early morning.

Newcastle United locker room.

Michael Irving came half an hour earlier, just like usual. He leaned against his wardrobe and tidied his backpack and took out the clothes one by one and folded them.

The door was pushed open.

Steven Taylor walked in, he looked up and glanced at the locker room, greeted Owen with a smile, "Michael, you're here very early."

"Good morning!"

Owen turned his head and replied.

"Good morning!"

The two of them asked each other well and did their own things. No one paid attention to each other anymore, but occasionally they would glance at each other. Irving's face was confident and he said in his heart, "Sorry, Steven."

"There has never been absolutely fair in this world!"

On the other side.

Taylor was thinking about the same thing, and his expression was also relaxed, because in his opinion... Owen was pure like a virgin.

This refers to private life.

Irving is a very good man, his wife is a childhood sweetheart playmate, and his love and emotional gossip is hardly found in the news, which shows that his private life is very healthy, and his family should be considered happy, right?

but……

"He confirmed his feelings early, how could he understand the joy of being single?"

Taylor then looked forward to joining the 'lucky combination'.

Taylor doesn't believe in "increasing luck". Zhen Shaolong, Milner, Patton, Enzobia and others performed well because of their strong strength, not luck. Before there was no lucky combination, Zhen Shaolong also maintained high efficiency. Milner, Enzobia, and Patton were also the main players in the midfield.

Smith…

This combination is almost ineffective for him because he is just a full-back. No matter how many assists he has hit the front, it is still quite different from the midfield and frontcourt.

Taylor thought it was just a fun combination. In addition, he and Enzobia had similar thoughts, "I also want to be the focus! I will definitely increase exposure after joining!"

"In addition, I also need to improve my position in the team!"

The latter is also very important.

After the start of the new season, Newcastle United has made great changes. Many players have left, and many are newcomers. Even the club owners have changed. It can be said that they have changed a lot inside and outside.

Taylor observed carefully and found that Zhen Shaolong was the most authoritative.

Next is Patton and Smith.

The reason why Zhen Shaolong has authority is very simple. He is the best player in the team. Some teammates have a conflict with him. Regardless of who is right and who is wrong, the club will definitely favor him.

Of course.

Zhen Shaolong has a good temper and a person who can be friends. He will not take the initiative to have conflicts with others, but there must be authority on his performance.

Patton and Smith are two "violent scoundrels". English football can be said to be "famous", and Patton can be described as "notorious".

They have just joined the team, and no teammate dares to provoke them.

When Zhen Shaolong, Patton and Smith were combined together, they naturally became the most authoritative group in the locker room. Taylor's status has always been low in the past. He was from Newcastle United's youth training, but he was really a little young. Everyone in the team can be said to be a "senior", so naturally he has no say.

Now he finds a chance to change!

As long as you can follow Zhen Shaolong and a few people in the future, the team will be at the "first tier" level and your speech will definitely be more important.

For this, please refer to Enzobia.

Enzobiya has always been a ‘transparent person’ in the locker room, but after joining the group, his speech became more important, as if he had just jumped and attracted attention. Taylor also hoped to achieve a similar effect.

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As time passed, the locker room quickly became much more lively.

Zhen Shaolong and others arrived.

Those who came early were waiting in the locker room, waiting for the last Smith to arrive. Under Irving and Taylor's expectant gaze, Zhen Shaolong immediately organized a voting event, "Let's do this, everyone will say the name of support, just a simple count."

"First...Joey!"

"Steven!"

"Steven vote!" Zhen Shaolong asked Smith with a finger, "Where are you? Alan."

Smith glanced at Irving and said hesitantly, "I abstain. Yes, I can't decide. Steven and Michael are both my good teammates."

Irving was shocked and had a bad premonition.

"Okay. Next is Charles."

"I support Steven." Enzobia whispered, and looked at Owen apologetically.

"James?"

Milner said without hesitation, "I support Steven!"

Four votes.

Two voted for Taylor, two abstained.

The result is obvious.

Irving finally couldn't help but burst out and asked Milner angrily, "James! Didn't you agree to support me yesterday?"

Milner shrank his neck and still plucked up the courage to explain, "But riding a horse is not attractive, I prefer riding - women."

"Steven promised to introduce me to local beauties, either female students from the school or single white-collar workers. You know, we don't usually have contact with these women..."

This is a bit sad.

A professional player who is famous is a real public figure. It seems that he has left the public and may be followed by a reporter when he goes out, so it is difficult to meet ordinary women of the same age.

Taylor is different.

Taylor grew up in Newcastle. He was a native native, so he naturally had many channels.

Milner couldn't resist the temptation.

Irving retreated!

Between riding and riding - women, Milner decisively chose the latter, and Irving asked himself that he would also choose the latter.

Next, Owen looked at Smith depressedly, and Smith said, "Steven invited us to the Christmas bachelor party. There will be many beauties, not celebrities or models, but ordinary beauties. By the way, there will be female cheerleaders organized by fans. I don't know which one is better, so I can only abstain from the right."

"All right!"

Zhen Shaolong looked at Milner and Smith with contempt and concluded, "This is a victory for ordinary people, it's great!"

Then he patted Irving's shoulder and comforted, "Although Steven invited me, I still decided to vote for you!"

Irving rolled his eyes and felt extremely depressed.

After the voting event ended and Zhen Shaolong announced that Taylor became the "No. 1 substitute in the group", Irving was very unwilling to accept it no matter how he thought about it. He gave out a thousand pounds and a lot of phone calls in vain.

no!

Owen immediately walked to Taylor, took a deep breath and asked, "By the way, when is your party and where is it held? Can I attend?"

"Of course," Taylor asked in confusion, "but I organized a bachelor party, and only single players participated."

"You mean, Alan is single?"

"He doesn't have a fixed girlfriend."

“I want to participate, too.”

"But everyone knows, you're not single?"

"It's okay, I said that day that I was attending a party with Zhen. Louise had a good impression of Zhen and she thought we should be friends. She would definitely agree."

"……All right."

Taylor agreed.

Irving went to the training ground with satisfaction and recalled on the way. He didn't know why, but he felt that Taylor's last look was strange.

———

Two days later.

Newcastle United rushed to London to challenge Fulham away.

This is the last game before Christmas, and the way Allardyce motivates the team is, "As long as you win, add a day of vacation!"

This is very useful.

There is no winter break in the Premier League, but the Christmas season is more intense. Newcastle United's schedule is not very close. From Christmas to early January, there are three games to play in less than ten days, and there will definitely be no holidays at that time.

It is also quite tempting to have an extra day of holiday during Christmas.

Everyone wants to spend Christmas with their family, and they don’t want Christmas to be in a hurry to train, and they are very positive when they get to the competition.

Because the interval from the previous game was too short and the weather became colder. Allardys considered Zhen Shaolong's physical recovery. In addition, he wanted to prepare for the intensive Christmas schedule, Zhen Shaolong only rested on the bench, and the starters were Irving and Viduka.
To be continued...