Father Green

Chapter 2 and One: Calvin Davis
"Retired?" Charlotte was stunned for a moment, completely unresponsive.

"Yes, I originally wanted to play for another season or two. But Mark's performance made me realize that I am really old. Sometimes...I myself feel powerless. In training, Daniel and Mauro's shots made me realize that I am really old. Can judge the route and direction, but the body’s reaction will always be slower, so it’s too late to be dissatisfied!” Calvin Davis said with some emotion.

Charlotte only reacted at this time. Calvin Davis has been 36 years old since the start of this season.Even in the goalkeeper position with a relatively long career, retiring at this age is not an early retirement. After all, not everyone can become an immortal like Buffon or Cheney. Er, evergreen.

And Charlotte can understand Davis' decision, after all, he was the absolute main force of the team before, the owner of the No. 10 jersey.But last season, after Charlotte brought Ter Stegen to St. Mary's Stadium with the value of breaking the transfer record of the British Championship goalkeeper, the veteran gradually withdrew from the main lineup, although he can be selected for every game , but also sat on the bench for nine full [-] minutes per game.

Ter Stegen performed very well. Although he was still young, he made his competitors feel desperate. Otherwise, the team's youth-trained Polish goalkeeper would not have chosen to transfer and leave last season.

So after spending last season, Davis is also very clear that he has no chance in the team, and he also considers that at his age, even if he transfers to another team, it will be the fate of a substitute, even if he performs well. Well, there's only one or two seasons left to play at the most.

Davis, who has had a professional career for more than 20 years and has seen the ups and downs of his life, has naturally seen through it, so he doesn't care about one or two seasons of games.After all, compared to moving to the third or fourth tier leagues like League Two or League One to play a few games, it is better to retire in Southampton, which has now become a Premier League team.

With so many careers, Davis has played for seven different teams. His footprints range from the Premier League, the British Championship, League One to League Two. Except for the fifth level of the National League, he has almost played for all levels of professional football in England. Having played in the league once, players with such experience naturally don't care about the short-term contracts of one or two seasons in the League One or League Two teams.

Although Davis has played for the Premier League team for two seasons, he played for the Premier League team for the first time in the distant 1999-2000 season, when the old century and the millennium were handed over, he played for the Premier League veteran Wimbledon Team.

But the sad Davis didn't play a game, and Kuangbang was relegated.

The second time he joined the Premier League team was in the 2005-2006 season. He was bought out by the black cat Sunderland from the British Championship team Ipswich Town at a price of 130 million pounds.This time Davis was lucky, because he represented the black cat Sunderland 33 times in various competitions, which can be regarded as an addiction to the Premier League.

Unfortunately, although he played very well that season, his performance was not satisfactory to the Black Cat.After all, weak teams are goalkeepers, and Sunderland has never been a strong team. Naturally, the requirements for goalkeepers are very high.

So Davis, who couldn't satisfy Sunderland, was sold by the Black Cat to Southampton, who had just been relegated to the British Championship at the time, in the second season, and thus started the Saints' six-year career.

Charlotte, who has figured this out, naturally understands Davis' thoughts, but the position of goalkeeper is not easy to replace.An excellent main goalkeeper is hard to come by, but a qualified substitute goalkeeper is also hard to find.

You must know that it is impossible for those young and capable players to be the second goalkeeper. After all, as long as the goalkeeper position is not injured, the main goalkeeper can play almost all games in a season.

And those older goalkeepers are either going to retire soon like Davis, or they are excellent substitute goalkeepers held by other teams, and Southampton can't dig them.And they are a few years younger than Davis, and they are serving as the main goalkeeper of a certain team. Who is full and interested in Southampton's second goalkeeper.

Charlotte fell into a faint sadness
After thinking for a long time, Charlotte finally said frankly: "Calvin, you know that it is not easy to find a substitute goalkeeper in the market. And our transfer fee for this season. To be honest, there is no remaining transfer funds to introduce a substitute goalkeeper. "

Davis naturally understood what Charlotte meant, and he thought about it for a while.There is indeed no good substitute goalkeeper in the current transfer market. At the same time, the goalkeeper of the youth team is unbearable, at least far from being a substitute in the Premier League. After all, not everyone belongs to Ter Stegen.

"So I'm waiting for a season?" Davis scratched the back of his head.

Charlotte smiled bitterly: "It may be more than one season. I think you are not too old to play. The team finally climbed out of the quagmire. Maybe you can experience the Premier League."

