Chapter 700 "Lone Wolf"
When everyone returned to the locker room after the physical examination, assistant coach Sam Randill brought them a player: "Introduction, the new teammate, Ismael Kamara, is only eighteen years old. The French player has no previous experience of playing in the top league, so please take more care of him.”
Captain Lorenzo stepped forward on behalf of the team and welcomed the new teammate.
Hu Lai looked at this new teammate in confusion - wasn't this one of the two people who asked for his autograph outside the training base?
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be Leeds City's signing for the new season...
It's not surprising that he admitted his mistake. Who could have imagined that a professional player would report to a new team so simply?
Hu Lai, who was dazed, found the captain calling him: "Hu!"
Hu Lai hurriedly approached: "What's the matter, captain?"
Lorenzo said to him: "I just chatted with him for a few words and found that he couldn't understand Italian and his English didn't seem to be very good. And I don't speak French. Can you translate it for me? French you?" How is it?”
Hu Lai nodded and said confidently: "No problem, captain."
"Okay, I said, you translate." Lorenzo turned to Kamala, who was standing beside him blankly, and started dancing:
"Hello, I am Lorenzo Esposito, an Italian and the captain of this team. You see, I am an Italian and can be the captain of an English team, so you don't have to worry at all. Integration problem, even though you are the only Frenchman in our team... We at Leeds City are a small team, and small teams have small teams. The advantage is that they are more tolerant and everyone is easy to get along with. I will introduce them to you one by one in a moment... There are English, Scottish, Dutch, Spanish, Italian, German, Cameroonian, etc. in our team. The Chinese...now we have another Frenchman. This is good, world peace."
After finishing speaking, Hu Lai did not translate immediately, but asked Lorenzo: "Captain, do you give this kind of welcome speech to every new team member?"
Lorenzo laughed: "Haha, translate quickly!"
Hu Lai then translated what Lorenzo said just now.
Kamala heard that Hulay could speak French, and there was a look of surprise on her face: "You are Chinese, why do you speak French?"
Hu Lai spread his hands: "What's the matter? I can also speak English, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Arabic, Russian... On behalf of myself, I also welcome you to join. I'm sorry that I dismissed you outside the training base. Recognized as a fan.”
When he said this, Kamala remembered the signature.
How much confidence do you have to have to meet someone and feel that that person is his fan and want to ask him for his autograph...
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Hu Lai followed captain Lorenzo and served as a translator, helping the captain introduce all the teammates in the locker room to Kamara.
He also helped the captain explain some rules in the locker room to Kamara.
After doing this, he returned to his seat and did his own thing.
Kamala sat on the stool that had just been assigned and began to put things away and change clothes.
After changing his clothes, he was called for a physical examination.
After he left, Charlie Potter approached Hu Lai, frowned and whispered: "I don't like that kid very much..."
"Huh? Why?"
"I always feel like that kid is very pushy. But what's there to do with him in front of us?" Potter curled his lips and snorted.
Others in the locker room were also talking about the new teammate.
"What does it mean to have never played in the top league? Ligue 2?"
"No, it's lower than that. It's said to be from France C."
"Oh my God, the third division? Why would the club buy a player who plays in the third division?"
"Who knows?"
"Is there anything special about that boy?"
"His hairstyle is quite special. As soon as I saw his braids, I wondered how long it would take him to style his hair every day?"
"No, do you really think that dreadlocks need to be re-braided every day?"
Everyone was talking about it, but basically there was nothing good to say.
On the one hand, they question the strength of this new player: Why did a player from the French Third League suddenly become a member of the Premier League team? How can he be equal to us?
On the other hand, they were dissatisfied with Kamara's attitude when greeting them: when Kamara met each of his teammates alone, his reaction was simple, even a little... cold. This makes the Leeds City players particularly unhappy - you, a little kid from the third tier league, what qualifications do you have to be cold to us? Normally shouldn't it be too late to curry favor with us?
If a top Premier League player transfers to join, be a little more arrogant. Everyone can understand and can only accept it.
But you, a player from France's third-tier league, are still pretending to be in front of us?
Hu Lai shook his head and said to Porter: "Maybe it's because I don't understand the language and can't say anything. No matter how much I say, I can only bury it in my heart, so I seem relatively cold..."
"No, it has nothing to do with language, Hu. I can feel it. That kid is very arrogant, arrogant for no reason. He may have some talent, but to be honest, the most indispensable thing in professional football is talent. People with a little talent don't know how high the sky is. I've seen too many people, and most of them don't end well in this business." Even though he was only twenty-three years old, Charlie Potter said this with an air of age.
In the end, it was captain Lorenzo who stood up and interrupted everyone's unfriendly discussion about the new teammate: "Okay, okay, he is only eighteen years old, and he is still a child. What are you doing with a child? I just said that we We are a tolerant team, please restrain yourself and don’t make it difficult for me as captain!”
