Team Spirit

Chapter 55 (Additional Update) Skip a Level!!!

Both To Madeira and Duff have signed professional contracts with the team.

Although Barton and Eastwood are only on youth training contracts, they are about to turn 18, and the other teams can basically only offer professional contracts to attract them.

This investment is completely not on the same level as the youth training contract, so it is not easy to find a new buyer.

Only Ashley Young, a youth player under the age of sixteen, is willing to scratch this cheap lottery ticket in many youth training camps.

But Ashley Young had never said before that he was going to leave, and he had never flattered Lu Kai so much.

Who would have thought that this guy was actually pretending.

What a great move: "licking Dartford's road in public and sneaking into Watford's warehouse in secret".

Lu Kai was not surprised by this. After all, he had noticed Ashley Young's rebellious nature. She was not training actively and was getting more and more involved in party struggles and palace fighting. In a few years, she could run for the US presidency.

Lu Kai asked regretfully, "Did he go back to Watford? It seems some things can't be changed after all."

Emily shook her head. "He went to Crystal Palace, a League One team. The conditions they offered were better than Watford's."

"Crystal Palace guarantees Ashley Young will be in the first team within a year!"

Even Ashley Cole, a 16-year-old English League One first-team player, is not like this!

Crystal Palace?
Lu Kai almost laughed out loud.

Yang Zuo Shi, ah Yang Zuo Shi, there is a road to heaven but you don't take it, there is no door to hell but you break in.

Lu Kai signaled that he would go out to make a phone call and asked Victor and Mark to go back and rest first.

Soon, a voice in Chinese came from the other end of the line: "Hello, Xiao Lu, I was just about to call you. Our club owner asked me to find a way to get you to Crystal Palace."

Lu Kai laughed and said, "Stop talking nonsense, Captain Fan, we have something important to deal with."

When Emily heard the name and the Chinese language, she immediately knew the other person's identity.

Fan Zhiyi!
Chinese Footballer of the Year, captain of the Chinese men's football team, and current captain of the English League One Crystal Palace Football Club!

Lu Kai quickly stated his needs.

Fan Zhiyi agreed without any hesitation.

After the call, Emily asked, "It sounds like you have a good relationship? Why? Is it because you are both Chinese?"

Lu Kai shook his head. "In January and March of 1998, Fan Zhiyi came to Southampton and Tottenham Hotspur for trials in the Premier League respectively, but was rejected in both cases."

"When he was at Tottenham, I happened to play against the Arsenal youth team against the Tottenham youth team and established a connection with him."

"When we met fellow countrymen in a foreign land, tears welled up in our eyes. We both recognized each other's Chinese identity at first sight."

"Later, at my suggestion, he took the next best option and joined Crystal Palace, where he achieved great success."

"Although he failed to shine on the Premier League stage, his outstanding performances at Crystal Palace still helped him enhance his place in the history of domestic football."

Emily's eyes had turned into the shape of hearts: "Xiao Kai, I noticed that you really like to help others. You are so kind."

Lu Kai laughed and said, "There's an old Chinese saying, 'Those who know the times... Helping others is helping yourself.'"

Emily: "So you want Fan Zhiyi to get rid of Ashley Young as the captain of Crystal Palace?"

Lu Kai shook his head: "How could I be so despicable? Ashley Young is a player who came out of Dartford. I always hope that he can achieve greater success."

"I was just reminding Fan Zhiyi to strengthen disciplinary inspections of youth training trial players."

"You know, premature and excessive sexual activity will put extra strain on young players' bodies, causing them to not grow taller, stronger, or mentally depressed, etc."

"Once this kind of atmosphere becomes popular, the entire youth training team will be ruined."

Emily seemed to understand, because what did this have to do with Ashley Young?

……

three days later.

Ashley Young returned to Dartford with his backpack.

"Huh? Ashley, why are you back to the team so early? There's still over a month until the new season training camp?" Lu Kai had been sitting in the convenience store all morning, as if he was certain that Ashley Young would be back today.

Ashley Young looked uneasy and said with a wry smile, "Well, I want to practice more. I hope to make a greater contribution to the team in the new season."

Lu Kai nodded. "I see. I thought you went on trial at Watford."

Ashley Young quickly refuted the rumor: "Impossible! I, Ashley Young, am loyal and courageous. Even if everyone on the team leaves, I will stand firmly by your side."

"I am your loyal fan and devout believer! Together we will spread the glory of the Green Gun to the whole of England, and we will play in the Premier League!"

clap clap clap!
Lu Kai applauded.

Lu Kai then handed a newspaper to Ashley Young: "By the way, there was an incident at Crystal Palace in English League One a few days ago. It was quite a big deal."

Ashley Young's face turned pale, and his little hands holding the newspaper were shaking.

The Sun: "Crystal Palace is cleaning up the football world! Earlier, during a surprise inspection of the youth training dormitory, Crystal Palace discovered that a player was hiding a large number of pornographic publications and discs."

"The circumstances are serious, the nature is vile, and the impact is extremely bad."

"Crystal Palace has now expelled the youth player, but for the protection of minors, the team has not disclosed his personal information."

Lu Kai said with great regret, "I know Crystal Palace captain Fan Zhiyi and we have a pretty good relationship. I just called him and asked him about it. Guess what he said?"

Pfft!
Ashley Young sat down on the ground.

destroyed!

His life is ruined!
This is simply social death!

"He said he had no comment!" Lu Kai said, looking at Ashley Yang. "Huh? Why is your crotch wet?"

Ashley Young tearfully said, "Do you believe me when I say it's sweat?"

Lu Kai nodded: "I believe everything you say. After all, I know you will always be my most reliable Hao Houmi!"

Ashley Young was lying on the floor.

It was a hot day, but his heart was colder than anything else.

He felt that he might never be able to leave this small convenience store for the rest of his life.

Jingle Bell!
Jiang Mengyun's cell phone rang, disrupting Ashley Young's tragic performance.

"Hello...Mr. Joyce?" Jiang Mengyun was a little surprised.

This is the chairman of the Kent Football Association, the one who personally presented the award to Lu Kai when Dartford won the league championship.

Lu Kai gestured for Ashley Yang to go to her room to change her pants.

After Ashley Young left, Jiang Mengyun turned on the speaker.

Joyce: "You were successfully promoted last season, and logically you should have been playing in the eighth-tier league this season. But as the local football association, after hearing your desire to play in the Premier League, we hope to support you to the best of our ability. Now there is an opportunity to enter the seventh-tier league. Are you interested in learning more?"

Lu Kai directly responded: "If you continue to be so dishonest, then the answer will be 'Not interested, thank you'."

Joyce was silent on the other end of the phone for five seconds before sighing and saying, "There's a seventh-tier league team in Kent that's about to go bankrupt due to financial problems."

"I hope you can acquire it and preserve this precious football resource for the county."

"This will save you a lot of time. After all, it usually takes three to five years for a team that works hard to upgrade from the eighth to the seventh tier."

Lu Kai: "How much do you owe?"

Joyce: "Five hundred thousand pounds."

Jiang Mengyun: "Get lost!"

"I just paid off a £10,000 debt, and now another £500,000?"

"Do you think we're stupid? We were lucky this time, but who can be so lucky every time? Do you really think we can win the championship every year?"

(End of this chapter)