Born to be a coach [soccer]

Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson came here in person to inspect Henderson, a product of Sunderland's youth training, who had just made his mark in the English Championship and the FA Cup last year.

Players like Henderson have a registered permanent residence in England, and they are very popular everywhere in their country.It is not surprising that the team received offers for him after the summer window opened.But it immediately attracted a figure like Sir Alex Ferguson to come to investigate in person, and it is indeed no wonder that Russell is so nervous.

After all, it's not easy for a good seedling to come out of his own youth training, and he is taken away by someone as soon as he turns his face?

"Henderson has signed a long-term contract with the team. The transfer of players requires the consent of three parties. The club will not do anything if they don't let Sir Alex Ferguson go. What do you have to worry about?"

Anton spoke very calmly, and Russell unconsciously seemed to have received a reassurance, and the dryness all over his body gradually sank.But he would never say nice words. At this time, his mouth was sour: "That's right, you, the head coach, are not in a hurry. Why am I in such a hurry as a part-time worker?"

Anton counted his fingers and felt that Russell's mortgage repayment date seemed to be approaching again. He immediately smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Russell, you have been supporting the club these days. It's really hard work. .”

Their assistant coaches definitely have to rely on coaxing.

When Russell heard this, his tail immediately turned up: "That's right, Anton, during your absence, I'll keep an eye on everything for you. Speaking of Henderson, I'm not blind Worried. I was worried about Boss Short, he's a businessman after all—"

The person Sir Alex Ferguson is looking for, in case Manchester United reported a "cannot refuse" offer for Short, it is not impossible for the club to let Henderson go.

"Secondly, I'm also worried that the young players will have their own ideas. You think, at the age of 19, Sir Alex Ferguson came to you and said, 'Come on, come with me to the Theater of Dreams-', what would you think if it were you ? Think back, when you were 19, what were you doing..."

As soon as Russell said this, he suddenly stopped, staring at Anton, unable to make a sound-he really made trouble for himself!Anton's resume is there. At the age of 27, he is already the head coach of a Premier League club. At the age of 19, it is estimated that he will already have the wind and the rain... How can he compare with Russell?

Anton nodded immediately, and took up the conversation: "You talk a lot, we really can't ignore the player's own wishes..."

There are many "Erjunmeng", "Ermomeng", "Ersameng" and "Emperormeng" players who have no ability to resist this kind of invitation to join a top club.This is also very understandable, after all, they play football to realize this dream.

Anton's words really smoothed Russell's anger again. Russell nodded triumphantly, and heard Anton turn the words back: "But Jordan Henderson has played in the club's youth training since he was seven years old. Ball, his whole family are Sunderland fans, if it is said that he wants to go to Manchester United with all his strength, I don't think it is very likely."

"But since you mentioned it, I would like to find an opportunity to ask Henderson personally what he means."

This can be regarded as adopting Russell's opinion.While the assistant coach was happy, he thought of another problem: "But it's not the training day yet, and the players don't need to report to Guangming Academy. If you go to Henderson with a lot of fanfare and let the media know about it later, it's just another hype."

"Nowadays, the media is all-pervasive. This time Sir Alex Ferguson came to Sunderland, no one knew about it at first, but as soon as the media reported it, the whole world knew that Manchester United wanted to buy Henderson."

"So ah, alarm the media, turn back and put pressure on the players." Russell said.

"That's simple," Anton rolled his gray-blue eyes behind his lenses, and immediately came up with an idea: "Russell, don't I still owe you a barbecue?..."

Russell almost burst into tears: God, you kid still remembers.

"I'll just have an open-air barbecue in my yard. The only friends I know in Sunderland are you, Martin, and those players. Invite them all, and let's have a good time together. By the way, I Find a chance to ask Henderson what he means, isn’t that enough?”

Russell slapped his thigh: "Good idea!"

Anton said with a smile: "I also invite you to try the Chinese-style barbecue...and the craft beer I promised you!"

Russell: I can't wait.

The assistant coach finally got a chance to taste some of Mrs. Mason's best roast beef, relieved.While eating non-stop, he talked about Anton's sudden extra sister this summer.

"To be honest, Anton, what else are you hiding from me? You know, although my wife is getting old, she has always been your sister's fan. Chloe's birthday, she remembers it better than mine Still in prison, this year I actually made a cake and took a photo to send to your sister..."

Anton smiled at the corner of his mouth: "Do you want me to ask Chloe to send some autographed photos to your family?"

Russell quickly shook his head: "Don't! ——She is doing this for the children of our family."

Anton: ...? !

After thinking about it, he understood Mrs. Black's good intentions. Mrs. Black paid attention to Chloe like a star, and it was more because Chloe was more like "other people's child", who was a school bully and a charity.Mrs. Black probably wanted to get closer to the children in this way, and hoped that the children in the family could "look up to Chloe" and set herself such an excellent "life example".

