Pep Guardiola was surprised by the visit of Haaland Sr., but he heard that the other party planned to bring his son to join his old club, and he also took them to the academy for a trial in person.

After a trial, Guardiola spoke highly of Haaland.

Although this kid is only 15 years old, he is tall, strong, and has a keen sense of smell in front of the goal.

But unlike the average high school striker, he is very fast, his body is also very flexible, and he is not bulky at all.

Although Haaland's foot skills are indeed a little rough, but these can be practiced, if he is willing to endure hardships and train hard, Guardiola and Manchester City will definitely teach him well.

If it really doesn't work, you can also ask Lin Quan to open a small stove for him and help him improve his archery skills.

With his physique, speed, strength and physicality, if he can develop his marksmanship, Guardiola feels that he is also a first-class star.

Pep Guardiola was so pleased with Haaland that he signed him on the spot.

Haaland is 15 years old, so City signed him to a three-year youth contract, and then a full-fledged professional contract when he is 18 years old.

Generally speaking, the salaries of the academy players of various teams are generally not high.

However, Manchester City are more generous, and they offer their academy players up to £7,000 a week on their contracts.

It's a nowhere near the pros, but it's almost the ceiling for Academy players under the age of 18.

Manchester City's weekly salary for Haaland is 5,000 pounds, which shows that Guardiola still attaches great importance to him.

Both father and son are very happy with the treatment given by Manchester City, they have lived in the UK for a long time and know that the average salary in the UK is only around £2,000, and it is a monthly salary.

Haaland Jr.'s salary is more than a dozen times higher than the average salary, what else can there be to dissatisfaction with?

And with Guardiola's emphasis on Haaland, when he reaches adulthood, he will definitely be able to exchange for a larger and better professional contract.

So, the elder Haaland happily signed the contract for his son.

After signing the contract, Pep Guardiola personally took the father and son around the club to show them the facilities of the club's new training base.

The elder Haaland had long heard that Manchester City had changed dramatically after the Abu Dhabi consortium took over, but he couldn't help but be shocked after seeing all this in the training base now.

Boss Mansour is so generous!

How could Manchester City have such treatment in the past?

When he played for Manchester City, Manchester City was poor and had been hovering in the middle and lower reaches, and in 2001, he was even relegated due to poor results.

Now, Manchester City don't have to worry about relegation, and their goal is to win the league or even the Champions League every year.

It's really a huge change in the vicissitudes of life, but it's a pity that I couldn't catch up with the good times.

If he had been born a few years later, he might have been able to take advantage of Manchester City's upswing.

But after thinking about it, he still knows very well what his own strength is, if Manchester City really rises, at his level, Guardiola and the club's senior management may not be able to look at it.

Therefore, fate is such a thing, you can't force it.

If you can't complete it, leave it to the younger generation to achieve!

Haaland Jr. has been a Manchester City fan since he was a kid and it's cool for him to join City's academy and follow in the footsteps of his father when he fought.

Especially when he saw a lot of well-known stars in the team, Haaland's eyes lit up, and his eyes were almost straight.

"Hey, newcomer, what's your position?"

As Manchester City's crown princes, Foden and Sancho heard that a newcomer had joined and immediately ran to see the excitement.

"Huh? Who are you? ”

Haaland's fierce eyes swept over, and immediately made Foden and Sancho, the two who were ready to give the newcomer a prestige, and the person who accepted him as the younger brother was stunned.

What a fierce look!

What a strong body!

Foden and Sancho glanced at each other, and each saw the fear in their eyes.

How to put aside this guy's ball skills for the time being, but this physique, this height, if they really move, the two of them may not be enough to fight each other.

'My name is Foden, he plays in midfield, his name is Sancho, and he is a right winger for the Under-17s.

“U17？”

Haaland glanced at the two of them suspiciously, and the looks of these two people plus their height made them look like they were fifteen or sixteen years old.

"Of course, I'm also at the U17s, and the U15 kids weren't our opponents, so the coach promoted us to the U17s!"

Foden straightened his chest and said with some pride.

