Red Rebels

Although it is morning, in Manchester, there are always some days a year when you can't see the sun when you wake up in the morning.

But without the disturbance of sunlight, the alarm clock placed beside the bed is always heard.

Then there was the knock on the door as his mother cooked breakfast and came upstairs to wake him up.

At this time, Walcott can be sure that it is getting late!

A young man is a young man after all. He is motivated and energetic. He jumped up from the bed. After washing his face and brushing his teeth at a speed that was not inferior to that of him on the court, he hurried downstairs to have breakfast and put on his backpack. , jogging all the way to Newton Heath training base.

Along the way, people kept saying hello to Walcott, whether he knew them or not. He was already used to this, they were all fans of the club, and Walcott put on the club's training uniform, which made him stand out at Newton Heath. No matter where you go in the area, you are welcome.

The place where he lives is not far from the Newton Heath training base. It only takes 10 minutes to jog there. Every time he uses this journey as a warm-up. After arriving at the club, he will meet the white-haired man at the gate. old security guard.

"Good job, boy!"

No matter who I meet, the old security guard will always shout this sentence. It feels fresh at first, but after a while it gets boring, but I get used to it. Once I don't hear it for a few days, I feel strange.

There are always people who encourage him like this every day, and Walcott thinks this is pretty good.

After arriving at the club, he went straight to the training building and found his own wardrobe in the youth team locker room.

At this time, the whole training building was noisy, and everyone from the first team and the youth team was here.

Walcott quickly took off his training clothes and jogged all the way to the training ground.

There is only a road between the first team and the youth team, and trees are planted on both sides. It is very dense, but from the gap, it can be seen that the players on the training ground of the first team have already arrived and are warming up one by one.

In the club, every player knows Mourinho's habits. Each of his training sessions lasts no more than 90 minutes. You have to warm up before that, because as soon as the time is up, he starts training. There was no warm-up time before. If you don't warm up properly and get injured, then you will be miserable. You will definitely not be pitied, but cursed.

I heard that what Mourinho hates the most is this kind of non-combat wounded!

It is precisely because of this that players in the first team are subject to stricter requirements than those in the youth team. It is said that when Ismail was first promoted to the first team, he was scolded by Mourinho and was almost demoted back to the youth team.

"If I had a choice, I would really like to be stricter!"

It has been a week since he last participated in a first-team game, but Walcott has not forgotten his dream at all. He hopes to train on this training ground one day. He swears that he will be on time every day. Because it was his pride to be trained there.

This is also the pride and dream of countless Newton Heath Youth Academy players!

The entrances of the two training grounds face each other, just like the locker rooms in the training building. One side is reality, the other side is dream!

Walcott trotted into the youth team's training ground. At this time, many people had gathered on the ground.

The youth team defeated their opponents in last Saturday's game. Walcott performed well and scored 3 goals. After that, they got a day's rest and waited until Monday to regroup.

Gathered together, the players naturally discussed Saturday's away game against Sunderland. The most discussed topic was naturally the victory. Although it was only a narrow victory, in the end they got 3 points.

As a rising star in the youth team and reserve team, Walcott also has a lot of weight in the minds of his teammates. After he arrived, he was immediately dragged into the discussion, saying that so and so did not perform well enough, and so and so performed too well. some type of.

After chatting for a while, it was almost time and the coaching staff came out of the training building.

Mourinho came over with a helping hand,

The young players of the youth team seemed to be seeing the queen one by one. The latter also swept past this group of youth team players and walked into the first team's training ground with a calm face.

But what is different from usual is that Cassel, who should usually follow Mourinho into the first team training ground, this time accompanied Meulensteen to the youth team.

"Theo!" Meulensteen waved towards the training area where the largest youth team was.

Walcott came over anxiously. He was still wondering what had happened.

There was always an intuition that told him that this might be a good thing.

"From today on, you no longer belong here. You and Mr. Cassel go to the other side!" What Mullenstine said with a smile seemed to be a court judgment, which made Walcott stunned for a moment. meeting.

