midfield god

Chapter 7 Harry Redknapp

Yunfei chatted with Bell for a while, and then Bell was called away by the team doctor. He just recovered from his injury and needs a final checkup to confirm whether he can play in the official game.

Although the training match just now looked like Bell was as lively as ever, the intensity of the official game is still much greater than the training match. For Bell, who has been injured before, no amount of caution can be overstated.

After bidding farewell to Bell, Yunfei came to a small training ground alone and continued his training. He wanted to retrain in reality what he had trained in the system at night, so that he could grow faster.

Generally speaking, boring training will make people feel boring. Many players will not train themselves at all. Daily training is already very boring for them.But for Yunfei now, training is really cool. If you can clearly feel your progress during training, I don't think anyone will refuse training.

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"Yunfei is still as diligent as ever!"

Coach John Craig noticed Yunfei who was training alone. In fact, many young players noticed this, and even some of them were a little moved. Could it be Yunfei's consistent training that made him finally improve?

"Maybe your decision is right, he might really surprise us!"

Assistant coach Steven Taylor's perception of Yunfei has undergone some changes. After all, the performance on the court is everything. Without outstanding performance, no matter how hard you work, it is difficult to impress these coaches.

"Well, let us wait and see, maybe he will become the team's most valuable asset along with Gareth and Theo!"

The Gareth mentioned by Coach John is Gareth Bell, Yunfei's good brother, and another Theo.It was another 16-year-old talent, Theo Walcott, a fantastically quick winger.In the current youth training camp, Walcott can be called the most watched talent, and countless people are optimistic about his future.

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Yunfei, who didn't know that he was valued so much by the coach, spent a few days in training.He trains every day during the day and continues to train in the system at night. Although the time is not long, Yunfei can still feel his progress. He is supplementing his foundation at an unprecedented speed, especially in his passing ability. During this period of time, Yunfei's main training goal is to improve his passing ability.

Therefore, every day on the training ground, you can see a diligent figure, running back and forth on the court constantly, kicking the balls one by one to the target you want to reach.Since it was a personal training and there was no one to help him, he ran back and forth panting after picking up the ball, but this kind of training never stopped, and the sound of passing the ball never stopped.

At this moment, the two came around the training ground, silently watching the figure running back and forth on the training ground.

"John, is this a player from your youth training team?"

The obviously older of the two squinted his eyes, looked at it for a while, and opened his mouth to ask.

"Not bad!"

John Craig nodded and replied.Obviously, this is him hanging out at the training base with the other party.

"Diligence can make up for it!" The older middle-aged man looked at the training ground, sighed softly, and turned around to ask, "Is there any plastic talent worth noting in the current youth team?"

John Craig understood what the other party meant. Although Southampton is now in the Premier League, the team's financial situation is still very bad. They don't have enough financial resources to expand their strength for the team. They can only rely on the team's internal potential to supplement the first-team lineup.

"Now the youth team has two pretty good youngsters, but they are still too young!"

Although John Craig understands what the other party means, the reality is like this. Both Walcott and Bell are too young now. Both of them are only 16 years old. For the Premier League, which is extremely physical confrontation, these two children are still too young.

The middle-aged man nodded without speaking.

"It's going to be the youth team's game soon. Then you can take a good look at the young people in the current team. If you like anyone, just say, I will fully support you here!"

That's all Coach Craig can do, and the rest depends on whether the opponent can see his children.

That's right, the slightly older middle-aged man in front of him is Harry Redknapp who just took over the team a month ago.This can be regarded as a well-known head coach in English football. He has coached both Bournemouth and West Ham United for more than 1 years. He is a guy with rich connections and resources in this three-acre land in England.

The head coach who had just dismissed from Portsmouth in November 2004 took over the coach of Southampton just ten days later. For this kind of head coach who is deeply rooted in English football, he will never lack a home.

However, the life of the head coach has not been easy recently. In the six games since he took office, he has 3 draws and 3 losses, without winning a game, including a 5:1 away loss to Tottenham Hotspur.The team's ranking is also getting lower and lower, deep in the relegation zone,
At present, Southampton has ranked bottom in the league for 5 consecutive rounds. It can be said that it is an arduous task to avoid relegation this season.

That's why Redknapp thought of visiting the youth team. It's hard for a smart woman to live without rice. It might be a good thing for the team's current stagnant first team to dig out some fresh troops from the youth team.

"Well, I'll take a closer look then."

Redknapp's face was full of worry, obviously worried about the current situation of the team.

He turned his head, looked at Yunfei who was still running on the field, and asked suddenly: "Will he play in the next game?"

Coach John Craig raised his eyebrows. He didn't know what the team's head coach was thinking, but he still replied: "He will also play. This may be the most important game for him. If he does not perform well, he will be persuaded to leave the team!"

"Oh?" Redknapp was a little surprised, and watched Yunfei's training carefully for a while, his frown relaxed a little.

"It seems that this game is still a bit interesting, isn't it?"

Redknapp smiled, did not explain why he said that, turned and left the training ground, leaving only the head coach of the youth team who was a little confused and stayed where he was.

(End of this chapter)