Forget it, forget it. Sooner or later I can get Chamberlain for free again.

This wave is already considered a huge profit.

I acquired 6 useful skills in one go.

It’s really cool to join a professional team!

And, this is just the beginning! —— Gu Ran was very happy and picked up two more white bubbles of "Outside Instep Pass Training".

In this way, there are two pickups left for today.

I’ll see if there’s a chance to get two more useful skills for free in the afternoon. If not, it would also be great to get the training results of two professional players for free.

Gu Ran said contentedly: "Thank you very much for the welcome ceremony."

After saying that, Gu Ran proudly stood in the team.

The other players were almost going crazy with hatred, but because of the presence of head coach Adkins, they did not dare to act rashly.

Coach Adkins walked back to the front of the line, "Now, I'll ask my assistant coach to do the roll call so I can get to know you better."

The players immediately became noisy: "No way, are you calling the roll?"

"Hehe, a new official takes office."

"Hurry up and order. I didn't have breakfast. I'm starving. Please take the order so I can go to the restaurant to eat!"

"I didn't have breakfast this morning."

"On the first day back from vacation, who the hell can get out of bed..."

Assistant coach Andy opened the roster and began calling out names in order of jersey numbers.

"No. 1, goalkeeper Davis..."

Coach Andy shouted loudly several times, but all he got in response was snickers from the other players.

The first name I clicked on was left blank.

This is really disgraceful.

Coach Adkins asked solemnly, "Where's Captain Davis?"

Someone stood up and said, "Coach, Captain Davis...had a stomachache and is now receiving treatment in the hospital. He won't be here today."

Kevin Davis is a veteran of Southampton Football Club. He grew up during the club's crisis in 2008 and was a loyal servant who stayed with the club during the club's most difficult times.

He is also the captain of Southampton's first team and has the highest weekly salary of all players, £3,970.

As one of the team's absolute main players, Davis must know how important today is.

The fact that he couldn't come up at this critical juncture was obviously a warning to head coach Adkins.

If coach Adkins cannot properly handle the issue of Davis not coming, then coach Adkins' prestige in the team will be gone. At least those old players who are on the same side as Davis will not take coach Adkins' words seriously.

According to Southampton club's record keeping regulations, players who are late will be fined.

Of course, for Davis, who earns a high weekly salary, this fine is nothing.

On the contrary, if Coach Adkins only imposes a fine for this matter, it means that Coach Adkins has no other choice but to use the fine to vent his anger.

All the players present were waiting for coach Adkins to make a decision.

However, Coach Adkins still had a poker face, without any ripples on his face, "Continue to call the roll."

Assistant coach Andy continued to call out the names: "No. 2, right back Richardson!"

“…I’m here, I’m here!”

"Number 3, left back Haldin!"

"I am here."

"Number 4, midfielder Schneiderlin!"

"exist."

When number 8 was called, Gu Ran responded with a full-bodied "Here".

When I clicked on "No. 16, center back Walton", no one responded.

Paul Walton was also a loyal member of Southampton during the 2008 crisis and was also the team's second captain.

On the first day back from vacation, the two loyal veterans, the captain and the deputy captain, did not show up at the same time.

This is obviously not just directed at new head coach Adkins.

It was intentionally targeting the entire club!

The reason why the captain and vice-captain targeted the club was probably because the contract the club offered to Gu Ran was too generous.

A grassroots player who has never played a professional game can actually get a weekly salary of 3,000, which is second only to them. As veterans of the club, they must be the most dissatisfied.

They are using this method to make head coach Adkins compromise and the entire club compromise, so as to achieve the goal of suppressing newcomers and maintaining the authority of the veterans.

Then head coach Adkins asked coldly: "What's the matter? Mr. Walton also has a stomachache?"

"Hahaha!"

There was a burst of laughter in the team, and then someone stood up and said, "No, coach, Vice Captain Walton took Captain Davis, who had a stomachache, to the hospital."

The other players laughed even louder.

Even a three-year-old child would not believe this excuse.

Everyone thought that Coach Adkins would explode, but Coach Adkins just sneered and said, "Go on."

Assistant Coach Andy continued to call the roll.

After a while, the rosters of the first team and the reserve team were all called out.

Gu Ran also took the opportunity to memorize the names and appearances of the other players.

The first team was missing 4 players and the reserve team was missing 2 players.

The reasons for absence are varied, such as someone has a stomachache, someone's girlfriend ran away with her boyfriend, someone's mother is getting married to her grandfather...

This is a double happiness!

The training ground, which should have been serious, was now like a talk show with constant laughter.

