We are all reborn, who wants to be the richest man?

"Pass the ball, over here, rush up and interfere with the opponent, create opportunities for your teammates.

Samuel, great shot, that's it, you're a great lad".

During the off-season, the first team had a holiday, but the youth team did not.

Therefore, the entire manor training base was not idle at all, and it was even more lively and busy than when the league was in progress.

The training of various youth teams, the tryouts of players, and the selection of low-level youth teams make every day very busy.

With the rise of Oxford United, it won the English Football League One championship three times in five years. Not only the whole of Oxfordshire, but also many parents in the surrounding areas sent their children to various echelons of Oxford United.

The reason is not because of how strong Oxford United is now and how many stars they have, but because of the average age of these players.

Sometimes Luo Nianzhong really couldn't help but ask the old man Ferguson if he was a pedophile.

I have given you such sufficient funding, why is it that you still recruited a bunch of student soldiers just like you did in Manchester United in the past?

Even now, six years later, the average age of Oxford United's first team is only 27 years old, and the starting lineup is less than 26 years old.

Whenever Oxford United needs to strengthen a certain position, the old man rarely chooses players who are in their prime, such as 28 to 30 years old.

Either they are promoted from the youth team, or they buy young players who have just joined the first team from other teams.

All the British media would say that this old guy is a pedophile, which made Luo Nianzhong want to ask about it.

However, these are just jokes from the media. In the eyes of parents and young players, this is because Oxford United is good at training players and the head coach is willing to give players opportunities.

The British giants, the team will train and the coach will give opportunities. If you were a parent, what would you choose?

This is not the era of the future when an 18-year-old can earn tens of millions a year. Those who can play in the first team are under years old, like the Siberian Tigers, most of them are over or years old.

Even ten years later, Fabregas becoming the core of Arsenal at such a young age was an event that shocked Europe.

When Ferguson and others walked into the training area, they could hear shouting from a distance.

On the field not far away, a group of young players aged thirteen or fourteen were playing a game. At this time, the group wearing red uniforms were celebrating a goal they had just scored.

The entire process was seen by Luo Nianzhong and others. Although they knew that the two sides were at a certain distance and could not hear each other, they all applauded for the goal. It was indeed a beautiful goal.

"This is a really great guy. Judging from his current development, I will transfer him to the first team when he grows up so that he can feel the atmosphere of the professional arena."

I didn't expect Ferguson to think so highly of this young player. However, judging from the goal just now, his speed, dribbling and final shot were all very good and he can indeed be described as a genius.

“African?” With such a dark complexion, he must be African.

"Uh..." The three people standing aside who heard the question had different expressions, and finally Schroeder spoke in a low voice.

"Samuel Eto'o, a Hong Kong national, was sent here by the Hong Kong Football Association for further studies."

Luo Nianzhong looked again at the dark-haired man who was still cheering, and it turned out to be Eto'o.

Luo Nianzhong actually knew that Eto'o joined Hong Kong citizenship as a special talent and became a registered member of the Hong Kong Football Association, but he just didn't know the follow-up situation of these naturalized players.

In 1986, when Luo Nianzhong took over Oxford United, he invested 1000 million US dollars to establish Oxford United's worldwide scouting system.

At that time, Ferguson also asked him why he wanted to build a scouting system in South America and Africa first. Luo Nianzhong's answer was to select naturalized talents for Hong Kong Island.

After so many years, the naturalization of football players in Hong Kong has achieved remarkable results, absolutely reaching the first-class level in Asia and second-class level in the world.

Among the first batch of naturalized players was Eto'o, and this list was given by Luo Nianzhong.

In 1987, Oxford United's newly established scouting system in Africa came to Nkong, Cameroon, looking for a six or seven-year-old kid who came from a poor family but had a talent for football.

God knows how much the scouts in Nkong cursed at that time. Samuel Eto'o, this name is not common in Nkong, but you can find dozens of it.

If it weren't for the fact that his family was very poor and his age, the scout really wanted to make a phone call to his superior and let him find anyone he wanted.

