After returning from Romania, Chu Zheng ushered in his first rest day at Manchester City.
After getting up in the morning and preparing breakfast for the sleepy Zhao Dudu, Chu Zheng went out to the training base.
The place where he and Zhao Dudu currently live is provided by Manchester City. Although they can live for free forever, it is an apartment after all and there is not even an indoor gym at home.
Therefore, this house is not suitable for a training maniac like Chu Zheng.
Originally, Chu Zheng wanted to buy a house in Manchester, but after living there for more than a month, he hesitated again.
Because it is close to the training base, it only takes five or six minutes to walk there, and there are all kinds of training facilities. You can practice as much as you want without the limitations of home.
After a while, Chu Zheng walked into the training base.
Although the players are on vacation, the staff at the base do not receive such treatment.
Along the way, staff from the Manchester City training base kept saying hello to Chu Zheng.
Since Chu Zheng joined Manchester City, the staff of Manchester City quickly discovered that the training base had a different scenery.
It's Chu Zheng.
Every morning around 7 o'clock, you can definitely see Chu Zheng in the base, who arrived two hours in advance.
After coming to the locker room and changing into training clothes, Chu Zheng ran into Arteta at work as soon as he left the locker room.
"Good morning, Mikel!" Chu Zheng greeted with a smile.
Arteta was stunned when he saw Chu Zheng in training clothes, looking like he had seen a ghost.
He knew that Chu Zheng came to the base two hours early every day to practice more, but he didn't expect that this guy would even miss a day off.
At this moment, he was really convinced by Chu Zheng.
If a talented player is diligent, there is no reason why he cannot succeed.
Now Arteta knows why Chu Zheng has improved so quickly. He earned it with every drop of sweat and all his rest time.
Artat's level as a player was also very good and he could serve as the core of the team's midfield.
But unfortunately, he was unfortunate enough to live in the same era as Xavi, Iniesta, Busquets and others.
Therefore, although Arteta performed well in the league, he was not called up by the Spanish national team until his retirement this year.
In the past few years, he has traveled to various clubs in Europe, but he has never seen a player like Chu Zheng.
Although many young players are as talented and talented as Chu Zheng, they lack Chu Zheng's diligence and self-discipline.
Arteta looked dumbfounded and said: "Chu, you can go back and rest today. Our first team's training ground needs periodic maintenance!"
"Ah!" Chu Zheng was dumbfounded, but as soon as his mind changed, he asked with a smile: "Mikel, the training ground at the youth training echelon is not maintained, right?"
Arteta was convinced, thought about it seriously, and said with some uncertainty: "Probably not."
After getting the answer, Chu Zheng was stunned.
Arteta looked at Chu Zheng's trotting back, shook his head and walked into the training base building with a smile.
Ten minutes later, Chu Zheng appeared in the training area of Manchester City's youth training team.
As soon as he arrived outside one of the courts, Chu Zheng saw three busy figures practicing extra time on the court.
The training method of these three young players looks simple, but it is actually quite challenging.
On the court, a young man in black, wearing a black peaked cap backwards, squatted in front of a pile of colorful sign boards. He kept raising the sign boards of various colors two meters in front of him and carried them in a small space surrounded by the sign boards.
The short-haired boy on the ball gestured.
The short-headed boy who is dribbling the ball must bring the ball to the corresponding sign according to the color of the sign plate raised, and finally turn around to complete the shot.
This kind of training looks very simple, but it actually tests the player's ability to control the ball, observe and shoot in a small space.
Chu Zheng stood aside and watched silently for a while and was shocked. These three players all had excellent basic skills.
Especially the boy with curly hair and short head, his ball sense, combination of man-ball and shooting skills are quite good.
Seeing the three people on the field stopping to rest, Chu Zheng walked over and said with a smile: "Hello, can I give it a try?"
Foden, Sancho, and Dias were shocked by Chu Zheng, an uninvited guest.
Especially Foden, his eyes widened when he saw Chu Zheng, and Sancho and Dias also had expressions of surprise on their faces.
As one of Leicester City's miracle workers last season, the creator of the terrifying Premier League record of 30 assists in a single season, and the world football transfer fee record holder, how could Chu Zheng and Foden not know each other.
Foden and the other three were very excited about Chu Zheng's appearance.
After a friendly and pleasant conversation, Chu Zheng soon stood in the middle of the sign board.
When Chu Zheng started dribbling the ball, Foden, Sancho and Dias were stunned again.
Especially Chu Zheng's dribbling speed is really dazzling. The ball seems to be glued to Chu Zheng's teachings, fast and obedient.
