I Want to Be the King of Football

Manchester City's Carrington training base is not big.

In addition to the first team and the reserve team, there are also two youth academy echelons training, all of which are over 16 years old.

Only on Saturdays and weekends, players between the ages of nine and fifteen will come to the training base and receive two football training sessions a week. The rest of the time, these children stay at home and School goes to school.

This is the requirement of the FA.

Their standard for the selection of talents for youth training is an hour’s drive, that is to say, the club can only select within this range.

If it is higher than twelve, that is, the age group of thirteen to sixteen, it can be appropriately extended to one and a half hours, which imposes considerable restrictions on the selection of youth training for Premier League teams.

To some extent, this even dragged down the youth training in England.

The wealthy teams are willing to invest, but there is no way to expand on a large scale, and they have not brought in youth talents beyond the scope.

Players in many regions are not willing to invest in youth training at all. The FA has also invested little in this area, which has led to a very poor training of talents in England.

Of course, the reason why the driving range is strictly limited is to hope that the children can stay with their parents.

The starting point is a good thing, but it has an adverse effect on the development of football.

Over the years, with the blowout of talents in German football, especially the emergence of a group of young players such as Tony Kroos and Thomas Muller, the German youth training has finally reaped rich returns in the past ten years from its investment in reforms to the present. .

As a mortal enemy, England has learned a lesson from it, and is planning to carry out a vigorous round of youth training reforms. It is currently conducting research and inspections throughout England. The two plans discussed are to abolish the restrictions on the scope of selection and to classify all youth training camps.

Manchester City’s training base on the diagonal of the Etihad Stadium is aimed at this reform. It also wants to build the world’s top and most luxurious training base to attract the best youth in the UK and even the world. Training players.

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Every weekend, the youth team training area at the Carrington Training Base becomes extremely lively.

Children from all directions, all over the Greater Manchester area, will gather in this small training base to receive training from the Manchester City youth training coaches.

They receive training in their respective schools and communities on weekdays, and only return to Carrington for classes on the weekends.

They are all carefully selected outstanding players. They come here with a goal, that is, at the age of sixteen, after completing their studies, they may get Manchester City's youth training contract and become official youth training camp players.

Before that, they were just small players who registered to receive training from the youth team.

Every time after training, these children like to lie on the wire fence and look at the opposite side.

That is the training ground for the first team.

They can watch the training of the first team up close through the wire fence. If they are lucky, they will occasionally be called to help, such as picking up a ball or something.

For this group of children, it can be regarded as a very honorable thing.

Especially this year, after Su Dong joined, it has aroused the enthusiastic pursuit of the youth training camp. Almost every weekend, this group of children is the most eager time, because they can watch Su Dong's training up close.

In this group of children, there are countless people who silently regard Su Dong as an idol in their hearts.

The focus of the battle against Chelsea will soon be ushered in. Guardiola chose a closed training this time and covered the barbed wire with a curtain. This made the children on the youth team feel very dissatisfied and feel very disappointed.

But children are always a group of children, they will soon forget these unpleasant things and make themselves happy.

They will also discuss some things about the team and football.

For example, Manchester City lost to West Bromwich Albion in the League Cup in midweek, which surprised many people.

"I read the Guardian's analysis and think it makes sense. Our bench is still not thick enough, especially the goalkeeper."

"Joe Hart has been sluggish for two consecutive games. Against Chelsea, he is very worrying."

"This is not Joe Hart in the League Cup, Shay is the starter, and Carius is the substitute."

"Karius? That German goalkeeper at the age of eighteen?"

"In 2009, the team spent £200,000 to sign him from Stuttgart. It seems that he is only seventeen years old now?"

"It's him. He has now been transferred to the first team and officially trained with the team. He is now the third goalkeeper."

"Hey, our young coach likes to use young players."

"The main reason is that I am not satisfied with Joe Hart and Shay. I think that if Karius performs well in training, he will definitely be able to play in the cup. When the time comes, I will seize the opportunity. Maybe I have a chance to appear in the first team."

"You said it went well, but now the League Cup is out. If you really want to play a cup, it can only be the FA Cup. It will all be next year. What a pity!"

"Who said no? The League Cup was lost."