A group of people asked around like fools and finally found a guy who matched the name. They also had to confirm his football talent.

"Can you take a look at how your child plays football?" Most of the responses looked like an idiot.

But there are still many people who are willing to do so.

After all, the opponent is a British team, and wanting their children to play football is a step towards success for most families in Nkong.

Have you seen it? Yes.

But it’s better not to watch it.

“Madam, we are a football team and we really can’t handle Eto’o.

Don't worry, we will definitely come to pick him up once Oxford United has a basketball club.

After all, this kid is extremely talented and can throw the ball accurately into the goal just by holding it."

There are many cases like this, and the scouts have been cursing the idiot who issued this task, and it has almost become a catchphrase.

If the job hadn't come with a nice bonus, they would have decided to quit.

In response to this, Luo Nianzhong said that he had no choice because this was all the information he knew.

Fortunately, God did not make it too difficult for these scouts. After a week of inquiring and visiting many parties, the scouts finally found Eto'o who met the requirements.

When a family like this, who is poor and cannot afford to go to school, is offered an olive branch, no one will care whether they choose to immigrate.

Immigrate to a developed area?

What? You can still arrange work for us?

Is what you said true? If Eto'o works hard, not only can he make a lot of money, but we can also have free houses?

"Isn't this guy a fool?"

"I think it's possible."

The scout watched the family gathered in a circle right in front of him and discussed the matter, ignoring him as nothing, and his mouth twitched.

However, the family still decided to agree to the other party. After all, given Eto'o's family situation, what else could the other party cheat except their body?

Body? This is the least valuable thing for people of their level in Africa.

In this way, the Eto'o family left Nkong and came to the prosperous Hong Kong Island.

After arriving in Hong Kong Island, everyone took care of their food, clothing, housing and transportation, and his only task was to study and play football.

Eto'o worked very hard because he not only wanted to stay in this big city with so many beautiful sights, but also wanted his parents and siblings to stay here with him.

The person in charge of him told him that as long as he could become a potential professional player, he could be naturalized.

As long as he can play for the Hong Kong Island football team, his family will stay in Hong Kong Island and become Hong Kong Islanders like him.

In order to encourage him to practice hard, as long as he can complete the set training tasks every month, he can get $500 living expenses for his family, allowing him to change his family's lives through his own efforts.

After all, his father was the only one who had a job, and even if he earned much more than Enkong, he was still not able to support the whole family in Hong Kong Island.

They are the lowest class in Hong Kong Island, but with Eto'o's 500 US dollars, at least they can be like most Hong Kong people, without having to worry about food and drink.

It was with these commitments that Eto'o devoted himself entirely to study and football.

Eto'o has no talent in studying, but at least he is qualified in language.

In this way, at the age of 10, Eto'o completed his first goal. His supervisor gave everyone in his family an application for naturalization and treated them to a meal that he could not imagine.

He will never forget that night when, standing in the revolving restaurant of the Peninsula Hotel and looking at the bustling street scene downstairs, Eto'o shed tears.

In three years, Eto'o got to know the city of Hong Kong Island and fell in love with it. Now, when he walks on the street and is asked for directions by tourists who are shocked by the city, his family can proudly say, "I am from Hong Kong Island and I can help you with directions."

At the age of 11, Eto'o left Hong Kong, which he considered his hometown, and came to England.

After coming to Oxford United, he now has an additional goal, which is to become a main player in this newly emerging strong team.

He found out that the owner of this team and the deputy director of the Hong Kong Island Sports Bureau who always came to visit the players were from the same family.

He likes the sister who always comes to care about them and brings them various gifts, so he wants to win more championships for Oxford United and more championships for Hong Kong Island.

"A very good young man," Luo Nianzhong praised.

Since we were talking about Hong Kong football, Luo Nianzhong thought of his masterpiece that he had discovered.

"How are Robert and Marcos doing?"

