Chapter 25: Give him a pair of shoes

"Come on, Adam!! You can do it!! ”

"I know!! Alain, Mr. Charles said I could for sure!! I'm going to be a star who makes thousands of pounds a week!! When the time comes, the pair of sneakers you like will only be my salary for one day!! ”

"Can I get another tracksuit?"

"Of course!!"

Next to the training ground of the Luton Academy, two black children, one older and one small, crossed their arms together and said loudly as if no one was around.

There was a burst of laughter all around.

The two children looked similar, they seemed to be two brothers, with curly hair, the older one looked like Adam, he was wearing a red vest that hung loosely on his thin torso, and a pair of athletic shorts underneath, but on Adam's body, the pants were also above the knees, and it looked as funny as if the child was wearing a skirt.

"What are they here for?" Gao Bo turned to his youth director and asked.

Steve Powell didn't seem to be very clear about the situation either, and he called in an academy coach.

"I'm here for a tryout, sir!"

"Tryout?"

"Yes, it was introduced by Mr. Charles, a part-time scout."

Steve Powell looked abruptly aware as he turned his head to Gobbo and explained: "Mr Charles is a PE teacher at a secondary school in Luton and we have signed a scouting agreement with him, and if we sign the players he recommends, he will be paid anywhere from £100 to £1,000. ”

Gao Bo nodded, in England, such part-time scouts are everywhere.

Gao Bo is still very interested in how the English team selects young players with potential, and it just happened that he met today, and Gao Bo watched it with great interest.

Gao Bo didn't know how much excitement his behavior brought to the young players on the field, they were like chickens, trying to show their best side, but in this way, the confrontation on the field seemed to become an individual exhibition game for the players, and the forwards on the field wanted to go it alone after taking the ball one by one.

Gao Bo shook his head slightly, he turned to the academy coach and asked, "When will our trial players play?" ”

"Usually they are put on the pitch in the second half."

Gao Bo nodded: "But I think there is no point in this game now." ”

Gao Bo pointed to the field.

Steve Powell also shook his head on the sidelines, football is a team sport, and now these kids on the field have apparently turned football into an individual show because of the arrival of the head coach.

"Let them go up and try it now."

Now that the manager has spoken, the others naturally have no opinion.

Soon, Adam, a black player who came for a tryout, was ready to put on the line-up.

A circle of young players gradually gathered around, and they looked at Adam with smiles on their faces, after all, Adam didn't look like a football player at all, he looked no different from those black young people in the ghetto, short and thin, could such a body play against those muscular men on the football field?

In fact, even the youth coach next to Gao Bo is not very optimistic about Adam.

"What do you think of him? Tom? Gao Bo asked.

The Academy coach, Tom Caradock, looked at the tryout player who was about to come on.

"He's too thin, and he's too short, sir!"

Gao Bo was noncommittal, the young player really didn't look like he could do anything on the football field, he was very thin, and his height looked like he was only about 1.65 meters.

"How old is he? What is your height now? ”

"Born in 1991, 17 years old, 166 cm tall." Tom pulls out the information sheet.

Gao Bo saw the name of the young player on the form.

Adam White.

"A winger?"

"Yes, that's what the information says. Moreover, he had not received any formal football training, so it would have been too late to start professional football at the age of sixteen, and if he had not been recommended by Mr. Charles, he would not have even had the opportunity to try. However, I think this trial is just a waste of time, and it is very difficult to play in an academy that has not received professional training by the age of 16. Tom spoke eloquently in front of his boss.

"Oh...."Gao Bo nodded, from the academy to the professional arena, this is a road with a very high elimination rate, not all children in the academy can eventually stand on the field of the professional league, especially the academy of a low-level team like Luton, it is even more difficult to get out of any big stars - football is a very talented sport, those talented children when they show their football talent, those big teams have been targeted, where is the turn to get a small team like Luton.

Adam White came on very quickly, and since he was a winger, he was naturally arranged on the wing.

And just at the timeout, Tom gathered his players for a drill, and after the game restarted, the scene was really much better, and no player dared to take the ball to a dead end like before.

Adam Walter was quick to get the ball.

This is a diagonal transfer of the ball, and the ball is very fast.

Adam White lifted the instep of his foot and gently stopped the ball at his feet.

Gao Bo's eyes lit up!

Feet feel good!

But then, Adam White lost the ball, and in the face of the defenders who came up, he made a feint, but before he could pass, he lost his center of gravity and fell to the ground.

"Hahahaha....."

There was a burst of laughter from the young players on the sidelines. Adam White got up from the ground in disarray, trying to chase back, but he didn't take a few steps before he fell to the ground.

Tom shook his head slightly, his sense of balance was so poor!

Adam's performance that followed could be described as very bad.

He barely won a single confrontation, and as soon as his emaciated body was squeezed by his body, he immediately lost his position. And he doesn't seem to be fast, sometimes he stops the ball very well, but not fast enough to get him out of his pursuers.

The first half was over quickly, and Adam walked to the sideline with his head down.

It looks like this trial is over.

Tom thought so too, and he closed the notebook in his hand.

The two black kids on the sidelines silently packed up their things, and it seemed that they also knew that they had failed the tryout.

Gao Bo felt a little pity, Adam's ball sense just now was really good, but why did he look so clumsy on the court? Normally, people with a good sense of the ball should have a good sense of balance.

"Show me his profile."

Tom was stunned, but since it was his boss who spoke, he immediately handed over the card.

Adam White: Pros: Fast speed, good technique; Disadvantages: Born as a street ball player and poor team awareness.

It's just a few simple lines.

Is it fast?

Gao Bo touched his chin, didn't you see it when he tried out just now?

He looked at Adam with some pity at Adam, who had put an earthen worn backpack on his back.

He was not tall, but he had wide feet.

Wait a minute!!

"Wait a minute!!" Gao Bo said suddenly.

"Adam . . . Your tryout isn't over yet. Gao Bo said, "Tom, change his shoes!" ”