Among all the players, only Gu Ran didn't smile much.

——To be honest, the excuse of "my mom is going to marry my grandpa" is still very brilliant, but when I saw that the discipline of a group of professional players was so lax, Gu Ran really couldn't laugh.

Southampton Football Club almost disbanded a few years ago. The club was not interested in dealing with disciplinary issues and it was already very good to be able to survive.

However, if they want to challenge for the Championship, discipline must not be allowed to remain lax.

It needs to be properly rectified.

This depends on whether coach Adkins is strong enough.

Then I heard Coach Adkins say calmly, "The roll call is over. We will have an ability test in the afternoon so that I can better understand your abilities."

...Is that all? Are there no penalties for the players who didn't come?

Gu Ran couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

The other players were laughing uncontrollably, not taking coach Adkins' words to heart at all.

"Also," Coach Adkins continued, "Andy, please write down the names of the players who didn't come today. No matter who they are, if they haven't shown up for the afternoon test, their scores will be invalidated, and they don't need to come again in the future. Just apply for a transfer."

"Okay." Assistant Coach Andy circled the names of all the players who were not called.

When the players who were originally laughing heard this, they all fell silent immediately.

Coach Adkins said: "I have just come to Southampton to coach, maybe everyone is not familiar with my style."

"It's okay. It doesn't matter."

"You'll get to know me soon enough."

"I don't like fines. Fines are meaningless."

"I like to bench players who don't listen."

"So in my previous club, the players gave me the nickname 'bench coach'."

"No matter who it is, as long as he violates my rules, I will make him sit on the bench."

"As long as I'm in charge of Southampton, he will never play."

"It's no use for anyone to intercede."

"When Southampton asked me to coach, I made this very clear to them, and the club's top management also gave me the power to rebuild the team."

"I will rebuild your rotten Southampton first team while leading the team to the Championship."

"I don't care how glorious your past was, how loyal you were to Southampton, or what level of contract you have. From the moment I become the head coach of Southampton, all your glory and loyalty are meaningless."

"I only look at three points--"

"Attitude, attitude, and damn attitude!"

"If you don't obey the rules, you will be on the bench. If you don't train seriously and play badly, you will be on the bench. If you start a fight, you will be on the bench."

"The captain and vice-captain are gone, I can choose again."

"The old players are lazy, so I'll use new players to take their place."

"Don't try to fight me with your football career. You can't afford it."

"And your football career will be destroyed."

"Okay, that's all I have to say."

"At 3pm I want to see every first-team player and reserve team player at the training ground."

"Disband."

Coach Adkins said this and turned and left.

Holy shit…

Brutal!

Gu Ran couldn't help but secretly let out a breath of cold air.

I thought Coach Adkins was a dull guy, but I didn't expect that when Coach Adkins really spoke, his fighting power was so fierce! Good! Only with such thunderous means can we correct the unhealthy trend of Southampton's first team! Southampton has hope! Gu Ran was immediately in a good mood.

The other players were stunned and couldn't react for a long time.

Coach Adkins didn't give a long speech or yell, but he was very intimidating!

Bench coach...

As a professional player, who isn't afraid of sitting on the bench?

If you go head-to-head with a head coach like this, then you definitely don't want to have a career anymore! "Fuck... I almost had a cramp in my calf just now."

"Isn't this new coach too tough?"

"In the past, people always had fun on their return day, but he actually wants to take a physical test?"

"I haven't had a single running practice during the whole holiday..."

“Who isn’t?”

"Does Coach Adkins really dare to bench or transfer such loyal veterans as the captain and vice-captain? Is he trying to scare people?"

“I don’t think so!”

"Davis and Walton are both 33 years old, right? If they transfer at this age, where will they find a new team?"

"Hurry up and call them and ask them to hurry back to take the physical examination this afternoon!"

“Yes, yes, yes!”

"If there are other brothers who haven't come yet, notify them to come back as well!"

The players were in a panic.

Gu Ran stood up and walked towards the restaurant in the complex building.

Before lunch, he will meet the private nutritionist arranged by the club under Rick's introduction.

This is another benefit that I have while other players can only envy, hahahaha…

After taking a few steps, five or six strong men blocked Gu Ran's way.

The leader was the left-back Haldin.

Behind Haldin, except for defender No. 39 Tafazoli who is a first-team player, the other four are reserve team players.

This should be a small gang.

It seems that the big brother Haldin is not that glorious. He has too few younger brothers, and most of them are in the reserve team.

Haldin said fiercely, "Boy, you were so arrogant during the induction ceremony. You humiliated us, and you want to just walk away like that?"

