It was open training that day.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the first-team training ground was officially opened, and fans bought tickets in. There were many fans coming. It was roughly estimated that there were one or two thousand people, but the result was a limit on the number of people.

This is not just the support of the fans for the club, but also some other factors. Newcastle United's public training is a bit like a "tourism exhibition". Not only fans come, but also many tourists to Newcastle, because Newcastle United Club is connected to St James Park Stadium, and the first-team training ground is next to the main stadium. Fans can not only watch the first-team training, but also visit the St James Park Stadium next to them.

James Park is the largest city park in Newcastle. The park has a beautiful environment. Whenever it comes to holidays, it can attract many people to relax and relax, and can support tens of thousands of people to carry out activities.

The above are all factors that make public training popular.

certainly.

The most important thing is Newcastle United Club and the first team player. Many Newcastle fans want to watch the team's training up close.

There are many fans and many reporters.

Many reporters came to the club early. Before fans bought tickets, they entered in advance, set up equipment at a good angle, prepared to fight for a long time, and took good photos for reporting.

The competition among journalists is also fierce.

There is no division of ‘report level’ for public training. If the reporters who come to interview and shoot, they do not have seat positions prepared in advance. They all need to find the position and angles by themselves. They enter earlier, so it is very important to find the good position in advance.

The number of journalists also reflects the level of attention Newcastle United has attracted.

The more you get, the more reporters you will definitely come.

on the contrary.

A large number of reporters will also bring more attention. The two promote each other. Newcastle United Club also attaches great importance to public training. Chairman Michael Ashley came to make an appearance early, and he stood in the most dazzling position on the sidelines, as if he was here to watch the team's training and express his importance to daily training.

The reporter also mentioned Ashley's discussion, "I didn't expect Ashley would come too. Ordinary club presidents would not come to watch the training."

"It's probably because of the public training."

"Now Newcastle United's good results are related to the club's decision-making. Ashley's greatest contribution is to decide to introduce Zhen Shaolong. This decision is very wise."

This is a common view from the outside world.

Ordinary Newcastle United fans do not know Michael Ashley, but only know that he is a famous sports investor, but the media knows Ashley very well. They know that Ashley is a pure 'sports businessman' and a large amount of investment is placed in the sports industry. There are several clubs under their name. Newcastle United is just one of his investments.

Investing is naturally to make money.

Some fans hope that Ashley will use his personal assets to continuously support the development of Newcastle United, which is very unrealistic. Ashley will also invest, but he will definitely not invest endlessly. He invests to make money and allows the club to create profits.

Such a "sports businessman" made the decision to introduce Zhen Shaolong, which is quite remarkable. What makes people look up to is Zhen Shaolong's transfer and contract.

That's a real big deal.

Although Newcastle United Club and Zhen Shaolong himself did not disclose the specific salary, Ashley dared to say that "may be the highest salary in the Premier League". The annual salary must be more than 8 million pounds, eight million pounds a year, and 32 million pounds in four years. In addition to signing fees, transfer fees and other miscellaneous expenses, Zhen Shaolong's transfer is conservatively estimated to be a big deal of more than 60 million pounds.

Sixty million pounds!

The world's top stars must be worth this price, but Zhen Shaolong is only 20 years old and has only experienced one season in the top league. Even if he performs wildly, there are still many uncertainties when he comes to the Premier League.

For example, Zhen Shaolong was not used to the Premier League for a long time, and was wasted 60 million pounds. Many media expressed their opinions that "Ash made a crazy bet."

Ash made a bet successfully.

Zhen Shaolong continued his personal crazy performance, and Newcastle United's performance also improved, and even showed the temperament of competing for the championship. Ashley was naturally given a thumbs up by the media and fans, believing that he is very visionary and decisive.

at this time.

Ashli ​​stood on the sidelines, with his back facing the media and fans, and a satisfied smile appeared on his face.

Life is about pursuing face!

When wealth accumulates to his level, property can be described as "cold numbers". Investing must make money, but in the process of making money, it can still get praise from the outside world. There is nothing better than this.

Now standing here, he feels successful.

