Seven or eight footballs were lined up in front of the penalty area of the small court in the backyard of the villa.
Mo Yang, who woke up early, stood in front of the goal, sweating like rain, panting, and staring at the goal.
Run-up, lift the foot, turn sideways, kick the ball, all in one go, constantly kicking the football towards the goal, but the number of shots scored is very few, either the shot is too straight or too high.
Over the years, he has only practiced passing and dribbling, and his shots have indeed been missed too much. Now he can't even grasp the basic shooting posture and the starting point of the shot.
After practicing tirelessly for more than an hour, the alarm on his cell phone rang on the lawn. Mo Yang tidied up, went back to the house and washed up hastily before going out.
Although he lives in a big villa, Mo Yang is not a rich second generation, but a poor man who has to work part-time to earn his daily living expenses.
After his grandfather passed away, he lost his financial resources and had to rely on himself for all expenses.
Mo Yang comes from an ordinary mountain village in Sichuan, China, and is a child of the mountains.
In his previous life, he stood at a crossroads of destiny and finally chose to stay with his parents. As a result, he died unexpectedly in the mountains before he was twenty.
When I opened my eyes again, I miraculously returned to my boyhood.
So when he was faced with a choice again, he chose to follow his grandfather who returned to China to find relatives and come to the UK to pursue his football dream.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. My great grandfather passed away suddenly two years ago.
As a rich man with a net worth of tens of millions of pounds, the huge inheritance he left behind became the main culprit for his children to tear each other apart.
Mo Yang had no intention of fighting for the inheritance, nor was he qualified to fight. He just felt sorry for his uncle.
Fortunately, the great grandfather had transferred the ownership of this house with special significance to him early, otherwise he would have been homeless.
But even so, the two uncles who were all evil still fell out with him because of this house.
The days passed, but there was still no call from Klopp.
Two weeks later, when Mo Yang was a little desperate, he finally received a call.
Klopp contacted him from a mid-table club in the English Championship.
"Leeds United!"
Mo Yang was a little surprised. He always thought that Klopp would sign him to Liverpool.
But Mo Yang is actually not very willing to sign for Liverpool now.
It's important for a person to be self-aware, and he knows very well what his strength is. Now he simply can't play in the five major leagues.
Even if he signs with Liverpool, he will definitely be loaned out. Mo Yang doesn't want to take this path. There are too many unknown factors. Who knows where he will be loaned out.
In order to complete his studies in the past two years, he has devoted himself to studying. Fortunately, he can use the players' space to train every night when he goes to bed, so he has not forgotten all kinds of training.
There are also 24 hours a day in the player space, but the flow rate is three times that of reality. If he sleeps for 8 hours a day, he can train for 24 hours in the player space, and he has 48 hours in a day.
So after spending these two busiest years, what he needs now is a stable environment and a professional contract that allows him to play games stably.
Therefore, Mo Yang's goal has always been the English Championship, England's second-tier competition.
He even thought about visiting every English Championship club one by one for trial training after graduation.
If it really didn't work out, he would go to League One. As long as he could play games, he wouldn't mind playing in League Two. Unexpectedly, Klopp solved it for him directly.
The next afternoon, on the plane from Liverpool to Leeds, the capital of West Yorkshire, Mo Yang stared blankly at the white clouds outside the window.
If some drool can flow out of his mouth at this time, with his silly face, he will look like a retard.
In the seat next to him, Klopp was watching Crayon Shin-chan, giggling like an old hen from time to time.
Mo Yang came back to his senses, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. Uncle Zha's hobby is really unique.
After watching Crayon Shin-chan for a while, Mo Yang turned on his phone and checked the club where he was about to try out.
Through Google, Mo Yang roughly learned about Leeds United.
This is a club with a long history. It was once the top team in England and one of the famous clubs in the history of British football. It has won many honors such as championships in various events in England and Europe.
In the 1960s and 1970s, under the leadership of legendary coach Don Revie, Leeds United even became the domestic hegemon at that time.
But later on, Leeds United fell into decline and was even reduced to playing in the English Second Division.
However, in the 2009-2010 season, this veteran team re-entered the British Championship.
In recent years, it has been their goal to enter the Premier League, but their current results are not very good and they have been hovering in the middle of the English Championship in recent years.
“At the end of the 2014-2015 season, Leeds United was wholly acquired by an Italian wealthy man and is currently undergoing a series of cleaning and reforms.
It is said that they are currently discussing relevant signing matters with Bielsa, the famous crazy coach in football."
Mo Yang was stunned when he suddenly saw this news from half a month ago on Google.
If he remembers correctly, the famous Argentine coach Bielsa seemed to have only taken over Leeds United in 2018 in his previous life, and then he was promoted after the second year.
Mo Yang was very excited at the thought of playing under Bielsa, one of his favorite coaches.
Of course, the cute old man next to me who loves watching cartoons is also one of them.
Half an hour later, the plane arrived in Leeds, and the two walked out of the airport and took a taxi to the Leeds United training base.
At the gate of the base, Marcelo Bielsa was waiting with the club's football director Victor Horta for a long time.
"Wow, are you two greeting me?" Klopp got out of the car and strode up to them, smiling so much that his glasses were a little crooked.
Mo Yang came down from the other side with his schoolbag on his back, grabbed the shoulder straps of his backpack with both hands and trotted towards Klopp.
I don't know if I was too nervous, but my left foot suddenly knocked on the ground, and I fell to the feet of the three of them with a thud.
"..." Klopp covered his face with his hands, feeling a little embarrassed.
"Is this the midfield genius that Jurgen was talking about?" Bielsa looked at Mo Yang's naive face and felt a little suspicious. "Why does this kid look a little not very smart?"