As soon as Dias raised the sign plate, Chu Zheng was already dribbling the sign of the corresponding color. That kind of observation and reaction was really a dimensionality reduction blow to them.
Foden and the others never expected that Chu Zheng, who is 185cm tall, could be so flexible.
"Oh my god! This is the strength of the Premier League's number one midfielder?!" Foden was stunned for a moment, his face full of wonder.
"His combination of man and ball is great!" Dias also praised.
Soon Chu Zheng felt that although this kind of training was interesting to him, it was of little significance.
So he reached out and called Sancho, the taller of the three, over.
Then Sancho, this poor little boy, was tortured to pieces.
As soon as Sancho pressed against Chu Zheng to grab the ball, he felt that Chu Zheng's body was as heavy as a mountain and he couldn't move it at all.
After being knocked away several times in a row, Sancho learned wisely and went around Chu Zheng to grab the ball.
The result was that he was abused again.
Chu Zheng controlled the ball very quickly at his feet, and he couldn't grab the ball at all.
Next to them, Foden and Dias saw Sancho being tortured like this. They were so frightened that sweat almost fell from their faces. For the first time, they had a clear understanding of the strength of the first-team players.
Chu Zheng and Sancho stopped playing for more than five minutes.
Then the four people were divided into two groups and started some offensive and defensive training.
Then Chu Zheng got completely excited.
In Chu Zheng's usual training and competition, in order to avoid being tackled and to be more efficient, the passing methods he adopts are often the simplest and most suitable for the current situation.
But today Chu Zheng may have become more playful. His extremely balanced feet constantly used various fancy moves to make Foden and Diaz on the opposite side spin around.
And Foden, Dias, and Sancho were also aroused by Chu Zheng to be competitive, and they also showed off.
The four of them had a lot of fun, and happy laughter continued to ring out on the court.
But in the face of Chu Zheng's strong defensive ability, none of Foden's three rookies who lacked professional game experience could successfully break through Chu Zheng's frontal defense.
And they couldn't stop Chu Zheng's breakthrough. Whether it was his physical confrontation ability or his personal skills, Chu Zheng was a dimension-reducing blow to the four of them.
"Pep, tell them to stop!" Guardiola and Manchester City youth training director Mark Allen had appeared on the edge of the court at some point, looking at the four people on the court silently.
The grinning Guardiola nodded, and Mark Allen breathed a sigh of relief.
Foden, Sancho, and Dias are the three most talented football players under his command. He is afraid that being abused by Chu Zheng if he continues to do so will damage the confidence of young players.
After a while, Chu Zheng and the others were called to a halt.
"Head!" Chu Zheng, who was sweating profusely when he saw Guardiola, immediately trotted over.
Guardiola looked at Chu Zheng, a little helpless, and smiled: "Is it fun to bully children?"
"Haha!" Chu Zheng smiled awkwardly when he heard this, "Boss, these three little guys are very good. I can't compare to them at this age, but my health is too bad."
When Mark Allen heard this, he couldn't laugh or cry. Those three children were only 16 or 7 years old, and their bodies were not fully developed yet.
Guardiola left with Alan Marker without chatting with Chu Zheng for too long.
He came here today on his rest day just to check out Manchester City's youth training camp to see if there are any players suitable for him.
Unexpectedly, I saw three good young players when I first arrived.
But it's a pity that what he wants is not players in the midfield and frontcourt, and Manchester City currently has no shortage of excellent players in the midfield and frontcourt.
What he needs now is a backcourt player, a young talented defender, preferably a full-back.
As long as he has talent, he doesn't mind spending time cultivating it.
After Guardiola left, Chu Zheng, who was having fun, was about to return to the court to continue playing happily with the three little guys, when his cell phone in his side bag suddenly rang.
Chu Zheng took out his phone and looked at it. He found that it was already past 10 o'clock in the morning, and his expression suddenly changed.
Bite the bullet and answer the phone.
"Chu Zheng!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Zhao beeped and the roar of the Hedong lion came from the mobile phone, which scared Chu Zheng's heart.
"Labor and Capital Shu Daoshan!!"
"Okay! I'll be back now!"
When he finished speaking, Chu Zheng was speechless and muttered, "The labor force is not a plane! You can't fly back even if you count to 6 labor capital!"
"What did you say?!!"
"What! The signal is not very good! I'll be back soon!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Chu Zheng hung up the phone without paying attention.
In the excitement of having fun, I forgot about going to see a house with Zhao Dudu.
After a while, after exchanging mobile phone numbers with Foden's three children, Chu Zheng took his bag and left in a sprint of 100 meters.
