Chapter 21 Munir
Yi Le went back to the dressing room, and came out again with a towel around his neck, but just as he ran out, a figure rushed towards him.
Yi Le was about to dodge subconsciously, but suddenly he felt that the person coming was familiar.
"It's me! You idiot!"
Listening to the spoken Chinese, Yi Le's eyes widened and he said in astonishment, "Munir?"
Munir El Haddadi, a Monaco football player, is also a product of La Masia's youth training. He is a player in the same class as Yi Le.
"Hahahaha, long time no see Yi."
Looking at Munir with short hair and beard, Yi Le really didn't recognize him for a while.
In his impression, Munir had long flowing hair, tied tightly with a headband, and always fluffed up his hair when playing football, which was very different from the image in front of him.
Yi Le looked Munir up and down. Although his image had changed, after confirming that it was the other party, he couldn't help but wondered, "Why are you here?"
Yi Le remembered that Munir had a good career and was qualified to play in the first team of Barcelona. Why did he suddenly transfer to Tottenham?
Munir was a little depressed when he heard that, and said: "They are going to loan me to Valencia. I don't want to go there, and there is an offer from Tottenham. I thought you were here, so I came here."
Things are not going well for Munir at Barcelona.
Today's Barcelona has no place for La Masia's youth training players. With the signing of stars, La Masia's influence has gradually begun to be eliminated.
Many of the young players of the new generation have been loaned out, such as Munir, who played in Barcelona for one season and was then loaned to Valencia.
Now La Masia's position in Barcelona is very embarrassing.
The Catalan media "Daily Sport" used the headline "Money bags against quarries" as a metaphor.
The purse is undoubtedly Real Madrid, the quarry is Barcelona.
In the early days, Barcelona was good at cultivating stars. The product of La Masia in that session, Messi, Xavi, and Iniesta stood on the podium of the Golden Globe Awards. This is the first time in history that the top three members of the Golden Globe Awards came from The same youth academy.
This is undoubtedly the brilliance of La Masia, but after the brilliance, prosperity and decline.
Faced with Real Madrid's "money bag" policy, Barcelona could not calm down and wait for the growth of youth players, and they also began to enter the "buy, buy, buy" mode, which led to the low proportion of La Masia in Barcelona's first team.
Small players who don't get a chance to play will naturally go on loan or give up directly.
There are Munir, Yile and so on...
Real Madrid used to be a dead end for young players. Now Barcelona has become a nightmare for young players. The club will not wait patiently for young players to grow.
This led to the loss of a super midfielder like Yi Le.
At that time they gave up very simply, but now they want to buy it back, and 100 million is not enough. Under this cycle, Barcelona's transfer policy has been criticized by many media.
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Yi Le has rarely contacted his former companions since he walked out. This time he suddenly saw Munir, and his heart was also very happy.
"Where are the others?" Yi Le asked curiously, he was very curious about the news of his little friend.
"Sadic and Coster are still in the B team. The others are either on loan or transferred away. Anyway, none of us stayed in the first team this year."
Munir looked at Yi Le and said with a smile: "Now that I have come to Tottenham, we can finally play football together."
Yi Le asked, "How is everyone doing?"
"It's okay. What everyone likes to do most now is to collect information about you. None of us thought that two years after you left, you have become a midfielder in the first echelon of European football. I heard that the club has already started to prepare. Promote your transfer plan."
Munir looked at Yi Le with some envy. As a player who doesn't want to be famous, Yi Le's status in Tottenham is obvious to all.
The crowd of fans, the trust of teammates, the treasure of the club.
Yi Le is the absolute favorite in Tottenham.
At this time, Munir couldn't help thinking, if he had left La Masia at that time, would he have been able to achieve Yi Le's achievements.
Yi Le chatted happily with Munir. Yi Le showed great enthusiasm for this long-lost friend.
On the first day of training, captain Lori called everyone to prepare to introduce himself.
The introduction of the original Tottenham players is very simple, they are familiar with each other and do not need too much introduction, mainly for the new members.
