Benjamin Hamilton heard his name in the starting line-up. Patrick slapped him on the shoulder beside him and whispered, "You deserve it. Benjamin glanced at Patrick and smiled with relief, his right hand clenched into a fist. Even though it was expected, given his excellent performances on the bench for the second time in a row, he was thrilled.

Immediately, Patrick-Amber heard his name. He played 45 minutes in the Under-21s five days ago and scored a hat-trick. After the news was casually reported by the media, QPR, England and his personal fans have been chattering about it for the past few days. Patrick was also in high form in training and it was no surprise that he started against Everton.

After the manager read out the starting and substitute lists for tomorrow's game, he said a word or two of encouragement and walked out of the dressing room, and before she could get out of the dressing room, she heard a commotion behind her, initiated by Northern Irishman John, followed by Jacob and Leon. Lu Ling shook her head with a smile, she really didn't know if Pat was more excited about it himself, or if it was the stupid guys.

In fact, Lu Ling himself was also very excited. But she still has some concerns.

Uruguayan León Ferreira will be on the bench for the first time tomorrow. Leon has been given high-intensity physical training since he returned, and has successfully lost nearly six pounds of fat so far, and his physical recovery is good. On the training ground, the form is also picking up. However, Lu Lingde admits that Leon still doesn't look as symmetrical as he did at the end of last season. When I run, my waist and lower abdomen still have a slight fat shake. She thought that in a week or so, she should be really completely fine.

When she called León to the office a few days ago, the Uruguayan lifted her jersey to show her abs to prove that she was really thin and ready to start. Despite Leon's efforts, his four-pack abs were still not noticeable. In the end, Leon could only pout and say to her, "Damn, Pat doesn't have to work hard, the six-pack abs are obvious, it's really unfair...... But boss, do you know what kind of shit he eats every day...... Maybe that's fair......"

She leaned back in her office chair and replied leisurely, "Until next May, you'll have to eat the same shit as him." ”

Leon's expression was sad.

That was not the purpose of Lu Ling calling Leon to the office. She asked the Uruguayan to come because she had a very serious question to consult.

Everton's strategy has changed dramatically this summer. If Nick Flores doesn't care how much money the club spends on a season, Marco Silva literally counts every pound to live. Marco can't be blamed for this.

The essence of the change in Everton's recruitment strategy is that the club's business strategy has changed. The Premier League has accumulated extremely strong capital, and there are at least two capital players like Nathaniel Lawrence, Manchester City and Chelsea. And the value created by the Manchester United brand itself does not even need a rich owner to pay for it, plus Arsenal and Liverpool, two big clubs that have never lost market even if they have not achieved good results. Everton have had to make some changes for the long term after losing a talented manager like Nicolas Flores.

The Toffees may have a rich boss, but the Iranian Moxley is not a super-rich man like Lawrence Jr. In short, without a financial fair play policy, QPR could easily spend a half of its money on Patrick each season, and with a constant number of high-profile managers such as Christine Luke, it is only a matter of probability that QPR will win the league and Champions League. Everton are not so deep-pocketed. From a practical point of view, retaining Champions League qualification every season is a more realistic goal for them than winning the trophy now.

It was in this situation that Marco Silva did not sell Ousmane Dembele for more than 100 million in exchange for a superstar, but used the money to buy multiple players.

One of the reasons why the media and fans are generally singing about it is that there are lessons to be learned from the past. Everton's arch-rivals Liverpool did the same thing many years ago, when Brendan Rodgers, then Reds boss, bought several young players for a huge sum from the sale of Suarez, and dropped to the top four the following season. Going back in time, there were similar failures during Villas-Boas's time at Tottenham. There was a comment at the time that "you can't sell a Rolls-Royce and then get ten third-rate rags", and now that comment has been added to Everton and Marco Silva.

However, Everton started the game with two consecutive wins, accumulating six points, and beat Manchester United in the second round.

In addition to the young French talent who was loaned from Real Madrid, there is also one person in the team who has also shone in these two rounds of the league. The limelight even overshadowed Phil Warren, who scored in two consecutive rounds at QPR. Phil would complain about him on the training ground from time to time these days.

