Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 140: 40-man list for the Golden Boy Award, Villarreal owes money again?

"This……"

Escriva took a deep breath.

Impersonated a striker three times and helped the team score 3 goals...

After returning the notebook to Marty, Escrivá picked up an unopened bottle of mineral water from the table and gulped down a big gulp.

"Well, what should we do now?"

There is an unwritten rule in football.

That is, as long as you score a goal, no matter your position or method, it is excellent.

Now Tang Ye has violated team discipline three times, but scored three goals, which made Escrivá and Marti's brains smoke.

What should they do now?
Sitting in a chair and thinking, Escrivá was now a little shaken, but at this time Tang Ye just came back after finishing the interview.

Originally, Escriva was planning not to tell Tang Ye about this matter, but he bumped into Escriva's face.

"Tom, come outside"

Escrivá stood up, and Tang Ye, who had just walked in with the MVP trophy, was pushed out again.

The head coach's expression was very serious, which made Tang Ye a little flustered.

"F-Felix, what's wrong?"

After closing the door, Escrivá looked directly at Tang Ye in front of him: "Can I ask you a question?"

"Of course, Mr. Ferran, just ask and I will answer."

"Are you a striker or a midfielder?"

“It’s the midfield.”

Tang Ye answered, then thought about it and felt that something was not right, so he added a sentence.

“I’m a holding midfielder”

"..."

"I didn't ask you what type of midfielder you are, just tell me if you are a midfielder or a striker"

“Oh, I play in midfield.”

Tang Ye answered as a matter of course, holding his MVP trophy.

"Then tell me, tell me, why do you always run to the wing? I'm not against you helping your teammates attack, what I mean is that your position in the team is very important."

Escribá did a bicycle riding motion in front of Tang Ye: “Like this, like this, you shouldn’t do this. Every player has his own job in the team. It is not your job to ride a bicycle on the wing. Do you understand what I mean? The position in the middle is very important. If you lose your position, the opponent will take it away from you, and then it will be very uncomfortable for us to play when we counterattack.”

Tang Ye stood there without saying anything.

The coach is talking about a very serious issue, which concerns the team's performance in the game, and Tang Ye must listen carefully.

But this is not good news for him.

Tang Ye likes to pretend to be a striker.

But Mr. Phelan wouldn’t let him pass as a striker!

Looking at the MVP trophy in Tang Ye's hand, Escrivá added: "But those two goals you scored were really great."

"Of course, it's exciting, but you need to make changes. A player can't play two positions on the field at the same time. This doesn't make sense."

Back in the locker room, captain Bruno ran over and hugged Tang Ye's shoulders: "Haha, Tom, how do you feel about the Europa League MVP trophy? This thing is not easy to hold."

"Is it hard to get? Bruno, you underestimate me."

Tang Ye took the backpack out of the closet, pulled out the clothes inside, and then stuffed his trophy in with great effort.

Then he turned to Bruno and said seriously: "I plan to buy a slightly bigger table and put it at home."

"why?"

Bruno didn't understand what Tang Ye meant.

"The computer desk in my room is too small and will soon be too small to accommodate my trophy."

"...Okay, Tom, then tell me, what did Phelan ask you to do?"

When it comes to Escriva, Tang Ye's face immediately droops.

"Mr. Phelan doesn't let me dribble on the wing"

"Isn't it normal for the midfielder to dribble on the wing? Tactics are fixed, and the situation on the field changes quickly. Sometimes the forward and midfielder have to switch positions."

As a veteran midfielder, Bruno obviously did not agree with what Escriva said.

However, Bruno did not hear the entire conversation between Escriva and Tang Ye, so he would not understand what Escriva meant.

Tang Ye's movement is very random, and almost every time he moves to the side, he does it without his teammates knowing.

This will lead to a problem for Huang Qian during the game: the players on the wing overlap!

There are two left wingers and no one in the middle.

In this situation, not only will the offense fail, but if the ball is lost, the opponent will most likely use the empty space in the middle to counterattack.

