At 7:30 the next morning, Zhang Xu appeared on the side of the club's training ground, and when he saw the empty training ground, Zhang Xu shook his head and followed the instructions of the road sign to find the office of head coach Wilson. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Five minutes later, Zhang Xu finally touched the office of head coach Wilson.

"Come in!" Head coach Wilson arrived at the club at 7:30 a.m. and will need to finalise his 18-man squad as soon as possible for the trip to Huddersfield Town and plan the tactics accordingly. When he heard the knock on the door, he didn't raise his head, and directly said please come in.

Zhang Xu pushed open the door and saw Wilson lying on the desk writing and drawing, and he couldn't be disturbed, so he could only walk to the desk and wait.

After a minute, Wilson finally remembered that someone had just come in, and he looked up to find Zhang Xu standing in front of him staring at him.

"Ahem, I'm sorry, Zhang!" Wilson smiled awkwardly, "Do you have anything to do with me?" As soon as he finished speaking, he slapped his head and exclaimed, "Oh shit, I forgot that today you were the first day to join the team!" This damn memory! It's really old! ”

"Hehe, Mr. Wilson, you're not old, you're too busy! There are so many things on the team that you need to be in charge of the big picture, and it's not your fault that you forget one thing. Zhang Xu said with a smile.

"Haha, you kid really can talk" Wilson laughed, "Let's go, I'll take you to the locker room." After speaking, he got up from his seat and walked towards the first-team locker room with Zhang Xu.

When we arrived at the locker room, it was empty.

Wilson smiled bitterly: "These stinky boys, few of them arrived early!" Zhang, don't let them learn badly! ”

Zhang Xu shrugged his shoulders and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Wilson, I have always been strict with myself. ”

"That's good, Zhang," Wilson pointed to a spare wardrobe and said to Zhang Xu, "You can use this wardrobe, and I'll have your label labeled when I get back." ”

"Okay, thank you!" Zhang Xu put down the backpack on his body and quickly changed into his jersey.

The hour hand pointed to 7:50 when one of the players finally pushed open the door to the locker room.

"Hey, boss, why are you here?" The other party saw Wilson standing in the locker room, startled, and asked in surprise, and then saw Zhang Xu behind Wilson: "Wow, I know the reason, haha." ”

As he spoke, he ran to Zhang Xu's side, put his arm around Zhang Xu's shoulders and said, "It turns out that you are the Zhang from China, uh, what, xu?" I'm sorry, I really don't understand the pronunciation of Chinese names. ”

"It's okay, my name is Zhang Xu, and I'm glad to be here at Blade!" Zhang Xu pronounced his name in Chinese.

"Haha, your English pronunciation is really good! My name is Beatty and James. Bitty! Captain Hyundai, the old captain Mogan is now lying in the hospital for treatment due to injury, on behalf of all the players in the first team, I welcome you, Chinese boy! Beatty was very enthusiastic about Zhang Xu's arrival, patted Zhang Xu's shoulder in a friendly manner, and continued: "Those boys are coming soon, should we give them some exciting surprises?" ”

"Alright, Beatty, don't freak out the kids!" At this time, Wilson smiled and said: "I will hand over Zhang to you, ten o'clock at eight, and bring the intact Zhang to the training ground on time!" With that, Wilson pushed open the door and walked out.

Intact? Zhang Xu paused for a moment.

"Haha, the leader refers to the fact that our Blades team has a special induction ceremony, which can only be done in the locker room!" Beatty winked at Zhang Xu and smiled weirdly.

Just when Zhang Xu felt a little bad, the door of the locker room was pushed open again, and with the sound of gossiping, one team member after another walked in.

"Wow, you're that Chinese zhang, aren't you?" When they found Zhang Xu, they all came over with a look of surprise.

"Uh, yes, hello everyone, I'm Zhang Xu from China who just joined!" Zhang Xu was not stage frightened, and introduced himself generously.

"Hey, man, I heard that you have a lot of delicious food in China? Is it true? "This one is obviously a foodie.

"Zhang, I heard that you have a city wall, 10,000 kilometers long? It's terrifying! "It seems that this guy is a tourist person.

"Zhang, I heard that you Chinese have a grudge against the islanders, because the islanders killed 300,000 people in one city during World War II, what is going on?" Well, one more study of history.

"Hey, buddy, I heard that you Chinese eat with two bamboo sticks, is it true?" This is engaged in humanities research.

"Brother, you call China the 'Kingdom of Bicycles', do you have a lot of bicycles?" This is someone who stays in the seventies and eighties of the last century.

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The chatter of his teammates made Zhang Xu at a loss, not knowing which teammate's question to answer.

Fortunately, Beatty cleared the siege in time, and he shouted loudly: "Okay, brothers, Zhang has just joined our Blade team, and we will discuss it slowly after we have any questions, now, should we have our unique joining ceremony?" ”

"Wow, I like this, hehe!"