He came to his senses and looked over at Meulensteen's hand. It was the training area of ​​the first team. From here, he couldn't see the situation there, but he could guess that it must be great there!

Yes, for all youth team players, the first team training area is the most beautiful place in the world!

"First... first team?" Walcott stammered.

"Yes, Theo Walcott, I am Jim Cassel. Starting today, you will train with the first team, so you have to arrive early in the future!" Cassel obviously knew that Walcott came to the training base. time.

"Yes...yes, Mr. Cassel, I'm happy to!" Walcott promised with a smile.

Cassell nodded and led Walcott to the first-team training area.

"Look at everything, you have trained. As long as you work hard, you will be able to enter the first team and play for the national team like him in the future. Do you understand?" Meulensteen's shout came from behind, and then his youth training coach They all greeted the players for training.

Walcott did not forget to look back at his former teammates. He could read envy in their eyes, even jealousy, but he secretly promised himself in his heart that once he entered that training area, he would definitely Never come out again.

"Theo, Mr. Mourinho has very strict requirements on training and games. You have to adapt to this change, go all out, and win Mr. Mourinho's trust with your performance in training. For the time being, you will train with the first team. , but he followed the reserve team to participate in the game, do you understand?" Cassel explained as he walked.

Walcott hurriedly nodded in agreement. He knew very well that there has never been a single step to success in history. Even Messi first trained with the first team, and then won Mourinho's trust step by step, and then He shined in the first team, and so did Ismail and others.

Curtis's sudden rise to the top has his unique surname, that is, he was in a low-level league at the time, but now he has become a top team in Europe, and it is impossible to be what he was back then.

"Are you warming up?" Cassel asked after entering the training area.

Walcott nodded, "I ran all the way here!"

"Very good, let's go. After training, change into clean clothes and then go to the office in the administrative building. Mr. Xiao Yu is waiting for you there!" Cassel smiled and patted Walcott on the shoulder, encouraging him. said.

Xiao...Mr. Xiao Yu? !

Walcott was almost stunned. This was a name that shocked him even more than Mourinho. He was almost the most supreme person. He used to see him at the training ground every afternoon, and he could talk to him from time to time. A few words, but in recent days, I heard that he went to the United States.

Walcott heard from Ismail that Mr. Xiao Yu's good friend, Steve Jobs, the president of Apple, was ill. Xiao Yu went to visit him and stayed there for a while, but now he is obviously back.

Mr. Xiao Yu wants to see me? What happened?

But Walcott's thoughts were quickly interrupted by a cold look from Mourinho.

"If you came here to be in a daze, then go back to your youth team!"

Walcott was startled, ran up quickly, apologized to Mourinho repeatedly, and then walked into the queue.

By chance, he was standing right behind captain Beckham, who did not forget to turn back and smile at Walcott.

"It's okay. Mr. Mourinho appears to be strict, but in fact he is not. Don't take it to heart and do your best to express yourself!"

Walcott has great admiration for the double captain of England. He is a fan of Beckham. After receiving the advice from his idol, he immediately nodded in agreement.

Mourinho's 90-minute training session was very intense. From Walcott's personal experience, it was more tiring than playing a youth team and reserve team game, but it was very rewarding.

He found that the first team passed and received the ball faster than the youth team, and handled the ball more simply and concisely. Walcott was excellent in the youth team, but when it came to the adult team, he still couldn't keep up with the first team. Rhythm and pace, which led to him making repeated mistakes and being scolded.

However, Walcott didn't mind being scolded because he knew that being scolded by Mourinho was a player's dream. They were not masochists, but because they knew clearly that Mourinho It's because you care and care that you scold them.

Scolding is Mourinho's way of pointing them out!

Sometimes not everyone can tolerate such advice, but it has to be said that Mourinho has indeed cultivated many players, such as Kaka, Ronaldinho, and Messi.