Tang Ye’s movement is too risky!

……

The front page headline of "Villarreal City News" - 3:2 away victory over Inter Milan, Tom scored the winning goal, Villarreal ranked first in Group L in the group stage!

Turin Sports front page second article - What's going on? Europa League Group L is seriously polarized, with Villarreal and Ajax winning all six points, while Inter Milan and Zurich lost all zero points.

The front page headline of "Utrecht Evening News" - The savior has left. In the Champions League group stage, Utrecht was defeated 4-0 by Dortmund at home.

[Inter Milan has been in a slump. In fact, when the score was 2:2, Inter Milan was in a pretty good state. Unexpectedly, they were defeated by Tang Ye’s last-gasp goal.]

【King of Football Tang prevents Inter Milan from being on the road to revival! 】

[It is normal that I cannot change Inter Milan and cannot beat Tang Qiuwang. After all, Tang Qiuwang's assists are already the sum of Messi and Ronaldo]

[Don’t compare the number of assists, Utrecht is about to be beaten to death in the Champions League]

[The contrast is very clear from this point of view. Ten Hag’s role in Utrecht is really important]

[Control variables, the problem is that your variables are not just ten Hag, what if Tang Qiuwang also left? 】

[Ten Hag: I won’t say Tang is a jerk, but that’s the fact]

【Hahaha! 】

Villarreal is on the rise this season and Tang Ye's loyal followers are very happy now.

In the next league game, Villarreal will play against the strong Espanyol away, but before that, a piece of news quickly attracted the attention of fans.

Turin Sports Daily front page headline, 2016 European Golden Boy Award candidates.

Truly hot news never needs exclamation marks to attract netizens to click on it. The front page of this issue of Turin Sports Daily attracted the attention of fans the moment it was published.

The 2016 European Golden Boy Award shortlist!
The purpose of this award is to select the most amazing football talents in all European leagues!
Only 40 young players in Europe can be nominated every year!

Let’s see what the situation is today?
Turin Sports Daily's 2016 European Golden Boy Award list (in no particular order):

[Donnarumma (AC Milan), Asensio (Real Madrid), Rashford (Manchester United), Alli (Tottenham), Dembele (Dortmund), Iwobi (Arsenal), Sane (Manchester City), Ruben Neves (Porto), Christensen (Borussia Mönchengladbach)... Bazor (Ajax), Tang Ye (Utrecht, Villarreal), Sanches (Bayern)]

They are all players who became famous at a young age, especially Asensio of Real Madrid and Rashford of Manchester United. These players became household names not long after they became adults.

but……

Looking closely, it seems that there is a minor inside?

No. 37: Tang Ye (Utrecht, Villarreal)
I rely on!

Pig Man, why are you in there!
……

The front page headline of "China Football News" - Tang Ye was selected as a candidate for the 2016 Golden Boy Award, becoming the first Chinese player to enter the list.

Luneng Football School: Congratulations to our outstanding graduate Tang Ye @gdsNo.1GGBond for being selected into the 2016-person candidate list for the 40 Golden Boy Award. Everyone is welcome to join Luneng Football School. Tang Ye fans can enjoy a 95% discount on trial fees!

Football Elements: [Golden Boy Award nomination] for [17-year-old], what is the level of [stopping the ball]?
The front page headline of "Villarreal City News" - the club's loaned player Tang Y. has been selected as a candidate for the European Golden Boy Award. The player's loan contract does not include a buyout clause.

……

"Wow"

It was evening in Spain local time when the list of candidates came out, and Tang Ye was playing League of Legends in his apartment.

He hadn't found anyone to match him in the ranking match yet and was checking his phone when he saw the news.

Generally speaking, Tang Ye would not interrupt the match he was currently performing, but this piece of news did pique his interest.

Canceling the match and taking off the headset, Tang Ye focused his attention on his mobile phone.

"Ding!"

"Ding Ding Ding!"

Tang Ye had no habit of following the news; all these messages were sent by his teammates.