Among the newly joined players, Kanter and Higuain are undoubtedly the biggest names.
One is the Leicester midfielder who caused Tottenham a lot of trouble last season, and the other is an Argentine star.
Facing the two, Tottenham players performed differently, some were enthusiastic, some were flat, some were indifferent...
Higuain is a bit arrogant, he doesn't care about those indifferent people at all, while Kante is particularly cheerful, smiling no matter who he is.
At this point, everyone has been introduced.
At this moment, Munir suddenly jumped and said: "Captain, captain, and me!"
Everyone looked over and saw Munir standing in the corner with his hands raised high, looking anxious.
Lori couldn't help but looked at Munir amusedly, and then at Yi Le. In fact, everyone knew about Munir's identity.
This self-introduction is like sitting in a row in the locker room to let these players know who is the boss.
As for Munir, he and Yi Le are youth training partners, as long as this guy doesn't take the initiative to cause trouble, no one is willing to provoke him.
Lori smiled and said, "Okay, Munir El Haddadi, a Moroccan!"
Munir happily ran to the front of the main team and shook hands one by one, especially when facing Yi Le, this guy smiled and said: "Yi, hello, please take care of me!"
Yi Le grinned, he didn't know what was going on with this thing, but he still reached out and held it.
"Hello."
Munir's smile became brighter and brighter, and he blinked and said, "You will pass the ball to me, right? Just like before."
Hearing this, several cold and stern eyes glanced over.
Harry Kane, Sun Xingmin, Higuain, Torres, Dele Alli, these strikers squinted at Munir, and said to himself: This guy doesn't know the rules, he just competes for favor, you treat us as a display ?
Yi Le smiled and said the same words: "As long as you can run in place!"
Passing to whom is not a pass, as long as you can score a goal.
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In the head coach's office, Boas' coaching team is having a meeting.
"Gentlemen, this season, we have not had an easy task."
Boas was the first to speak, which made many people look dignified.
The season's Premier League can be described as a group of demons dancing wildly, and the joining of various famous coaches has led to a sharp rise in the competitiveness of the Premier League.
Last season, the reason why Tottenham won the championship was to a certain extent that the giants were in a sluggish state, and when most teams fell into multi-line battles, Tottenham had a chance to win the championship.
And this season, Tottenham not only have to prepare for the league, but also hit the Champions League. Their task is even more difficult.
At the same time, they will be sniped by wealthy teams in the league. In the past season, those tactical analysts have analyzed Tottenham to the sky.
In the new season, they are not easy.
Assistant coach Michel said solemnly: "Klopp has transformed Liverpool, and they will be our strong opponents!"
"Chelsea are not to be underestimated this season, Conte's teams have always played unbelievable games."
"Pogba joined Manchester United, they are also a strong opponent!"
"Manchester City has completed the cleanup. Although I don't know how well they are running in, Guardiola's team's pass tactics have always been a headache!"
"Not only these, there are more strong teams in the Champions League, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain... We need to be careful."
The atmosphere in the conference room was a bit heavy, Boas knocked on the table, and suddenly said: "Gentlemen, you have overlooked a question."
The other coaches looked over one after another, only to see Boas confident.
"We must remember that we are the Premier League champions, Tottenham are not weak, he is even the favorite to win the championship, we are the first echelon of the Champions League, and we have the youngest and most powerful midfielder in Europe! This is our weapon!"
"I can guarantee that our offense is world-class. Just as we are a headache for other teams now, those big teams are also studying us. They think about how to limit Yi, how to get rid of Kanter's defense..... "
Hearing this, the assistant coaches couldn't help but look weird.
Limit Yile? Get rid of Kante?
God, this is a maddening question.
If they were to face such a difficult problem, the hair of worry would be pulled out.
Assistant coach Michelle spread his hands and looked playful: "Well, this is a headache. Fortunately, we don't need to worry about it!"
The other coaches couldn't help but laugh, and the atmosphere became much more relaxed.