Chapter 3 A.T. Kearney Training Base (Part I)

The next day, Qin Shou followed Henry to the Kearney training base and met the head coach of the Arsenal club, the Frenchman Arsène. Arsène Wenger and coach Arsène Wenger's assistants.

Qin Shou is just a young player, let alone in Europe, even in the United States, except for football fans in New Jersey who are absolutely loyal to the New York Red Bulls, basically not many people know him, so there is no way to talk about fame or anything.

The reason why he was able to be received by all the members of the team's coaching staff was mainly because of Henry. The former king of the Gunners devoted the best of his youth and best career to Arsenal, and although he eventually left Highbury for other reasons, his imprint has been deeply imprinted on the club's century-old history, and even for a long time, Henry was a god in the hearts of many gunners.

It can be seen that Henry's influence on Arsenal is indeed huge.

In fact, after Henry's arrival in London, the Arsenal club prepared a brief but solemn return ceremony for him. Thierry Henry officially announced at the Emirates Stadium that he would be on loan at Arsenal for three months during the winter break, while tens of thousands of Gunners fans welcomed their former king back with cheers that topped the pitch.

A veteran player who is over 30 years old and has long passed the peak of his professional career, but has attracted the attention of gunners all over the world, and only because of a welcome ceremony to fill the house at the Emirates Stadium, such a crazy and frenzied scene has shocked the Arsenal players, and it is difficult for young gunners who have not experienced that crazy era to understand the emotions of the fans and the old people in the club, for them, it is not just a string of statistics in the honor book, but a beautiful memory in their hearts that will always be worth cherishing.

And now that Henry has brought Qin Shou to visit the coaches, the coaches will naturally have a little face for this old hero.

Qin Shou also knew very well that he was able to get a personal reception from head coach Wenger because of his friend Henry, so after entering the head coach's office, he looked a little restrained - in the past, his personality was very arrogant, and even a little rough, but he was not an idiot in the end, and he knew that he should leave a good impression on the coaches, so he tried his best to show his calm side.

Coach Wenger is a representative figure of academic coaching, giving the world the impression of being elegant and gentlemanly, and he seems to always wear a neat suit with a gentle smile on his face.

After a brief chat with Henry, Wenger turned his attention to Qin Shou.

The best and top coach in the world looked at Qin Shou very carefully and seriously, his eyes were very soft, not sharp and aggressive at all.

Qin Shou still felt a little nervous, and he even felt that this kind-looking old man seemed to be able to see through his heart at a glance. Not sharp, but full of wisdom, straight to the bottom of people's hearts.

After a while, Qin Shou finally felt the pressure on his body relax, and Coach Wenger had already gotten up and walked in front of him, still with a warm smile on his face.

"Arsenal are the best club in the world, for me, there is no one. So, lad, if you can prove that you're good enough, then stay. Remember, until you are able to stay, work hard, because you can only stand firm here if you work hard enough. Of course, if you end up staying, then you have to work harder, because you want to let the world know that you are good, let all the Arsenal people cheer for you, and make this century-old club proud of you. ”

Coach Wenger patted Qin Shou's shoulder with a smile, then paused, glanced at Henry, and said, "Just like Thierry once did." ”

Henry shrugged at Qin Shou, spread his hands, and smiled helplessly.

"Hmm."

Qin Shou didn't know how to answer this famous sect leader, so he could only nod heavily.

Arsene Wenger said no more, gave a few words to his assistants, and then returned to his desk. Everyone knew that the professor was giving an eviction order, so they got up and left, and went about their own work.

Qin Shou, like Henry, followed an assistant coach and left the office.

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'Arsene Wenger seems to be cold to me, Thierry.

Outside the office, Qin Shou said to Henry.

When he first joined the New York Red Bulls, although he was also a nobody, the coaches were very enthusiastic about him, especially Dietmar and Juan, who would talk to him gently, ask him football questions, and even care about his life.

And here, Coach Wenger just gave a few words of encouragement, and the other coaches did not have much communication with him, which made Qin Shou inevitably feel a little apprehensive.

