Chapter 2 Defender or Midfielder?

The office was silent, with the sound of heavy rain hitting the windows crackling.

Lekai sat upright, looking at the office and the old man in front of him from time to time.

Wenger sat opposite with his legs crossed, holding a document in his hand and flipping through it page by page.

He didn't say anything, and Lekai didn't know what to say.

As he said before, he didn't know why this world-famous coach took a fancy to him and brought him to Arsenal.

Lekai was very ordinary, of course, this was in the eyes of outsiders.

For Lekai himself, he had a big secret in his heart.

He was not from this world.

Born in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning in the north in 1994.

Compared with other children, Lekai has a self-discipline different from that of the same age since he was a child.

Lekai began to do some basic football training for himself from a very young age.

Perhaps it was the regret for football in his previous life that made him work harder.

And this world is also different from the previous world.

Everything else is the same, only football is heading towards another future.

Since 2002, Chinese football has entered the World Cup continuously, which is a testament to the saying that '2002 is the year when football began'.

Although China has entered the World Cup every year, it is always eliminated in the group stage.

But compared with the previous life, China has scored goals and won a small game in the World Cup.

Now the goal of Chinese football is to enter the knockout stage.

Of course, this is not an easy thing.

But nothing is difficult in the world, as long as you are determined.

In the era of the booming development of football, three three-year youth training plans were carried out in succession.

Every three years, a planned youth training is carried out.

Because this planned youth training has hard indicators, football talents began to flourish, and batches of outstanding players emerged.

And Lekai just ate the dividends of the third batch of planned youth training. After training and selection in the north, he was put into Portugal's youth training for further study, and then entered the Portuguese Super League. After one season, Wenger valued him and joined Arsenal.

Lekai is ordinary, but not ordinary.

He is different from ordinary people. He can predict the ball path.

To be more precise, it is foresight!

This judgment of the ball path is almost 100% correct, and there has never been an error.

And this also benefits his talent in football, becoming a stealing maniac.

During the time when he joined Sporting CP, the 17-year-old Lekai had contributed 80 steals in 25 games, with an average of 2 steals per game.

This also made him extremely stable in the position of full-back, and in the second half of the season he directly started.

This is all thanks to his "foresight" golden finger.

However, this talent is also a bit tasteless, because it is useless in higher-intensity games.

As the saying goes, the world's martial arts can only be broken by speed. In the face of absolute power, even if he foresaw it in advance, it would be useless.

He felt that Wenger probably saw this feature of him.

After all, he remembered that since Fabregas and Song left Arsenal, the Gunners have been in a state of empty defense for a long time.

Therefore, Lekai felt that Wenger must have seen his defensive ability.

But Wenger's next sentence directly stunned Lekai.

"Do you want to be an ordinary defender or a world-class midfielder?"

Lekai's mouth began to open slightly. He thought of many of Wenger's words, but this sentence was definitely not one of them.

World-class midfielder?

I play as a defender, professor!

But Wenger's expression did not seem to be joking. His face was extremely serious, and there was a hint of certainty in his eyes.

The other party's confidence even made Lekai himself begin to waver.

Could it be that he had the potential to become a world-class midfielder?

But he only knew how to defend!

Perhaps seeing the confusion in Lekai's eyes, Wenger stood up and walked to the desk, took a laptop and put it on the coffee table.

He placed the laptop horizontally for the two to watch.

Lekai leaned over to see what was on it clearly.

I saw that there was a game video in the laptop.

This was the game between Sporting CP and Arsenal in the Club World Cup.

At the 65th minute, facing Arshavin's breakthrough, Lekai completed a wonderful steal.

Lekai remembered this game, this moment.

He knew the opponent's breakthrough route after foreseeing it, and deployed defense in advance.

Sure enough, Wenger pulled the video forward for a few seconds, pointed to the picture that suddenly broke away from the defense team and moved to the right a few seconds ago, and asked; "Why are you running like this?"

Lekai was stunned.

Why run like this.

Because he knew that Arshavin would break through from the right wing next!

But how to say this?

Wenger continued, and pulled the timeline to the 78th minute, when Arsenal suddenly changed the rhythm in the frontcourt.

Here, Lekai also intercepted.

"Here too!" Wenger said and started to pull the timeline again.

"Here!"

"And here!"

After pausing for several times, Wenger said seriously: "You know how we play football, and you have deployed defense for this. Can I understand that you have a very high ability to read the game and a broad vision?"

Lekai was silent.

Wenger smiled and started to pull the timeline again: "The most important thing is here, when there was 2 minutes of injury time, you made a long pass."

"This was a very inconspicuous gap. It was fleeting, but you accurately grasped it. The reason why it was not converted into a goal is because your center didn't see it and didn't run at all. He didn't trust you!"

