"Di Di Di ~"

On George Lee's computer, a video request popped up on MSN.

George Lee clicks to agree, and the screen goes black for a while, after which the team's director of football, Eddie Gray, appears in the video.

"George, why didn't you notify me of such a big matter?"

As soon as Gray came up, he began to question George Lee.

"I'm just asking Tony to get some touch, whether it works out or not is another story."

"I didn't know about it beforehand, if John hadn't told me and he was transferred to the first team, I would have been kept in the dark by you."

"Okay, okay, I'll admit I'm going to surprise you."

"Surprise fart."

It's no wonder that Eddie Gray had to come over and ask for clarification, the reason is that George Lee transferred the original youth director John Sheridan to the first team as a coach after Jordi Cruyff left, so the vacated position of youth director, George Lee thought of Eddie Gray's younger brother, Frank Gray.

George Lee also put forward the idea for the time being, asking the team's general manager, Tony Wilson, to reach out to the other party.

Eight years younger than Eddie Gray, Frank Gray made his way into Leeds United's youth team in 1971 and two years later at the age of 19 broke into the first team as a left-back. After seven seasons at Leeds United, he moved to Nottingham Forest and won a Champions League. He then returned to troubled Leeds United, eventually retiring in 1992.

Now George Lee is ready to bring him back again to help the team, after all, the family has a treasure.

If it is normal for George Lee to invite Frank Gray back as the head of the academy, then he also invited Eddie Gray's two sons, Stewart and Nick Lai Leeds United, after inviting Frank Gray, is completely brain-blowing.

Stewart was invited to the academy to help his uncle Frank lead Leeds United's youth team, while Nick was invited to work in the club's scouting department.

"Hey, hey, Eddie~"

"Don't laugh, talk."

"When we have a staff meeting, I call Mr. Gray, and several people stand up at that time, isn't it very graphic."

"George, can you be serious?"

"Okay, okay, I'm serious, I want to bring in a backup striker."

"Which team's, do you need to investigate, or do you want to talk directly?"

"Sheffield United, don't inspect it, everyone knows it well."

Hearing George Lee say this, Eddie Gray's face was a little abnormal, and he probably guessed who it was.

"You don't want to ......"

'That's right, it's Andy, and I hope he'll come back to Leeds in a good enough time to play as the team's third striker after Robin van Persie and Davies.'

Andy Gray, the son of Frank Gray, was at the height of Leeds United in the mid-90s and there was no place for him, so he opted to go to Nottingham Forest and later to Brentford and Sheffield United.

On that day, George Lee was looking for a coach for his youth team after thinking of transferring Sheridan to the first-team coaching staff, because Sheridan's promotion and the departure of Radebe suddenly left the youth team without a coach, so George Lee began to look for those meritorious players who had accompanied Leeds United to success. Because those who are engaged in youth training should have been players in the club before, so that they will have a greater sense of mission.

Gordon Strachan, definitely not, was previously the head coach and director of football in the Premier League, and Strachan has decided to take on the role of head coach of the old squad of the Soviet Super League, Celtic, replacing Martin O'Neal, who once crossed paths with Lee.

Gary McAllister, too, because on 12 January 2004 he resigned as head coach of Coventry City due to the need to care for his wife, who was suffering from cancer.

David Barty, who is said to have no idea of coming out for coaching for the time being.

Since it is not possible to be younger, it is necessary to go further and find a member of Leeds United's glory days, maybe a little older, but obviously a little more experienced, and it is better to bring young players.

Then George Lee looked at it and saw Frank Gray, and then he came up with the idea of poaching both Stewart and Nick, and finally didn't do anything and prepared to buy Andy Gray too.

A player like Andy Gray is not only because he was trained by Leeds United's academy, but also because this kind of striker who has been honed in the lower leagues and small teams is very affordable to buy as a substitute.

He is not required to play too much, as long as he can sit on the bench, he can come in handy when he is needed, he can help the team in time after the main player is injured, and he can return to the bench after the main team returns, which is a player that every multi-front team needs.

It's like Montella in Rome, Bierhoff in Germany, Larsson who just moved back to Barcelona last year, and Solskjaer in Manchester United, which George Lee is familiar with.

Although Andy Gray obviously can't reach this height, he can use it as soon as he wants, and mainly because he is "his own person".

Eddie Gray, on the other side of the video, pondered for a moment, apparently pondering the feasibility of Andy Gray's transfer.

"I know Andy's abilities, but whether he wants to come or not is another matter."

"You go and do his ideological work, if it doesn't work, let Frank go, if it doesn't work, ......"

