I am the king of football

Chapter 26: The Fox on the Field
It only took Qin Hu one afternoon to learn about the current situation of Hull City from Coulson, who was already familiar with the main players of the first team.

The first ones are naturally Maguire and Collen who had spoken to him before. Maguire was recruited by Bruce to address the constant injuries to the team's defense. He has the same role as Coulson, which means that there is a certain competitive relationship between the two.

He was originally a youth player of the Championship club Sheffield United and was promoted to the first team at the end of last season. Unfortunately, Sheffield United was relegated from the Championship last season and the team fell into England's third-tier league, League One. As a result, many players on the team chose to transfer away.

As a youth player of the team, Maguire was not originally on the list. He expressed his willingness to compete with the team in English Football League One, but his stable performance in the Championship at the end of last season was noticed by Bruce. When Hull City made a staggering offer of 400 million euros, the Sheffield United executives decided to let go based on the belief that it would be a waste if they did not do the business and that they did not know when the team would be able to recover.

They persuaded Maguire that agreeing to the transfer would mean contributing to the team, and ultimately earned 0 million euros with no transfer cost. This money allowed Sheffield United to bring in a powerful striker with rich experience in the English League One championship.

According to the market conditions, Maguire, who has just made his debut in the first team and has only made single-digit appearances, is actually not worth the price.

Sheffield United ultimately got this money at the cost of no secondary transfer income, which also means that the income from Maguire's subsequent sale to Hull City will have nothing to do with them. This is actually different from the usual routine of small clubs selling young players from youth training. It can only be said that the relegated Sheffield United has reached the end of its rope.

Collen is a midfielder signed by the club last season. The 30-year-old veteran is experienced and excellent in midfield scheduling and organization. In just one season, he has become the absolute main force and core of the team's midfield.

Getting along well with Keren is definitely a very good start for Qin Hu. The other party's recognition will definitely have a great positive significance for his integration into the team.

In addition, Coulson also gave a detailed introduction to the team's main center, Fryatt, who will be Qin Hu's substitute.

This is a striker who has been fighting for relegation teams in the Premier League for many years. At the age of 26, he is at his peak. Fryatt, who is 1.78 meters tall, is fast and has outstanding dribbling skills. He can play multiple roles on the offensive line. Both goals of the Red Team were scored by him when Qin Hu came on as a substitute.

As for Qin Hu, Bruce brought him into the team's plan as a role player, and he was just Plan B for the team's pillar center.

It is said that Bruce and his team are also trying to hide a big center to contribute to the 442 tactics that the team may adopt. When the team adopts 451, Fryatt will also be a direct competitor of Qin Hu.

This means that it is not easy for Qin Hu to get promoted. He must perform well enough to satisfy Bruce in a limited time and maintain stability in the 46 league games in a Championship season.

These are pressures as well as motivations, and for a big-hearted person like Qin Hu, they are naturally the driving force for struggle.

That night, when Qin Hu opened the system panel again, the selection of the third talent card had been loaded, and he clicked on the interface with three golden ball card backs again.

"Off-ball movement, free kicks, penalties."

Three options were once again placed before Qin Hu, one option that did not directly affect scoring and two options that were directly related to scoring.

Qin Hu couldn't help but think of George's words during the day. His off-ball running on the court was not good enough in the eyes of the Championship-level assistant coach. This was obviously one of his biggest shortcomings.

After possessing the Golden Bomber and the God of War inheritance, Qin Hu no longer lacks the ability to end the game. The ability of free kicks and penalty kicks are just icing on the cake, so without too much hesitation, he clicked on the card of running without the ball.

Running without the ball is a skill that does not directly contribute to scoring but is extremely important. When a player has top-level off-ball running ability, you will see a scene like this - the ball will always find him inexplicably.

A classic example is Germany's forward Muller, but the one who is recognized in the football world as the best in off-ball movement and even relies on this trick to secure his position as a main player in a top club is the man who lives on the offside line - Filippo Inzaghi.

At this moment, a card named "Fox on the Court" appeared in front of Qin Hu with the image of Inzaghi, the greatest Milan No. 9.

With his mind flowing, this card was integrated into Qin Hu's body. He made top-level running choices on the court time and time again, and his running distance was second only to that of the engineer midfielder on the court. The spirit fox was not waiting, but constantly choosing and running. For a moment, Qin Hu seemed to have transformed into Jiu Ye running on the court, and personally participated in each of his wonderful goals.

However, unlike Jiu Ye who was not good at physical confrontation and preferred to use Rao Zhu's running method, when Qin Hu faced some running methods, he realized that he could use another method - the bulldozer method.

The end result is the same. In Qin Hu's mind, after he gradually added his own touch to the talent of "the fox on the court", he was also able to score goals.

When the talent card was fully integrated, Qin Hu saw the progress of the third card.

Fox on the Field – Getting Started (22%).

"..."

This rather slow initial progress made Qin Hu silent for a while. Apparently, as he had always focused on playing as a center forward, he really had no talent for running without the ball.

"Still need more practice."

Qin Hu silently made up his mind to practice this card until he mastered it as soon as possible, and then he fell asleep with new hope.

The next day, Qin Hu officially began to participate in the training of the first team.

The new season of the Championship will kick off in a week. The team's old players and newly introduced players are on vacation before now, so Bruce's training content during this period is mainly on pre-season physical preparation.

Although Qin Hu, Coulson and the other two came from the youth training system and had competition experience before, they were not able to avoid running laps and shuttle runs in training.

You won’t know this until you practice. After practicing, Bruce found a new shining point in Qin Hu, this treasure striker - his extremely strong physical fitness.

"This is the characteristic of Asian players."

After ticking Qin Hu's physical condition, Bruce nodded with a smile.

There are actually quite a few famous Asian players in England, but the ones who have made their mark in the Premier League are Manchester United's famous Park Ji-sung and Manchester City's Chinese Sun Jihai. These two players have left the impression on most British coaches that they can run endlessly.

Although he is not yet eighteen years old, Qin Hu already has the demeanor of his Asian predecessors.

"Qin, you will practice alone with George from now on!"

With a wave of his hand, seeing that Qin Hu did not need to reserve physical energy, Bruce decided to give this young man some special training.

Today's update is here! New book is on the way, please recommend it, please collect it! Thank you all for your support. (Inzaghi, the fox on the field, really forced the linesman to death in those days, but he is not only good at wandering on the offside line, but also has top-notch running on the field. I personally think he is a more spiritual shadow striker than the second child Muller.)
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