Chapter 62 Late Gremandy

"Damn thief! The police in Marseille are so ineffective..." Gremandy complained while looking for his seat, "Sorry, let me go."

He bent over and finally squeezed into his seat. He sat down and breathed a sigh of relief. Today, the Villodham Stadium was full, there were too many people, and the damn Dongyu and the damn thief. In order to avoid the trouble of finding parking spaces, he came to take a taxi. When he got off the car and paid the fare, he touched his wallet, but he felt empty. Out of his understanding of the city of Marseille, he immediately knew that his wallet had been stolen. In Marseille, the most famous ones in addition to their football are pickpockets who hate it. Fortunately, he still has dozens of euros of change on his body, otherwise he would not even be able to pay the fare.

"It's really a ghost." Thinking of the look of the taxi driver looking at him just now, it was like a look of suspecting that he wanted to ride a 'big car'. Gremandy was depressed. Has no one known him just after he retired for a few years?

"It turns out that being a scout is not famous for being a player." Gremandy said self-deprecatingly.

That's right, he is now a scout. When it comes to Arsenal's scouting system in France, this guy has to be mentioned now.

Gremandy, the former Arsenal No. 18 midfielder who looks cool, was coached by Wenger as early as Monaco. At that time, he was a central defender in Monaco. After coming to Arsenal, he played as a midfielder for most of the time. After Vieira and Petit arrived, his position slowly moved back to the back line. Because of the existence of the "five elders" who could not be played on the defense line, Gremandy gradually lost the main position and was squeezed to the right back bench. After 201-02, he began to wander around as he got older than 30 years old. Arsenal vice chairman Dane introduced him to go to Colorado to develop rapidly in the United States. But he unexpectedly chose to retire. Then, he returned to his motherland and worked as a football manager in a French League C club. A year later, the club declared bankruptcy, and he re-entered Wenger's account and became a scout.

There are many rumors about Greymandy. It is said that this man has a wide range of hobbies, including watching British popstars talent shows (similar to "Happy Boys" and "Super Girls"). Like most Arsenal players, he likes to read history books and likes the story of Napoleon's expedition to Russia on horseback. Like most French people, he is also keen on art-like playing piano, and he taught this hobby to Adams when he played football at Arsenal to help him quit drinking. His favorite band is Texas, because the beautiful female lead singer is an Arsenal fan. Of course, Maria Carey is not only Jane Zhang's favorite, but also Greymandy's favorite.

Gremandy also likes stock trading. He said, "The changes in stock trading are too exciting." However, when talking about his future, he said with certainty that I want to be an "excellent scout"!

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In fact, he has a promising position in scouting. In the eyes of the British media, Gremandy fully meets all the conditions for becoming an excellent Arsenal scout.

Arsenal head coach Wenger is good at discovering the talent of young players, which is inseparable from Arsenal's scouting system. The Sun once reported that the qualities that must be possessed to become an Arsenal scout:

1. I was once a professional player and had a very good understanding of the essential qualities of players;

2. Very dedicated, persistent, and very enthusiastic about work;

3. Understand the football culture of the responsible area;

4. Good connections, especially with local club youth team coaches;

5. Healthy physical condition often requires flying in the sky;

6. Understand the “Arsenal Way”;

7. Have the basic ability of a detective, sometimes you need to know information such as player agents and contracts, and also know whether there are competitors who are following Xiao Yao;

8. A certain affinity requires good relationships between players, parents and clubs;

9. Have personality.

Obviously, Gremandy is the natural Arsenal scout mentioned by The Sun.

After just becoming a scout, he helped Arsenal find a young handsome guy. In 2003, Gremandy helped Arsenal spend only 250,000 euros to bring a boy named Krish from the French Cannes Club to Arsenal. Krish was also one of the "unbeaten army" that Arsenal won the championship in 2003-04. He was only 18 years old at the time and was also the youngest member of the championship team in Premier League history. Now, Krish has grown rapidly and is hailed by fans and media as the best man of Ashley Cole.

This acquisition obviously gave Greymandy a good impression of Wenger, and Greymandy was even more motivated. He took a selfie and asked Wenger to leave the Ligue 1 player market to him, and he would definitely do it well.

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Now, Gremandy has fallen in love with Monaco's Togo's scorer Adebayo again. This time he came to the Villodham Stadium to watch the performance of the visiting team's 21-year-old scorer Adebayo. He has been paying attention to Adebayo for a long time and can be said to be very familiar with the story of this Togolese man. At the age of 13, Adebayo began his career at the Lome Athletic Club and played for the club's U15 echelon. Two years later, a scout from Metz, a famous French youth training base, hit a ball.

