Winter in the British Isles is always very depressing, rainy and cloudy, it is difficult to see a ray of sunshine, the days are very short, the nights are very long, so the workers living in the British Isles always feel that they get up before dawn during the day and come home after dark, which is very depressed.

On this day, it rained hazy drizzle, floating in the air, from time to time into the collar of the coat of passers-by, staining their bare necks, creating a cold chill, people couldn't help but shrink their whole body, immediately tightened the warm coat on their bodies, spit heater in their mouths, and cursed, damn thief God

Crowley was one of many early risers, dressed in a black coat, his forehead bare from a little baldness covered in fine raindrops, and with every breath, he exhaled a hazy mist.

His left hand popped out of his wind coat, and he looked at the watch on his wrist, time was running out, and he couldn't help but speed up his pace.

A pair of thick fleece cowhide boots, stepping on the asphalt road in Birmingham city, the cow tendon soles and the ground kept rubbing sound, to the intersection, saw the pedestrian street lights flashing rapidly, he quickly crossed the road with a brisk step, came to the opposite side, at this time just from the green light to the red light.

Taking a few breaths, the thirty-five-year-old Englishman looked at the food he was carrying, and in it were some breakfast and food he had just bought, such as toast bread, if it wasn't for the fact that the bread at home had just run out, and he forgot to buy it yesterday, he wouldn't have gone out so early and endured the hellish days

Although they get up early, there are already a lot of pedestrians on the street, especially when passing around the corner, many people stop by the roadside grocery store, pick up a newspaper, throw down a coin, and if the weather is better, they will rush to read the newspaper while hurrying, but now this kind of ghost weather, who would do such a thing?

Coming to the front of the grocery store, Crowley glanced at the signboard at the entrance of the store, on which there were many copies of the most popular newspapers in England, such as The Times, The Guardian, The Sun, The Daily Telegraph, etc., each of which was placed on it, so that customers could clearly and intuitively see what the newspaper was about today, and then go to the window of the grocery store to pick up the newspaper they read.

There are two kinds of newspapers in the UK, one is similar to the Times that asks for money, so they always make some attractive covers on the front page, which can greatly promote sales, while the Sun is a hardcore newspaper with a three-page girl in each issue, attracting some sullen customers to buy their newspapers, and at the same time making some women popular.

The other type of newspaper is similar to the subway newspaper, which does not cost money, but the quality is very poor, and it belongs to the type that is thrown away after reading it.

Crowley, like most people in England, had the habit of reading newspapers, but he seldom read those free newspapers, but would buy a newspaper every day at the grocery store near his doorstep, that is, the one he was standing on.

Birmingham is a big city, and there are generally no newsstands or mobile newsstands on the road, so newspapers are generally bought in grocery stores, and every grocery store will operate many aspects, such as newspapers, such as mobile phone recharge cards, etc., so the bulletin board in front of their door will be replaced with the latest newspaper every day.

Almost all the newspapers today use the same front-page headline, which is that Tottenham Hotspur thrashed Wigan Athletic 10-0 at home last night, scoring the highest single goal score in the Premier League in the past few years, and Messi scored five goals in less than 45 minutes alone, which is a stunning performance.

So there are eye-catching headlines in newspapers like "Super Messi" or "Super Tottenham".

Crowley glanced at the billboard, went to the window and retrieved a copy of the Times, then quickly rolled the newspaper into a roll, put it in his coat, and walked out of the grocery store quickly, he would rather get wet himself than wet the newspaper, because he felt that the wet newspaper looked so awkward that it was a reader's nightmare.

Three steps and two steps, Crowley soon came to his door, a small apartment facing the street, and they lived upstairs.

I entered the apartment, went upstairs, opened the door and returned home, changed into cowhide boots and wind coats, took out food and newspapers, and when I was about to go to the kitchen, I saw my twelve-year-old son walking barefoot out of his small bedroom.

"Oh Dan, it's too cold, go back and put on your shoes and clothes, come over for breakfast," Crowley shouted to his son.

But he started to keep busy in the kitchen.

Not long after, his wife and son walked out of the room one after another.

Every time he sees his son, Crowley feels very relieved, although he is only twelve years old, not big, but very smart, and his son has a virtue that makes him a father extremely proud, that is, he is very talented in football, and has been favored by Birmingham's local Premier League team Aston Villa since he was a child, and has been cultivated in Aston Villa's academy.

"It's raining outside again, and it's about to be a Christmas holiday, should we consider going south?" His wife sat across from Crowley, next to her son, Dan, discussing how to spend the Christmas holidays.