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Finally, the players entered the field.

Players walked out of the locker room and came to the training ground to prepare for training. For them, there was no difference between open training and closed training, and they were trained under the guidance of the coach.

During the season, adjusting the state is the most important thing. Training is to focus on warm-up. Some "orientation" training may be arranged, such as small-scale confrontation, but it is also within the framework of daily training and does not affect normal training.

Most players perform normally.

But some players still felt nervous. Smith walked away from Zhen Shaolong. When he looked towards the fans, he would smile. When he passed by Ash, he would say hello to the Chairman. But in fact, his heart was filled with tension and kept lowering his head and whispering, "Zhen, do we want to do that?"

"certainly."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"But... that's so stupid..."

Zhen Shaolong stopped and said solemnly, "I originally opposed it, I just wanted to shout a slogan, but you all agree with James. It's too late to withdraw."

"Yes, I can't wait to participate!" Milner walked over from behind, his face full of excitement and expectation.

Patton and Enzobiya also came over.

The two of them had no expression on their faces, and they didn't know whether they were nervous or expecting, but they probably were more nervous. They were a normal person who was embarrassed to do such funny things when they were so much attention.

Zhen Shaolong was also embarrassed, but he wanted to experiment and activate his skills.

Patton and Enzobiya are the kind of people who "follow the crowd". They have already participated in it and found that Zhen Shaolong and Milner decided to continue, so they decided to do it together.

There are five people anyway.

What are you afraid of?

Only Milner showed excitement and expectation. Zhen Shaolong understood this as Milner was like a child and loved cartoons when he was young, so he wanted to experience it realistically.

No matter what, it will definitely be too late to exit.

I just planned and practiced things, even if I am embarrassed, I will continue.

Several people arrived at the training ground together.

When most of the players entered the training ground, it was almost time to gather. Cafro immediately ran over and blew the whistle to let everyone gather together, and then started a warm-up to start the training.

The warm-up lasted for half an hour.

The subsequent arrangement is free time, which means that players can "play the ball" at will, and it is best to "play" the viewing ability to meet the needs of onlookers and reporters.

Some players train to pass the ball.

Some players organize football games.

Zhen Shaolong and Patton gathered together. They stood a little further and began to follow the plan.

Five people stood in a row.

Zhen Shaolong walked forward two steps, stood there in place with his hands on his chest, with a serious expression on his face. Then Patton took two steps forward, stood beside Zhen Shaolong, raised his fists and shouted, "To promote the spirit of sports!"

Next is Enzobiya, who stood on the left side of Patton and said in a slightly weak voice, "For the fairness and justice of football!"

This sentence is shy.

"Stop!"

Milner shouted and immediately reminded Enzobia, "Be careful of the tone, be taller, higher. There is also an expression! You are shouting slogans, a very powerful slogan, what's so shy about?"

"Serious! Be sure to have confidence!"

"Start again!"

Enzobia retreated depressedly, walked back to the position just now, and shouted loudly, "For the fairness and justice of football!"

"Okay! That's it! It's better to have a poss!"

Next is Smith.

Smith walked over and stood on the side of Zhen Shaolong, posing in a move that he thought was handsome but actually very low, and shouted, "Implement the concept of higher, faster and stronger!"

Milner followed and stood next to Smith, "We are..."

"The most beautiful Zhen Shaolong!" Zhen Shaolong said the only line, accompanied by a gesture representing victory.

"The most attractive Alan Smith!"

"Joey Barton, the hardest fist!"

"James Milner the fastest run!"

"And I, 'Little Tornado' Charles Enzobia!"

After Enzobiya finished speaking, Milner immediately followed and shouted, "We are..."

Everyone shouted in unison, "The lucky combination of Newcastle United!"

After the action was over, several people burst into laughter. Smith looked around, as if worried that someone would come over. In fact, several people were core players, and they could attract attention wherever they stood. It was impossible to not pay attention.

Everyone saw it.

The fans were still discussing, "Look? Zhen Shaolong! What are they doing!"

"It seems like I'm shouting something."

“Rehearsal of the drama?”
To be continued...