Michael Johnson's family has lived in Manchester for more than a decade, but they are complete Leeds United fans, and they dream of sending Johnson to Leeds United's academy for training.

However, both Johnson and his wife work in Manchester, while Leeds United is in Leeds, although it is not far away, but Michael is only 10 years old, and the couple is not worried about letting him live alone outside the home.

Originally, they were considering joining Manchester City, so when they recruited people in Manchester City's academy, they also specially brought Michael over for trial, but people immediately took a fancy to it and wanted to sign as an apprentice, but at this time, Johnson was urgently arranged by the company to work in Liverpool.

Will they stay in Manchester or go to Liverpool together?

The Johnson family seemed very hesitant, but at this time, the new Manchester United came to the door!

Andy Walsh and Jim Cassel's first visit didn't get the answer they were looking for, as Johnson was thinking more about Manchester City, which were a formalised professional club, while the new Manchester United were just a small team that everyone knew who to pick.

Walsh and Cassel visited several more times in a row, but failed to convince the Johnsons that they seemed to have decided to take Michael to Liverpool, and for this reason they also contacted the Liverpool team to prepare to go for a trial after that.

But at this time, Curtis didn't know where to hear the news, and when he returned to school, he found Michael Johnson, and then he didn't know what the two said.

And then it gets a big surprise.

First of all, Johnson and his wife took the initiative to contact the new Manchester United, saying that they hoped to talk to the new Manchester United again.

Out of the importance of Michael Johnson, Xiao Yu and Bruce personally went out this time to sit down with Johnson and his wife, in the conversation, Xiao Yu talked about his determination to run the club and the importance of cultivating youth team players, and constantly assured that the club will give Michael Johnson the best playing environment.

Bruce and Kassel also spoke about the importance the club places on Michael Johnson and his plans for the future, such as playing with the club's 11-14 players in the regional youth team from next year, and of course, continuing to attend school at Windsor.

"Frankly speaking, Mr. Xiao Yu, my wife and I originally hoped that Michael could go to Liverpool with us, and we had even contacted the Everton club over there, but just last night, Michael took the initiative to talk to me, and he said that he would like to stay in Manchester, because he has very good friends here, and he is not willing to leave!"

Speaking of this, Johnson looked helpless and shook his head with a wry smile, "You know, I'm a Leeds United fan, I hope my son can join Leeds United, but if joining the new Manchester United can make him happy, then I won't object!" ”

"Don't worry, Mr. Johnson, our club will do our best to take care of every player, this is my promise to you!" Xiao Yu said very seriously.

In this way, Michael Johnson signed an apprenticeship contract with New Manchester United under the leadership of his parents, and officially became a member of the new Manchester United Academy.

But in a completely different situation from Michael Johnson, Ismael Miller refused to join the new Manchester United!

Miller's family is a loyal Manchester City fan, so they sent Miller to Manchester City's academy for a trial early, but people didn't look down on it, which hit Ismael hard, and since then he has become a little paranoid, he doesn't believe that he is inferior to others, so he has to be better than others everywhere.

Over the years, as Ismael's body has grown, his skills have also improved by leaps and bounds, especially in Cambridge schools, where he is simply Batistuta of the primary school team.

When the new Manchester United came to the door, the Millers were still surprised, because they had long since lost much hope for Ismael's playing career, so when the new Manchester United offered Ismael to join, they agreed almost without thinking about it.

For ordinary working families, joining the new Manchester United can get the development of the team, and the club will also take care of Ismael's studies and training, as well as food and other aspects, which is a big help for them.

But Ismail apparently didn't think so!

"I'm not going to a new Manchester United!" The kid almost didn't think about it and refused.

"Why?" Old Miller stood up in astonishment.

Ismail pointed to Xiao Yu and the others, "They have a very bad central defender in that team, that guy is too dirty, he only knows how to foul when he plays, I don't be a teammate with that kind of person!" I'm going to join Manchester City and I'm going to beat him! ”

"But people don't want you in Manchester City!" The old Miller is a little anxious, and his son joining the new Manchester United is a great help to the family.

"They'll take me!" Ismail said confidently.

Xiao Yu, who was sitting on the side, couldn't help but sneer.

"What are you laughing at?" Ismail asked displeasedly.

"I'm laughing at you, even if you go now, people don't want you at Manchester City, but seriously, Jim, I think we should reconsider whether this kid is suitable for us, or should I say, whether he is suitable for being a player!"

Xiao Yu's words surprised Cassel, why did it suddenly become so fast?

Who knows, Xiao Yu quickly continued.

