The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 553 Super Messi
The winter in the British Isles is always very depressing, rainy and cloudy, and it is difficult to see a ray of sunshine. The days are short and the nights are long, so the workers living in the British Isles always feel that they are in the dark during the day. Get up, go home after dark, very depressed.

On this day, another hazy drizzle fell, drifting in the air, getting into the coat collars of passers-by from time to time, and touching their bare necks, creating a chilling chill that made people feel uncomfortable all over their bodies. Shrinking, he immediately tightened the warm coat on his body, spitting out the heat, cursing, damn it!

Crowley was one of the many pedestrians who got up early, wearing a black windbreaker, his bare forehead due to his baldness was covered with fine raindrops, and with every breath he exhaled a cloud of hazy mist .

His left hand popped out of the wind coat, and he looked at the watch on his wrist. Time was running out, and he couldn't help speeding up his pace.

A pair of thick plush cowhide boots stepped on the asphalt road in downtown Birmingham. The tendon soles made friction noises against the ground. When he arrived at the intersection, he saw the pedestrian street lights flashing quickly. He walked quickly across Crossed the road and came to the opposite side. At this time, the light changed from green to red.

After taking a few breaths, the 35-year-old Englishman looked at the food in his hand, which contained some breakfast and food he had just bought, such as toast, if it wasn't for the fact that the bread at home had just finished eating, and he I forgot to buy it again yesterday, and it would be impossible for him to go out so early if he was killed, enduring the hellish weather.

Although getting up early, there are already many pedestrians on the street, especially when passing the corner, many people stop by the grocery store on the side of the road, pick up a newspaper, drop a coin, and if the weather is better , They will read the newspaper while hurrying, but in this terrible weather, who would do such a thing?

When he came to the front of the grocery store, Crowley glanced at the sign board at the entrance of the store. There were many popular newspapers in England on it, such as The Times, The Guardian, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, etc., which were published every day. Such a copy is placed on it, so that the guests can clearly and intuitively see what is in today's newspaper, and then go to the window of the grocery store to pick up the newspaper they like.

There are two types of British newspapers, one is money-seeking like The Times, so they always make some attractive covers on the front page, which can greatly promote sales, while the Sun is a hardcore daily newspaper. Every magazine published a third page of girls, which attracted some sullen customers to buy their newspapers, and also made some women popular.

Another type of newspaper is similar to subway newspapers. They don’t cost money, but the quality is very poor. They belong to the type that is thrown away after reading.

Like most English people, Crowley has the habit of reading newspapers, but he seldom reads those free newspapers. Instead, he will be not far from the door of his house every day, which is where he is standing now. To buy a newspaper in this grocery store, it is not sure who bought the specific newspaper office. It belongs to whoever is pleasing to the eye.

Birmingham is a big city. Generally, newsstands or mobile newsstands are not allowed on the road, so newspapers are usually bought in grocery stores, and every grocery store will operate many aspects, such as newspapers, mobile phone recharge cards, etc. , so the bulletin boards in front of their doors will replace the latest newspapers every day.

Almost all the newspapers today used the same front-page headline, that is, Tottenham Hotspur beat Wigan Athletic 10-0 at home last night, scoring the highest goal score in a single game in the Premier League in the past few years, and May West scored five goals alone in less than 45 minutes, and his performance was jaw-dropping.

So there appeared headlines like [Super Messi] or [Super Tottenham] in the newspapers.

After glancing at the bulletin board, Crowley went to the window to take a copy of The Times, then quickly rolled the newspaper into a roll, put it in his windbreaker, and walked out of the grocery store quickly. He would rather get wet, He also didn't want to wet the newspaper, because he felt that the wet newspaper looked too awkward and was a nightmare for readers.

Taking three steps in parallel, Crowley quickly walked to the door of his house, which was a small apartment facing the street, and they lived upstairs.

Entered the apartment, went upstairs, opened the door and came home, changed into cowhide boots and a windbreaker, took out food and newspapers, and was about to go to the kitchen when he saw his 12-year-old son walking out of his small bedroom barefoot.

"Oh, Dan, it's too cold, go back and put on your shoes and clothes, and come over for breakfast!" Crowley called to his son.

But he started to keep busy in the kitchen.

Not long after, the wife and son walked out of the room one after another.

Every time he sees his son, Crowley feels very relieved. Although he is only 12 years old, he is not big, but he is very smart, and his son has one advantage that makes him very proud as a father, that is, he is very With a talent for playing football, he was attracted by Aston Villa, a local Premier League team in Birmingham, since he was a child, and has been trained in Aston Villa's youth training camp.

"It's raining outside again, and we're going to have a holiday for Christmas soon. Should we consider going to the south?" The wife sat across from Crowley, next to her son Dan, discussing how to spend the Christmas holiday.

