Godfather Of Champions

"The treatment of the youth team is really not high. But you have to know that even Rooney's salary in the youth team is only 80 pounds a week, just like you."

"Who is Rooney?" Wood looked confused.

Dunn found out that he had made a mistake. Wood is not a fan. If he doesn't care about football, he will never hear the name of this talented player in the Premier League. On August 17, 2002, the sixteen-year-old Rooney played for Everton for the first time in the Premier League, and then scored the only goal in the game against Arsenal on October 19, which was the first league of his career. Goals, ending the Gunners' 30-round unbeaten record in the league, and has since become famous in English football. Coincidentally, on October 25, 2004, two years later, Rooney, who was just 19 years old, scored the winning goal against Arsenal. It was his first league goal after joining Manchester United. , This time he ended the Gunners’ forty-nine round of undefeated England’s top league unbeaten record.

"Uh, it's hot right now, and he will definitely join the giant team in the future. He is the same age as you, a talented Everton kid who makes a lot of money." Dunn thinks that he can connect himself to Rooney by telling Wood this way. . "Do you know how much he can make a week now?"

Of course Wood wouldn't know.

"I don't know either." Dunn grinned, "Do you know how much money he can make in the next week?"

Wood shook his head.

Dunn thought of a joke he had seen on the Internet. The background is that Rooney has just renewed his contract with Manchester United. A Chinese consortium offered to buy Manchester United for 850 million pounds. Of course, in reality, Manchester United boss Glazer refused directly. This joke is about what will happen if the acquisition by the Chinese consortium succeeds: Rooney is worried about whether the £120,000 he has requested will be honored, so he went to the big boss of the Chinese consortium on his own initiative. The boss sat in a chair with Zhongnanhai in his mouth, and said to Rooney: "You now have only two choices, either for a weekly salary of £120,000 or RMB 1.2 million. Think about it." Rooney spent a long time with his little head and finally chose to get 1.2 million yuan. Since then, Rooney has been paying attention to the appreciation of the renminbi every day, never going to see striptease shows or fooling around in bars, watching the situation of the Chinese stock market every day, for fear of affecting his weekly salary. Ferguson saw that Rooney had become so honest now, and he patted his head to regret it: "I had known that Beckham's salary had been paid in RMB, so that he would not have time to chase the hot girl."

This is of course a joke, but Dunn has remembered the number: one hundred twenty thousand.

So he stretched out two hands to Wood, one hand to one and the other to two. "One hundred twenty thousand... pounds."

Wood's eyes went round. "How do you know?"

"Guess." Of course, Dunn can't say that I'm from China four and a half years later. At that time, you can find out the weekly salary of Rooney, a superstar like Rooney, by searching the Internet. "But boy, I just let you know what your weekly salary might be in the future. You train hard in the youth team, play hard, gradually grow into a star, and then you are looked at by the rich. Then they will naturally waver. The checkbook has come to you, and then find a good agent to help you sign some world-renowned brand advertising endorsements... I tell you, the advertising revenue alone is more than your annual salary at the time. "

Dunn doesn't know what kind of player George Wood will become in the end, maybe he can't become a professional player at all. But it is not important. Now we need to give the young man a little encouragement and hope, so that he can see a bright future and then fight for it. The next thing... then it depends on the artificiality.

"Are you planning to accept the current eighty pounds a week youth contract, and then train in the youth team, and work hard to become a big star in the future. Or continue to go back to be your porter and earn two hundred pounds a week, maybe until you move If you don’t move, maybe you’ll lose your job halfway through. Choose your own choice, kid.” Dunn turned around to watch the first team match after saying this, leaving a cool back for Wood.

There was a moment of silence between the two. There was only Walker's whistle from time to time, the yelling of players reminding each other, and the bang of football crashes.

Dunn doesn't care what Wood chooses. He gave Wood a chance, a chance to choose. If Wood did not choose to stay, but continued to be a porter. Then he would just feel sorry for the beautiful mother in his heart, and sympathize a little bit. Maybe he will no longer remember the mother and son in a week, because he himself has to face the challenges of life and fate. He is not a good person with a lot of sympathy. He will take out all the money he has when he sees a beggar. He was not before, and he is not now.

For a moment, Wood's voice rang behind him: "Take me to the youth team."

Dunn turned around and looked at him: "This is your final choice, won't you go back halfway?"

Wood shook his head.

Dunn was still worried, so he frightened him: "We will sign the contract. If you breach the contract, you will have to pay compensation."

Wood nodded: "I know."

"That's good. Go back to the locker room to change this dress, and then follow me."

Dunn led George Wood through the first team training base and went straight to the youth team training base. To be honest, although Dunn is the head coach of the youth team, it is the first time for Dunn to come here today. Compared with the first team, the youth team base feels newer and more modern, and even the gates are electric. The doorman is also a uniformed security guard, not an enthusiastic old fan.

The youth team base is the same as the first team base. It is surrounded by rows of green trees and is empty. There are no tall buildings nearby, and the view is excellent. A little further north, after the woods is Nottingham's mother river Trent.

After Dunn left the youth team, the supervisor here was replaced by his former assistant coach David`Kerslake. Since he is his old partner, he doesn't have so much polite greetings. Dunn brought Wood directly to Chris Lak.

"George Wood." Dunn pointed to Wood to introduce Chris Lac. "This kid has a very good physical fitness. Let him train with you to see what he can get into."