Lucky: ""

At this point, Wenger suddenly smiled and said: "Kid, you are only 17 years old, and your skills have not yet been fully finalized. You can completely change your position. How about trying the midfielder position first?"

"I've never kicked the midfielder before, professor!" Lucky became a little anxious.

Wenger narrowed his eyes slightly and said: "We only need midfielders! We don't need defenders!"

Lucky suddenly said: "I will work hard!"

Lucky walked out of the office in despair. Wenger's words completely negated his previous efforts.

Let him play as a defender in the midfield. How can this be done?

Martin Hughes was waiting at the door, watching Lucky come out, and couldn't help but ask: "How is it?"

"The contract has been signed!" Le Kai said weakly.

The surprises of this day were enough for him to digest.

Martin Hughes patted Lucky on the shoulder and said: "Welcome to Arsenal!"

"Thank you!" Lucai's expression softened a little.

but. He glanced at Martin Hughes and found that this guy was much happier than before, and the expression on his face softened a lot.

"What's the good thing?" Lucky couldn't help but ask.

Martin Hughes grinned and said with a smile; "Our king is coming back!"

Lucky suddenly realized.

Henry, the King of Guns!

He remembered that around December 2011, Henry returned to Arsenal on loan!

It is estimated that Henry's return can slightly alleviate the irritable hearts of today's Arsenal fans.

After walking out of the office building, Lucky was taken away again by a man named Billy.

This is a 35-year-old uncle, wearing a cowboy hat, fat, and driving a broken Jeep.

There was a strong smell of cow dung and alcohol in the car, which was extremely pungent and the tip of his nose was red. He was obviously a heavy alcoholic.

And this person is the head of the family where he will be staying.

Since Lucky is 17 years old and is underage, he cannot rent a house alone outside.

However, Arsenal's dormitory building did not have a good relationship, so he could only stay with a fan family under the arrangement of the club.

Billy is an Arsenal fan, a farmer, and a wealthy owner with small assets.

In Billy's words, his whole family are die-hard Arsenal fans.

He, the founder, is extremely proud of this.

Colney Training Center is not in London, so Lucky cannot live in the city, otherwise it will be too troublesome to travel between clubs.

Fortunately, Billy lived not far from the Colney Training Center and was a person Arsenal trusted greatly, so Lucky was left in his care.

Billy is a very good talker, and in the car, he started showing off his poor Chinese.

Give Lucky the nickname "Little Lucky",

The reason is that the Chinese name of Lucky is very similar to the English word lucky.

Although Lucai emphasized many times that the word was pronounced "Yue" and was a polyphonic word, Billy still went his own way.

Lucky no longer refutes this.

‘Little luck’ is ‘little luck’.

I hope he has enough luck in his future!

This is a place called Lucheng.

Although it is called ‘city’, it is indeed a small village with less than 1,000 residents.

The whole small village is surrounded by mountains and rivers. I think it is a very nice place.

If it weren't for this storm, Lucky wouldn't mind a good visit.

Under the leadership of Billy, Lucky walked into a two-story building.

Opening the door is a hallway, and a strong smell of grilled cheese hits your face.

Billy sniffed and smiled at Lucky: "Elena knows you are coming and is preparing dinner to entertain you!"

Sure enough, a fat woman walked out of the kitchen.

The woman weighed about 200 pounds and was fatter than Billy. She was holding a shovel in her left hand and her right hand was full of oil stains. After seeing Lucky, she said in surprise, "Let me see who it is, welcome our Chinese children!"

Lucky also felt quite heart-warming about the enthusiasm of Billy's family.

"Come in, I'm preparing dinner for you, I hope you like it." Elena walked over and hugged Lucky gently, smiling: "You will definitely become a warrior of Arsenal, right?"

Lucky smiled; "I will work hard!"

Billy carried Lucky's luggage and walked up to the second floor.

Going up the stairs to the second floor is a straight corridor with two rooms on both sides of the corridor.

Billy pointed to the house on the left and said, "This is my son's house. His name is Kevin. He is 10 years old this year."

"You'll be 11 years old after the Chinese New Year!"

The door opened a crack, and a small figure hid behind the door, half of his face exposed, looking up at Lucky with blue eyes, and timidly said, "Hello!"

"Hello!" Lucky smiled and waved his hand.

Billy said displeased; "Kevin, come out to say hello, you must learn to be polite!"

"I don't!"

Kevin closed the door with a bang and stopped making any sound.

Billy said bitterly: "As you can see, Kevin is a little different!"

It must be lonely!

Lucky smiled and said: "He will become cheerful in the future!"

Billy sighed, "I hope so!"