Hearing the other party's introduction, Haaland suddenly understood in his heart.

The quality of these two seems to be good, and they are about the same age as themselves, and more importantly, their position on the pitch can help them a lot as a striker.

You have to have a good relationship with them, so that when you get on the pitch in the future, you can eat more cakes and score more goals.

Haaland has a good personality and good social skills, and the three have only met for the first time, but he has become close to Foden and Sancho in a few words.

Although in terms of age, Sancho, who was born in March, is the oldest, and Haaland, who was born in July, is the youngest, but he has come from behind and has vaguely become the eldest of the three.

Poor Foden and Sancho originally wanted to come to take in their younger brother, but they didn't expect to become someone else's younger brother.

Haaland didn't start straight into the Under-17s, but into the Under-15s at his age.

But after playing a few super god games in the echelon, he was immediately promoted to U17 by the youth coach.

Foden and Sancho had already come back to their senses, and felt that they had been fooled by this kid, why did they recognize this big brother in a daze?

But in the blink of an eye, the opponent was promoted to the U17, and I heard that he killed all sides in the U15 game, and the defenders and goalkeepers of the opponent were about to cry.

is worthy of being our eldest brother, and it is really awesome enough.

……

Lin Quan is interested in Haaland and occasionally finds time to watch him play.

Sanxiao only saw the boss of the first team appear in the stands, and they were even more excited, performing the field.

The trio make up City's forward trident, with Foden on the left, Jadon Sancho on the right and Haaland in the middle.

This combination is simply invincible in the U17 arena.

There are hardly any club's echelons that can stop the three of them, and over time, everyone knows that there are three incredible existences in Manchester City's academy.

Some teams have moved their minds and have started sending scouts to visit the three of them on the spot to see if there is a chance to poach them.

Although it is more difficult to dig the wall of Manchester City, Manchester City, a team that wants money, results, and a good atmosphere in the team, is the most difficult to dig the wall.

But it's not impossible, as many Academy players may not be able to play for City's first-team squad for the time being, and they are desperate to get more playing time.

As a result, they will choose to go out on loan or simply transfer to other teams to look for opportunities.

This kind of thing is not uncommon in football, and many youth players from big clubs have been exiled in this way.

Of course, if the strength and potential of these three people are too prominent, then the difficulty of digging into the wall will be greatly increased, and Guardiola and Manchester City may not let them go easily.

And as the fame of the three little ones continues to increase, the number of fans who come to watch the game has also increased.

After watching the first team's game, if you have enough time, you will watch a game of young players with great interest.

Anyway, this kind of competition is usually free, and even if it is charged, the price of the ticket is very cheap, and it doesn't cost a few dollars.

For Manchester City die-hard fans, there's a different kind of satisfaction in watching these players grow up who could go on to write a magnificent chapter in the club's history.

It's like playing a game of star development!

While young players such as Erling Haaland were slaughtering at the Under-17s, Manchester City's first team was also invincible in the league.

In the eighth round of the Premier League, Manchester City swept Newcastle United 6-1 at home, and in the ninth round, they swept Bournemouth 5-1.

Manchester City, who scored 11 goals in two legs, made the major teams in the Premier League feel terrified.

What made them even more terrifying was that Manchester City's eleven goals were very evenly distributed.

The 11 goals were scored by seven players, including three goals for Lin Quan, two for Sergio Aguero, two for David Silva, and one each for Kevin De Bruyne, Kroos, N'Golo Kante and Nasri.

If in previous seasons Manchester City's attack relied heavily on Lin Quan, this season, that has changed significantly.

Under Pep Guardiola's tutelage, Manchester City's offensive system has become more and more complete and powerful, reaching the point of multi-point flowering.

Every player involved in the attack has the ability to score goals, and it is impossible to guard against.

Middle-to-bottom teams can easily be torn apart as long as they can't keep up with City's passing rhythm, and if there is a hole in any position, City's fatal blow will be launched from this place immediately.

On October 22, the third round of the Champions League group stage began.

