is definitely something that can be encountered but not sought after.

So Kraft found Royce impatiently after the game, but he didn't tell Royce immediately that he was a Dortmund scout, he just asked about Royce's personal situation.

Perhaps Royce was aware of Kraft's identity, and he happily answered Kraft's question.

But when he heard that Royce was 14 years old, Kraft had to reconsider carefully.

Look at the size, where is a 14-year-old boy here?What the hell does he usually eat to grow into a slender bean sprout?

Of course Kraft understands the importance of physical confrontation in modern football, but he stared at Royce in front of him, looking left and right, still having difficulty making a decision, and finally he asked.

"Marco, do you come here to play every day?"

"Yes, sir, I come every day after school."

Then he would not stay in Kraft in Dortmund almost all year round, and there was no official business trip for a full week.

He'd go to that field every night to watch Sprout Boy Royce.

The more Kraft looked at it, the more he felt that Royce was a piece of rough jade, and finally he extended an invitation to Royce on the night of the seventh day.

"Marco, do you want to play in Dortmund?"

But now Richard actually told him that Royce couldn't get into his team at all!

Kraft stomped his feet anxiously, it was Richard the bastard again!

Before Richard Trake came to Dortmund, no one had ever questioned his vision for young players.But five years ago, on the first day Richard took office, he fired the three players he carefully selected. In the following years, Richard would always be picky about the players he recommended. They go into Dortmund to play.

To tell the truth, Kraft really wanted to jump up and bite Richard to death immediately to vent his anger.

Probably because the dispute between the two was too high-profile, many players on the field were secretly watching the two, including Royce.He heard the content of the conversation between the two, and intuitively told him that the two were talking about himself.

Royce immediately became nervous, and his attention was completely drawn away, and he was immediately intercepted by the opponent's full-back easily.

Richard glanced at Royce being intercepted, he sneered: "Look, this is what you call extraordinary dribbling skills and ball-handling ability?"

Of course, Kraft also saw Royce's poor performance, and he was speechless immediately, and his face was so angry that his mouth was crooked to the side.

Yan Jing searched the crowd on the court for 1 minute and finally saw the boy they were talking about. After carefully looking up and down for 2 minutes, Yan Jing was shocked.

God, who else could it be if it wasn't Royce!

Yan Jing's eyes lit up, this is the future German footballer!

In the 2012/13 season, Dortmund was able to win consecutive victories against strong opponents and enter the Champions League final under such fierce competition. The young new German footballer Royce contributed a lot.

However, the talented young man born in Dortmund almost passed the Dortmund club.

After playing the U17 game, the club rejected Royce on the grounds that he was too thin. Who knew that six years later, the boy with bean sprouts had become the absolute core of Borussia Mönchengladbach. The brightest new star in the Bundesliga!

After Royce became famous, more Dortmund fans learned that he came from Dortmund's youth training camp and was once abandoned by the club. Although the "hukou effect [Note 1]" is most obvious in England, it does not represent other countries. not in.

With more and more petitions from Dortmund fans, how to bring the 22-year-old talent back to his hometown has become the top board of Dortmund after Klopp publicly stated that the arrival of Reus will greatly enrich Dortmund's tactical play The number one topic on the table.

In the end, they spent 1750 million euros to impress Borussia Mönchengladbach-due to the impact of the overall environment, the prices of Bundesliga players have always been low, no more than the sky-high prices of the Premier League.

1750 million euros is definitely a sky-high price for Dortmund, which has been struggling financially since 2003.

If Royce can be retained, Dortmund can save the 1750 million euros... Such a good deal would be a fool!

With a heart to save money for the club, Yan Jing straightened his collar and walked quickly to the two of them, confidently preparing to talk about the tricks.

"Gentlemen, please listen to me..."

"Shut up!" "Go away!"

This is the subtle tacit understanding between Kraft and Richard, who are also in an extremely bad mood.

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Yan Jing looked at the fire-spitting eyes of the two, and shut his mouth in vain.

After Kraft and Richard reacted, they first glanced at the suddenly silent oriental man in front of them, and then suddenly looked at each other, and then turned their heads away in disgust to stagger their gazes.

This damn Kraft Finn/Richard Trakke!

The eerie atmosphere that hung over the trio on the sidelines finally faded after Zorc emerged.

"Oh, you are all here!" Zorke hurried over and explained the reason for his lateness, "I came early, but maybe it was because the sausage was too burnt this morning, and my stomach just felt sick. It was so comfortable, I went to the toilet once."

"Good morning, Mr. Zorc."

Yan Jing greeted his immediate boss honestly, but the two people who didn't see each other over there were not even interested in saying hello to his boss.

Zorke looked very understanding, he asked Yan Jing on the side: "Yan, are they fighting again? What is it about this time?"

Yan Jing briefly explained the situation, and Kraft finally couldn't hold back his chattering nature and began to complain to Zorke.

"Michel, you know, Marco is an absolute genius! I observed him for seven days, and I stayed in Dortmund for seven days because of him! I brought him with great difficulty today, but Richard told me he No, just because Marco is too skinny. Hell, we're not England here, we don't want that stupid boy with all the flesh!"

"Kraft, I'm the coach of this team! Do I have to listen to you whining about who I want? Be your scout and go travel at public expense every day. Our club is not the kind that doesn't report air tickets Miser, you don't have to worry!"

"Stop-stop-Kafe, Richard, I already know what's going on." Zorke raised his forehead and stopped the two people who were arguing, "Anyway, stop arguing, you didn't see Are the lads out there looking at you?"

Everyone cares about face, and Kraft and Richard finally calmed down when they noticed that a group of ladies who were not playing football were peeping at them curiously.

"Mr. Zorke...Actually, I just came to them, just to ask if the boy's physical fitness can't meet the U14 standard, how about joining the U13?" Yan Jing took the opportunity to tell the three of his suggestions.

"I don't care, anyway, I don't want it, if he wants it, take it away." Richard was casual about this suggestion.

"...But Marco is already 14. If he is allowed to join the U13, I am afraid he will not be too reconciled." Kraft seems reluctant to accept Yan Jing's suggestion.

"Oh, how about this, let's ask the young man what he thinks?"

The boss has spoken, and if Kraft is dissatisfied, dare to confront him?

So Royce, a bean sprouts boy with a timid face, was called to the sidelines.

It is also difficult for a 14-year-old boy to join the U13 team. After all, everyone has self-esteem.And often the self-esteem of geniuses is much greater than that of ordinary people, and it takes a lot of effort to get Royce to agree.

Yan Jing quickly organized his words in his heart, and stretched out his hand to Royce with a smile.

"Hello, Dortmund's future star, Marco Reus."

The author has something to say: Note 1: The so-called household registration effect was popularized in England, which means that the value of a local player is much higher than his real value.