Chapter 59: The Call of the National Team (Part II)
"What, Mr. Parry, are you saying that the England national team invited me, a 16-year-old newcomer, to play with the England national team, is that true?"
George, who was training at the training ground today, suddenly received an order from head coach Houllier to let him go to the club's general manager's office.
With doubts, George came to Parry's office, and Parry's first sentence was that the England national team invited him to join the national team.
Although he knew from Owen and Beckham and others from the beginning that he was likely to enter the national team this time, George was still very excited when this time really came.
"Hehe, how could I lie to you about this kind of thing, if you don't believe it, you can see for yourself, this is the fax from the England national team." Looking at George's excited face, Parry understood George's excitement at this time, after all, whether it was Fowler, Owen and Gerald, when they heard this kind of news, they all reacted similarly to George.
George excitedly took the fax that Parry had taken out of the drawer and began to look at it carefully. That's right, it was the invitation of the England national team, and the manager was his mentor Kevin Keegan.
Seeing this, George had already confirmed the truth of the matter and took a deep breath in order to calm his excited mood at this time.
"Well, do you want to go to the national team or not, if you don't want to participate, it doesn't matter, you can tell me, the club can refuse for you directly, although it will have a certain influence on your popularity, but as long as you perform well in the club, it doesn't matter. In short, we in the UK are the most generous country, even if you refuse the invitation to the national team this time, you don't have to worry about being like China in the East. In short, as long as you perform at the club, the next national team invitation will naturally come to you again. ”
In fact, Parry's words are polite, because Parry knows very well that no professional player can refuse the invitation of the national team, after all, the current national team list is likely to be a member of the 2002 Korea-Japan world.
Under normal circumstances, some players would not accept the call of the national team to play some irrelevant games in order to keep their position at the club. But the World Cup is different, the top stage of world football is something that any player wants to go to.
What's more, as long as the player is clothed with a national brand and has participated in the World Cup at the same time, his value can be greatly improved. If you have an excellent performance in the World Cup, I am afraid that the value will increase several times. At the beginning, Owen began to rise with the game in the 98 World Cup and became a world-famous star. Especially in the wonderful goal against the bitter rival Argentina in the eighth, it won Owen countless honors.
So although Parry said that if George is not willing to go to the national team, he can tell himself that the club can reply to the English FA for George. But Parry knew that this was not possible.
"No, no, sir, I would say that I would love to be part of the great England national team." Hearing Parry's words, George, who had only reacted at this time, hurriedly said.
"OK, since that's the case, then this matter is decided, I will help you get back to the FA later, and then you will have to listen to the orders of the national team at any time."
"Got it, sir!"
"Okay, this time you are called for this matter, now that you have decided, then go and train hard, I don't want to see you just an obscure player in the national team, even if our Liverpool players enter the national team, but they are not going to be substitutes, but to play."
George didn't know how he ended up walking to Parry's office, in short, George only felt that he was very happy at this time, and even his feet felt weak when he walked.
Although George used to be a soldier, this does not mean that George knows nothing about world football, on the contrary, he is very familiar and understood, because one of George's teammates was a crazy fan. Under the influence of his teammates, George also became a loyal fan.
(In fact, although most of the soldiers in the squadron like basketball, this does not mean that the soldiers only care about basketball and do not like football.) On the contrary, there are not many people who like football, but it may be because of the conditions that there are many people who like basketball in the army. After all, the conditions of a football field are much higher than the conditions of a basketball court, and many troops can have one or two basketball courts for soldiers to play basketball and exercise, but football fields are not common, after all, just the field, a football field needs to be much larger than a basketball court. )
In fact, George has always regarded himself as a Chinese in his heart, saying that he will fight for the national plus team, and George hopes more to fight for the Chinese team. But this kind of thing, George also knows that it is impossible at all, after all, the national members of the Chinese team are not even qualified to participate in a mixed-race person, let alone George, an "authentic" British.
It is precisely for this reason that George has transferred the idea of joining the Chinese national team to the England national team, and now he has been invited by the FA, thinking that he will be able to play with the world's top strikers and rear warriors, thinking about it, George feels very excited.
In the final training, George didn't know how he trained, in short, in the process of training, George's mind was not on the training, and there were frequent mistakes.
Fortunately, manager Houllier knew that George had received an invitation from the FA, considering that George was only 16 years old now, and he was called by the FA, so he was inevitably excited, so he was not angry at George's frequent mistakes, and kept smiling and watching George's mistakes.
Finally, when the team was disbanded, Liverpool's teammates who received the news, after learning that George had been invited by the FA, all of them coaxed and asked George to invite everyone to have a good meal and celebrate.
George, who was no longer able to judge things correctly, was naturally dragged by a group of bad teams to Owen and Gerrard's bar and began a crazy celebration.
The unconscious George was sent home by Owen, and when he was in bed dreaming of putting on the England national team jersey and playing on the World Cup stadium, he didn't know that England manager Keegan was discussing with his own group of coaching staff about the friendly matches with the national teams of those countries when the World Cup came, to train and check the team.
And this time, in the eyes of the England national team, the teams that are ready to be invited are basically all European powerhouses. Keegan and the others were hesitating about which team to choose as the target of the training. Fastest updates!