It's not easy being a mother.

Anton: "Don't forget to bring your wife and children to the barbecue!"

Russell proudly: "Remember it!"

He immediately lowered his voice and leaned closer to Anton: "However, you have a lot of trouble with the media this time. Be careful in the future."

Anton didn't care: "They dare not mess around."

But Russell said: "Don't underestimate those people. This time they were too careless. They photoshopped the picture and published it complacently. As a result, you have a real hammer of slander and slander. But these people will not report in the future. What, just gossiping behind your back is enough for you."

Anton nodded: "Thank you for caring about me, I am mentally prepared."

He really didn't dare to tell Russell his original plan to buy "The Sun", for fear of scaring the other party.

But Russell and Anton had such a heart-to-heart conversation, and tasted the delicious roast beef from Mason's house. Finally, they were satisfied and left with a round beer belly.

Anton took his own luggage, picked up Larry's little black cat by the way, and said with a smile, "Let's go? Go home?"

With a "meow", Larry jumped down from Anton's arms, passed through the hedge, and rushed to Anton's residence first.

Two days later, the Mayswood Road barbecue party was officially held.

Except for the Martin family and the Russell family, almost all of Sunderland's local players have come.Most of them live very close, and a little farther away, such as Vardy, also drove here, but they may need to stay at Anton's house for one night.

Anton spent a lot of thought on preparing this barbecue. Many types of barbecue were never seen by native English people. Kebabs, beef skewers, and chicken skewers are common, but why can they be cut open directly? The oysters are on the grill, and there is still soup in it?

Even though most of the young players live in coastal areas, they have only heard of raw oysters. At this time, they saw "roasted" cooked oysters, especially the thick garlic and pepper in the oyster shell. , Most of them are hesitant, wanting to try but dare not try.

Anton yelled at Pickford: "Go get a glove, take it off and let it cool before eating, be careful!"

Pickford was named by the coach, he stepped forward bravely, took one off carefully, and leaned over to smell it: "Huh?"

Dip a little more soup and taste it: "Ah!"

When he swallowed the whole oyster meat, Pickford just stayed where he was, stupid on the spot.

"How can it be so delicious?"

This time I didn't even say "really fragrant", and directly doubted life.

After a while, all the young players ate an oyster shell in their hands.

In addition, there are always other things at Anton's barbecue party that make them feel incredible. For example, Vardy held up a bunch of green skewers and said loudly: "Look, Anton is grilling 'grass', Anton Dong roasted 'grass' for us!"

When the other players saw it, wow, it really was grass, and it was neatly rolled into a roll and worn on the bamboo sticks.

"Fool, go and taste it, it's delicious!" Anton reprimanded Vardy with a smile.

The head coach has already spoken, so what's the point of eating grass?With a fearless spirit, Vardy held up a bamboo stick and took a bite, chewing and suddenly shouted: "What kind of grass is this? I should also plant some in my garden, and it can be baked in summer by just grabbing it." eat."

"This is a leek!" Anton said with a smile, "It was bought from the Asian Supermarket. It should not be grown locally."

Vardy is already thinking about how to get leek seeds.

In addition to roasted leeks, roasted potato slices, eggplants, enoki mushrooms and other vegetarian barbecues are also enough to amaze the guests, which is an eye-opener.Russell happily drank a bottle of craft beer, held up the empty bottle and asked Anton: "Coach, if there is anything we can't think of, just bake it!"

Anton immediately rolled up his sleeves, expressing that he was going to roast garlic for Russell, but was persuaded by Russell's wife.

Henderson is different from his teammates. Facing all kinds of fresh barbecues on the table that he has never seen and never heard of, Henderson seems to have little interest.

The young man sat there, not talking or eating, but drinking the beer quite quickly.

Russell gave Anton a wink, and Anton gave Mrs. Black a plate of meat skewers that had not yet been grilled. He patted Henderson on the shoulder and said, "What? The food doesn't suit your taste?"

Henderson was taken aback, and quickly shook his head: "It's good...it's delicious!" He didn't know what he had eaten at all.

Anton pushed his glasses and said, "Young man, it happens that a fence in my backyard is broken. I heard that you are very good at gardening. Can you take a look at the backyard for me?"

Henderson didn't even think about where his "good at gardening" skills came from. He nodded and followed Anton to the backyard.

In Anton's backyard, Henderson looked around, but he didn't see any broken "fence". Finally, he realized that the coach was looking for an excuse to talk to himself.The young man was extremely sincere, scratching the back of his head and said, "Coach...coach...you've heard it all..."

Anton nodded: "I've heard it all!"

The young man lowered his head, speaking incoherently, with a begging tone, Qiqiaiai said: "Coach, coach... please don't sell me! I don't want to be sold just like this!"

The author has something to say: I wish everyone a happy Children's Day!There is another chapter at [-]pm.

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