Gu Ran sneered and said, "Why, you guys, do you want to be humiliated by me again?"

"Fuck! Chinese boy, you are too crazy!"

"I think you just want to be beaten!"

"Do you know that our boss Harding is the main left back? If you want to be a left back in the future, you have to learn from him!"

"If you offend Boss Haldin, no one will train with you if you want to!"

"You are isolated from us!"

The younger brothers behind Haldin were showing off their power.

Training in isolation?

When training in groups, the full-backs do have to train together, but no one is cooperating in the training, which is a serious problem.

but……

Gu Ran just felt like laughing, "I forgot to tell you, I have my own assistant coach, so I don't need to train in groups with you. If I train with you, I'm worried that it will affect my performance."

"What? You!"

"Fuck! I'm so mad!"

"Don't stop me, I'm going to beat him up! I'm going to beat him up now!"

Harding and his little brothers were all so envious and jealous that they were about to fight! Gu Ran smiled coldly and arrogantly: "Want to fight? Great. But as a teammate, I still have to kindly remind you first. Coach Adkins just emphasized that fighting is not allowed. If you want to sit on the bench, I welcome you very much."

After hearing this, Haldin and his brothers all calmed down.

Haldin said angrily: "Boy, don't be so arrogant, you are now the public enemy of the whole team! We have plenty of ways to make you cry!"

Gu Ran shrugged, "Okay, good luck."

As he spoke, Gu Ran passed by Haldin.

Haldin gathered all his strength, ready to use his shoulders to carry Gu Ran away——

Gu Ran had no intention of avoiding and confronted Harding directly!

Bang! Their shoulders collided heavily! Haldin was knocked back two steps! If he hadn't had his younger brother to help him, Gu Ran's collision would have definitely knocked him to the ground! Haldin's face flushed with shame, and he couldn't believe it!

Before, when he was at the physical examination center, he deliberately bumped into Gu Ran's shoulder, but he didn't think Gu Ran was that strong at the time.

But now when Gu Ran bumped into him, he couldn't hold on!

After Gu Ran pushed away Haldin who was blocking the way, the other brothers immediately made way for him.

Gu Ran walked out of the crowd proudly.

"This kid..." Haldin gritted his teeth, "He's still quite capable. But I wasn't prepared just now..."

"That's right! It was clearly that guy who launched a sneak attack!"

"Boss, what should we do next? We can't just sit there and watch this kid act arrogantly over us, right?"

"Humph, of course not!" Haldin sneered at Gu Ran's receding back and said, "Just wait and see!"

A few minutes later.

Personal affairs assistant Rick took Gu Ran into the complex building and went to the first-team restaurant.

"Gu, I have put your training clothes in your locker. After you rest in the afternoon, you can go to the locker room and change directly into them."

"Well, thank you Rick."

I have to say that Rick does things quickly and well.

"You're welcome. This is my job." Rick grinned and said, "Please follow me this way. Rowena should be waiting for us in the first-team restaurant."

"Louina is?"

"Oh, she is your personal nutritionist. From now on, everything you eat and drink will be controlled and customized by her."

"All right……"

Gu Ran smiled helplessly.

The two walked out of the elevator and entered the first-team restaurant along the wall covered with wallpapers of famous Southampton club stars.

The first team restaurant is the restaurant used by first team players, reserve team players, coaching staff, and related personnel.

Gu Ran’s exclusive team doctor, physiotherapist, personal affairs assistant, exclusive coach, and nutritionist can all eat here.

These staff members can also communicate and coordinate through lunch opportunities.

The first team's restaurant is obviously larger and more upscale than the youth team's restaurant.

The decoration style is also very modern, and everything is clean and tidy.

The sofa in the booth has a high backrest and looks very comfortable.

In the middle of the restaurant is a buffet table, the standard of which is exactly the same as that of a five-star hotel buffet, except that there is less junk food and alcohol. It basically serves high-energy, high-protein food, such as grilled chicken breast, grilled fish, beef, lamb, a variety of vegetables and fruits, fried eggs, oatmeal, various breads, yogurt, etc.

There are several large LCD TVs hanging on the walls of the first-team restaurant.

What is broadcast on TV is usually the highlights of Southampton's first-team games, as well as internal training instructional videos and so on.

At this time, a short-haired woman in her thirties with a well-maintained figure came forward.

Rick whispered to Gu Ran: "This is the exclusive nutritionist that the club has arranged for you. I have asked around for you. She is currently single, divorced, has two children, and likes yoga..."

Damn it, who asked you to inquire about this? Gu Ran was a little amused.

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(End of this chapter)