Chapter 2: The First Dawn
The current chairman of West Ham United is Magnussen, and he and Gudmundsen are very good friends, otherwise Gudmundsen, the second richest man in Iceland, would not have participated in West Ham United, and arranging a position for the son of an old friend is really not a little difficult for Gudmundsen. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
However, Magnussen also understood what his old friend meant, so he didn't take it too seriously, anyway, an assistant coach of the youth team could not have any impact on the team, but when he saw the father and son coming, he still smiled and said to Paul: "Little Paul, I saw you just took a turn around the training ground, how is it, do you feel when you see these great boys?" ”
Paul smiled and pointed to a young player on the pitch wearing the number 28 shirt and said: "The player who played as a right winger was good, he was very fast, he was very good at starting suddenly, he was very good on the dribbling skills, and he was able to keep an eye on where his team-mates were on the road when he broke down the wing, so he was a team player. ”
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Magnussen listened to Paul's words, and couldn't help but be a little surprised, he was originally asked casually, but he didn't expect Paul to really say a comment, as the chairman of the team, especially the chairman of a "poor" team like West Ham United, Magnussen is still very familiar with the situation of his youth team, even if it is just a small piece of reflective glass, Magnussen will not miss it, not to mention that the player Paul said is actually a newcomer from West Ham United just poached from Auxerre, France. And what Paul just said is exactly the same as the conclusion reached by the scouts at West Ham!
?? So Magnussen ignored his old friend Gudmundsen and said to Paul: "Paul, this player's name is Joseph Sofine, he is only 18 years old this year, and we bought him from the French Auxerre team a few days ago. However, do you see some of his shortcomings? ”
"This French player actually has a lot of shortcomings, although he can use his skills and speed to form a certain threat on the wing, but his passing quality and passing spirituality are still only at the same level, and his grasp of the timing of the pass is not very good. However, his biggest drawback is that his defensive ability is almost equal to the void, and his right side can become a lethal point for the team if he is attacked by the opponent, and if he can strengthen these weaknesses, he can be a good player. Of course, he wasn't physically strong enough, but he was still young, so it shouldn't be a problem. Paul said confidently.
If Magnussen had a little recognition of Paul's ability before, but after hearing Paul's words, Magnusen, the helmsman of the "Hammer Gang", couldn't help but look at Paul's eyes full of shock!
Because, what Paul said was not only exactly the same as the conclusion reached by the scouts of West Ham United, but also the weakness of Joseph Sofine's poor ability to grasp the timing of the pass, which is a problem that the scouts of West Ham United have not been able to raise.................. It's just a torch!
And Magnussen is also convinced that it is absolutely impossible for the young man in front of him to know Joseph Sofine in advance, after all, the young man has not yet made an appearance in the first team of Auxerre.
"Good! Paul, your powers of observation are amazing! I'm so glad you were able to work for us at the Hammers! This is the luck of our club! Magnussen solemnly stretched out his right hand to Paul and shook Paul's hand, which also represented the West Ham United president's recognition of him, rather than a forced arrangement in front of his old friend.
Next, Magnussen asked Paul one by one about the young players on the training ground in front of him, and Paul also answered them one by one.
However, there is still nothing too good among these young players in West Ham United, at least Paul does not think any player can surpass the French Joseph Sofine Jr. on the pitch.
Paul's performance won Magnussen's more attention, after asking Paul many times if he had ever done football-related work, even Magnussen couldn't help but smile bitterly, the young man in front of him was really born to be a football coach! Although he is still young and has no experience, his observation skills have already given him the potential to be an excellent football coach!
Under Magnussen's arrangement, Paul entered the West Ham under-19 youth team as a coach, in the chairman's view, although Paul now has a good eye, but he is still a layman for football work, in the youth team can give him more learning opportunities, and in his eye, in the youth team coaching staff to carefully observe the young players, which will allow him to have more room to play.
Paul naturally has no opinion on the club's arrangement, knowing that he has the ability to observe players, Paul also feels that he can see a lot of information in those young players in the youth team, help these young players grow, and can be regarded as worthy of the 50,000 pounds annual salary that Gudmundson gave him.
What's more, Paul doesn't have a coaching certificate yet, and if he wants to go further on the road of football coaching, he should study seriously and systematically.
West Ham United's hardware facilities are really much worse than the Premier League teams, Chelsea, Arsenal and other giants in London, and even Paul, a layman, can see that West Ham United's training facilities are not good, and they are just enough.
As for the youth team's coaching staff, there are four of them, led by Paul Goddard, with Kroos in charge of training the players and Czech Ludek in training the goalkeepers.
West Ham's Under-19 squad now has a total of 26 players, ranging in age from 16 to 19, although most of them are not under contract with the club, and some of the little ones are just working hard for their dreams.
???? The French teenager Joseph Sofine that Paul saw yesterday was also training with the players of the youth team, looking at these little guys who seemed to never know tiredness on the field, Paul couldn't help but sigh that the young players who have not yet become famous are indeed hard working and unimaginable.