"Any team that has them can be said to be sweet. The strength shown by this pair of Hong Kong wingers is terrifying. Many media are discussing whether they will be the world's number one double back position in the future."

When talking about these two people, Ferguson's smile never stopped. He talked to Luo Nianzhong about their performance in recent years, and his words were full of praise.

"As long as they can stay healthy, they will be the foundation of Oxford United for at least the next ten years, and I believe they can become the best in their respective positions."

The best thing? It should be.

Because they both have a name that is familiar to future generations of fans, Carlos and Cafu.

I just don't know whether these two, who were recruited due to family financial reasons and whose entire families immigrated to Hong Kong Island, can bring the pinnacle of glory to Hong Kong Island football.

"The Hong Kong Island football team trained in England a few days ago. I looked at their strength and I think you are definitely one of the biggest favorites in this year's Asian Cup, and you also have great hope in next year's World Cup qualifiers.

I am optimistic that this Hong Kong Island team will become a regular participant in the World Cup. When those two guys and more talented players grow up, it is not impossible for Hong Kong Island to become a first-class team."

Of the two guys, besides Eto'o, the other one is Drogba who just partnered with him.

However, unlike other naturalizations due to family economic conditions, Drogba's parents still have a certain economic foundation, at least they will not starve.

His father was a bank clerk and his mother was a typist, and they were a well-off family.

However, in order to allow Drogba to develop better, he was sent to France to live with his uncle when he was five years old, and during this period he frequently moved to various clubs.

At the age of eight, Drogba was forced to return to Côte d'Ivoire due to visa issues, and soon after his parents lost their jobs.

The scout who went to recruit Drogba found that his father had some talent, so he suggested arranging a job for him in Hong Kong Island Bank and immigrating to China at the same time.

Finally, Hang Seng Bank saw the recommendation and recruited him into the group. Hang Seng's consideration was simple: Hang Seng Bank would set up an office in Africa sooner or later, and sending someone familiar with the local area would achieve twice the result with half the effort.

In this way, Drogba's family immigrated for work, and the eight-year-old Drogba had no choice but to become a Hong Kong Islander.

As for what Ferguson said about being a regular at the World Cup, that is certain.

France, which had just successfully bid for the 98 World Cup, had confirmed that the number of participating teams would be expanded to 32, with Asia adding two and a half places.

Asia's football strength is not strong to begin with, so there is no problem for a star-studded team like Hong Kong Island to qualify.

However, Luo Nianzhong’s goal is not to qualify, but to become a top-notch team.

In fact, the football environment in Hong Kong is not very good. Hong Kong people like football, but the league is too weak and there is no foundation for developing world-class players.

Luo Nianzhong can rely on naturalization now, but that is no longer possible after 2000, as times have changed.

Just like Einstein could develop a little boy for the United States while Switzerland remained indifferent, this is a problem of the times.

At that time, not many countries would value top scientists, just like not many people value football players now.

Today, the top-paid football players in Europe earn a lot of money, but they are just middle class, far less than the era after 2000 when annual salaries of millions or tens of millions were common.

If you can get this salary level now, do you think these South American countries will pay attention to it? Because you can spend money on it, at least to buy luxury houses and cars.

Therefore, Luo Nianzhong’s planned journey will only take a few years, and he will also rely on these few years to build the reputation of Hong Kong football.

The rise of the Far East has brought a large influx of highly educated elites from Europe and the United States into Hong Kong. They are not the lower-class people who entered Hong Kong in large numbers in previous lives. These people have different concepts about children's education and are willing to let their children develop in sports.

Therefore, Luo Nianzhong's Victoria Education Group has recently been acquiring top private education institutions in the UK, most of which have a history of over a hundred years.

One is to send students with athletic talents to England, where they can grow better with the help of the sports environment and cultivate more sports talents for Hong Kong Island.

Second, these schools can help Far East real estate companies develop better.

Think about it, if the community you bought is equipped with a branch of a famous British school with a century-old history, wouldn’t the houses here be easier to sell and more expensive?