"Hu Lai, you have to take a driver's license test."
When Hu Lai finished the day's training and got into the car driven by Uncle Yong, his agent and driver, Uncle Yong, suggested to Hu Lai.
A week ago, they had moved out of the hotel and moved into the house found for them by the club. The rent was paid by the club, and all the furniture and appliances were included in the house. They only needed to move in with their bags.
After moving in, Yong Jun was responsible for driving Hu Lai to the training base every day, and then came back to simply clean the room, go shopping in the supermarket, and make lunch for himself. In the afternoon, he was busy working online and went out to pick up Hu Lai according to the time.
After taking Hu Lai home, we made dinner for two people.
"I definitely can't stay here forever. When I'm gone, how will you go to training? Take the bus?"
Hu Lai curled his lips: "The development of technology in this world is too slow. It's already 2025, and even driverless driving hasn't become popular yet!"
Yong Jun laughed: "Stop complaining, a driver's license is necessary. You are just short of basic necessities."
Of course Hu Lai knew that Uncle Yong was right, but he felt annoyed when he thought about taking the driver's license test: "Uncle Yong, how can I have time to take the driver's license test now? Training starts at nine o'clock in the morning, and at the latest it will be at 8:30."
After getting to the training base, training ended at 5 p.m. Except for the day before and after the game, I practiced twice a day at other times. It was a real nine-to-five. I felt that I was not here to play football, but to work.
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Yong Jun couldn't help but laugh after hearing what Hu Lai said: "We still need a punch card machine."
"Hey, don't tell me, we have complained about this in private. The whole time card machine will make it clear who is late and how many minutes late it is. Let's build a management system and call the police if anyone goes to the toilet for more than ten minutes...
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"Why should we call the police? Aren't people allowed to have constipation?" Yong Jun was puzzled.
"Constipation means that you did not strictly follow the recipes given to you by Ms. Schmidt, and your diet was unhealthy and irregular. Call the police and tell Ms. Schmidt and ask her to make you a bottle of 'love drink' to help you have smooth bowel movements."
Yong Jun burst out laughing.
He laughed so much that he almost lost his grip on the steering wheel.
"But this also shows that the club management is becoming more and more professional. Look how fast you have improved during this period. You have become stronger to the naked eye. You have played for more than two seasons in Flash Star. Except for the beginning, your physical data in the later period are basically
It hasn’t changed much. Since you came here, you have gained weight and become stronger, so I think your physical strength should also have improved." After laughing, Yong Jun said to Hu Lai, reminding him that these improvements were obtained through rigorous training.
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"Of course, Uncle Yong, I'm not complaining to you that training is hard. I personally enjoy it...especially being able to see my own progress. It feels a bit like I'm leveling up in a game and can see my experience increase.
As the level increases, as long as you think about it, you can change to more advanced equipment after reaching the level, no matter how boring the leveling is, you will not feel bitter."
"Speaking of this, do you think you can make the squad for the next round of the league?" Yong Jun asked a very critical question.
"I don't know about that." Hu Lai spread his hands, "The boss didn't talk to me either."
"Hmm...how do you feel about it personally?"
"What's your personal feeling? Anyway, I'm always ready. If the boss suddenly informs me that he wants me to appear, I won't be surprised." Hu Lai didn't brag, he was indeed like this, [Lingxi Card] and [Lover's Red]
He changed all the ropes and put them in the system space. In addition, although he has not played in an official game, playing various teaching games and intra-team competitions with his teammates in the team also gave him a feeling of playing with Premier League players.
The feeling of the game.
He found that if he plays in the way he is good at, he should be able to fight even against Premier League defenders.
For example, in today's training, he still scored a goal despite Quinn's fierce defense.
After all, his way of playing football is not one that relies heavily on his body, and he doesn't need to hold the ball too much. He just needs to find openings in the game.
In this regard, head coach Tony Clark is just like Matt said at the beginning. He knows him very well and does not arrange any tasks for him to pull out to create gaps for his teammates, drop back to receive and then organize the attack. For him,
The requirement is very simple, that is to score goals under the current Leeds City offensive system.