"Do you know who the head coach of our team is? Steve Bruce, Manchester United's legendary centre-back, Curtis was coached by his hands, he is the future star of our club, he has even started training with our first team now, do you think he plays dirty? Then let me tell you, professional football is like this, in order to win, do whatever it takes! ”

"You can go to Manchester City, maybe people will really see your talent and give you opportunities, but in the Manchester City academy, there are outstanding talents from all over the country and even all over Europe, and they all have the strength and talent that is not lost to Curtis, and if you go there, I'm afraid it's unknown whether you can even play!"

"As for our club, it's a little small, but we're very confident that we can hit the professional league in the next five years, and Curtis will be the main player in our team, maybe he can be selected for the national youth team, and you, you can only continue to sink into the fierce competition in the Manchester City Academy, I ask you, why did you beat Curtis?"

Xiao Yu's words suddenly made Ismael speechless, he is just an 11-year-old child, although his surname is relatively precocious, it is impossible to look at things as comprehensively as an adult, but he was immediately frightened by Xiao Yu's words.

If you think about it carefully, it's not wrong, Manchester City didn't look down on him before, even if he goes now, he is barely selected, it is impossible for people to cultivate him, and when the time comes, there will be many talents in the Manchester City club, who knows if he can play it?

On the other hand, when joining the new Manchester United, Xiao Yu promised to focus on cultivating him and at the same time helping him as much as possible, so that joining the new Manchester United would have a better chance of coming out.

Seeing that Ismail was not as resolute as before, Xiao Yu hurriedly pushed the boat down the river and added more force.

"In addition, by the way, I would like to mention to you that even if you join our team, you can still play against Curtis, not only Curtis, I tell you, Leo Messi, that Argentine teenager that day, his football talent is definitely higher than yours, you can compete with them for a good name, and you have the opportunity to fight every day!"

"yes, Ismail, and the new Manchester United are close to home, and if you go to Carrington, won't you live there?" Old Miller also persuaded him.

Manchester City and Manchester United's training bases are in Carrington, it is said that it is still next door, Xiao Yu once heard a joke before, when Sun Jihai played for Manchester City, once kicked the ball away during training, his teammates made fun of him and asked him to go to Manchester United to get the ball back.

This shows how close the training bases of the two clubs are.

Newton Heath is in the east of Manchester and Carrington is in the west of Manchester, so far apart, it's almost unrealistic to go to Manchester City and want to go back and forth every day.

Seeing that Ismael didn't object as before, the old Miller, who knew his son's spleen, immediately smiled, said hello to Xiao Yu, and then separated his son and began to discuss about Ismael's entry into the new Manchester United academy, and signed the contract on the same day.

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In the previous cooperation between Xiao Yu and Newton Heath's schools, every day after class, the team will arrange a car to the school to pick up these children who go to training, and because Windsor is relatively close to Newton Heath, Curtis and others who are studying here are received by the club's youth coach and walked directly over.

The bus that was going to pick up the young players stopped outside the training ground, and Ismael, who came to training for the first time, was the first to step off the bus and walked into the training ground without fear, and the first time he found Curtis, who was training with the first team, Messi and Michael Johnson were warming up on another field.

Ismael walked straight up to Curtis, who and the rest of the first-team players around him took notice of the taller than his peers.

Came to Curtis, stood still, and glared, "London boy, from today onwards, I will definitely not let you have a good time!" ”

The people around were stunned when they heard this, but they turned to laughter.

"Come here, Cambridge boy, I'll wait for you!" Curtis glared back unafraid of the challenge.

As a new academy player, Ismael didn't have the kind of treatment that he had to train with the first team, so at the urging of the youth team coach, he had to leave the first team training ground and return to the youth team's training ground, although there was only a barbed wire fence in between, but it seemed to be separated by two different worlds.

Xiao Yu in the distance saw everything in his eyes, and shook his head angrily and funny, these two guys will definitely not cause trouble for themselves in the future, but for this kind of competition full of anger, Xiao Yu feels that it is very conducive to promoting their progress.

But it's certainly not just Curtis and Ismail who are angry, but also Steve Bruce and Jim Cassel.

When Xiao Yu walked to the office, he heard a fierce quarrel from the distance!

PS: In England, it's common for stars like this to have a bit of potential join a small club nearby, but it's basically poached by scouts from big clubs as soon as they do well in the junior club's academy.

Of course, our Red Rebels' academy doesn't allow those thieves to enter the door, so we have to put up a fence to keep those evil scouts out, hehe

Today's last watch, Lao Chen is cheeky enough to beg for a ticket, brothers, see you tomorrow at half past six o'clock in the morning!

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