Manchester City continue to sit at home to last year's Europa League winners Sevilla FC on the back of the big win.

The two teams met once in the UEFA Super Cup at the beginning of the season, and on that occasion Sevilla FC showed stubborn fighting spirit and strong resilience, causing Manchester City a lot of problems at one point.

Although it was Manchester City who won in the end, Manchester City did not dare to underestimate the strength of the opponent.

And in the recently concluded La Liga, Sevilla defeated Barcelona at home, showing the world their strong strength.

This is not a weak brigade and cannot be taken lightly!

If you don't want to repeat the mistakes of Barcelona, you have to take it seriously.

In order to meet the arrival of the opponent, Manchester City has done enough homework, studied the opponent's technical and tactical play, and made targeted deployments.

In order to win this game, Guardiola did his best and discharged Manchester City's strongest squad to face it.

These arrangements can be said to give the opponent enough face and respect.

But all this made Sevilla's coach smile bitterly.

They're just an ordinary team, just lucky, lucky enough to win the Europa League a few more times, you're the European champions, this is still your home stadium, as for the excitement?

Alas, seeing that Manchester City had made such adequate preparations and did not give a chance at all, the Sevilla manager was extremely bitter in his heart:

I'm afraid this game will be difficult!

As he expected, Manchester City showed the terror of the European champions in this game, beating Sevilla to no end.

They enjoyed 87 per cent possession and a whopping 37 shots on goal, 11 of which were on target, and scored four goals in total.

Sevilla FC had a measly 13 per cent possession, barely had the ball, had only two shots on goal and penetrated the opposition's 30-metre zone only five times.

Manchester City fans who were lucky enough to watch this game at their home stadium were all fascinated by watching it.

Such a hearty game makes them feel comfortable all over!

Our Manchester City are amazing!

In addition to ordinary fans, there are also those young players in the Manchester City echelon.

Seeing the wonderful performance of the big stars of the first team on the field, these young players were so excited that they were all pulling their throats to cheer for their favorite stars.

When in the 78th minute of the game, Lin Quan was in the middle of the opponent's multi-person bag, and after the goal was completed, the atmosphere of the scene reached its peak!

"Damn, Brother Lin!"

"This ball is so handsome!"

The young players are all looking straight at each other, is this really what humans can do?

"I've decided, I'll be Manchester City Kobayashi from now on!"

Foden slapped his chest and shouted.

His position on the field is closest to Lin Quan, and his style of play is similar, and Guardiola once praised him, thinking that he has Lin Quan's shadow.

This compliment was regarded by Foden as an affirmation and praise from the head coach, so he rightly regarded himself as Lin Quan II.

Sancho on the side quit: "Brother Ringo is a right winger, I am also a right winger, I am the heir of Brother Lin!" ”

"You are talking nonsense, Ringo can play multiple positions in the frontfield, in addition to wingers, there are also forward midfielders, shadow strikers, I can play these positions, can you?"

Foden crossed his hands on his hips, a pair of Lao Tzu is the real brand, you are an impostor.

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel, Haaland hurriedly stood up as a peacemaker.

"Okay, okay, don't argue, what's the point of what we call ourselves on, I think we still have to train hard, strive to play better on the field, and then see what the fans and those football experts say about us!"

The two of them thought about it, this is the reason, no matter how much they boast about themselves, it is useless to not be recognized by others.

Neither of them regarded Haaland as a competitor, because he was not a player of Lin Quan's type at first glance, plus he played as a center forward, and his position was not right.

However, what the two didn't know was that after watching this game, Haaland secretly decided that one day in the future, he must catch up with or even surpass Lin Quan, a senior!

……

The match between Manchester City and Sevilla brought a lot of shock to the football world, and after watching this game, let alone Sevilla fans, fans throughout Europe were shocked into a cold sweat.

Manchester City is too scary, right?

Who are their opponents for such Manchester City?

It just so happened that an old unlucky guy was about to crash into Manchester City.

And this unlucky guy is Manchester United next door!

The twice-yearly Manchester derby is happening again!

(End of chapter)