In the past few days, I also focused on asking him to cooperate with captain Lorenzo, using Lorenzo as a high center forward as a cover, how to find scoring opportunities around him.
The advantage of this is that he does not have to face the defensive center back directly like he did in Flash Star. His movement can be more flexible and he can give full play to his ability to run without the ball and find open spaces.
Through these more than 20 days of training, Hu Lai has gradually become familiar with Leeds City's tactical system and how his teammates play football.
For example, the team's most high-profile talent player, Pete Williams, is troubled by transfer and contract extension rumors, but his ability on the training field does deserve so much attention.
Comparing Brother Huan, whom he is most familiar with, with Pete Williams, both are offensive center midfielders. Hu Lai thinks that Brother Huan may be better than Williams in choosing passing routes - Brother Huan has lost his explosive power since then.
After that, he changed his playing style and became more and more like a pure passer. His handling of the last pass before the penalty area is currently the strongest among Chinese players - in other aspects he is not as good as his opponent.
Williams has a wider range of activities. He is a "B2B" (BOX TO BOX, from the penalty area to the penalty area) midfielder. He has excellent foot skills and sharp straight-line breakthroughs. In this regard, Brother Huan is completely better than Williams.
Can't.
This is also the reason why he can become the second shooter on the team.
Of course, this does not mean that Williams' passing ability is poor. He can also become an organizer who delivers scalpel-like fatal passes at the front of the penalty area.
The reason why he is slightly inferior to Huan Ge in handling the last pass may be that he is still young and lacks experience in organizing offense, but he has a good technical foundation.
After all, he is only twenty years old, so it is no wonder that everyone is optimistic about his future.
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"Mr. Caillot, I don't think this can go on any longer."
Rachel Cayo, who was looking down at her phone, looked up and saw the sharp eyes of Pete Williams.
"Have you made a decision?" Seeing this, Cayo pushed the lock screen of his phone aside and made a listening gesture to the players he was serving.
"Well, I feel that I have put too much energy into renewing my contract. If this continues, my career will be over. So I decided to end this chaotic situation. Go and tell the club that the team is the most important thing now.
The main thing is relegation, and the contract extension must be put aside. We will talk about contract extension after the season is over." Williams looked at his agent and said.
"Okay. If the team is relegated by then, we will leave..."
"No." Williams interrupted, "If the team is relegated, depending on the club's performance, if they invest more in order to come back quickly, I wouldn't mind staying..."
"Are you crazy, Peter?" This time it was Cayo's turn to interrupt Williams. "You said you would stay if you wanted to? The club will definitely renew your contract by then. Do you really want to renew your contract with them?"
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"Why not? As long as the club still has ambitions, I am willing to contribute to returning to the Premier League. But if the club's performance disappoints me, I will leave in the summer."
Seeing the young man saying this seriously, Cayo shook his head and sighed: "You think about things too simply, Peter..."
"Isn't this good, Mr. Cayo? I think we made a very simple thing too complicated before. As a result, my condition plummeted. If it continues to decline like this, I'm afraid that even if I want to leave, I won't be able to.
The team wants me. Mr. Jackson called me yesterday. He was very dissatisfied with my performance and told me that if this continues, there will be no place for me in the U22, let alone the national team."
After hearing what Williams said, Cayo fell silent.
The Jackson Peter mentioned is Ryan Jackson, the head coach of the England U22 national team. The 20-year-old Williams is a main player in the U22 and is also Jackson's disciple. Jackson is very optimistic about Williams' future, but
Now that he has said this, it is obviously a wake-up call for Williams.
As Williams' agent, he remembered what the young man's ambitions were.
Not just to be the best player at Leeds, but to be the best player in England.
He has failed to score a goal in thirteen consecutive league games. This performance is really inconsistent with his ambition.
Therefore, after experiencing a series of events such as a sudden coaching change and contract renewal, it is normal for this young man to plan to return to football.
He is Pete Williams after all.
After Sean Barnett moved to North London Wanderers, Peter Williams is the figure that Leeds City fans believe can become the leader of the team in the future.