"The gap between the football culture in the United States and Europe is not a little bit, Qin." Henry replied, and at this point, the former king of the gunslingers looked at the closed office, paused, and continued, "The professor himself is not very good at words, but he has a lot of value for young players, and it seems to me that he has a lot to say today, and not every young player can get such solemn encouragement from the professor." ”

"Thierry is right." The two are not far from the assistant coach Steve. Alder interjected lightly, "To be honest, I haven't seen Mr. meet and encourage a young player so solemnly for a long time, Sir attaches great importance to the development of young players, but for a young player who has not proven himself in the professional arena, it is difficult to get too much attention from him." You are very lucky, although the gentleman is not very obvious, but I have followed him for many years, I know his temperament very well, and you have received the attention of the gentleman. ”

Hearing the words of this assistant to coach Wenger, Qin Shou's heart suddenly settled. However, before he had time to be complacent, the assistant coach with a serious face threw over another sentence, so that Qin Shou's newly raised pride was thrown to Java in an instant.

"I don't see what attracts you to Mr. Rather, but football in England is not quite the same as in the United States. You still have a long way to go if you want to stay here, or even get on your feet. So, Chinese boy, put away your thoughts, take out all your skills, and then, do a good job! ”

Looking at Coach Alder's back gradually walking away, Qin Shou smiled helplessly and muttered to Henry: "This guy looks unfriendly, and his emphasis on speaking is hard, just like a piece of wood." ”

"Coach Alder is a very serious and focused person on his work and football, so ......," Henry said with a smile, "follow along, Coach Alder will tell you what to do next." ”

Qin Shou nodded, and chased after Coach Alder's back with Henry.

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Qin Shou followed Henry and Coach Alder to the training ground, at this time the Arsenal players had already done some warm-up training, and were scattered to gather together in twos and threes to chat, Coach Alder clapped his hands and motioned for everyone to come around.

The players quickly walked over, looked at Qin Shou who was standing behind Coach Alder, and whispered again.

"I heard that there is a kid on loan from the United States, is that him?"

"The United States? Shouldn't that be a big black guy? But look at this kid's appearance, yellow-skinned and black-haired, he is an Oriental. I don't know if it's Japanese or Korean? ”

"It should be Korean, wasn't there a Korean in the group of guys in Manchester before? Speaking of which, that Korean can really run, I heard that Koreans like to eat kimchi, so they are very good at running. This guy shouldn't be bad, right? ”

"What if you can run, football is not just about running and playing. I'm not interested in this guy anyway, what kind of place is Asia and the United States, football desert! How good can the players who come out of there be? Anyway, I don't think it's reliable......"

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Hearing the undisguised discussion of the group of future teammates in front of him, Qin Shou's face sank slightly. It's true that Asians haven't achieved much in European football, so it's normal not to be favored. The status of Japanese and South Korean players in European football is already very low, let alone China, which has no one playing in Europe's top five leagues. But it's one thing to know, it's another thing to be questioned like this in person, not to mention being mistaken for a Korean (Japanese) national, Qin Shou's mood suddenly became very bad.

"Alright, it's all quiet." Coach Alder finally spoke, and the various discussions of the players made him frown slightly, he glanced at Qin Shou, who had a gloomy face, and shook his head secretly, before introducing to the players in front of him, "As you can see, we will have a new member join today." This is Qin, from the Red Bulls Club in New York, USA. ”

Coach Alder's brief presentation was brief, and in his opinion, the ability to establish himself in European football is not only determined by the performance of the players on the pitch. While this is important, how you get along with your teammates is equally important.

Alder's idea is very simple, he is only responsible for introducing Qin Shou to his teammates, and whether he can quickly integrate into the team can only rely on himself. The coach is responsible for the team's day-to-day training, not the player's daily babysitter.

Qin Shou saw Alder looking at him and understood what he meant, he nodded lightly and took two steps forward.

"Hello everyone, my name is Qin Shou and I am 20 years old this year. I can play a lot of positions, except for goalkeeper, I can basically play all. Of course, my favorite position is the striker. ”

Alder was a little stunned, in the information he obtained, didn't he say that the position that this Chinese player is best at is a defensive midfielder, how did he become a striker?

Henry patted his forehead helplessly on the side, only he knew that Qin Shou was playing a word game with the big guy, his best position was midfielder, but his favorite position was striker. Being good doesn't mean liking!

"Alas, this guy really can't do anything about him!" Henry, who knew Qin Shou's 'wealth fan' nature, shook his head speechlessly and sighed.