Coach Jacob came forward excitedly and took the initiative to high-five Gu Ran to congratulate him.

Mav and Gregory came over eagerly and happily examined and massaged Gu Ran.

Nutritionist Loina also ran over and handed Gu Ran a bottle of drink water that she had specially made.

In Southampton Club, Gu Ran has enemies everywhere and has to be careful about what he drinks and eats, but he can trust his small team.

Gu Ran took Luo Yina's drink without hesitation and took a gulp...

Then, he vomited with a "wow".

This drink has a smell that is a mixture of white snake grass and patchouli!

Be on guard...

My invincibility was shattered just like that!

I challenged all the players by myself, but I didn't expect to be defeated by a woman in the water...

This water...

It's so damn hard to drink! Loina kept urging, "Gu, drink it obediently, this water is very good for you."

Gu Ran said bitterly: "Louina, you... a British nutritionist, where do you get so many Chinese herbal formulas?"

Loina smiled proudly and said, "Oh, I forgot to tell you that I majored in Chinese herbal medicine theory in college - otherwise, why would the club arrange for you, a Chinese national, to be a nutritionist? I defeated two Michelin-level male nutritionists with this!"

Gu Ran: ...

I suddenly want to try a male nutritionist...

Loina said with longing eyes: "Gu, you are my experimental specimen. Your success means my success. If I succeed, I can become the chief nutritionist of Southampton Club. When I become the chief, I will definitely promote the recipe customized for you to the whole team! In this way, it will be difficult for our Southampton Club to fail!"

Gu Ran: ...What a great plan! As Loina spoke, she became excited. "I also plan to promote this white snake grass and patchouli perfume that I created to the whole team! If you think it tastes good, I will write a report tomorrow and ask the coaching staff to force the whole team to drink this recovery drink."

Gu Ran immediately said, "It tastes delicious. It tastes so good!"

Loina said excitedly: "Wow, I knew it! Gu, then drink it quickly!"

Gu Ran held his head and said, "I...will take it slow first..."

What a sin! This is truly a sin!!! After a few minutes, the other team members also completed the 10,000-meter test.

Most of the players were just barely qualified - except for Harding's minions, who had wasted too much energy in the early stages trying to stop Gu Ran.

The two worst-off brothers were injured by Harding's kicks, so they will definitely not be able to attend tomorrow's open class.

Haldin himself fell short.

In fact, he could have met the target, but Gu Ran's final feint caused him to fall flat on his face. When he got up and ran again, his rhythm was completely messed up.

Haldin was so angry that he was going crazy...

But he really didn't have the energy to cause trouble for Gu Ran now.

Seeing that Coach Adkins was recording the scores, Haldin gritted his teeth and dragged his exhausted body to hobble over to Coach Adkins.

"Hi, coach." Harding greeted Coach Adkins with a forced smile.

"Yeah," Coach Adkins didn't even look up as he continued writing his comments in his little notebook.

Harding said with a shameless face: "Coach, my results...are they qualified?"

Coach Adkins raised his eyelids and gave Haldin a knowing look, "No."

Harding said quickly: "Coach, I can actually pass the test. It's all because of that Chinese kid! That Chinese kid kicked me on purpose. Fortunately, I dodged quickly, otherwise I would have been injured! If I had been injured, you would have no left back available, coach! It was that kid who influenced me, otherwise I would have definitely passed the test."

Coach Adkins calmly wrote his comments in his notebook. After closing the notebook, he stared at Harding coldly and said, "First of all, that Chinese kid is your teammate. He has a name. His name is Gu Ran."

A muscle in Haldin's face twitched slightly.

Coach Adkins paused, "Secondly, he's also a left guard."

Haldin felt his blood run cold from head to heels.

Coach Adkins paused again, "Finally, I'm not blind."

Haldin felt as if he was being enveloped by a raging tide, suffocating and unable to breathe. Now he just wanted to hurry and escape from here.

"Do you have anything else to do?"

"No, no coach."

Haldin ran away in embarrassment.

Coach Adkins continued to open his little notebook and continued to write his evaluation of the players in it.

Other players slumped on the turf, gasping for air and replenishing themselves with electrolyte water, energy snacks, and five-packs of Red Bull Snuff.

"Fuck you, that Chinese guy is so hateful!"

"How dare he follow and humiliate us!"

"He even said that if you dig out his coach's grandmother, she can run faster than me!"

"This feud is irreconcilable...When I recover, I will punish him severely!"

"Yes! Once you're back to normal, we'll be together!"

"Boss Davis, why don't you say anything?"

"Boss Davis must be thinking of a plan!"

Davis took the electrolyte drink handed over by the team members, took a few big gulps, and then took a long breath, "I was thinking... without the final stimulation from Gu Ran, I'm afraid we would all fail the 10,000-meter run test today..."

The players nearby were all stunned.

Yes, they had just had a holiday and their bodies were not in any competitive condition. They also vomited violently before the afternoon training. Yet, most of them still passed in the end... It's simply a miracle!

In other words, if Gu Ran hadn't stimulated them one by one during the last lap, they might not have passed this time.

