After a long time at Chelsea, he has lost the euphoria and spirits he had when he first arrived, so Thomas has become a bit sullen lately.

A year ago, he was a back-up goalkeeper for Wolverhampton's youth team, at a time when he was still rarely playing in the youth team and the club were not optimistic about his future. But there have been so many things that have happened in the past year, the hard work in Wolverhampton, the frustration of parting with good friends, the lack of reuse at Bristol Rangers, and then the success of his own league in League One.

It can be said that the reason why Thomas has the ability to be discovered by Chelsea's scouts and come to this club that he could not imagine before is due to some Wang Li's credit, but most of it is his own efforts, and in this year, Thomas has made efforts to realize his football aspirations, which is absolutely unimaginable to ordinary people.

Thomas also felt satisfied when he first arrived at Stamford Bridge, having already become the first substitute for Chelsea's goalkeeper at the age of 19, which is something to be proud of. But after more than ten days like this, he was a little bored.

As a substitute goalkeeper, it's really hard to get a chance to play in an official match. Unlike other positions in the team, few teams will choose to replace the goalkeeper in the game, because this position is the most necessary to play consistently, and the whole game will not consume too much energy, so it is very possible for a main goalkeeper to play all the game time in a season.

So, Thomas feels it's really hard for him to get a chance to play in the Chelsea team.

In this case, Thomas has another idea, taking advantage of the fact that the summer transfer window has not yet closed, he wants the club to send him out on loan, even if it is to go to a League One team, rather than not playing at Chelsea, so that he can at least start all the time, prove his quality with his performances and enhance his game experience. In fact, Thomas has another idea - to win the attention of England manager Christian Eriksen with his performance, then he will have a chance to enter the national team.

This is also his childhood dream.

The day before the Chelsea match against Aston Villa, Thomas walked alone into the Chelsea office building and into the manager's room. He was still in awe of the stern Portuguese, to put it bluntly, he always cowered in the face of Mourinho, but for the sake of his future and dreams, he still walked in.

In the room, Mourinho was sitting at his desk, frowning at a stack of materials, Thomas walked in, a little uneasy, he cheered himself up in his heart, and then said: "Boss, I have something I want to discuss with you." ”

Mourinho hammered his head with his hand, closed his eyes tightly, and looked up at Thomas, "Sit down, Thomas, don't be too restrained, is it about the contract?" ”

Mourinho still knows a little about the new goalkeeper. In fact, Thomas's transfer was controlled by him, but at the time, he only regarded Thomas as the team's third goalkeeper and put him in the reserve squad as a supplement, so the salary stated in the contract was only £4,000 a week, which is undoubtedly the minimum wage in the first team, and even many youth team players earn more than Thomas.

And later, after seeing the performance of this big white man on the training ground, Mourinho knew that he underestimated him, and with this kid's ability, he could even go to the second-rate team in the Premier League to play the main goalkeeper.

"No, boss, I'm happy with my current contract." Thomas, who was a little uneasy, immediately waved his hand and replied, seeing Mourinho's eyes, he still cringed and said: "I wanted to ask if the club could loan me to other clubs." ”

Hearing Thomas's answer, Mourinho was stunned and couldn't help asking: "Why?" ”

'Boss, you know, at Chelsea I'm just a second goalkeeper and even though I've been in the squad for the first two games, it's hard to get a chance to play. After the conversation was opened, Thomas spoke his thoughts fluently.

After listening to Thomas's explanation, Mourinho nodded understandingly, in fact, no one likes to be the second goalkeeper, which is different from the substitutes in other positions in the team, because it is difficult for the goalkeeper to have the opportunity to play, which means that there is no opportunity to play the strength.

Looking at the look of the big man in front of him, Mourinho smiled lightly and explained slowly: "I think, you don't have to worry about this, the league has just begun, in this season, Chelsea's schedule is very dense, in addition to the league, there are FA Cup, League Cup, Champions Cup, etc., the club's goal is of course to fight for every title, so the team will face the pressure of fighting in the third or even fourth line, and there will definitely be a lot of opportunities to play." ”

Thomas frowned suspiciously, because he didn't have any experience with a big team, it was a bit incomprehensible for him to have so many games, and it was indeed a bit appalling for a team to want to win so many championships in one season, "So, boss, you mean the team's goal this year is to win all the championships?" ”

"Of course." Jose Mourinho replied in the affirmative that while this may seem irrational to others, it is not surprising that as a champion who has just won the treble, he has arrived at Chelsea with the support of a generous amount of pounds.