"The team has been in double matches for a week since the beginning of the league. Against Chelsea, it is estimated that they want to rotate. Who knows that the bench players are so weak and they just lost."

"Tripier also played this game, but his performance was pretty mediocre."

"Micah Richards is a central defender this time, and he is responsible for conceding a goal."

"Michael Johnson can't even enter the big list now. I guess he won't be able to stay long."

Kids, you say every word, all are players from Manchester City’s youth academy.

Those who can stand out from the youth academy and appear in the sight of the first-team coach Guardiola are basically the leaders of the youth academy, and they are all the kids who are familiar with.

But this group of big men in their eyes, when they reach the first team, they behave in a mess.

Don't even think about it, how cruel the first team game is!

And all the players who can gain a foothold in the first team, how difficult and powerful is it?

Not to mention those famous players, and superstars like Su Dong, for this group of children, are more like gods, enough to make them worship.

So many people are particularly envious of the caddies of those clubs.

This season, Manchester City has played three home games so far. Three young players from the youth academy were fortunate enough to hold Su Dong's hand when serving as caddies. This made them very excited. Two of them were even nervous to say no. When they spoke, they were "ridiculed" afterwards, thinking that they had all missed the opportunity.

It's not easy to get close to Su Dong, even if you want a souvenir or something, it's okay.

All of them are a group of ten-year-old children who have played football for many years. They admire players like Su and Dong to an unparalleled degree. Naturally, they are proud of being able to get in touch with Su and Dong at close range.

Among this group of children, there is a child who looks thinner than his peers. He has been silently listening to the discussion of the people around him and seemed very attentive. Then he looked in the direction of the first team training and hesitated for a while. , He quietly left the crowd and ran in the direction of the coach's office.

Kokoko!

The child knocked on the office door.

Inside are two youth coaches, the head coach of the 18-year-old youth team and former Premier League player Scott Silas.

The other is his assistant, the younger Steve El.

Steve El is only thirty-eight years old, but he has been working in Manchester City’s youth academy for eighteen years. I heard that he is from Salford. Later he joined Manchester City’s youth academy, but at the age of twenty. After being injured in the year, he entered the youth training camp and has been working until now.

In addition to being the coach of the 18-year-old youth team, he is also responsible for other tasks, such as managing the youth team.

"Phil, it's you, what's the matter?" Steve El recognized the future child at a glance.

"Mr. El." The kid named Phil walked into the office out of breath and came to Steve El's desk. "Can I also go to the weekend game?"

Steve El heard it and smiled at each other with Scott Silas.

This is not the first player to come here to say that. Almost every home field has a group of children rushing to go to the scene.

For example, the talented young player Sterling who just joined this season, he just ran to the sidelines of the game to pick up the ball every game. It is said that once again, he ran into the players when he was celebrating a goal in Su Dong. Celebrated with them. Su Dong touched his head and covered his shoulders. He was photographed by the live camera. After returning, the boy showed off to everyone.

In return, he agreed to Silas, playing every game with his best, training and competition are extremely hard.

So, this can be regarded as some kind of reward.

"I'm sorry, Phil, you are late, we are full." Scott Elman said apologetically.

In fact, he is also very optimistic about this kid.

"I know, but there is always a substitute, right? That fellow Smith is often late, you know that, what if he is late again?"

"We have a substitute..."

"I know, but I don't think it's enough. I will be very punctual. You let me substitute!" The kid calling Phil raised his head and looked at Scott El with very firm eyes. I'm saying, if you don't agree, I won't leave.

Scott El was helpless. "If I remember correctly, you live in Stockport, right?"

It was a city south of Manchester, not too far away, slightly closer than Wilmslow.

"I will persuade my father, if possible, can you help me buy two tickets, I use my pocket money to buy, UU reading www.uukanshu.com let them come to watch the game." Called Phil. A sly flickered in the boy's eyes.

Both Scott El and Silas laughed suddenly.

People are big!

"Alright, then I will arrange for you to substitute, but there is no guarantee that you can be a caddy, especially Su Dong's caddy, this is a very popular job!" Scott El could only agree.

For him, this is actually a one-sentence thing.

"Thank you Mr. El, I will take care of the other things myself." The child said confidently.

Scott El and Silas watched the kid turn and leave, leaving behind with wonder.

Can he handle it?

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