He had seen Mo Yang's performance in Gerrard's farewell game, and he was really amazed.
His super broad field vision, delicate footwork and terrifying ball feel left a very deep impression on him.
Mo Yang lay on the ground, stunned, and even forgot to get up. His face was burning, and he wanted to stick his head into the ground with embarrassment.
Victor Horta on the side smiled and stretched out his hand to pull Mo Yang up.
He found Mo Yang quite pleasing to the eye, with thick eyebrows, big eyes and a high nose. At first glance, he looked like an honest kid.
As for Klopp saying this kid is a genius, he doesn't care.
There is never a shortage of talent in football. If you want him to pay for it, you have to look at his performance on the field.
The trial training process is not complicated. A group of four people entered the base and began various physical examinations.
More than an hour later, the results of the physical examination came out. Bielsa's eyes lit up as he took the medical examination report.
All of Mo Yang's physical data are extremely excellent and he is very healthy.
Especially the muscle distribution on the left and right sides of the body is very even, as if calculated, and the joint circumference is also large.
If it weren't for the fact that the club's medical equipment was too simple, Bielsa would have really wanted to conduct a detailed physical examination on Mo Yang.
The only thing that made him dissatisfied was that Mo Yang's body was too thin and he needed to gain muscle, otherwise it would be difficult to withstand the fierce physical collisions in the British Championship level.
Klopp waited for Bielsa to finish reading, then snatched it away.
‘Cardiopulmonary function: very good.’ Seeing the words on the heart column, Klopp laughed so hard that his mouth almost reached his ears.
Mo Yang really didn't lie to him, he found a treasure!
Victor looked puzzled and took a few steps back calmly. He heard that idiots are also contagious.
After the physical examination was over, the technical assessment was about to begin. The group of people walked towards the training ground and heard the noise coming from the training ground in the distance.
Due to the arrival of a new head coach, Leeds United's pre-match gathering has been advanced this year.
As soon as Mo Yang walked into the training ground, he saw a football hitting them head-on.
On the training ground, when the instigators saw that the football might hit their boss' bald head, they all remained silent and their legs became a little weak.
In the midst of the lightning and flint, Mo Yang strode forward and lightly bumped the incoming ball with his left shoulder.
Immediately, the ball suddenly stagnated, as if it was cushioned by an invisible force. Without any rebound, it fell against the body onto the thigh, then went all the way down the thigh, and finally stopped firmly on Mo Yang's side.
On the instep.
This scene was seen by everyone, and they were all stunned.
"Oh my god, who is this!"
"Guys, were I dazzled just now?"
"God, the shoulder stop can actually do this!"
"Damn it, how did he develop this abnormal sense of ball!"
"..."
This is the voice of everyone on the training ground!
Bielsa and Victor looked at each other in astonishment and saw the surprise in each other's eyes.
Mo Yang blushed a little under everyone's gaze and smiled shyly.
Next, under the eyes of everyone, Mo Yang began the technical assessment.
The assessment items include shooting, defense, ball control, dribbling, dribbling, breakthrough, long passing, short passing, speed, etc. There are dozens of items.
The first event is to hit the ball, which tests the players' basic skills and ball feel.
Mo Yang started to play the ball, and soon everyone looked like they had seen a ghost.
In the eyes of everyone, the football was like a living elf, dancing on Mo Yang's feet, as if it was an inseparable part of Mo Yang's feet.
What's even more outrageous is that during the entire process of bumping the ball, Mo Yang didn't move even half a step, and sometimes he didn't even look at the ball. This kind of abnormal control over football shocked everyone!
Nearly two hours later, with everyone's demented expressions, Mo Yang passed all the tests.
"Is this how football is played?"
"I should still be dreaming, well, I definitely didn't wake up!"
"Mom, I want to go home, woo hoo!..."
"..."
After watching Mo Yang's assessment, all the Leeds United players began to doubt the players. They felt as if they had been playing match-fixing over the years, and all they could think about was that elf-like figure.
Of course, Mo Yang also has shortcomings, and they are very obvious, and that is his defense and shooting.
If Mo Yang's ball control, passing, and breakthroughs are like Van Gogh's magnificent works of art, then his shooting and defense are simply a piece of shit on the roadside.
See.
It's okay when no one is defending, but once someone interferes, Mo Yang can't even shoot into the empty goal.
It's okay if the shot doesn't go in, but shooting at the corner kick is a bit too much.
Klopp on the side was also shocked, his outlook was shaken by Mo Yang's gorgeous shooting skills.
He knew that Mo Yang's shooting was bad and he had seen it before, but he didn't expect it to be so bad!
Bielsa stared at Mo Yang, his fiery gaze as if looking at a rare treasure.
Bad shooting is nothing in his eyes. A low starting point means bad shooting, but it also means strong plasticity.
After the new owner took over, Leeds United carried out cleaning and recruitment.
Nowadays, the forward line is pretty good, and there are veterans in the backcourt defense, but the only thing missing is a midfield commander who can direct and launch the offense.
Now he found it!
Moreover, he also saw some possibilities in Mo Yang that he could not even imagine.
At this time, Mo Yang had become a string of pounds in Victor's eyes.
Victor looked at Klopp a little confused.
As a head coach known for being good at discovering young players, it is impossible for Klopp not to see Moyang's potential value.
However, this guy directly pushed Mo Yang to them.
Why?
Is there some conspiracy? Victor racked his brains and couldn't figure it out.
But it doesn't matter, what he needs to do now is to sign Mo Yang quickly and make peace with himself, lest some scumbag regret it.