Another reason why the fans and the club are not dealing with each other recently is that there has been no progress in the contract renewal negotiations between Williams and the club. This makes the fans think that after selling a talented player, the club has to sell a talent greater than Sean
Barnett's more outstanding Pete Williams.
But in fact it was not that the club wanted to sell Peter, but that Peter had doubts about his future with this team - to put it bluntly, he wanted to leave.
First selling the team's original main forward, then quickly agreeing to the resignation of the meritorious coach, and hiring a young coach with no top-level coaching experience... These actions do not look like an ambitious move.
What a club trying to compete in the Super League should do.
So even though Leeds City Club offered very attractive salary and bonus packages in order to keep Pete Williams, Williams did not agree to these conditions.
He told the club through his agent that he did not stay here to play for money. If it were for money, other clubs could offer him a better contract. The reason why he is still willing to negotiate with the club is because he
Love your hometown team.
His first condition for renewing his contract is that he hopes to see the club's ambitions.
It is hard to imagine that a twenty-year-old player would put forward such conditions when renewing his contract with the club, instead of asking for a certain weekly salary and a signing fee. After all, the vast majority of young people care more about their signing fees.
Can you bring him a super car, or can you buy a luxury house for him?
They have been training hard in various echelons for so many years and are finally going to stand out. How could they not enjoy it? Otherwise, what is the value of the hard work they have put in before?
The media is always keen to report on young players' lives of drinking and spending money, and then criticizes these young people for their indulgence and enjoyment. But the problem is that there are several young people in their late teens and early twenties who are facing explosive growth in income.
, can you stay calm and rational?
An adult who has received higher education may not be able to control it, let alone an athlete who has received a poor education, spends most of his energy on sports, and only thinks about muscles.
But that's not the case with Pete Williamson. He has a maturity and awareness that far exceeds that of players of his age.
He knows what he wants and is willing to fight for it.
"...So, Mr. Cayo, things have become very simple - I am only thinking about one thing at the moment, trying to help the team successfully avoid relegation, and during this period, I can play my worth."
Williamson made his decision known.
Rachel Cayo spread her hands: "You have the final say, Peter."
After receiving the support from his agent, Williamson was visibly relieved, and then he relaxed and the smile reappeared on his face.
Seeing him like this, Cayo made fun of him: "The little Pete I know is finally back?"
"I have been thinking about this issue these days, and now I think I am free." Williamson answered the agent's question with a smile. "I can put all my energy into training and games to make up for my previous mistakes."
What’s been missed.”
"I'm still a little curious, Pete. Why did you suddenly figure it out at this time? Is it because of that phone call from Ryan Jackson?"
When Pete Williams was asked this question, the first thing that came to his mind was the figure of the newcomer.
Every day you can see him sweating profusely in the gym, training under the guidance of Mr. Clement.
And his progress is visible to the naked eye.
I remember when I first saw Hu Lai doing bench press, the weight of the barbell was only 35 kilograms, but now he can push up to 60 kilograms... (Note 1)
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, it would be hard for Williams to believe that a person's training effect is so good and that he improves so quickly.
He had previously heard Hu Lai say that he only started regular football training five years ago, and felt that he just wanted to use bragging to attract everyone's attention and win everyone's envy and respect in the team.
Just a clownish clown.
But now he discovered that this person didn't necessarily sound like he was just blowing it off...
So Pete Williams, who had been a super genius for more than ten years, discovered a real super genius.
He admitted that he felt threatened.
But he didn't tell his agent what he thought. His pride prevented him from doing so.
He just smiled: "Yes."
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Note 1: Hu Lai’s bench press data was estimated by myself, referring to the level of basketball players. I did not find the bench press data of football players. After all, among football players, bench press is not like basketball and rugby.
Included in the official reference strength test.
If the data is wrong or wrong, if someone knows what the standard bench press strength of a football player is, I hope they can tell me the truly accurate number so that I can modify it.
For now, let's just leave it at that. Anyway, as long as everyone knows that Hu Lai's power has increased significantly through the dual effects of training and training scrolls.