【Ramselaar: Tom, haha, I saw your name! 】

【Mousacchio: Beautiful! 】

There are former teammates from Utrecht and current teammates from Villarreal.

Tang Ye even saw...

[Mr. Eric: Well-deserved]

Tang Ye didn't react at all to his teammates' praise, but Ten Hag's message made Tang Ye blush.

This is a stamp of approval from Mr. Eric!

He was a little excited. To be honest, Tang Ye had never heard of the Golden Boy Award.

When Tang Ye suddenly found his name on the list, he was actually a little confused at first.

Just search on Google first.

[Golden Boy Award: Founded in 2003, it selects the 40 most outstanding young football players each year. Players participating in the selection must not be over 21 years old when registering for the league season of that year] Not over 21 years old?
Seeing this sentence, Tang Ye suddenly panicked!
Don't, don't do it...

[You are 38 years old and you pretend to be a child to participate in the Golden Boy Awards. You will not get any reward]

【Counterattack Point-1】

"hiss……"

grandma's!
really!

There should have been a reward, but the system's timeline is messed up.

So not only did Tang Ye get nothing, he was also deducted 1 counterattack point for lying about his age!
Damn it!
Picking up his phone, Tang Ye replied to his friends' messages one by one.

After opening the chat window with Ten Hag, Tang Ye fell into deep thought as he looked at the five Dutch notes "Mr. Eric".

【GGBond: Thank you】

"Ding!"

[Mr. Eric: No need to say more]

The front page headline of "France Football" - It is reported that Benfica midfielder Sanches, Manchester United striker Rashford, Juventus striker Coman and Villarreal midfielder Don are leading in the Golden Boy Award voting.

The news from France Football is sometimes inaccurate, but Chinese fans chose to trust this newspaper this time.

People are willing to believe the news they like to hear, and fans are no exception.

No matter what, I, King Tang, am leading the way!

……

The players of Utrecht and Villarreal have seen that Tang Ye was shortlisted for the Golden Boy Award, and Ten Hag also knows about it.

But only Escrivá did not send a blessing text message to Tang Ye.

The reason is simple. Escrivá was hanging around in the comment section of Tang Ye's highlights video on YouTube.

The title of the video is: Tom's full highlights from 2016.

[Fuck Escribá, can you imagine that a Golden Boy candidate has to play as a substitute in Villarreal? Manchester United is a top club and they gave Rashford the starting berth.]

[Escrivá is so stupid! ]

[I feel like Escrivá is making trouble again recently. He should treat Tom as the core of the team and arrange tactics! ]

"..."

Escriva's hands were shaking as he read through the comments one by one.

Damn!

stressed!

Soon, Escrivá opened WhatsApp and found Tang Ye’s chat account.

[Yesterday I said that you don’t need to worry about pretending to be a striker]

"Ding!"

Tang Ye was obviously still watching the news, and he immediately responded when he saw Escriva's message.

[GGBond: Then what should I do about the missing position in the middle lane? ]

[Someone will handle it]

After closing the chat box, Escriva stood up, walked to the tactical board in the room, moved the magnetic flag representing Tang Ye forward, and then moved the magnetic flag representing Rodri to the position where Tang Ye had just been.

The attacking midfielder position is very important, and Tang Ye often loses that position.

Then someone needs to come up and fill in.

As the team's most loyal youth player, Rodri needs to make a contribution!
……

It was October, and in the 10th round of the Premier League, Manchester United drew 7-1 with Stoke City at home.

Ten Hag arrives in the press room at Old Trafford!
Click!

Click, click, click!

Because it was a draw, Ten Hag's expression was not very good.

But those who are familiar with Ten Hag know that although the game looks like a draw, it is not.

"It was a bad day. Our opponents were lucky, but we are always a little bit unlucky. Rashford slipped in front of the goal, otherwise we could have won this game."

Click, click, click!

Far away in the Spanish province of Valencia, Escrivá, who had just finished the team's training, took out his mobile phone and watched the live broadcast of the interview through BT Sports.