Many Brits choose to go south around Christmas, depending on whether it is southern Spain, Portugal, or even fly directly to the Canary Islands, or Africa, to escape the nightmare of the British sky

"Oh, I'm afraid not, dear," Crowley said, spreading salad dressing on his toast, "maybe we'll have to go to London." After saying that, he looked at his son with a smile, "I always believed that Dan had the opportunity to go to London."

"Oh" the wife suddenly realized, immediately reached out, full of love to touch her son's blonde hair, "yes, we Dan is the best, I believe he will be selected, Tottenham Hotspur will not look away, right?" ”

Dan seems to be a relatively shy and handsome guy, and after hearing his parents' praise, he was a little shy, "But I haven't received a notice, and I don't know if it's okay, besides, I'm just going to participate in the selection event."

"Please, Dan, be a little confident in yourself, and see, what's Tottenham Hotspur's player selection exercise called? Genius Day" Crowley Haland smiled and encouraged his son, cheering him on, "It means that only geniuses can participate in activities, and if you can stand out from so many geniuses, you are a genius among geniuses"

Crowley's words not only amused his son, but also amused his wife.

In the eyes of all parents, their son will always be the best, the best, and the best is the best, and so is the Crowleys.

"I heard that Tottenham Hotspur's academy base is in cooperation with St Mary's College, and entering Theorebold is equivalent to entering St Mary's, my God, even if you can't play football in the future, you can continue to study, which is much better than at Aston Villa." The wife is more pragmatic.

"Of course," Crowley nodded, "so this Talent Day selection also attracted a lot of people, I paid attention to the news last night, and I heard that there are nearly 5,000 training and game videos submitted by players from the UK alone, but only 50 people participate in the Talent Day event, that is, only one out of 100 people are selected." ”

"However, if you get into Tottenham Hotspur, it almost means that you are close to success," Crowley said, and almost represented the thoughts of the 5,000 parents who submitted videos of their children's football and training to Tottenham.

Talent Day player selection activity is a Tottenham Hotspur special for Christmas launched an activity, because it is the first implementation, so it is currently only for the British Isles, that is, the United Kingdom, all children aged 10 to 14 can sign up, directly on the Internet to submit a video, through the Tottenham Hotspur technical analysis of the affirmation, will invite young players to Tottenham Hotspur training base to participate in the selection activities.

Another way to get into the selection exercise is to be spotted by a Tottenham Hotspur scout, who writes a player report and recommends it to the club, as is the case with Crawley's son Dan, who was spotted by a Tottenham Hotspur scout and then asked for their wishes and recommended to the team.

But many days passed, and there was no news.

"Well, if we can accompany Dan to London, we can stop by Tottenham Hotspur's Christmas carnival, I heard this year this year will be even more lively than in the past, it must be great," the wife said with anticipation.

"If Dan can get into Tottenham Hotspur, we will be able to go to Carnival every year from now on"

The couple are talking over there, and Dan on the side has taken the Times that his father bought, and there is a very conspicuous photo on the front page, which is a scene of Messi running to celebrate after scoring a goal, and not far below this big photo is a photo of Tottenham Hotspur manager Ye Qiu being interviewed.

"10:0 OMG, they're monsters" Mother leaned over and saw the headline.

Ten goals, such a game is very rare in football, even if Tottenham Hotspur has staged a number of massacres this season, but to be able to score double-digit goals is absolutely terrifying.

"Messi, Dan, your idol," Crowley said to his son, pointing to Messi's picture.

The front page headline in The Times was, Super Messi

Obviously, this small Argentine superstar has completely conquered all the fans in the whole of England, no matter how picky you are, even if you have almost strict requirements for the players, you can't ask him to do more, because he is not only scoring goals, but also constantly assisting.

To say that Tottenham Hotspur has performed the best this season, in addition to Messi, Ribery is also quite outstanding, but perhaps Messi has created too much momentum, and now for a period of time, almost all newspapers are focusing on Messi, and even many people think that he can get the world footballer of the year.

"He's so good" Dan is a kid, but he plays very well, and he knows very well that only the best footballer in the world can do it like Messi, and Messi is undoubtedly a superstar.

Just as the family of three was eating breakfast and discussing Messi, the doorbell rang from the door of the apartment.

"Hello, may I ask the Crowleys?" There was a sound in the doorbell.

"Yes, which one are you?" Crowley replied to the doorbell.

"There's a courier from you, from London, please come down and sign for it, I'll be downstairs from you

As soon as Crowley heard this, he immediately opened the door and slammed downstairs, and it didn't take long to hear him slamming upstairs again, with an extra courier in his hand, and his expression looked very surprised.

