Barcelona in July, the wind is beautiful, the sun is shining, it is the tourist season to add many foreigners' faces to the city, on the street, tourists have been crowded, crowded the entire street, Hu Xuefei stood on the balcony, looking at the crowd coming and going downstairs, so that Hu Xuefei couldn't help but sigh, it's good to be young.

The temperature was almost 30 degrees, the hot Hu Xuefei was sweating on his back, there was not even a fan in the house, and the air conditioner was making Hu Xuefei desperate, but he didn't expect that the air conditioner was even broken in his previous life.

There are still 5 days left before the 20th team assembly day, and after Hu Xuefei and his coaching team are familiar with each other and discussed, the pre-season tactical design and layout have been prepared.

Now there are still a few days of rest, so Hu Xuefei gave his coaching team a 3-day vacation, and Hu Xuefei himself also plans to find some holiday leisure in this tourist city.

After enjoying the cold drinks in the refrigerator, Hu Xuefei returned to the club, and now there are still some follow-up procedures for recruitment. After Hu Xuefei quickly handled all the hand speeds, he checked the team list again, and felt that there was no problem before walking out of the base.

Although Hu Xuefei still lives in the original place and is not very far from the base, no matter who it is, even Horion, is persuading Hu Xuefei to take a driver's license, which is very helpful for travel or something.

But Hu Xuefei is lazy, there are a little less things during the ban, he would rather spend time learning tactics, and now that time is even tighter, he is even more reluctant to take the driver's license test.

So now after Hu Xue flies out of the base, she either makes an appointment for a car or walks home.

"Hey, Coach, do you want a ride?"

Hu Xuefei turned his head to look at the road, and a white Buick car was slowly moving forward with his speed.

"It turned out to be you kid, did you end your vacation so early?" Hu Xuefei recognized the owner of the Buick, Oscar Merando, a young player produced by the Espanyol Academy, who was only 20 years old, but entered the 20-man squad of the Espanyol first team the year before last, and Flores paid great attention to Merando last season, with 18 appearances throughout the season, which can be said to have given Melando enough opportunities to exercise.

Melando had entered the Under-19 team early at the age of 16, and a year later, he was recommended by Hu Xuefei to move up to the second team in Spain.

"BOSS, you were my head coach 4 years ago, but I didn't expect that 4 years later, you will still be my head coach." Merando sighed at the time and slapped Hu Xuefei's ass again.

"Okay, this holiday is not overeating, if it affects your fitness and condition of the game, I am very selfless." One summer, Melando did not overeat as Hu Xuefei said, and the short Merando was stronger than last season.

Melando rolled up his sleeves, revealing his strong muscles, and showed Hu Xuefei as a demonstrative, showing a smug smile.

"Boss, you have to get a driver's license, you walk every day, it's a waste of time, get in the car, I'll send you home." Melando beckoned Hu Xuefei to get into the car, Hu Xuefei didn't hesitate, anyway, it's free, don't sit in vain.

Holidays always pass quickly, and the 3-day vacation is gone by in a blink of an eye, and Hu Xuefei's coaching team has also returned to their posts to deal with the affairs at hand.

The players who have been on leave have also returned to the club one after another, and the three new signings were the first to arrive at the Dalhark Stadium, after all, they are new players, so Iglesias wants to see the environment in which they will play in the future, and at the same time come to visit the manager of their new team.

Hu Xuefei stayed in the office every day, whether it was studying or researching the team, Lao Hu never left the office, and even ordered takeout for lunch and dinner.

So every player who comes back from vacation will come back to visit the new coaching team, of course, most of the Espanyol first team knows Hu Xuefei, after all, many people are produced by the Espanyol academy.

Approaching the team's assembly day, every player who comes back from vacation will go for a physical examination to see how many calories this holiday brings to them and how much physical burden it puts on them.

Tomorrow is the assembly day, Hu Xuefei pushed away the messy documents on the table, and exhaled relaxedly. He's a little nervous right now, he doesn't know how to introduce himself to his players tomorrow, his mind is messed up, and he doesn't want to deal with paperwork anymore.

"Knock knock!"

"Please come in!"

Pushing the door in was the team's veteran, Sergio Garcia.

"Hello, Coach." Garcia greeted Hu Xuefei very politely.

As soon as Hu Xuefei saw that it was Garcia, the vice captain of the team, he immediately got up and warmly received Garcia. Hu Xuefei didn't know why Garcia came to his office today after visiting him yesterday.

Garcia is not a very talkative player, and this time he came to his new manager just to explain to him what he discussed with Flores last season.

"Coach, I actually came here to tell you before the start of the season that I plan to retire after the season is over."

Garcia took a sip of the coffee brought by Hu Xuefei and said very flatly.

In June next year, Espanyol's vice-captain Garcia will be 36 years old, originally in 2015, Garcia was already in the late stage of his football team career in Qatar, but in 17 years the Spaniards invited Garcia to return with a very sincere attitude, and Garcia, who was moved by the sincerity of the Spaniards, went back to Espanyol.

Returning to Espanyol for the second time, Garcia clearly felt that his body was increasingly unable to keep up with the requirements of the league, whether it was the rhythm of the game or the physical contact between players, Garcia seemed to have a feeling of powerlessness, so last year, Garcia finally decided that after the end of this season, he would really end his playing career.

"Really? Did you retire this season? Garcia's intention was not too unexpected for Hu Xuefei, last season, Flores rarely sent Garcia, and more often, Flores would change the formation and send Merando. Therefore, Garcia's retirement is only two years.

Garcia nodded, "Yes, Flores' contract was originally until 2021, so I have already discussed it with him, and this time I came to talk to you, not to get you to agree, but to inform you." ”

"Okay, I see, I'm glad you told me the news the first time you saw me, it shows that you value me as a new young manager, thank you."

Hu Xuefei's attitude made Garcia a little unexpected, and the agent originally wanted to tell Hu Xuefei in the middle of the season when the relationship between the head coach and the team was more integrated.

But Garcia's impatience can't allow him to wait for so long, so he came to Hu Xuefei today to confess.

"You are the veteran of our team, our vice-captain, I will support any decision you make, not to mention that this is about your playing career, I have no right to interfere, only full support."

"Thank you!" Garcia didn't move in his eyes, some, just looked down on everything.