Many British people will choose to go to the south around Christmas in winter, depending on whether it is southern Spain or Portugal, and some even fly directly to the Canary Islands or Africa to escape the nightmare British weather.

"Oh, I'm afraid not, my dear!" Crowley was spreading salad dressing on his toast, "Maybe we have to go to London." After finishing speaking, he looked at his son with a smile, "I always believed that , Dan has a chance to go to London!"

"Oh!" The wife suddenly realized, and immediately stretched out her hand, stroking his son's blond hair lovingly, "Yes, our Dan is the best, I believe he will be selected, and Tottenham Hotspur will definitely not be fooled ,Right?"

Dan seems to be a rather shy handsome guy. After hearing his parents' praise, he was a little shy, "But I haven't received the notification, and I don't know if it will work. Besides, I just went to participate in the selection activities."

"Please, Dan, have some confidence in yourself. Look, what is the name of Tottenham Hotspur's player selection event? Genius Day!" Crowley laughed and encouraged his son, cheering him on, "It means It is said that only geniuses can participate in activities, and if you can stand out from so many geniuses, you will be a genius among geniuses!"

Crowley's words not only amused his son, but also made his wife laugh.

In the eyes of all parents, their son is always the best, the best and the best, and so are the Crowleys.

"I heard that Tottenham Hotspur's youth training base cooperates with St. Mary's College. Entering Theobald is equivalent to entering St. Mary's. My God, even if you can't play football in the future , and you can continue to study, which is much better than Aston Villa." The wife is more pragmatic.

"Of course!" Crowley nodded, "So this time the talent day selection also attracted a lot of people. I paid attention to the news last night and heard that the training and match videos submitted by players from the UK alone amounted to nearly Five thousand copies, but only fifty people participated in the Genius Day event, that is, only one out of a hundred people will be selected."

"However, if you enter Tottenham Hotspur, it almost means that you are close to success!" Crowley's thoughts almost represent the five thousand people who submitted their children to Tottenham Hotspur to play football. Parents' voices of training videos.

The talent day player selection event is an event launched by Tottenham Hotspur specifically for Christmas. Because it is the first time it is implemented, it is currently only for the British Isles, that is, the British mainland. All players aged 14 to [-] Children can sign up, submit videos directly on the Internet, and after passing the affirmation of Tottenham Hotspur's technical analysts, the young players will be invited to Tottenham Hotspur's training base to participate in the selection activities.

There is another way to enter the selection process, which is to be spotted by Tottenham Hotspur scouts, who write a player report and recommend it to the club. Crowley's son Dan is this kind, they Was spotted by a Tottenham Hotspur scout, and after asking for their wishes, recommended it to the team.

But many days have passed, and there has been no news.

"Well, if you can accompany Dan to London to participate in the event, we can also attend the Tottenham Hotspur Christmas Carnival. I heard that this year's carnival will be more lively than in the past. It must be great!" The wife was full of enthusiasm. Said expectantly.

"If Dan can make it to Tottenham, we'll be able to go to the carnival every year!"

The couple were talking to each other over there, while Dan on the side took the Times newspaper bought by his father. There was a very conspicuous photo on the front page. It was Messi running wildly to celebrate after scoring a goal. Not far below this big photo is a photo of Tottenham Hotspur coach Ye Qiu being interviewed.

"10:0, my God, they are monsters!" Mom leaned over and saw the headline.

Ten goals, such a game is very rare in football matches. Even if Tottenham Hotspur have staged massacres many times this season, it is definitely super scary to be able to score double-digit goals.

"Messi, Dan, your idol!" Crowley said to his son, pointing to Messi's photo.

The headline on the front page of The Times read, Super Messi!
Obviously, this small Argentine superstar has completely conquered all the fans in the UK. No matter how picky you are, even if you have almost harsh requirements for players, you can't ask him to do more, because He not only scored goals, but also continued to assist.

To say that Tottenham Hotspur performed the best this season, besides Messi, Ribery is also quite outstanding, but maybe the momentum created by Messi is too great. For a while now, almost all newspapers They all set their sights on Messi, and many people even think that he can win the World Footballer.

"He is so good!" Although Dan is a child, he plays football very well. He knows very well that only the best football players in the world can do what Messi does, and Messi has no doubts. Just a superstar.

Just as the three of them were eating breakfast and discussing Messi, there was a sound of the doorbell at the door of the apartment.

"Hello, may I ask the Crowley family?" There was a voice from the doorbell.

"Yes, which one are you?" Crowley replied to the doorbell.

"There's a courier from you, it's from London, please come down and sign for it, I'll be downstairs!"

As soon as Crowley heard it, he immediately opened the door and went downstairs with a bang bang. It didn't take long before he heard him go upstairs again with a bang bang. He had an extra courier in his hand, and his expression looked very pleasantly surprised.