"Don't say it, I'll call him now."

After saying that, he hung up the video.

George Li closed his notebook, picked up the water cup placed next to the computer, took a sip of water, looked at the time, and it was still early to go out to play in the afternoon.

George Lee has made an appointment with Helen to leave for a holiday in Giethoorn, 120 kilometers from Amsterdam, this afternoon, and they are going to spend three days in Giethoorn Village, accompanied by Li Winter and his children. It is expected that you will rent a wooden house and a small wooden boat in Giethoorn to enjoy life in the closest way to nature. Then it was time to return to the UK together, with George Lee preparing for the new season and Helen returning to the UK to start her postgraduate studies. Charlotte Wallace, Carl Olsen and Sean Wallace will return together, while Lee Winter will remain in the Netherlands and stay in the Ajax youth team to fight for his goals.

George Lee put down his water glass, he was talking to Eddie Gray just now when he suddenly thought of something, talking about Andy Gray playing in the lower league, in a small club.

In later generations, there is such a player who has a similar experience, or even worse.

A late-blooming striker, a striker who played in the lower divisions, a striker who could only go out and work part-time before becoming a professional footballer, a striker who was convicted of a beating outside a bar and had electronic surveillance devices installed for six months.

So where is the player now?

Maybe it's not a good time to bring in this player, but when it comes to the player's former Academy club, it also happens to be Sheffield United, where Andy Gray now plays.

Thinking of Sheffield United, George Lee once again thought of an interesting person he met when he took Vincent and them to play a game at Christmas.

I wonder what that scout is doing now?

^^^

Harry Madison walks aimlessly down the streets of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.

Just now, he lost his job, and Sheffield United needed to reduce the size of their scouts because the team needed to cut spending, so unofficial scouts like Maddison were fired.

Harry Maddison is a native of Sheffield, graduated from Sheffield Hallam University, and instead of pursuing a career in his major, Harry Maddison moved to Sheffield United Football Club, first as a youth team staff member and then moving to the scouting department as he became more familiar with the work.

Generally, there are two types of scouting, one is to inspect a player for a transfer, and the other is to inspect a team for the game.

Madison is clearly the former.

But since Maddison came to the scouting department, he has not brought any good players to the team.

Or rather, after discovering a good player, people are reluctant to come to Sheffield United.

After all, after two unsuccessful seasons in the 90s, manager David Besset left after seven seasons in charge, and Sheffield United have been in a slump ever since, although they have also experienced relegation play-offs, FA Cup and League Cup semi-finals, but this has not affected its decline.

So, Harry Madison lost his job.

He still thinks about the year ago, when he went to a junior game and found a couple of very good young players, he watched a few of their games and wrote a long report and gave it to his supervisor.

As a result, a week later, his supervisor called him into the office and scolded him. The few young players he recommended were players from Leeds United's youth team.

That's not all, the most important thing is that Maddison has a crush on the son of a manager, and there is more than one.

The team sent people to the other party's home to find the parents, ready to fool the other people's children to go to their own team, although they did not have much hope, but they always wanted to give it a try.

Maddison could imagine that his former colleague must have been very embarrassed to be kicked out of his home by the Leeds United manager.

But what he didn't know was that his former colleague was indeed kicked out, but not at George Lee's house, but by Mr. Black.

At that time, George Lee warmly entertained the two Sheffield United youth department employees, and it was not until the end that he couldn't help but tell the two lovely brothers that he was the head coach of Leeds United.

"Jingle Bell~"

Madison's cell phone rang, and the number showed that it was an unfamiliar call.

"Hello, this is Stephen Walsh."

"Hello, I'm Harry Madison, what's the matter?"

"I'm the lead scout in Leeds United's scouting department and I would like to ask if you would be interested in jumping ship from Sheffield United to work with us, our boss appreciates you."

"What are you talking about......" Madison thought the other party was joking.

"Our head coach, Mr. Li appreciates your ability and wants to invite you to work with us, he said that you have a good eye for people, especially for young players."

"Actually, I've left Sheffield United."

"That's great...... That's a shame, would you like to work with us? ”

"This, can I think about it?"

Madison didn't pretend to be reserved, but his mind didn't react at once, after all, happiness came too suddenly.

"Absolutely, but it's better to decide early because our head coach likes to train early, and you know we have to work in the scouting department earlier."

"Okay, okay."

Then Madison hung up.

Madison remembered that at the Christmas charity ball game, he thought it was George Lee, who was his companion.

He still remembers that he had just given the business card to the other party that day, and the other party suddenly ran away.

What an interesting manager......