Coincidentally, from Leon's mouth, Lu Ling learned that it was a South American version of Phil Warren. Or, in front of the kid nicknamed "Poison Dart Frog", Phil may be considered innocent.

"The owner, he is very dangerous. ”

The information that Leon confessed lingered in Lu Ling's mind. She'd seen footage of the player, but still didn't know much about him. She asked Monchi and he said that the feedback from the scouts on the Portuguese side was very divided and there were a lot of □□, so he was not considered to recommend him.

The player, Bruno Elgas, was brought in by Everton for £21 million from Portuguese Super League side Estoril and is now 21 years old. He and Leon are also from the academy of Uruguay's old giants Penarol, and they are only one year younger than Leon, so Lu Ling asked Leon what he thought.

"Boss, I'm a native of Montevideo and grew up in the Academy at Peñarore. You know, there are a lot of Premier League football clubs in London, but the capital of Uruguay has ten teams in the Super League – knowing that we only have sixteen teams in total. ”

"I had been in the first team at Peñarol for over a year before moving to QPR and was the youngest player in the first team when I came out in the spring league in 2015 when I was 17 years old. But in the autumn league the following year, there was a younger man than me, who was only 16 years old and got a chance to play in the first team! Boss, there was a 16-year-old kid in the top flight of Uruguay! That person was Bruno Ergas. ”

"He's not like me, boss, he's not a Uruguayan. His father is Colombian, and he is rumored to be working for a drug lord syndicate, and some say that he is a civilian armed force. But his father died when he was a child, and his mother took him through Brazil to a relative's house in Uruguay, settling in Montevideo, and crossing half of South America. Apparently, Bruno had a bad relationship with his father, so much so that he took his mother's surname, 'Ergas'. ”

"That's what I've heard. I had seen this sixteen-year-old kid playing in a professional league with an adult, training and playing with me, and I had doubts about his real age, but the kid was so thin and small that he didn't even look like a sixteen. ”

In the 2016 autumn league, he played five or six games in a row from his debut, and has already won a lot of media and fan attention. He's small, but he's full of explosive power, and I think that's a force of rage, and I've looked him in the eye...... Until one day, everything changed. ”

"He doesn't talk to people very often on the training pitch because a lot of people are 10, 15 or more years older than him, but he doesn't talk much to me who is a year older than him. That day, he seemed to be in a state of extreme restlessness and irritability, and we thought he was going to have something going on. After a scramble, he clashed with the team's biggest player, Diego Forlan. ”

"Diego was Uruguay's hero in the semi-finals of the World Cup in South Africa, the idol of all Uruguayans, he would have been thirty-six or thirty-seven years old that year? Diego Fran's face was covered in blood...... Bruno himself was then taught a lesson by the coaches. That was the last time he was seen at our training ground. I later found out that it was his seventeenth birthday, and maybe it had something to do with his father? ”

"After I moved to QPR, I heard that he had joined Penarol's arch-rivals. He played there for two years but was plagued by injuries and off-field incidents before moving to Portugal last season. ”

Lu Ling didn't say a word as she listened, and here, she asked Leon, "Why do they call him 'Poison Dart Frog'?" She thought of the player in the video, with short black hair, but from his forehead to the back of his neck, there was a strip of hair dyed bright gold. And the bright gold color continued, and he had an exaggerated tattoo on his neck. She didn't look closely at what the tattoo was.

"Because he's small, and the poison dart frog is the smallest frog in the world. Leon gestured with his finger, about an inch, "But it's the most poisonous thing, and a person will die if he touches it." Poison dart frogs are brightly colored, orange, blue, red...... His pinch of golden retrievers represents the most poisonous kind. Bruno Elgas's hometown of Colombia is home to the golden poison dart frog. He has had this nickname since he was a child, and he is proud of it. ”

Lu Ling hadn't expected to hear so much, and she had obviously obtained a lot of unexpected information.

