Chapter 20

Chapter 20

In the entire youth team, only a few players have professional football agents, such as Coker.

Most players do not have professional agents, and they usually bring their guardians and a lawyer when signing a contract: Zhou Liran is like this now. He did not sign a professional agent, and the contract with the team was signed by Carter who brought a lawyer.

Professional football agents will negotiate with you about their share of the profits. Youth team players like them who don’t earn much money will naturally not be favored by professional football agents.

No other reason, no money.

For example, Coker's agent signed Coker not to make money, but to invest, and he is optimistic about Coker's future.

After Zhou Liran became famous, several professional agents did come to him and said they were optimistic about him. Zhou Liran was very tempted at first, but when he heard that their plan was to take advertisements right away and the best share would only be 30:70, Zhou Liran didn't want to pay any attention to them anymore.

It’s not that he is not incompatible with investment. He is very happy to accept investment, but you can’t be too stingy!

"I heard from Jose that you want to continue training during the holidays but lack a professional soccer coach? As you know, I have signed a lot of soccer players, and many of them want to continue training during the holidays. I have no shortage of coaches here. If you want, I can help you arrange training now."

"No, Ritter, you can think of this as a small favor from me to my friend. José is the best coach under my name, and you are now his favorite goalkeeper, so of course I have to help you. Even if I fail to become your agent in the end, I am willing to help you. It is my honor to help a future goalkeeper."

"By the way, what kind of house do you like? When I was helping Jose rent a house here, I saw several nice houses. If you want to move out, I think I can recommend one to you."

"It's already late, so I won't bother you anymore. Go to bed early."

After Zhou Liran hung up the phone, he stared at the phone for a few seconds, with a complicated expression and a light sigh: Mendes is worthy of being the most famous football agent in the future, his speaking skills are really... After confirming straight away that he did not have a professional football agent, he began to care about him. If he had not lived another life, he would have agreed on the spot on the phone to let Mendes be his agent.

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After Abramovich took over Stamford Bridge in 2003, he spent tens of millions of pounds to build the Cobham training base. The entire training base covers an area of ​​130 acres and has 15 football fields and an indoor football field for winter training.

Cobham Training Base is the rear base of Chelsea Club. The first team, reserve team and youth team all train in this training base, and Zhou Liran is the first batch of students in the youth training camp of Cobham Training Base.

For Zhou Liran, the biggest difference after being promoted to the main team is that he moved to a single dormitory and trained in a new, bigger and better training ground, where he can receive better player rehabilitation services, medical and media services... Well, the difference is actually quite big. Although they are in the same place, the quality of the jerseys here is different from that of the youth team.

The jersey numbers that players who have just joined the team can choose are all relatively high, and there is no difference no matter how hard they try, so Zhou Liran closed his eyes and picked up a jersey at random: No. 35?

Well, that’s good. The sum is 8, which means good fortune. Very auspicious.

In the new locker room, after changing his jerseys in the new ball cabinet, Zhou Liran met Mr. Mourinho in a black suit.

"Let's do a thorough check first."

First check for injuries, then test the limits of each item. After all the tests were completed, Mourinho, like Coach Ben at the time, was silent for a long time looking at the comments on the checklist such as "Zhou Liran is very healthy", "As strong as a bull", etc., and finally his eyes fell on his face.

"Did you get any injuries on your face?"

Zhou Liran shook his head.

Mourinho took a deep breath and said, "Is this why you keep catching the ball with your face?"

After saying this, Mourinho's fingertips moved, and he really had the urge to touch Zhou Liran's face: Could this guy's face really be made of iron? Is this iron sheet very hard and sharp? Can it cut through a football directly?

"Coach, I didn't want to catch the ball with my face, but I had no choice. I didn't have the ability, so it ended up like this. Even though I caught the ball, it hurt every time it hit my face."

After hearing what Zhou Liran said, Mourinho felt relieved: It's okay as long as he knows his shortcomings and wants to continue to work hard in training. If he doesn't want to continue training hard just because he has talent, then what he said before about leaving the field if he can't keep a clean sheet was not to comfort other goalkeepers in the team, but to leave a way out for Mourinho himself.

"Okay, let's go to the stadium now."

There is no need for special arrangements for physical training because the team has had a complete training system over the years. Endurance training and explosive power training programs are universal, including aerobic exercises such as long-distance running, and exercises that improve explosive power such as short-distance running and jumping. In addition, there is flexibility training specifically for goalkeepers, and daily stretching training and yoga are essential - Zhou Liran has been practicing this since he was thirteen years old.

This is a step-by-step, steadily improving training content that relies entirely on increased training time to bring about qualitative changes. More haste, less speed.

Skill training is mainly divided into receiving and passing. Zhou Liran aimed to be a goalkeeper as soon as he entered the youth training camp. After four years, he basically learned all kinds of skills and also found the most comfortable passing and receiving skills that suit him. If you want to improve in this area, you can either learn new and better skills, or delve deeper into your existing skills.

Zhou Liran has been learning for four years and has already formed the habit. Two months is not enough time to learn new skills, so Mourinho asked Zhou Liran to practice the passing and receiving skills that he likes best and is best at first, and then practice the skills that he does not do often and is not very proficient in.

"Test your reaction speed again." Mourinho quickly wrote down Zhou Liran's condition on a piece of paper, and then continued to arrange the test. "Yesterday afternoon's training has already shown your reaction speed. Now you just need to do a hand-eye coordination training."

The hand-eye coordination training for a goalkeeper is to take out two balls, hold one football in your hand, throw the other football into the air, catch the football falling from the air and throw the football in your hand up again, and repeat this cycle until the football falls on the grass.

When 13-year-old Zhou Liran started training, he often got nosebleeds from being hit. Now, Mourinho can stand beside him and count on the stopwatch to see how long he can last before letting the ball drop.

"As for mental quality," Mourinho tapped a few times on the paper with a pen, "this also needs to be practiced. Have you ever thought about what you would do if you were faced with a penalty shootout?"

Having a big heart is very important for players, especially goalkeepers. No matter how well you perform in training and competitions, if you perform poorly on the field due to nervousness, you won't even be able to be a substitute for the first team.

Some players with big hearts are born that way, while others develop that through training.

"Which one do you think you belong to?"

In his previous life, it should have been acquired through practice. When he first saw the football flying towards him when they gave him rewards, he would subconsciously dodge for fear of being hit in the face by the ball. Eventually, after practicing for a while, he stopped being like that.

"Coach, I should be the player in the front."

He wanted to develop this skill in his life, but unfortunately, he just received the ball directly. When he saw the football, he didn't dodge but went straight for it.

It's even more powerful now, because he knows that with the system backing him up, he won't get hurt, so he doesn't care. He just smashes whatever he needs to smash.

It’s not like he hasn’t been hit before. He gets hit every day now. Is he proud?

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