Football: A late bloomer, starting with Leicester City

Chapter 1 Devil's Contract (Please collect)

December 2015, 7.

Tottenham Hotspur training ground, in the head coach's office.

Pochettino, who has just completed several important signings, is radiant and seems to be ready to make a big splash in the new season and start a new journey.

But before that, he still had something to do.

"Yedlin, it's a pity that you are not in the team's plan for the new season yet, so I still have to choose to rent you out."

"Hall, based on your performance in the rental team last season, we can no longer give you any form of contract extension."

"Dawson...sorry."

Lonely figures walked into the office one after another, and walked out in an even more lonely way, leaving this place forever.

Pochettino, who was sitting in his seat, slightly lowered his eyebrows when he saw this scene, feeling a little unbearable.

But what can be done...

Professional football is extremely cruel!
Behind every player standing in a top arena and enjoying the flowers and applause of fans is a bloody single-plank bridge.

Countless people may have walked on this bridge, but in the end only one person actually reached the end and stood here!
"call……"

Taking a breath, Pochettino set his sights on the last position on the purge list.

When he saw the somewhat convoluted and familiar Chinese pinyin, he couldn't help but pursed his lips, his eyes filled with endless regret and sadness.

"Boss, they told me to come in."

A whisper rang out, Pochettino looked up, and soon saw a player wearing a Tottenham jersey walking in.

His hair was wet and there was some undried sweat on his neck, as if he had just finished training.

"The wind has made the crow's feet and forehead wrinkles a bit more severe."

Pochettino was silent for a while, and then chose to start the chat between the two with a joke, "But he is still very handsome. He must have deceived many Asian students in Europe over the years."

"No way."

The player standing opposite Pochettino moved his stool and sat down, laughing self-deprecatingly: "With a meager salary and an age of 30, even if he looks good, how can anyone like him?"

This young man... no, to be precise, he should be a middle-aged man named Chen Yufeng, a Chinese.

Different from those young talents who have caused a youth storm in football in recent years.

Chen Yufeng is a serious veteran, a loser who has been wandering around and has never tasted success until he was 30 years old.

As for why you say Chinese?

Well, Chen Yufeng did spend some time in China during his childhood, and he also firmly believed that he was a descendant of a dragon.

However, because his father has been engaged in cross-border trade business, he has lived in Belgium for a long time.

Xiao Chen Yufeng, who was born in Belgium, has had dual nationality status for a long time.

Until that year when faced with a choice, in order to better complete his football career, he and his father finally chose Belgian nationality.

Both of them had the same idea at the time.

For Chinese football, which is stuck in the quagmire, it is best not to go into that muddy water.

That's not the direction of really giving back to your country, at least in terms of football.

In Chen Yufeng’s opinion.

If he finally succeeds in playing in Europe, the role model he has become will definitely radiate back and bring better inspiration to the young generation there!
Instead of staying there to enclose your own territory.

He was often morally kidnapped by the national youth team and recalled at an inappropriate time to play in irrelevant games.

That will affect his entire career.

At first, Chen Yufeng and Chen's father did think so.

They also have an ambitious and lofty goal and have been working hard towards it.

However, all of this seems to be officially declared shattered today.

"Feng, Tottenham are sorry for you, and the same goes for other clubs. They have all harmed you."

Pochettino looked at the veteran in front of him, bit his lip after a moment of silence, and said something sadly.

"Perhaps you should have known a long time ago that all the promises made by the club to you are false."

"All they have in mind is to improve the Chinese fan market and seek more profit opportunities, including Tottenham who signed you at the time." "They have never taken a fancy to your ability... and let you waste it on the bench. Great years.”

Pochettino has some feelings for this older player with whom he has had many interactions, and is very sympathetic to his experience.

Today, Tottenham's player contract with him also expired.

Moreover, with the first team members tending to be full, Pochettino will definitely not be able to choose to renew his contract.

He is not only responsible for the team's lineup for the new season, but also for the fans, and also for Chen Yufeng's physical and mental condition.

"My father and I actually knew this very early on."

A faint smile appeared on Chen Yufeng's lips. After so many years, he has long looked down upon these things, "But at that time, I still had an innocent obsession."

"That is to believe that hard work can make up for the gap in talent, and I can try to compete with them."

"Later, when I discovered that this seemed impossible in football, it was already too late."

"I really should have put down my body and refused the temptation earlier, and went to a lower-level league to gain experience."

"Rather than just drifting around and spending his entire career on the bench and in the reserves of a top league team."

18 years ago.

12-year-old Chen Yufeng first came to Europe and entered the Everton U12 echelon of the Premier League.

That seemed like a good place to start.

Including when he was promoted to the Everton first team for the first time and received a professional contract, he was only 19 years old.

At that time, Chen Yufeng thought that as long as he trained hard, his future would be bright, but in the next five years, he received a slap in the face!

Five full years!

Except for four inconsequential EFL Cup games, he did not get even a chance to play in the Premier League!

In order to retain the expectations and attention of Chinese fans for every game of Everton, the team did not give Chen Yufeng the opportunity to go out on loan to practice.

Just torture him to death in the club and serve as a water fountain keeper!
And this is just the beginning of the nightmare.

Next, Chen Yufeng moved to Club Brugge in the Belgian Premier League, Sporting CP in the Portuguese Super League, and even Feyenoord in the Dutch Eredivisie.

Sounds good, right?
They are all wealthy or quasi-rich clubs in major leagues.

But just like Pochettino said, they did not regard Chen Yufeng as a professional player at all and were not prepared to give him any chance!

It was not until three years ago that he was signed to Tottenham by Fislop, who was then the director of football at Tottenham.

Chen Yufeng has only played as a substitute in six games in the Belgian First Division!
A player who had a bumpy career, walking on thin ice, but ultimately never achieved any success.

This is Chen Yufeng's evaluation of himself when he looks back on the past.

After hearing Chen Yufeng's last words, Pochettino's mouth became bitter, "I apologize to you on behalf of the club."

"But I have to say that now. The team can no longer renew your contract. There are not many places left in the first team..."

"I've known it for a long time, Mr. Pochettino." Chen Yufeng stood up and calmly accepted the scene in front of him. "This has nothing to do with you, and it has nothing to do with the team. You don't have to think too much about my feelings."

He has long been used to being abandoned many times.

Even though there may still be pain in my heart at the end, at least my whole person won't collapse like it did earlier.

Suddenly, remembering that today is his 30th birthday, Chen Yufeng stretched out his hand towards Pochettino with even more bitterness.

It's really not a good feeling to be abandoned again on the same day in your thirties.

"Mr. Pochettino, I wish you a new breakthrough in your career at Tottenham and hope we can meet again."

After saying this, Chen Yufeng turned around and walked away, leaving only Pochettino with a heavy expression behind him.

At this moment, several inappropriate voices suddenly sounded in Chen Yufeng's mind.

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