Besides, the generous Russian thinks the same as him, if not for all the championships, why would he poach Mourinho and throw so many pounds?

"Alright then, thank you boss." Once Thomas got the answer he wanted, he stood up and was ready to return to the court to continue training.

"Don't think about anything else, train well, stay fit and you'll have a chance." Watching Thomas walk towards the door, Mourinho added behind him.

"Yes, I see."

In reality, Mourinho is not a patient man.

If it's anyone else, like goalkeeper Carlo. Cudicini came to him about it and the Portuguese would have been furious and then thrown him out of the squad in the winter move. However, Thomas is different, in Mourinho's mind, Thomas is the pillar of the future of the Chelsea team, and even this season, he plans to use rotation in other competitions, giving Thomas the opportunity to start, to increase his game experience, hoping that he can replace Cech in the door of Chelsea as soon as possible.

It can only be said that in the professional football circle, strength is the foundation of everything, and the treatment will be completely different if the strength is different... By the time Thomas returned to training, most of the players had already left, with the exception of Wang Li and Joe. Kerr and the two practice free kicks on the field, recently Wang Li still wants to practice free kicks well, although the internal force has broken through, but in this regard, it is still difficult to find a feeling, the accuracy of the curve ball is still too low.

Seeing Thomas walking out of the office building, Wang Li kicked the ball at him and asked with a smile, "What's the matter, Thomas, have you gone to the boss?" ”

Thomas dodged the flying ball and complained, "Alan, do you want to murder?" ”

"Tell me, what's going on, Thomas?" Wang Li walked over and asked with concern. When he was training in the morning, when he saw Thomas's expression, he knew that there must be something in this kid's heart.

'It's nothing, it's just that I want to go on loan to another team and talk to the owner.' Qiang laughed, and Thomas said.

Wang Li frowned, "He agreed?" ”

'No, he told me that the team will have a lot of games this season and that I will start in many games in the future. Thomas said sincerely.

Wang Li thought about it for a while, and then said bluntly: "Thomas, I think the boss is right, we will definitely have a lot of games in the future, and you will definitely have a chance to stay at Chelsea." ”

'But I'm still a substitute for the team, Allen, and I don't want to be a substitute goalkeeper.

Wang Li nodded and said slowly: "Actually, I think you stay at Chelsea, even as a backup goalkeeper, but this will still be the best choice." Without waiting for Thomas to refute, he continued: "If you think about it, even if you are loaned to other teams now, if you want to get the main place directly, it will definitely be a team in the second league, you know, last season, you have been with Bristol Rangers for almost a year, what's the point of going again?" ”

"Besides, staying at Chelsea doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have a chance, if you play well in the last game, the boss is likely to let you take Peter's place to play the main team, I think this manager is still very trustworthy, he is very focused when he works, well, just without any personal feelings, whoever is good, who has a chance, don't you still believe in your own strength?"

After listening to Wang Li's words, Thomas thought about it and felt that it made sense, and then his mood improved a lot, "Well, I just don't know when it will be my turn to play." ”

Wang Li smiled and patted his friend's shoulder, "Soon, as long as you work hard." ”

Thomas picked up the ball at his feet with his hand, threw it into the air, kicked it hard, and said with a smile: "I really hope to play soon!" If one day I could play in the knockout rounds of the Champions League and save a couple of goals in a penalty shoot-out to help Chelsea win, haha, it would be a good feeling! ”

"So what will happen to you? Excited yelling at the fans? Wang Li remembered his excitement when he scored the goal, and asked with interest when he looked at Thomas.

"No, no, Alan, you are so unpursued, by that time, I will be famous, there will definitely be many female fans to give me a hug, maybe I can also live a day to change a girlfriend, put on a variety of poses to test the opportunity to move in the Chinese film, hehehehe!"

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(To be continued)