The captain has said this, and the other team members will not look at the monk or the Buddha, so they will not speak ill of Kamala behind his back.
Of course, I just don’t say it on the surface. I can’t control what everyone thinks in their hearts. Lorenzo's status as captain doesn't work well here either.
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"Kamara has gone to the locker room and met with the rest of the team," Sam Landill told head coach Tony Clark.
At this time, Clark and other members of the coaching staff were in a lounge, drinking tea and conducting work exchanges.
Hearing this, Tony Clark nodded: "Well, he has already gone to Thom for a physical examination. Let's enter his physical data into the database first so that we can compare later."
"There are people in the media and on the Internet who question why we want to introduce a player from the third division of France. I guess you will soon have to face reporters' questions at the press conference, Tony." Randhir sighed. .
Clark smiled: "Forget about the reporters, even Naven can't figure it out."
"To be honest, I can't quite understand it," Randhir said. "Maybe this kid is really talented, but he is too inexperienced. And there is no shortage of players of his ability in the transfer market."
"But no one can do it cheaper than him. We got this player from Flemish for only three hundred thousand pounds, which has set a historical record for their club." Matt Down said next to him.
"We are the coaching staff and we don't need to help Bradley consider the club's financial situation." Landier disagreed with this reason and retorted, "And after he comes, he still needs to adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League. He cannot be sent at the beginning. Come in handy..."
The purpose of this lounge is to allow members of the coaching staff to speak freely and express their opinions, so even arguments here are normal. Clark even encouraged quarrels, but also stipulated that the quarrels were limited to this room. Outside the room, the coaching staff must be united and no differences are allowed. If there are any problems, bring them to the tea room for discussion.
So now neither Randhir nor Matt see anything wrong with this argument.
"Buying Kamara is not for the present, or not just for the present. He is only 18 years old and has outstanding talent. I believe he will benefit us a lot in the future." Matt Dawn explained.
"But our goal in the new season is still to avoid relegation. I'm afraid we don't have so many opportunities for young people to grow slowly..."
Clark intervened in the debate between the two people: "I decided to sign him, not for future considerations. I want him to develop combat effectiveness this season. He can increase the team's breakthrough ability, and he can also deliver cannonballs to Hu Lai. . Our offense on the wing lacked variety last season and we could only rely on simple crosses from the wing... We can’t do that again this season.”
Randhir frowned and said, "Tony, I'm not trying to throw cold water on you. I heard that Kamala has a not-so-nice nickname called 'Lone Wolf'. I'm sure you know what this nickname means. In fact. My biggest worry is this, that he may not be able to integrate into the team at all..."
In the coffee break, even if he contradicts the coach face to face, there is no problem, so Randhir can say so rudely.
Speaking of which, the tradition of this tea room is still the "legacy" left by Lauren Galli to Leeds City. It is also one of the few things with Lauren Galli's color that has been retained after Clark took over the team.
Because he found that this way of communicating while everyone gets together to drink tea and eat snacks is very conducive for coaches to get together to discuss tactics, sum up experiences and lessons, and discuss training arrangements for the week, which is more effective than in the office.
Although Lauren Galli was very critical of his successor, Clark did not feel that everything "dad" left in the team was original sin, and he did not try to erase the influence of his predecessor. practice.
He just eliminated the unscientific stuff from Lauren Galli, while keeping the effective and beneficial stuff.
"I don't know if he can integrate into the team, maybe he can, maybe he can't. But before the facts prove that we have failed, we still have to give him a chance. Let's observe his performance through training and warm-up matches. After all, every signing This kind of talented young player is actually a gamble.” Ke did not refute Randhir's words, "The only thing that can give me a little confidence is Matt's tracking and observation of Kamala in "The Godfather of Champions". Although it is a game, this game helped us get a Hu Lai , I hope our work will not be in vain this time.”
He said this and everyone turned their attention to Matt Dawn.
The team's video analyst, but sometimes he's also like a part-time scout.
Before Hu Lai joined the team, everyone only regarded him as a video analyst. After Hu Lai joined the team, many people felt that Matt really had some vision.
Hu Lai's successful example was so convincing that Randhir was speechless: "Well, I hope God can still be on our side this time."
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In addition, I found that everyone misunderstood one thing. I included Hu Lai's signature in the Easter egg chapter at the end of the last chapter, but some people seemed to think it was because my handwriting was ugly... Don't make a mistake!
This is Hu Lai's signature!
It was written by Hu Lai himself, so how can you blame me if the handwriting is ugly? It’s Hu Lai with the ugly character!
Do you still remember when I wrote about Hu Lai signing people's signatures in the first volume? What did others mean when they saw his signature?
The wording is ugly!
So the reason for the ugly character is Hu Lai. I am just a porter, and I just send out the Hu Lai signature I got by chance for everyone to see.
What does Hu Lai’s word Chou have to do with me, the author? (End of chapter)