Davis was a little caught off guard by Charlotte's retention. After all, if he made this decision in his imagination, Charlotte would definitely agree immediately.After all, my own strength really can't keep up with the rhythm of the Premier League. At the same time, Charlotte has never retained those players who want to leave the team (the outside world does not know that Charlotte retains Lallana), even Lambert and Al ·Ganassi's love will sell Charlotte directly, and there is also a sad Jonathan Ford in the reserve team.

So Davis didn't know how to answer for a while. He expected to stay for at most one season before, and it would be almost the same when he turned 36 years old. But judging by Charlotte's meaning, it seems that it may be more than one season.
"How about it, Calvin. I think you can take time to participate in coaches' away games during the intervals of normal training. I don't know if you are interested in the goalkeeper coaching industry? If possible, I hope that in the next time You can continue to stay at Southampton as the second goalkeeper and goalkeeper coach, and make a final contribution to the Saints' great cause."

"Of course, once we find the right person, you can transition seamlessly into coaching."

Davis was stunned for a moment, and to be honest with Charlotte's proposal, he would be deceiving himself if he was not moved.I have been receiving football training since I was seven or eight years old, and now I am 35 years old. There is nothing else in my life except football.

Although his strength is mediocre, he can definitely get by in the low-level leagues, so he doesn't need to work as a worker in a cannery in addition to being a player like Lambert before to support himself.

But apart from football, he knows nothing about other industries, and after retiring, it is definitely not a long-term solution, and he has to find other jobs.

These ideas flashed in Davis's mind, and finally linked into a straight line.

Since I still have to find a job after retiring, why not directly engage in the football industry I am familiar with?

Davis suddenly thought of his teammate Gary Monk. Charlotte had placed high hopes on this veteran player, but he did not expect to be seriously injured and retired after half a season. It's pretty good, so...why not try it for yourself?
"I think...that's a good idea, boss!" Davis grinned.

Charlotte also laughed, Davis being able to stay on the team was a great help to him.Although the strength of this veteran can no longer gain a foothold in the Premier League, it is more than enough to play some unimportant games with his rich experience.

In this way, Davis re-signed a contract with Southampton as the second goalkeeper plus goalkeeper coach.In the new season, he will do his best to help No. 35 goalkeeper Ter Stegen.After all, what the German kid lacks most at present is experience, and the [-]-year-old Davis will definitely teach the little lion a lot by precept and example.

At the very least, it should be better than the youth team goalkeeper coach who was a guest coach of the first team before, isn't it?Southampton's youth training is very famous and has produced many excellent players in positions, but I have never heard of them training a good goalkeeper
After persuading Davis, Leo Rhodes, who hadn't seen him for a long time, found Charlotte, and it was also about player transfers.

"There's an update on Kevin De Bruyne, the Belgian midfielder you told me to focus on, even though he's with the team for Chelsea's pre-season training and had a first game against Seattle. But the Blues coach Di Matteo has clearly told the Belgian that he is not in his tactical plan for the new season, so the Italian coach hopes that he can sit on the bench for a period of time and participate in the reserve team game at the same time." Leo · Rhode rushed into Charlotte's office in a hurry, and after talking a lot, he directly picked up the tea made on Charlotte's table and took a few sips.

"Participate in the reserve team game? As expected of Chelsea. Fucking local tyrants!" Charlotte's mouth twitched, feeling the urge to beat someone up.I don't know whether it's because Chelsea sent the talented players bought for 900 million pounds to play in the reserve team or because Leo Rhodes's way of drinking tea by chewing peonies made him feel a little bit distressed about the Shifeng Longjing he finally brought.

"Of course De Bruyne quit. When he joined Chelsea in January, he had the idea of ​​doing a big job. Now that he has joined the team and hasn't played a game for half a season, he will be sent to participate in the reserve team game. , and I don’t know when he will be able to survive, of course he is unbalanced, so it is said that he is going to change his club." Li Ao said mysteriously.

Charlotte gave him a blank look. Of course, Charlotte already knew about the so-called information that Leo tried in every possible way. After all, he had paid attention to "Tintin" before, so he knew the development trajectory of the Belgians very well. .

"It is impossible for Chelsea to let him transfer like this, otherwise the Blues will become a joke. Although the Russian owner is very rich, his money does not fall from the sky. So a win-win situation is to rent De Bruyne Go out, and then wait until the time is called." Charlotte touched his chin and said.

Li Ao's eyes widened, with an expression of seeing a ghost: "How do you know??"