The forward who appeared like a bamboo pole brought him to France for systematic training. In this way, the 15-year-old Adebayo was brought to France as a "semi-finished product". He played for the first team of Metz in 2001. Adebayo scored 15 goals in 44 games. Adebayo's potential could not escape the gaze of a big club. In 2003, the Togoles joined Monaco. That season, he scored 2 goals in 10 Champions League games, helping Monaco, led by Deschamps, reach the Champions League final.

Since 2003, Adebayo has truly entered Gremandy's sight and has been paying attention to the Togo scorer for two years. He feels that it's almost done. This kid is fully capable of gaining a foothold in Arsenal. If possible, he will suggest that Arsenal win Adebayo when transferring in the winter.

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Gremandy sat in the seat with a deep breath, then he saw the other fans around him looking at him with a strange look.

Gremandy looked at herself in confusion, and there was nothing special about it.

"Brother, I didn't miss anything." At this time, a fan also squeezed over in panting, and the others immediately looked at the man with the same eyes.

"Hey, look there." The man's friend chuckled and pointed to the scoreboard on the court.

The fan let out a whine, and he held his head in pain, "Oh my God, what a wonderful place I missed."

The others immediately looked sympathetic. They were also fans and put their hearts on their minds. If they missed all this, they would definitely be very upset.

Gremandy also looked up, he looked at the scoreboard, and then his eyes widened and his mouth made a weak sound.

The above shows that the score on the field is Marseille 1:0 Monaco, and the goal time is twelve seconds!

You read that right! It's indeed twelve seconds!

It's really a hell that I missed such a memorable goal.

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Gremandy was also a little thankful when she was upset. Fortunately, the goal was scored by the Marseille team. If the target he was going to focus on Adebayo, that would be even more annoying.

At this time, he looked at the scoreboard again, which indicated the name of the goalkeeper: zhang!

He was stunned for a moment. He still had some impression of this name. Marseille head coach Fernandez signed an amateur player from China, which once caused a wave of sarcasm and ridicule from the media. However, the subsequent development surprised everyone. This Marseille No. 27 player named Zhang, scored twice in two consecutive games.

During this period, Greymandy has been in the UK. As soon as he returned to France, he heard about what happened in Marseille. However, this did not attract much attention from him. Like many French people, when they heard that Zhang Yang was a Chinese player or an amateur player, they subconsciously believed that Zhang Yang was not strong enough. Even Greymandy was unable to avoid the vulgarity even if she was a scout.

However, at this moment, when Gremandy saw the name of the goal player displayed on the scoreboard, she was surprised and interested in understanding this young man.

"This is so interesting." Gremandy touched her chin, "This is the fifth goal in three consecutive games."

He took out his notebook, turned to the marked page, and wrote his name on it.

There are already three names on it, one of which is circled with a red pen, which is Adebayo's name, which means that this is the focus of this observation; the other two are the names of Ribery and Nasri. The two main players in the Marseille midfield have aroused the interest of Arsenal. Wenger specifically asked Gremandy to observe Nasri. As for Ribery, it was recommended by Gremandy to Wenger.

Now, Zhang Yang has been added temporarily, and there are four names on this page, one for Monaco and three for Marseille. Adebayo, Nasri and Ribery are planned, and Zhang Yang is purely the temporary intention of Gremandy.

Now, Gremandy's biggest curiosity is how the Marseille scored in the twelve-second goal of the opening game. He wanted to see what role the Marseille No. 27 player named Zhang played in this goal. What characteristics are reflected and what is eye-catching.

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In a Monaco attack, Merian scored a side in the middle, Macon assisted, and the Brazilian international made a cross with his right foot. Adebayo received the ball and tried to hit the far corner, but under Taivo's close defense, his shot was outrageously missed.

Gremandy shook her head. This was Adebayo's first shot after he came to the seat and sat down to watch the ball.

The Togolese people seem to be in a normal state today. They are not excited enough.

Gremandy's eyes were on the other side, and the Marseille No. 27 player performed even worse. In these twenty minutes, he did not get a shot.

If it weren't for knowing that the young man scored a goal just twelve seconds into the beginning of the game, Gremandy wouldn't have paid attention to the Chinese guy at all, because he was almost invisible.

The Marseille team took the initiative on the court, but at this time, the Marseille team really performed well on the court and took on the offensive responsibility was another shooter Nian.

Deschamps bit his finger and was thinking about countermeasures. After the restart, Monaco seemed to have not yet come out of the goal conceded in the twelve seconds of the game. More importantly, the entire Marseille team was stimulated by the goal at the beginning, and the Marseille people were very angry and were quite unforgivable. If Monaco's defense line and goalkeeper Roma had performed well, he would have conceded another goal.

Twenty-seven minutes passed, and the score on the field was still 1:0, with the home team Marseille leading.

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Chapter completed!