Green Field Eunuch

Chapter 544 Children are so easy to fool

In early to mid-August, Shan Yongzhuo rested for a week in Granada, just before the start of the training camp.

Dan Yongzhuo's life was very leisurely, and he decided to familiarize himself with the training base in advance. So, under the guidance of the staff, he toured all the places in the training base.

Of course, Granada's training base isn't very large, not as luxurious as Manchester City's, and not even as good as Roma's; it's only much better than Kaffinburg's.

However, Shan Yongzhuo didn't care; no matter how bad it was, it was still his team.

Of course, he had no intention of building a large training base. The most important thing for the team was to make money and enhance the team's brand value; these things were secondary.

After all, small businesses can't compare to those wealthy families.

Shan Yongzhuo was in a very relaxed and happy mood.

Then, he saw his new teammate, England's Harry Kane, wearing his training uniform on the training field.

Harry Kane, dressed in training gear and carrying a small bag, arrived at the training ground and, together with the staff, pushed a trolley containing a football to the sidelines.

Shan Yongzhuo saw Harry Kane from afar and couldn't help but sigh.

There's definitely a reason this guy became famous, and even later became England's number one striker.

In fact, Harry Kane's career has not been entirely smooth sailing.

Harry Kane, who just turned 20 this year, was born in Tottenham's youth academy. He joined the youth academy in 2004 and was promoted to the first team in the 2009-2010 season, but he never got any playing time.

Starting with the 2010-2011 season, Harry Kane began his two-year loan spell.

Apart from a brief stint in the Premier League at Norwich, he never played in the Premier League. His time at Leicester City and Millwall was spent in the Championship, and in 2010 he was even loaned to League One side Leyton Orient.

Throughout his loan spell, Harry Kane made 65 appearances but only scored 16 goals, a performance that was not particularly outstanding overall.

So when Harry Kane learned that Shan Yongzhuo had specifically requested him to bring him to Granada and promised that he would partner with Shan Yongzhuo in attack to compete in La Liga, Harry Kane was completely dumbfounded.

Of course, there was more joy than anything else.

He had no idea what about him that Shan Yongzhuo valued, or even specifically requested that he form a forward partnership.

This made Harry Kane both excited and apprehensive. He was excited to receive recognition and affirmation from the world's number one football star, but apprehensive about whether he could perform up to the expectations.

Therefore, Harry Kane arrived in Spain early and spent the entire summer training at the Granada training ground.

He also has high expectations for himself. He finally made it to the top league and was able to form a forward partnership with Shan Yongzhuo. This was a tremendous opportunity.

This summer, he worked harder than ever before.

When he saw Shan Yongzhuo appear, he almost immediately switched into fanboy mode, looked up with a smile, and walked shyly to Shan Yongzhuo's side: "Shan, hello, I...I am Harry Kane!"

Harry Kane's enthusiasm and shyness were unexpected by Shan Yongzhuo, and he even felt a little nervous.

However, Shan Yongzhuo still expressed his warm welcome with a hug, saying, "Welcome to the team, Harry. This will be the best decision you've ever made."

"Thank you, thank you."

Harry Kane became increasingly agitated.

His performance also satisfied Shan Yongzhuo.

When he was at Manchester City, he was one of the younger players. Kompany, Yaya Toure, and others in the team were all senior players, and many of them had rather bad tempers. Although he had Aguero as a lackey, Aguero, Dzeko, and others actually had a competitive mentality towards Shan Yongzhuo.

Now that he has Harry Kane as a seemingly sincere fan, Shan Yongzhuo is very satisfied and doesn't mind giving Harry Kane some pointers.

So, Shan Yongzhuo changed into his training clothes, and the two decided to train together that afternoon. "In the new season, you should be my strike partner, and the two of us will probably be the team's main strikers, so I have some advice for you, I wonder if you'd like to hear it?"

After observing Harry Kane for a while, Shan Yongzhuo made a preliminary assessment of his current strength.

This is a center who is 188cm tall.

However, it is somewhat different from the traditional pivot center.

While Harry Kane isn't top-tier in physical duels, he still possesses considerable aerial ability. His technique is also quite comprehensive, with solid fundamentals. Furthermore, for a center forward, Kane isn't slow and has a degree of agility.

In addition, Kane's playmaking, ball control, passing, dribbling, shooting... all his abilities seem decent, but none of them reach the top level.

This is the biggest problem right now.

Given Harry Kane's characteristics, he is still too young, and his overall technical and tactical skills are not yet fully developed.

However, this guy is very eager to learn. Upon hearing what Shan Yongzhuo said, Harry Kane immediately expressed his willingness to listen.

joke.

The guidance from the world's number one striker is something you can't even ask for in a game.

Seeing Kane's very serious attitude, Shan Yongzhuo also bluntly expressed his thoughts.

"Your current skills are all quite good, but you need to highlight one thing..."

"A standout point?" Harry Kane asked, somewhat puzzled.

“That’s right,” Shan Yongzhuo continued. “Just like me, I’m not good at physical duels and aerial duels, my passing is average, and as a striker, my support ability isn’t strong either. But my shooting is very strong, which is why I can succeed.”

"Uh-huh."

“Therefore, you need to have one or two outstanding strengths first, so that you can establish yourself on the field,” Shan Yongzhuo continued. “In my opinion, your support ability is good, and you also have a good ability to win headers.”

"You can focus your training on these two areas, and practice shooting from close range in the penalty area more. As for long-range shots, you don't need to think about them too much for now."

Harry Kane listened to Shan Yongzhuo's words with some doubt, but overall he agreed with them.

In the past, he was good in all aspects, so much so that he was good at a little bit of everything. As a result, his position in the team was changed around, and he even played in midfield. This made it difficult for him to consistently perform well.

Hearing Shan Yongzhuo's words at this moment seemed to be a wake-up call.

"Shan, you're absolutely right! I'll work hard as you said!"

Harry Kane's expression was resolute.

Shan Yongzhuo pursed his lips and offered some encouragement with a smile.

Kids are so easy to fool!

In fact, Shan Yongzhuo's guidance to Harry Kane was partly motivated by personal motives.

He discovered this when he was at Manchester City; he and a playmaking, poaching center forward like Dzeko were a perfect match.

However, Zheko, like Shan Yongzhuo, is a bit of a loner.

As a result, their coordination wasn't very good.

If Harry Kane is developed into a top-class playmaking striker, Granada's attacking line will be very powerful.

(End of this chapter)