Reborn Liverpool

Chapter 14: Aftermath of News Reporting

John Higgins, the sports editor of Liverpool's "Echo", hadn't paid much attention to interviews for Saturday's Tranmere game.

The level of League Two is too low. Liverpool citizens who are keen on football only care about the matches and anecdotes of Liverpool or Everton clubs.

Until the intern reporter Gina Walter submitted the report for review, Higgins saw the selling point at a glance.

The "Echo" is the quasi-official media of the Liverpool club, and Tranmere is a brother club of Liverpool, so the "Echo" will send staff to report on the small League Two game;
Everton is Liverpool's rival in the same city and a cooperative club of Manchester United.

It is not surprising that a young player kicked out by Everton played for Liverpool's Tranmere, but this player led the team to reverse the strong opponent with five goals far beyond the League Two, which attracted people's attention, especially Player is under 16 years old!
What's the best news?It is to make readers impressive and thought-provoking, and to pay attention to the subsequent development of things.

Everyone who read this news will be amazed at the strength of the players!Everyone will sigh: Three goals and two assists, not yet 16 years old, Everton, how much you hate this genius!
Next, readers will be curious about what happened to the players at Everton, and what will happen in the future?
This is news with life and vitality, and it perfectly embodies the English football's "pleasure comes from the opponent's pain" code of conduct!

The match report was featured prominently in the Sunday sports section of the "Echo" and soon appeared in front of Sunday readers.

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After Moyes went to Manchester United last summer, the Spaniard Roberto Martinez took over as Everton coach. Martinez led Wigan Athletic to beat Manchester City to win the 2013 FA Cup, which caused a sensation in English football. .

After loaning Lukaku and Barry last season, Everton successfully qualified for the European War with 21 wins and 72 points. The club also renewed the contract with Martinez this summer and bought out Lukaku with a lot of money. Kaku is a titan.

But in the 2014-2015 season, Everton's good luck was gone, and the team's performance declined. In the eleven rounds of the league, only three victories were achieved. The Cup situation is very good, but the pressure on coach Martinez continues unabated.

Fortunately, in yesterday's No.12 league round, relying on Lukaku's brace to defeat West Ham United, Martinez had another rare and comfortable Sunday.

This comfort was soon spoiled by the Les Echos on the breakfast table!
Under the age of 16, was terminated by Everton, stunning in the League Two, three goals and two assists!
This is not the point, the point is to release a young player early, I don't even know it!

Now there is a joke, and I have to take the blame. Look at what "Martinez has no eyes, and the Chinese genius wears a hat with tears in his eyes!"

"Everton is about to rule the world football for 20 years!",
Everton has been so good!How the fuck didn't I know?
Angry Martinez immediately contacted U23 coach David Unswater, only to know that it was true.

Martinez had to put away the "Echo" and was going to use it tomorrow to beat those club veterans.

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On Saturday, several small media in East London followed South Allianz to Liverpool, and after returning, they also published a few reports on the game in local newspapers.

Because of Nan'an United's defeat, most of these articles published in remote pages were short and peaceful, but they all mentioned "Zhang Mai" and "three goals and two assists".

In the end, the report of this League Two game did not cause any repercussions in London and Southend, except for Steve Walsh, who was on a business trip to London.

Steve Walsh is the chief scout for Leicester City, who have only been promoted to the Premier League this season, and saw the report in the hotel's free local tabloid today.

Walsh is unattractive, with a kind and smiling face all the year round, and has never had professional player experience.

Walsh became a physical education teacher as early as the 70s, and also worked as a part-time scout. The grassroots physical education teaching work has accumulated a wealth of experience for Walsh, allowing him to fully understand the characteristics of teenagers. and evaluate and screen.

Walsh joined the Championship side Leicester City with Nigel Pearson in 2011 and took on the heavy responsibility of recruiting for the club.

In 11 years, spent 100 million pounds, from the British Championship team Nottingham Forest, brought the captain central defender - Wes Morgan;
Spend 100 million pounds, from the British Championship team Barnsley, signed the midfield playmaker-"Drinking Brother" Danny Drinkwald;
Spend 120 million pounds, from the British Championship team Leeds United, brought the main goalkeeper, the son of Peter Schmeichel - Kasper Schmeichel.

In 12, he spent 100 million pounds to sign Jamie Vardy, an amateur player working in a prosthetic factory, from the fifth-tier league Fleetwood.

In 13, at a cost of 40 pounds, he signed Riyad Mahrez from Le Havre in the French second league.

As a result, Leicester City, which was originally in the middle of the English Championship, rushed to the Premier League in three years.

The work of scouts is the opposite of that of players and coaches. On match days, they have to go to various stadiums in the UK and even the world to observe the performance of target players.

The current situation of Leicester City is not very good, and the Premier League is at the bottom.

"So we need to find some good players!"

Steve Walsh sighed sincerely, and wrote down "Zhang Mai" and "Tranmere" in his notebook by the way.

An explosion in a low-level League Two game is nothing, but if the strength and performance can continue to improve, it will be terrible!

The next Jamie Vardy?No, it will be scarier than Jamie Vardy, who is only 16 and has a much brighter future than Jamie Vardy.

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Tranmere does not need to train on Monday. Zhang Mai can now come to the Hammond Sports Center for training in addition to the simulated training ground.

All community sports centers in England only have games on weekends, so there are usually no people on weekdays. There are only a few young children playing on Hammond's huge lawn, and Zhang Mai can practice with the ball on the lawn.

The administrator of the Hammond Sports Center, Old Hart, is a diehard Liverpool fan. He learned about Zhang Mai from yesterday's "Echo". In addition to their own camp (Tranmere), and the performance is still so good.

Therefore, Old Hart moved out all of Hammond's football training equipment, gave Zhang Mai free use, and promised to be on call on weekdays.

In this way, Zhang Mai can use these marker plates, marker poles, ladders and fitness rings to perform a full set of exercises with the ball.

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At Everton it was another scene:
Head coach Martinez was asked to take the "Echo" to the youth training camp early in the morning.Waldron hadn't come yet, and the hapless Devine was scolded bloody after being caught by Martinez.

Waldron, who was late, saw Martinez from a distance and avoided it, and secretly instigated his subordinates to report to Mr. Chairman.

Chairman Ken Wright was the highest decision maker for Zhang Mai's termination, so he had to pinch his nose and call Martinez.

"I decided, and I haven't had time to inform you, don't make a fuss about a League Two game! The guys from the "Echo" are exaggerating the facts to disgust us."

With a fast-moving head coach and an iron-clad club, Martinez naturally couldn't do anything to Mr. Chairman, but he finally achieved his goal of shaking the mountain.

Waldron escaped, but was hated by Mr. Chairman: If you fire a youth trainee, you have to wipe your ass!
Waldron, who was so angry at Zhang Mai, wanted to do something to fight back, but was discouraged by Tom Davis who came over after hearing the news.

"A small Yingyi may be Zhang Mai's lifelong job."

Yes, I already drove that nasty Chinese boy to the second division, why am I so angry!
(End of this chapter)