"Hey, Dan, courier from London, Theobold, Hertfordshire, Tottenham Hotspur," Crowley read as he looked at the delivery address, but soon noticed the Tottenham Hotspur logo on the envelope, a lively cockfight on a football.

"Really?" Dan excitedly rushed out of the restaurant and snatched the envelope from his father's hand, it was indeed Tottenham Hotspur.

"Yay" Dan almost didn't come directly to an upside-down golden hook.

"Dear Mr. and Mrs. Steve Crawley, thank you very much for your continued support and affirmation of Tottenham Hotspur, we are very honored to invite you, on the 23rd, with your wonderful son, Dan Crawley, to our Theorebold training base in Hertfordshire for a visit and to participate in the three-day Talent Day player selection activity, this time all the accommodation, expenses are all taken care of by our club."

When the Crowley family in Birmingham received an invitation to Tottenham Hotspur's Talent Day, there were 49 other families across the UK who received similar invitations, and these 50 children were undoubtedly young players recommended by Tottenham Hotspur scouts in the past, carefully selected from all over the UK or in online videos.

The Talent Day selection event is a Christmas event launched by Tottenham Hotspur to learn from Ajax's approach, which is one of the activities of the Christmas carnival, but at the same time, it is also a powerful measure for Tottenham Hotspur to select youth talents.

This is just the first time to test the waters, the team has invited 50 players to London for the event through both online and physical paths, and if it succeeds, it will be followed by two phases in the summer and winter, and finally turn into a regular talent selection event for Tottenham Hotspur.

Ye Qiu attaches great importance to the Talent Day event, because with the cancellation of the FA and the Premier League's restrictions on the selection of youth talents, all teams can select talents anywhere in the UK, so Tottenham Hotspur must take advantage of this to attract more outstanding talents to join as soon as possible and enrich the team's youth training camp.

Tottenham Hotspur have a huge advantage over other teams, that is, they not only have the best youth training and hardware facilities, but they also cooperate with St Mary's College, a prestigious British school, whose new school is located across the road from the Theobold training ground, which is a huge attraction for young players and parents.

Now for Tottenham Hotspur, the only thing that is relatively lacking is the youth coach.

It is important to know that excellent players often represent excellent coaches, and youth coaches have always been the weakness of English football, even in teams like Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea, youth coaches are very bad, not to mention compared with famous youth teams like Ajax, even compared with some other teams on the mainland, they are still a lot inferior.

Tottenham Hotspur's youth training style is not very different from other Premier League teams, and it can be said to be in the same vein as the first team, so in the selection of youth training coaches, Tottenham Hotspur also has the problem of shortage of manpower for the time being.

But in general, youth training 丨 coaches still need to continue to cultivate, so Tottenham Hotspur has another activity in this year's Christmas carnival, that is, coach training丨 course, all adults who are interested in engaging in youth training 丨 coaching can sign up, and Tottenham Hotspur will select the most suitable candidates for training丨After completing the training丨 will directly enter Tottenham Hotspur's Theobald work, or even directly join the first team coaching staff.

In the past three years, the Christmas carnival has become more and more prosperous every year, although Christmas is the European New Year, but in fact it is not as important as outsiders think, otherwise, there will not be so many people like to run out of the city around Christmas.

Therefore, since Tottenham Hotspur held the Christmas carnival, it has attracted a lot of attention among the fan base and the London citizen group, because everyone has the gene of liking to be lively, don't look at these Londoners seem to be alone in a country on weekdays, but in fact, when it comes to the carnival, they are simply happy and forgetful.

As the Christmas carnival gets more and more attention, the scale is almost increasing year by year, from the first edition, Tottenham Hotspur just held an internal carnival in West Obard, to later attracted some fan organizations, to the most open White Hart Lane Stadium directly, allowing fans and their families to enter, until now, White Hart Lane Stadium can no longer be accommodated.

Not only Tottenham Hotspur attaches great importance to it, but also the City of London, Tottenham District Council, and Hertfordshire County Council, all attach great importance to the Christmas carnival, and give a series of support and promotion, plus the participation of sponsors and merchants, the fourth edition of the Christmas carnival will be larger than in previous years.

Because of this, Tottenham Hotspur has launched a series of activities specifically for the Christmas carnival, and the Talent Day selection event and coach training courses are just two of them, and there are also some activities for fans and the community, which are also being launched one after another.

In the words of Tottenham Hotspur CEO Peter Kenyon, it is necessary to make this Christmas carnival a regular event, a common holiday and event for all Tottenham Hotspur fans

And this is also an important attempt by Ye Qiu and Peter Kenyon to platform Tottenham Hotspur's business system.