On the table in front of Escriva was a notebook in which he recorded some of the key points of the interview.

He did this for two purposes, one was to learn Ten Hag's unrivaled ability in press conferences.

The second is to see if Ten Hag will reveal anything about tactics.

Tang Ye has just been included in the Golden Boy Award shortlist, and those British reporters will definitely mention Tang Ye in front of Ten Hag!
"Manchester United had bad luck, but you did get a draw today"

The reporter said slowly: "A draw against Stoke City is probably not what Manchester United fans want to see"

"I know, I know, I let the fans down, of course. As a coach, I understand how the fans feel after the home team loses."

Ten Hag pursed his lips: "But I also want to tell the fans not to always think about the bad side"

"We are now third in the Premier League, which is better than our result last season. I admit this is not the end of the road for Manchester United, but we have made progress and the fans should be happy."

Ok!

The young reporter was still too arrogant.

He thought he could beat Ten Hag in the post-match interview, which is obviously not possible.

Taking a step back, the young reporter changed the question.

"Can you talk about Rashford, who is on the Golden Boy shortlist and according to the grapevine (France Football), Marcus seems to be a bit higher?"

Speaking of Rashford, Ten Hag's expression was not very good.

"I admire Rashford, he is a very talented player"

"What about Tom? He's also on the shortlist."

When talking about Tom, a smile suddenly appeared on Ten Hahe's face.

Escrivá:?

"Excellent, I said before that Don couldn't adapt to La Liga, I did say that..."

Knowledge point!
Escriva's eyes lit up and he picked up a pen and started writing on the notebook.

【Take a step back and take the initiative to bring up your own dark history】

"This is because I underestimated his talent. Tom's talent is even more exaggerated than I thought."

【Turning defense into offense】

"Of course, it makes sense when you think about it, because I trained him a lot last season."

Hearing this, Escriva's expression was a little hesitant.

But he finally started writing.

[Actively change the focus, take credit for the work, and complete the ending]

Looking at the "Ten Hag Formula" in the notebook, Escriva took a deep breath.

Benefited a lot!

but……

Escriva suddenly discovered a problem.

Tang Ye is now a player of Villarreal, or at least a player of Utrecht.

You, Ten Hag, have already left Utrecht, why do you keep praising Tang Ye?

"So you changed Don's transfer contract into a loan contract, right?"

“That’s about it.”

Ten Hahe nodded.

"As the former head coach of Utrecht, I think it is necessary to leave a legacy for the team, but I always think that Tom's loan contract is a loss."

"Why do you say that?"

"300 million euros is the price of Don's right foot. I have said before that Villarreal still owes Utrecht 300 million euros, which is the additional rental fee for the left foot. You know, you can't buy a two-foot player with only one foot. Of course, in addition to 600 million euros, Villarreal still owes Utrecht 300 million euros."

Escriva held the pen, but couldn't write a single word.

"Excuse me, what is this 300 million euros..."

"This is Tom's tutoring fee, and it should be given to me."

The reporter didn't quite understand, but Ten Hag immediately gave an explanation: "For some unreasonable reasons, I was prosecuted by the Dutch police. You know, I trained Tom to a very high level."

"Of course, I don't want to emphasize how much I paid for this. The point is not my contribution, but the improvement Tom has gained. His ability with his feet is not achieved for no reason. Villarreal has won many games relying on Tom's feet. They need to compensate for the cost of extra training at night."

Snapped!
Escriva gently closed his notebook and clicked off the tip of his ballpoint pen.

give up!
He has given up!

Originally, he thought he could learn from Ten Hag and learn Ten Hag's techniques in facing interviews with reporters.

It was not until he watched the live interview of Ten Hag that he truly realized the gap between himself and the Dutch.

That is an insurmountable gap.

Ten Hag's skills are something he will never be able to learn in his lifetime!
B station marketing account: Ten Hag has spoken! Villarreal owes another 300 million euros! Currently, Villarreal's debt has reached 600 million euros, which may directly affect the team's winter transfer plan.

……

(End of this chapter)