Manchester is located in the north-west of England, and when studying the Industrial Revolution, this place will inevitably be mentioned -

More than 200 years ago, the world's earliest modern cotton textile industry was born here, which opened the prelude to the industrial revolution, and Manchester also became the pioneer of a new generation of large industrial cities with the emergence of cotton industry......

Of course, for the vast majority of people, this city is certainly not like this in their impressions and memories, but will be accompanied by a noun -

Red Devils!

The history of Manchester United Football Club dates back to the last century, but it was only in 1902 that it was officially reshuffled to become Manchester United......

All in all, at this time, no one would have believed that the football team would win a total of thirteen Premier League titles in the future.

Including head coach, future British Empire Jazz, Alex Ferguson.

Everything last season is in the past, and it is only right to focus on the future, and before the start of the new season, there are still a lot of things waiting for Ferguson to deal with, such as the transfer of Roy Keane, such as the tactical arrangements for the new season.

So when United's head of academy, Eric Harrison, approached him and invited him to the training base to watch a match, he was actually a little reluctant.

"I found a good seedling!"

Harrison looked excited, even a little crazy, which made Ferguson very confused, because he had some contempt for Manchester United's academy from the beginning, thinking that the success rate of Manchester United's own players was too low, far less than before, and he had a quarrel with Harrison for this.

However, Ferguson admits that the current United academy is doing well, with the likes of Ryan Giggs and the Reds' Academy team winning the FA Youth Cup last season.

But even so, if it was just a newly discovered good seedling, it should not make Harrison so gaffe.

After all, Harrison is also the youth head coach who has served in Manchester United for nearly ten years, and the so-called "good seedlings" he has seen are estimated to be able to make a group, as for such a fuss.

With that in mind, Ferguson came to the youth team's training ground.

Harrison's match-up hasn't even started yet, and the youth team that won last year's championship is doing daily training, and depending on where each person is on the field, they are training differently.

The arrival of Ferguson obviously made these energetic lads excited, and the enthusiasm for training has increased a lot, and they are looking forward to being picked up by Ferguson and brought to the first team.

Ferguson stood on the sidelines, and it took three minutes to find the "good seedling" that made Harrison lose his temper, but there were several that satisfied him, and it seems that Harrison's youth training work is still quite good.

It's a pity that these people are all "old men" of the youth team, and they are also well-known within Manchester United, and they are obviously not the "good seedlings" that Harrison just discovered.

Fresh faces......

Glancing at Harrison's expression out of the corner of his eye, Ferguson shook his head slightly, he is not the head coach of the youth team, it can be said that almost all of the faces on the training ground are fresh faces in his eyes.

Let's be patient and take a look.

That's it, after watching for a few more minutes, Ferguson's attention was gradually attracted by a stocky teenager who behaved like a "good seedling" at all.

The style of the Premier League is rough, fast-paced in attack and defence, and the focus on physical confrontation, and the players' foot skills are usually average, but there are not many simple drills such as dribbling around the pile.

The first few people were very smooth and quickly dribbling the ball to complete the pile, and when it was the turn of the stocky boy, Ferguson was speechless, because what happened after that is more appropriately described as -

Suddenly, a huge thing came from a mountain and a tree, and built a ......

Uh, wild boar.

Fifteen small flagpoles that were erected as one person high, and when he finished dribbling the ball, there were only three that could stand, just one end and one tail and one middle.

Seeing this, Ferguson couldn't help but say, "When are we going to start recruiting rugby players?"

"Coincidentally, I also think he's better suited to rugby. Harrison laughed, then looked at Ferguson, restrained his smile, and said seriously: "But since he chooses to stay here, I will train him to be the best footballer." ”

Ferguson looked at the teenager who was punished for running ten laps around the court, frowned and said, "The good seedling you said couldn't be this kid." ”

"Don't believe me?"

This rhetorical answer answers Ferguson's question, but it leads to more questions.

"The show hasn't started yet. Harrison said meaningfully.

As they spoke, the boy had already walked to the edge of the runway, and when he looked closely, Ferguson found that the boy was younger than he thought, at most fourteen or fifteen years old, short and flat-headed, loyal and honest-looking, and his impression was not bad.

By the way, the boy's physique is not stocky, but strong.

In July, it was the height of summer, and after training, the training clothes were already wet, sticking to his body, but the boy's solid and powerful muscle outline was highlighted very clearly.

No wonder when running with the ball, the stance was unstoppable like a heavy tank running over the turf, Ferguson thought silently.

Compared to the players he knew, even Roy Keane, whom he valued very much, even if he was just as strong, and had a tough, fierce style, did not give him such a feeling.

If there is no supervision, no one will shout with a starting pistol.

But Ferguson noticed one thing - the whole training ground was quiet at this moment, and the noise seemed to suddenly disappear, very abrupt.

He looked around, many people stopped what they were doing, the coaches were not staring at the players, the players' attention was clearly not on training, almost everyone's eyes were on the teenager.

It's just a penalty run, what's there to see.

Ferguson was confused, he hated the feeling, the whole world seemed to know, but he didn't know anything, like a fool.

"Hey, David, do you think he'll break yesterday's record?"

"I don't know. ”

The handsome blond boy was one of the very few who didn't pay attention to it, he put the ball on the ground, then stepped back five or six meters, crossed his hands on his hips, took a few deep breaths, and began to run.

From slow to fast, it gradually accelerated, until it rushed to the edge of the football, and the blonde boy turned around, but the foot he waved was kicked out of the stationary football.

Covering his face with his hands, he shrugged his shoulders when he put it down, then turned around and stared intently at the boy who had already started running.

Well, in fact, his heart is not as calm as he just appeared.

After all, he was also curious about whether the "monster" who had only been here for three days would break the record he had just broken yesterday.

"The current world record for the 3,000-meter run is 7:25.11. ”

Harrison suddenly said something very inexplicable, and at the same time took a stopwatch from his arms and handed it to Ferguson.

"Oh?"

Ferguson took the watch with some surprise and took a cursory glance, the time on it was 8 minutes 2 seconds 2.

'He was penalized for eight laps yesterday. ”

Eight laps?

Ferguson silently calculated, about 3200 meters, such data......

No way!

Ferguson didn't believe the number at all, and he kept shaking his head, believing that there must be a problem with the statistics, or maybe there was a problem with the stopwatch.

In short, this number cannot appear in a teenager who is at most fifteen years old!

Are you kidding!

This year's April Fool's Day has long passed!

Ferguson was half right, because this year's April Fool's Day has indeed passed, there is no doubt about it.

And the other half of him was wrong......

"The so-called record is born to be broken. ”

Lyle sighed and walked over to Ferguson with a cold drink, who looked at Neville, who was still running tirelessly, and his eyes gradually became firm.

Harrison was right in saying that this kid has the talent to be the best footballer.

Monster-like talent!

It's just ......

Alien!