After completing the 90-minute training, Walcott felt that he had benefited a lot, but he could not tell where he had benefited. Maybe sometimes, progress is something that cannot be explained and can only be achieved by himself. Experience that cannot be described in words or words.

After completing the training content, Walcott wanted to go to the youth team locker room, but was informed that his things would be moved to the first team, where Beckham and Curtis had already made a space for him. The cabinet let him use it, which suddenly made Walcott excited again.

Once upon a time, he had only dreamed of walking into that locker room. Now that his dream had come true, how could he not be excited?

An extremely ordinary shower, but Walcott enjoyed it for more than half an hour. Finally, he remembered that he wanted to meet Mr. Xiao Yu, so he quickly put on his clothes and ran to the administration building.

Coming outside Xiao Yu's office, the secretary had already known this rising star from the youth training camp.

"Mr. Xiao Yu said you can go in and find him directly!"

Walcott nodded politely to his secretary, then knocked on the door, and Xiao Yu's hearty voice came from inside, "Come in!"

Opening the door and entering, Walcott found that this office was not luxurious, it was quite simple, but it was full of the atmosphere of football. Besides Xiao Yu looking at him with a smile, there were three other people inside, one of whom was Wo. Alcott knows the general manager, Mr. Andy Walsh.

"Dad, mom?" Walcott was a little surprised.

"Come and sit, Theo!" Xiao Yu waved to Walcott to come over.

Tang affectionately pulled Walcott to sit down next to him, and said to Xiao Yu: "Mr. Xiao Yu, you just have to make your decision when it comes to the contract. In addition, we don't understand much about Adidas's sponsorship contract. The club Help us make up our minds!”

When Walcott heard this, he was immediately surprised. He finally understood. It seemed that the club wanted to sign a full-time contract with him. You know, there are not many players who can sign a full-time contract with him.

"Don't worry, Mr. Walcott, we will arrange for you to undergo certain training, and then you can help Theo handle his personal affairs. As for the sponsorship contract, we can help you decide. Colleagues from the Ministry of Commerce have invited you to negotiate with Adidas representatives."

As a partner of Adidas, it is impossible for Adidas to ignore this rising star in the youth training camp. It can be said that Walcott has already made his reputation in one fell swoop with his debut in the Premier League. Now he is famous throughout England and even Europe. You know, there is such a treasure in our youth training camp.

Out of business needs, Adidas naturally wants to sign a group of stars to endorse their shoes. The jerseys they wear may not be the same as the ones they wear on their feet. Many sports goods companies such as Nike, Adidas and Puma all favor these players, and The club has no control over these private sponsorships, so several players have been lured away by Nike.

Only with competition can progress be achieved, and Xiao Yu is not opposed to this type of competition! 360 search: (.*)☆\\\\半^福^生//☆=

After finalizing some details, the two parties began to talk about the contract again. Regarding Walcott's contract, a very good first-team substitute player contract has been prepared. The salary is not high, but it is full-time, which proves that the club is committed to Walcott. Walcott attaches great importance to it. In addition, Walcott will also have all the treatment of first-team players, such as insurance.

"Oh, by the way, I heard that you like off-road vehicles, right?" Xiao Yu suddenly remembered something.

Walcott nodded awkwardly. He dreamed of owning an off-road vehicle but had no money to buy one.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Yu took out a bunch of keys from the drawer of his desk with a smile. As soon as he saw the four rings on it, Walcott knew that it was Audi, the official sponsor of the car.

"The car is parked in the parking lot of the administrative building. Go and take a look. It's an Audi off-road vehicle. It's sponsored by Audi. If you're not satisfied with the color, you can go to the stadium's flagship store to change it. But I'll give the car key to Tang for the time being. When will you pass the exam? With a driver’s license, you can hit the road on your own!”

After saying that, Xiao Yu handed the car keys to Don Walcott, who handed them to his precious son.

Walcott felt directly that the bunch of car keys in his hand was so heavy that he could hardly hold it firmly. This made him hold on to it with all his strength and refused to let go!