The players' emotions suddenly became complicated.

"But... this kid, isn't it for the sake of making us qualified?"

"He probably did it just to taunt us, right?"

"Why do I suddenly feel that this boy... is quite interesting?"

"Then... Boss, should we still deal with him?"

"Of course," Davis nodded with a serious expression. "He dared to challenge all of us, so we certainly can't just let it go. But... we will have a friendly match with Liverpool in a few days. We must put our grudges against him aside and hurry up to train - that's Liverpool, brothers! Only by beating Liverpool to death can we be taken seriously by scouts from Liverpool and other top clubs! This may very well be the turning point in your career!"

The players present were immediately excited!

"The boss is right!"

"It's more important to fight Liverpool!"

"We must perform well in the friendly matches. Maybe we can increase the contract price or even be noticed by scouts from top clubs!"

"Okay, let's let that kid go for now and wait until we're done with the game with Liverpool!"

"Yes! I agree!"

"But..." Luke Xiao, who was only 16 years old, asked cautiously, "What if that kid takes the initiative to bully us?"

The players present were immediately filled with black lines on their faces.

This is... really a problem.

At this time, assistant coach Andy blew a whistle and asked everyone to gather.

The players dragged their tired bodies and stood in two rows.

Gu Ran was still in high spirits.

Gregory's massage helped him regain some strength, and coupled with nutritionist Rowena's "magic water"...

It’s true, although Loina’s special recovery drink tastes very bad, after drinking it, you can really feel the effect of restoring strength.

If this kind of drink is promoted by the whole team...

Ha ha ha ha!

Gu Ran almost laughed out loud.

"Next, let me announce the results of this regression test."

Assistant Coach Andy took over the grades from Head Coach Adkins and announced them one by one: "Davis, B+."

"Wharton, B-."

"Jeddy, B-."

"Butterfield, B-."

"Lambert, A-."

"Larana, A."

"Schneiderlin, A."

"Chamberlain, B-."

"Luke Shaw, B+."

"Connolly, B."

"Hardin, C..."

Haldin's face was full of confusion.

A is excellent, B is qualified, and C is poor.

As the team's "only" legitimate left back, veteran Harding only got a C after three tests, which was undoubtedly a public humiliation for him.

In addition to Harding, Chamberlain, who received a B-, also looked embarrassed and angry.

In fact, with his ability, that A-, or even A+ would be no problem - if Gu Ran hadn't made him plow his prostate during the resistance band sprint test.

At the end, Assistant Instructor Andy was stunned for a moment, then cleared his throat and said solemnly: "Gu Ran...S!"

The players were immediately furious!

"Fuck it... I've never gotten an S rating in my life!"

"I'm so jealous..."

Even Gu Ran himself was a little surprised.

His scores on the three tests were indeed good, but he felt that he would probably get an A+ at best.

Unexpectedly, the poker-faced coach Adkins actually gave him an S!

This may be intended to stimulate other players, but also to pave the way for him to get more playing time.

Gu Ran looked at Coach Adkins with gratitude.

Coach Adkins, however, continued to keep his poker face.

After the players' noise subsided, Coach Adkins said, "Today's return day training is over. Everyone can go home and rest. Tomorrow morning we will continue with recovery training and new season tactical briefings. In the afternoon, there will be an open training session."

“By then, senior members of the club and their families, as well as VIP fans, organizations, and reporters from the Advance Saints will come to the training ground to watch the game.”

“I hope you all perform well.”

"Disband."

After Coach Adkins finished speaking, he picked up his information and walked out of the training ground without looking back.

Just as Gu Ran was about to walk towards Coach Jacob for some "Real Madrid-style" extra training, Captain Davis and a large group of players surrounded Gu Ran.

Gu Ran raised his chin proudly, "What do you want to do, you bastards?"

Chamberlain shouted angrily: "What did you say!"

Captain Davis quickly stopped Chamberlain and the others from acting impulsively, and smiled calmly at Gu Ran, "Hey, kid, let's take a break for now. We're about to play against Liverpool. As the captain, I don't want our internal disputes to affect our external battles."

What the hell?

A truce already? I just started!

Haha, it turns out that there is no one who can fight.

However, in order to prepare for the match against Liverpool, a break is acceptable.

Gu Ran shrugged, "If no one offends me, I won't offend anyone."

Chamberlain said angrily: "What? You dare not agree!?"

Lallana grabbed Chamberlain and said, "I think what he meant is that as long as we don't mess with him, he won't do anything to us..."

Gu Ran gave Lallana a thumbs up and said, "There's nothing wrong with your interpretation."

Chamberlain finally understood, and with a red face, he shouted at the top of his voice: "Humph! We are just temporarily on hiatus. After the game with Liverpool is over, I will be the first to beat you!"

Looking at Chamberlain's stupid yet clear eyes, Gu Ran couldn't help but smile and said, "Okay, I'll be there anytime."

Davis added: "But you have to leave parking space No. 1 for me."

Gu Ran said stubbornly, "No way. First come, first served. If you are able to come earlier than me, parking space No. 1 will naturally be yours."

