Chapter 6 Hello, Leicester City!
For a Manchester United player or fan, red is definitely their most brutal color.
The hot red sparks make people's blood rush all the time.
On the contrary, if you ask Manchester United fans to choose their favorite color, there will be no doubt.
Must be blue!
Xia Xing's mother grew up in Manchester. Although her mother has been in China as long as he can remember, she has never forgotten to follow the home team, which he has been playing ruthlessly since he was a child.
Manchester United.
So whether Xia Xing can sign a professional contract with Manchester United, for him, it can be regarded as fulfilling his mother's wish.
He is passionate about red and hates blue. This is also the conditioned reflex in Xia Xing's football watching career.
At this time, looking at the blue in his eyes, Xia Xing found it quite interesting.
I never thought I would one day wear a blue jersey and compete.
The loan renewal has been completed, and Manchester United sent a special car to take the summer trip to Leicester.
It's very close to Manchester, just over an hour's drive.
Walking in the car, Xia Xing stared at the blue city.
As the tenth largest city in the UK, Leicester is not only a famous city in the UK, but also famous in Europe.
Leicester is not a large industrial city, but it is also a very famous environmentally friendly city in the UK. It is one of the five winners of the European Sustainable City Medal and is the only city in the UK to win this honor.
The characteristics of the temperate maritime climate, with cool summers and mild winters, make the city a good livable city.
It is located in the center of the UK and has no access to British transportation. It is very convenient to reach anywhere in the UK from there. It only takes about an hour to drive to London, Birmingham, Manchester, Sheffield and other famous cities.
After coming to the UK, Xia Xing used his spare time to go to many clubs for trial training, hoping to pursue a career in professional football.
Among them is Leicester City.
A month ago, Xia Xing had already applied for the sports management major at the University of Leicester. Although he was waiting for the admission notice, he waited in advance for the renewal of his contract with Manchester United and the loan contract with Leicester City.
"After all, he has a real connection with Leicester City."
The car stopped in front of the hotel, and the driver helped Xia Xing unload Dong's luggage.
"Hi, boy, good luck!"
The driver wearing a red casual jersey smiled and waved goodbye, and the car drove away, leaving Dongxiaxing standing alone outside the Leicester City theme hotel.
Soon, a waiter came.
"Excuse me, Mr. Xia?"
"Well, he doesn't."
"Hello, has he come specifically to greet you? Please come with him."
As we walked inside, the waiter introduced the situation.
The hotel is a theme hotel owned by Leicester City Club. It is fifteen floors high, has hundreds of rooms, is elegantly decorated, and has a strong football culture. The main goal is to attract fans from the away team who come to watch the game.
Xia Xing, who had just arrived there, was temporarily placed there by his new employer.
I packed up my gifts and rested for a month. The next day, I was guided by the club staff to make the initial preparations before signing the contract.
Although it was just a loan decision, Leicester City was unambiguous and conducted strict physical examinations during the summer trip.
Even if you have a good relationship with Manchester United, you can't loan out a useless person.
After all, whether Leicester City could achieve the goal of overtaking that season required sufficient bench depth.
Xia Xing's physical examination report was immediately placed on the desk of recruiting director Steve Walsh.
Looking through the report, Walsh frowned slightly.
After thinking for a moment, I made two calls.
Soon, two middle-aged men came to Walsh's office.
"Jon, Nigel, here we come."
The two people who came were the team's director of football Jon Rath and coach Nigel Pearson.
Russ walked steadily eastward and looked at Walsh with a smile.
As the team's football director, Lars is a very calm and experienced character with rich experience in managing the team.
Compared to Lars's calmness, Pearson's character is more fiery.
As soon as he entered the room, he spoke directly: "Steve, he is studying the team's recruitment issues. He is busy and has no time to come to my place to drink coffee and talk about Leicester comedy tomorrow."
Walsh laughed: "Oh, his dear brother, is their Leicester comedy a well-known art in Europe? Why can't I always watch it?"
"He would rather spend more time studying football than studying comedy."
"Okay, my football nut."
Director of Football Lars listened to the two chatting with a smile and slowly said: "Steve, is that young man from Manchester here?"
"Hey! That guy of mine is really smart!" Walsh slapped his thigh. "I'm really a smart guy. I guessed wrong! He came to Leicester yesterday. Here, here's his medical report.
.”
Looking at the folder handed over by Walsh, Lars smiled and waved his legs: "He can guess the truth without looking at it."
"Oh? Can I guess it?"
"Should I have a physical examination? It turns out it's nothing."
"You can't say that. After all, his physical examination results have passed, and he doesn't rely on his body to make a living..."
While Walsh was explaining, Pearson next to him snorted, his face full of displeasure.
"What did he say? That exhibition game that I blew up, just because I, the layman, looked good, he didn't look good at all!"
Walsh shook his head helplessly: "Don't say that..."
Pearson did not save face and expressed his dissatisfaction bluntly: "He doesn't care about him at all. Maybe his skills are remarkable and his speed is good, but his physical collision is too bad. Go to Spain, France, Portugal
, Leagues like the Netherlands may be good, but if you don’t play in the English Championship, you won’t be able to play!”
Walsh was speechless, and Lars hurriedly spoke to lighten the mood.
"After all, that young man has passed the physical examination, and his skills and speed are really good. It would be good for him to work as a laborer in the east, and his weekly salary is 3,000 euros, which is not much."
"Can you..."
Pearson wanted to say something, so Walsh took out a team list and pointed to the names on it for Pearson.
"Midfielders Matthew James and Drinkwater, defender De Laet, these three players are the main players of Leicester City.
"Don't forget, they were all brought in from Manchester United.
“Leicester City was not the only team that wanted to sign for them at that time.
"Watford, QPR, Burnley...
"They were all interested in those three players,
"Qu Chu did not bring those three players to Leicester City because of the chairman's reputation.
"Manchester United made a very good mistake. That time they wanted to loan their young players to them for training.
"He didn't even think about it before he just agreed to Dong Lai!
"He is the team's recruitment director and he must consider the relationship between Leicester City and other teams!
"Especially a large and wealthy family!
"They gave it up without caring, and maybe they will become the core of their team in the future!"
(End of chapter)
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