As for what she herself saw in the video, this poison dart frog may be a forgotten genius. Every movement of this little man is violent and distinct, and it is extremely amazing at first glance. He played for Estoril for half a season last season, and the small team had already risen to second place in that half season, with 10 goals and seven assists himself. But in January, Bruno Ergas was banned for 12 matches after beating an opponent in a match, breaking the bridge of one man's nose – and ending up in seventh place in the league.

But Marco Silva is clearly willing to believe in his talent and has shelled out £21million for the unknown, unruly guy – Estoril is also one of the Everton boss's parent clubs, and the deal isn't too difficult.

Lu Ling also thought that maybe this was the reason why Leon desperately wanted to start against Everton. The reunion of two boys from the same club in South America in the Premier League. It's really exciting. It's a shame she can't start Leon, but she should have him off the bench.

Thinking of this, Lu Ling laughed. For this reason, Leon did not hesitate to do something stupid like concave abs in front of her, which was more like Phil would have done. However, Leon and Phil have really gotten better during this time. She was surprised at first sight on the training ground, and within a few minutes, she understood why. The two bastards now have a common object of aversion – Benjamin Hamilton.

That's when there was a knock on the door.

The sound of hitting the wood is crisp and rhythmic. If knocking on the door can reflect a person's character in a certain sense, maybe it really is, Phil always knocks on the door as if he knocks on the door, and Pat knocks and does not move.

Lu Ling said please come in, the door was originally in a state of concealment, but now it was pushed open, and the person who walked in was Benjamin.

Lu Ling looked at his watch, according to the time, he should go home, and the players should all go home. She gave him a casual look and asked, "Ben, what's the matter?" and she went about what she was doing.

Benjamin stood in the doorway and didn't go any further, he hesitated for a moment and said, "Excuse me, boss." I forgot to ask, it's not important...... This year, a horse made a splash in London, winning several races, big and small, but his owner never made an appearance at the racetrack. I think you probably know the name of the horse......"

"Dark tornado. A male voice answered.

Only then did Lu Ling raise his head. Coming in from behind Benjamin was Patrick. She smiled at both players and didn't speak.

Patrick turned his face to Benjamin and explained further, "It's the boss's horse, I gave it, and I gave it the name of the show." ”

Benjamin nodded with a smile and said politely, "I understand, thank you." ”

"Are you alright?" Patrick lifted his chin and said in a strange tone.

Benjamin glanced at the manager, who was also waiting for the next step, and then he looked at Patrick and continued to smile, "I wanted to buy that horse, but since it was a gift, the boss probably won't sell it." So it's okay. ”

Lu Ling lowered his head and asked without any emotion, "How much do you bid?"

Patrick was anxious when he heard this, and just as he was about to speak, he caught a glimpse of the sly smile on her lips. He understood a thing or two, and looked at Benjamin with interest.

The surprise in Benjamin's eyes flashed, he thought for a moment, looked at the manager, and said, "You offer, any price, I will ...... it" But before he finished speaking, she raised her head, and he understood her intention from her expression. He looked down and smiled, looked up and said, "You won't sell, you just don't like the practice of asking people to offer what I like...... Boss, maybe find an excuse in the future and bet to lose to me. ”

Patrick leaned back on the head coach's desk with his hands on his chest, shook his head, and said, "You're such a rich bastard, Ben." He had a lazy smile on his face, no doubt joking.

"Rich people are bastards, and I'm a very nice one. Benjamin shrugged. I said hello to the manager, "So, boss, see you tomorrow." And you, Pat. He walked over to shake Patrick's hand, bumped his shoulder, and left.

Lu Ling looked at Patrick. Patrick looked at her, too. The two glared back and forth and exchanged glances for a long time. Finally, she spread her hands in disbelief, "Why are you still here? ”

Patrick said "OK" and walked out. Walking to the door, he turned his head with a very serious expression, "Ah, I may have forgotten to tell you that I will start tomorrow." ”

Lu Ling spread his hands again, and his voice was a little louder, "I know, Pat! This is what I set! I read the starting list in the locker room, remember?"

Patrick blinked his pretty eyes, suddenly lifted his shirt, revealing his well-defined abs, and said nonchalantly, "One last thing, Leon told me, I'll have to show you, though you can see it often." Then he got out before her "Get out Pat" sounded.

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