"Mr. Phelp."

Aston Villavila Training Base youth training director Philip Shakespeare was stopped by the guard.

The guard handed him a USB flash drive.

"What is this?" Shakespeare asked in surprise.

"A black man, he put it here, he recommended a player to us," said the gatekeeper.

"Agent?" Shakespeare asked.

"I don't know, he didn't say it, he just said that we must watch the videos on the USB flash drive." said the guard.

"Where is that black man?"

"He's gone, but he left a phone number and I'll find it to you."

Shakespeare held the USB flash drive in his hand, looked at the phone number on the note paper, and put it in his pocket with the USB flash drive.

He didn't take it seriously.

Aston Villa's performance becomes more and more outstanding, especially the boss Fang Jue is famous for his vision of people, many players who think they are "not satisfied with talent" and their agents often come to Villa's training base to try their luck.

Yes, in Shakespeare's opinion, many people come to try their luck, and the proportion of truly talented players can be said to be very small.

At least, no treasure has been found yet.

This is the normal situation.

It's not ten years ago, and players with very talented talents may be buried.

The developed scouting system of clubs of all sizes today is enough to make most players discover and divide up when they are very young.

However, although I didn't care much, Shakespeare did not throw away the USB flash drive and contact information.

Clubs have club rules.

Even if he is in a situation, he needs to check out the videos and information on the USB drive.

Or take a step back, even if he doesn't have time to watch it himself, he will arrange for the staff to take a look.

Even if I want to throw it away, it will be something that happened later.

This is the rule.

...

After a day of work.

Shakespeare made himself a cup of coffee and it was now an afternoon to enjoy.

At this time, he remembered the USB drive he had received before.

"Hello, sir, I'm not the player's agent, I'm a good friend of the player. My name is Ndidi. I want to recommend my good friend Ngolo Kante to everyone, a very, very capable guy who is very physically strong." A short black man appeared in the camera, talking to the camera.

"Is this a recommendation for track and field athletes?" Shakespeare shook his head.

"Ngolo Kante, an outstanding midfielder produced by JS Sullein Club youth training, is now a player of Boulogne Club. My good friend, his biggest feature is that he can run, please see--"

When Shakespeare saw this, he almost turned off the video casually.

Then he saw in the camera that many players started running.

"This is the U23 echelon of Boulogne that arranged a running test. Everyone has to reach their own running limits.

Please see, Kant, who can't run, killed the test alone. When everyone stopped, he was the only one running around the track and field."

Shakespeare stopped moving the mouse point X.

"It's not fake, right?" he muttered.

The video is obviously fast forward editing. If the video is not fake, the physical fitness of this small black player is indeed very strong.

"With Kante on the court, he is the one who is the two players alone. Yes, his excellent running ability allows him to sweep the entire midfield..."

Shakespeare finally ordered X. In the whole video, he heard the guy named Ndidi constantly praise Kanter's characteristics:

This person is very good at running!

However, football is not just track and field, it is not enough to run.

Moreover, Shakespeare can see from the video that this small black player named Ngolokant is short and not strong. Not to mention, it is difficult to play professional football with such physical conditions.

Shakespeare took out a file bag and put the USB flash drive and the sticky note with the contact information in it.

He wrote another judgment report himself, which roughly means that the players' physical condition is very poor and they are not optimistic about it, and then put it in the file bag together.

These are all standardized program operations and must be placed in Aston Villa's archives.

It is no exaggeration to say that even if a homeless man came to recommend himself, Aston Villa Club quickly "identifies" him, and then after rejecting the person, he would have to make a file record.

...

JS Sirene, a small club located in the western suburbs of Paris, is unknown although not far from the Princes Stadium.

When Kanter came to the club training ground, some old employees greeted him intimately.

Although he has joined the French Ligue 2 team Boulogne, Kanter often comes to JS Sylerina to check it out.

He has been here for ten years, and his sweat and hard work are available in the training ground. Most importantly, the people here are very familiar with him and have a good attitude towards him, which can fill his loneliness in Boulogne.

Even those who greet Kanter, no one can accurately record when Kanter came here.

1999? Or 2000?

In short, from one day on, Kante has become a member of JS Sirene.

Everyone gradually got used to the team having this little black player.

Strangely, though, they almost never met Kanter's parents in person for the next 10 years.

The child came to the club to train alone and went home by himself, very independent.

In the 1980s, Kanter's parents came to France from Mali.

A small bungalow in the district of Ruel Marmayson is where Kante grew up.

JS Sirene Club is not far from his home. Adults have to work and make money, so they have no time to take care of Kante. Moreover, a black boy, Kante is very honest and never causes trouble, and is very safe.

JS Sirene is a poor little club - a teenage genius they have trained, and will be abducted by other clubs when they show up.

During this decade, several players have been taken away by the French League teams.

Only Kanter, who came to JS Sylera to play football since he was nineteen, was still in this team, and no one could like him.

This club is very close to Paris Saint-Germain. When people joke, they often say that one day they can join Paris Saint-Germain and play football at the Stadium of Princes, which means that their life will be perfect.

A year and a half ago, the chairman of JS Sylera strongly recommended Kante to the next team Boulogne.

Then he joined Boulogne for free and was put into the reserve team.

Kanter is here to find Ndidi.

Ndidi is a plumber at JS Syler Sodium Club.

Kanter heard his sister say that Ndidi had something to ask for leave. He was a little worried about his friend, so he came and have a look.

...

"Ndidi, where have you been?" Kanter found Ndidi in the club's staff dormitory, and his friend was stuttering with bread.

"Uh, uh--" After taking a big mouthful of water, Ndidi burped.

"Are you with the Dembaba guys again?" Kant asked worriedly.

Dembaba is a gang of gangsters in the western suburbs of Paris. Although he is not brave enough to do anything too big, it is common for thieves and fights.

Ndidi was a member of this gangster before. Kanter repeatedly persuaded this friend not to continue, and personally found the club's chairman to help Ndidi find a job as a plumber.

"Do you still remember the video materials I took for you?" Ndidi said happily.

"I know."

"I'm going to Birmingham!" Ndidi said loudly.

"What are you doing in Birmingham?" Kanter was surprised.

"You told me before that Aston Villa's coach Fang Jue is very good and is especially good at discovering young people. I took those information to Birmingham." Ndidi said, "I recommended you to them!"

Kanter widened his eyes, as he was convinced that nothing was wrong with his ears.

Oh my God, my little friend took the "chaotic" videos he shot and went to Birmingham. He recommended him to the Aston Villa Club?

"You really went?" Kanter asked after taking a deep breath.

"Of course." Ndidi nodded proudly and smiled brightly.

"Where do you have money to go?" Kanter was not confused about what Ndidi said and recommended him to Aston Villa Club. He didn't care about how Ndidi recommended him, because the result was obvious and would not succeed.

What he cares about is how this guy Ndidi went to Birmingham.

"I saved breakfast for the past two months, just enough for me to go back and forth to Birmingham," Ndidy said proudly.

"Idiot." Kante, who was an honest child since childhood, swears, "You are spending money in vain."
To be continued...