Davis frowned and said, "...You have the guts. Well, for the sake of the team, I will tolerate you for a few days."

The other players' faces twitched immediately.

Captain Davis has been at the Southampton club for so many years, who has ever seen him be so tolerant?

Well, I finally saw it this time.

Southampton is really going to change...

Gu Ran said impatiently: "Do you have anything else to do? If not, I will go to training."

At this time, he still needs to train? Is this Chinese kid a devil?

All the players present were numb.

Davis said in a deep voice: "...No more."

The crowd automatically made way for Gu Ran.

Gu Ran walked out proudly, singing in his heart how invincible he was——

Gu Ran suddenly saw Loina, who was smiling.

The BGM in Gu Ran’s mind immediately muted.

I won’t sing anymore…

After the players dispersed, Gu Ran and Coach Jacob began to practice more.

Chamberlain and Luke Shaw deliberately stayed to see how crazy this crazy Chinese boy could be.

They are both promising stars and they also have their own coaches, but they have never stayed for additional training after the training.

Coach Jacob brought a special brown-red shot put ball, set up obstacle cones for Gu Ran, and led Gu Ran in dribbling, controlling the ball and passing training with the shot put.

As soon as he touched the solid ball, Gu Ran took a deep breath.

This thing is really fucking tough! Gu Ran instantly felt the feeling of superstar Raul being vomited by Magath's shot put training.

Gu Ran was not used to it at first. He often couldn't stop the ball or control it well. The ligaments and muscles in his ankles and knees were also very sore.

Chamberlain and Luke Shaw, sitting on the benches on the sidelines, laughed.

"Gu, do you want to take a break?" Coach Jacob asked with a smile on his face.

Gu Ran wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "We've just started, coach."

Coach Jacob said ecstatically, “Great, great!”

What coach would not like such a hard-working disciple?

After practicing frantically for more than ten minutes.

Coach Jacob panted and said, "Gu, take a break!"

Gu Ran wiped the sweat off his face, his black eyes full of excitement, "It's just the beginning! Coach!"

Coach Jacob's mouth twitched, "...Okay, alright."

Chamberlain and Luke Shaw, who were sitting on the sidelines, could no longer laugh.

I practiced hard for another half an hour.

Chamberlain and Luke Shaw slipped away with serious expressions.

Coach Jacob was so tired that he couldn't move his ankle.

Gu Ran urged, "Coach, don't stop! I still need you to help me pass the ball!"

Coach Jacob leaned on his knees and shook his head in despair.

At his age, he really can’t keep up with the young people!

The key point is, this young man just finished running 10,000 meters!

I really envy Gu Ran's young body! "Gu... shall we stop here today?"

"Coach, this is just the beginning!" Gu Ran said anxiously, "If we keep training like this, when will I be able to experience your Real Madrid-style training?"

Coach Jacobs: …

Gu Ran said again: "Coach, how about you drink some water first? I'll ask Luo Yina to prepare some white snake grass and patchouli perfume for you—"

"No, no, no!" Coach Jacob was furious and begged, "Gu, it's getting dark. If you don't go back early, your girlfriend will be worried."

Gu Ran grinned and said, "Coach, are you testing me? Don't worry, I'm here to tell you my stance. No matter if I have a girlfriend or not, no matter how many girlfriends I have, I just want to play football!"

Coach Jacob covered his face and said painfully, "Gu... I'll tell you the truth! I, I have an 80-year-old mother at home who needs to be taken care of..."

Mave and Gregory also quickly said, "Yes, yes, let's stop here."

Luo Yina couldn't wait to say: "Gu, it's time for you to have dinner!"

When dinner was mentioned, personal assistant Rick's face turned pale instantly.

Gu Ran looked at the time and said helplessly: "I'll practice for a while longer, just a little while."

Coach Jacob was about to cry, "Gu... let's stop here. Training is not something that can be done in a day or two. Rest after training is also necessary."

Gu Ran said with a lingering feeling: "Well, it seems that I can't experience the Real Madrid-style training today. I will work harder tomorrow."

Coach Jacobs: …

Gu Ran added: "By the way, coach, can you give me this shot put? I can also take some time to practice when I go home."

Coach Jacob's lips trembled, "Take it, take it, you're welcome!"

"Thank you, Coach! You are so nice! I don't understand why they say you are so strict."

Gu Ran happily put the shot put into his sports backpack.

Coach Jacob: You are the real pervert!!! After finishing the training, Gu Ran went to the locker room of the gym to take a shower and change clothes.

As soon as I took off my clothes, the phone in my sports bag started ringing.

Gu Ran picked it up and saw that it was from an unfamiliar number.

Gu Ran hesitated for a moment, then pressed the answer button.

"Hello? Hello, is this Mr. Gu Ran?"

A weak and timid female voice came from the other end of the phone.

This voice sounds familiar...

Who is it? Gu Ran quickly said, "Yes, it's me. Who are you?"

The girl on the other end of the phone immediately said, "Hello, Mr. Gu Ran, I'm Emilia's friend..."

(End of this chapter)