All the team members stared at Zhang Xu with green eyes, which made Zhang Xu's heart tingle. Just when he was nervous, Beatty screamed, "Bring the knife!" ”

Immediately, a teammate handed him two long white dangling knives, and Beatty held one in one hand and continued: "Okay, let's get started!" ”

The teammates rushed up at Zhang Xu, then quickly stripped him of his clothes and escorted him to Beatty.

"Captain, what is this going to do?" Zhang Xu, who had never encountered such a scene, felt a little numb in his scalp.

"It's okay, it's just a surprise, haha!" Beatty held two knives and swung them twice, laughing.

The cold blade slashed past Zhang Xu's naked body, immediately causing goosebumps to stir up on Zhang Xu's skin.

Just when he thought something bad was about to happen, the two knives in Beatty's hands suddenly slashed at him.

Zhang Xu's limbs were grabbed by his teammates, and he couldn't resist at all, so he could only watch the blade approaching his body.

The knife, which was not cut down in the end, stopped less than a centimeter away from his body, and Zhang Xu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Beatty crossed the two knives and placed them under Zhang Xu's head, and exclaimed, "Zhang, laugh one!" ”

Well, it's still laughing like that? Zhang Xu squeezed out an ugly smile. "Click!" With a bang, a bright light flashed!

Zhang Xu found out that opposite him, a teammate was holding a camera and took a photo of himself naked with two long knives on his head!

It turns out that this is the entrance ceremony of the Blades! It's, uh, a bit heavy on the taste!

Just when Zhang Xu thought that he was about to put on his clothes after the ceremony, Beatty shouted again: "Don't move, don't move!" And a photo! ”

Then, he lowered the two long knives down...... In the end, it was placed on Zhang Xu's big bird!

"Hey, Captain, you've got to be careful! Otherwise, the rest of my life will be over! Zhang Xu said with a wry smile.

"Hahahaha......" Zhang Xu's words immediately caused bursts of strange laughter and screams from his teammates.

"Click!"

Finally, the second photo sound sounded, the ceremony was finally over, Zhang Xu hurriedly covered his big bird, carefully avoided the cold and sharp blade, and got dressed after three times and five divided by two, and then put his heart back in his stomach.

"Haha, brothers, welcome Zhang, officially join Blade! Ha ha! Beatty was the first to take the lead in applauding, and then everyone laughed and applauded Zhang Xu warmly.

"Thank you! Thank you! Zhang Xu hurriedly thanked him, and then asked nervously, "But, captain, have you confirmed that there is no other joining ceremony?" ”

The teammates burst into laughter.

At ten o'clock at eight, Zhang Xu and his teammates came to the training ground laughing and playing.

Seeing Zhang Xu integrate into the team so quickly, head coach Wilson and assistant coach Elan nodded with satisfaction, and then came to the team with a tactical board.

"Okay, boys, I believe you must have given Zhang a unique induction ceremony!" Wilson said with a strange smile.

"Haha, Chief, that's a must!" Beatty took the lead in coaxing, causing his teammates to scream again and again, and Zhang Xu, as the party concerned, could only smile bitterly.

"Okay, now, let's ask Zhang from China to introduce himself!" Wilson motioned for Zhang Xu to stand at the front of the line.

Zhang Xu smiled bitterly, strode to the front of the team, and began to introduce himself: "Hello, my name is Zhang Xu, if you are idle in the future, you can call me zhang, or China zhang!" The joining ceremony just now made me feel thrilled, and I was thinking afterwards, if I was a little excited just now, then," Zhang Xu spread his hands and said, "It is very likely that the rest of my life will be over!" ”

"Hahahaha......" his teammates burst into laughter.

"I used to be a midfielder on the court, but now I think I have to listen to the head, otherwise I might have to play basketball or volleyball!" Zhang Xu laughed at the right time, making his teammates laugh constantly.

"Of course," Zhang Xu continued: "If the boss asks me to play in the back, I believe I will definitely help the team build a solid defense line in the backfield, a defense line that will make the opponent fearful!" ”

"Bang bang bang!" The last sentence immediately made everyone present applaud him warmly, not because of anything else, but because Sheffield United, who had fallen to League One this season, should have been shaking the lead, but now they are only in third place.

The biggest problem is the instability at the back.

We can take a look at the stats, in 25 rounds of the league, Sheffield United have scored 45 goals, which is understandable in attack, but the number of goals conceded has reached 27! On average, 1.13 goals are conceded per game! This number is not a reassuring number, which is a big reason why Sheffield United can only finish third.

As the saying goes: offense wins the crowd, defense wins!

If there are defensive problems, Sheffield United will want to return to the Championship this season, but they will be in vain.

This is an important reason why Sheffield United brought in Zhang Xu, and it is also an important reason why Sheffield United is willing to apply for a special talent clause for Zhang Xu!