Chris Luck looked at it and agreed with Dunn's evaluation of the child: the physical fitness is very good. Look at his shoulders and his legs. They look like horse legs, strong and powerful.

He beckoned Wood to come over: "Boy, how old are you."

"Seventeen."

"What position do you like to play?"

"Forward." Because forwards can score goals, they are easier to be famous, and there are scoring awards, which is messy...In short, Wood's poor football knowledge makes him think that being a forward will have a lot of money.

"Very well, go to the locker room to change clothes, and then train!" Chris Luck noticed that Dunn was making a look at himself, so he sent Wood altogether, and then asked: "Tony, what's the matter?"

"Uh... I want to remind you a little bit, he is a complete football rookie."

"Rookie?"

"In terms of football level, he may not be as good as those students who are only exposed to football in physical education in middle school."

Chris Luck looked at Dunn's expression, it didn't look like he was joking at all. He suddenly felt a headache. "Tony..."

"Uh, because his family situation is very complicated and relatively poor... He happened to help me once. I decided to give him a chance to come to the youth team to try, maybe he can become a professional player, maybe not... In short, you Take care of him a little bit, but whether you can practice it, it depends on him." After watching Wood's horrible performance for twenty minutes, Dunn was unwilling to cause more trouble to his old partner...

Chris Lak sighed: "I understand, I will try my best. But his physical fitness is really good, but as a beginner, his age is really..."

Dunn nodded: "There are exceptions to everything, what if this kid becomes an exception?"

Chris Lak continued to sigh: "It's too slim. I bet all my youth and energy on such a slim possibility... The Forest team's youth training system is excellent, but how many Jermaine Jenus can be produced?"

"David, that kid has just experienced a very important choice in his life. It is not a question of gambling or not, he had no hope at all..." Dunn thought of life in that slum, "he If you want to have hope, you must do it. All we can do is give him a chance."

Chris Lak nodded: "Don't worry, Tony. I will teach him as much as I can."

Dunn smiled and patted Chris Lak, "We are all brought out by Paul, and I believe in your ability." The two of them were both Paul Hart's assistant coaches in the youth team.

While talking, Wood had already ran out wearing the training uniform of the youth team. Dunn stopped him, planning to give him a few last words. He will concentrate on first-team affairs in the future, and he will spend very, very little time here.

Chris Lak wisely chose to avoid it. He returned to the training ground and continued his work.

"George." When there was no one else around, Dunn said to Wood, "I know your situation very well, I believe you know better than me. But I still said the same thing: Don't look down on professional football, otherwise It will punish you. Don't think about anything here, just concentrate on practicing. If you have any difficulties, come to me. Your mother is a good person, don't let her down."

Wood nodded vigorously.

"Go, go to train!"

George Wood turned and ran to the training ground, where there were teammates about his age, as well as his own, still hazy future. What on earth can this kid kick out, Dun En had no idea.

Looking at Wood's back, Dunn sighed like Chris Luck. Do your best, safe life, boy, it's up to you...

Then he turned and walked in the opposite direction to Wood and left the youth team training base.

Dunn, who returned to the training ground of the first team, was informed by Walker that Mr. Chairman and his son had just visited the training ground and introduced his son to everyone. And let him go to the chairman's office when he comes back.

Dunn muttered when he heard the news. The old man is angry? It's just because he introduced his son, and he was angry when he was not here. Obviously it does not meet the metric that a chairman should have...

"He didn't say anything?" Dunn asked Walker.

Walker shook his head. Dunn opened his legs and planned to leave, but he heard Walker add another sentence: "But Mr. Chairman's face is very serious."

Dunn suddenly "cocked" in his heart. Although the team lost in the FA Cup, it can be seen from the chairman's special call to congratulate, it should not be related to the results. Is it the locker room thing? Dunn knows that English football embraces tradition everywhere, but he didn't expect a chairman to care about tradition so much...

He rushed to the chairman's office anxiously-one floor above his manager's office, directly above.

Knocked on the door, and at a glance I saw the chairman Nigel Daggerty sitting behind the large desk. The boss desk in front of him is much larger than the one in his office! There are only two people in this room, one is Nigel Daggerty, and the other is his son Evan Daggerty.

Dunn didn't expect this "American" Englishman to be there, a little bit astonished, and a smile quickly piled on his face.

"Mr. Chairman, Mr. Evan."

After saying hello, Nigel got up from the chair with a piece of paper in his hand, and then walked towards Dunn.

Dunn looked nervously at the paper in Chairman Nigel's hand. Isn't it a dismissal letter? After graduating from college, the first job he found was three months before he was resigned. That was how the manager took a pay slip and asked Dunn to sign and leave.

I just helped a poor teenager find hope in life, but now I have no hope... What can I do after I lost my coaching job? He doesn't understand anything!

The chairman spoke: "This is a fax from the FA..."

What? Dunn thought he had heard it wrong. Why was the FA being fired?

"They want you to go to London for a hearing tomorrow."

Dunn's head reacted: "Is it about my remarks after that game?"

Nigel nodded.

Although it was not a dismissal letter, Dunn's mood did not improve at all. Having caused such a big trouble for the club, according to the tradition in China, it is also impossible to escape the fate of being dismissed by the team.

But then Nigel's words made Dunn feel that his life was full of sunshine.

"The club will fully support you. We have compiled the video of that game and submitted it to the FA. There was no problem with scoring those two goals."

Dunn looked up at Nigel again. Mr. Chairman said to him with a smile on his face: "Get ready, tomorrow my son will go to London with you."

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