"Hey, Dan, a courier from London, Hertfordshire, Theobald, it's Tottenham Hotspur!" Crowley looked at the delivery address and read, but soon, he noticed that there was a letter on the envelope. There is a very conspicuous logo of the Tottenham Hotspur team logo, the vivid fighting cock stepping on the football.

"Really?" Dan rushed out of the restaurant excitedly, snatching the envelope from his father's hand. It was indeed Tottenham Hotspur.

"Yeah!!!!" Dan almost came upside down with a golden hook.

"Dear Mr. and Mrs. Steve Crawley, hello! Thank you very much for your support and affirmation of Tottenham Hotspur. We are very honored to invite you to bring you on December 12rd. Excellent son, Dan Crawley, came to visit our Theobald training base in Hertfordshire and participated in a three-day talent day player selection event. All board and lodging, All expenses will be borne by our club.”

When the Crawley family in Birmingham received invitations to Tottenham Hotspur's Genius Day, 49 other families across the UK received similar invitations, and the fifty children were undoubtedly In the past, the scouts of Tottenham Hotspur recommended young players after carefully selecting them from all over the UK or online videos.

The talent day selection event is a Christmas event launched by Tottenham Hotspur to learn from Ajax. A strong move for talent.

This year is only the first time to test the waters. The team will conduct both online and real-life paths simultaneously, inviting [-] players to come to London to participate in the event. It was carried out on a regular basis and eventually turned into a permanent talent selection activity for Tottenham Hotspur.

Ye Qiu attaches great importance to the Genius Day event, because with the cancellation of the regional restrictions on the selection of youth training personnel by the FA and the Premier League, all teams can conduct talent selection anywhere in the UK, so Tottenham Hotspur must Take advantage of this to attract more outstanding talents to join as soon as possible to enrich the team's youth training camp.

Compared with other teams, Tottenham Hotspur has a huge advantage, that is, they not only have the best hardware and software facilities for youth training, but also cooperate with St. The player's new school site is just across the road from Theobald's training base, which is very attractive to young players and parents.

Now for Tottenham Hotspur, the only thing that is lacking is the youth coach.

You know, good players often represent good coaches, and youth training coaches have always been the weakness of English football. Even in teams like Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea, youth training coaches are terrible. Compared with famous youth training teams like Ajax, even compared with some other teams on the mainland, they are still inferior.

Tottenham Hotspur's youth training style is not quite the same as other Premier League teams, and it can be said to be in the same line as the first team. Therefore, in the selection of youth training coaches, Tottenham Hotspur also has a shortage of manpower for the time being. However, Ye Qiu still poached a few directly from Ajax, together with a few trained from the original first team, he could barely make up the coaching echelon.

But in general, youth training coaches still need to continue to cultivate, so Tottenham Hotspur’s Christmas carnival this year has another activity, which is the coaching training course, all adults who are interested in youth training coaching are welcome All can sign up, and Tottenham Hotspur will select the most suitable candidates for training. After completing the training, they will directly enter Tottenham Hotspur's Theobald work, and even directly join the first team coaching staff.

In the past three years, the Christmas carnival has become more prosperous every year. Although Christmas is the European New Year, it is actually not as important as outsiders imagined. Traveling around Christmas.

Therefore, since Tottenham Hotspur held the Christmas carnival, it has attracted a lot of attention among the fans and London citizens, because everyone has a gene that likes to be lively, don't look at these Londoners on weekdays They all seem to be alone in a country, but in fact, when it comes to the carnival, they are all overjoyed.

And as the Christmas carnival is getting more and more attention, the scale is increasing almost every year. From the first time, Tottenham Hotspur just held an internal carnival in Theobald, and later attracted some fans. In the end, the organization directly opened the White Hart Lane Stadium to allow fans and family members to enter. Up to now, the White Hart Lane Stadium can no longer accommodate it.

Not only does Tottenham Hotspur attach great importance to the Christmas Carnival, the London City Government, Tottenham District Council, and Hertfordshire Council all attach great importance to the Christmas Carnival, and have given a series of support and promotion, plus sponsorship With the participation of merchants and merchants, the scale of the fourth Christmas Carnival will be larger than previous years.

Because of this, Tottenham Hotspur launched a series of activities specifically for the Christmas carnival. Talent Day selection activities and coach training courses are just two of the activities. There are also some activities for fans and the community. Released one after another.

In the words of Tottenham Hotspur CEO Peter Kenyon, this Christmas carnival should be made into a regular event and become a common festival and event for all Tottenham Hotspur fans !
And this is also an important attempt by Ye Qiu and Peter Kenyon to platformize Tottenham Hotspur's business system.

(End of this chapter)