Football's No. 1 Prodigal Son

The time came to July 10, 2005. This day was the day for the team to regroup. Except for Ronaldinho and Kaka who extended their vacation to participate in the Confederations Cup, everyone has gathered in place. After a summer of changes, the team's lineup is as follows. Goalkeepers: Peter Cech, Weaver, Schmeichel Jr. Defenders: Sun Jihai, Maicon, Uifalusi, Kompany, Distin, Lescott, Evra and Felipe Luis. Midfielders: Makelele, Essien, Xabi Alonso, Fabregas, Joey Barton, Ronaldinho, Kaka, Robben, C Ronaldo, Wright-Phillips, Messi and Milner.

Forwards: Fernando Torres, Luca Toni.

Of course, there are also Micah Richards and Mario Gomez from the youth team, who can already play for Manchester City in some cup games.

Yang Luo looked at everyone and said with satisfaction: "Very good, it seems that you have maintained a good body shape. In this case, the main training content of the next few days is recovery training. You should warm up first!"

Everyone laughed and started jogging under the guidance of the coach.

Yang Luo stood there and chatted with some members of the coaching staff.

Now Manchester City's overall lineup and personnel structure are relatively stable, and the running-in between each other is also in place, so he has nothing to worry about.

He planned to spend a week to restore the players' physical condition, and then start tactical training after Ronaldinho and Kaka returned to the team.

Therefore, Yang Luo only arranged training in the morning.

Soon, the morning training was over.

Yang Luo was about to walk out of the court, but was stopped by Tuchel: "Boss, I almost forgot something."

Yang Luo stopped: "What's the matter?"

Tuchel said: "I went back to Germany on vacation and found a very outstanding talent."

Yang Luo was interested: "Who is it? Let's investigate and sign him if we can."

Tuchel said seriously: "This is another German midfielder talent I found after Ballack. I think his future achievements will not be inferior to him!"

Yang Luo was surprised: "Is it so scary? Tell me!"

Tuchel said: "His name is Toni Kroos, he is only fifteen years old this year, and now plays for the Rostock youth team."

Yang Luo was shocked.

Tuchel was stunned: "What's wrong?"

Yang Luo thought to himself that your vision is quite accurate.

It is hard to say whether this person's personal ability is better than Ballack's, after all, they have different playing styles.

But his achievements are indeed better than the most unlucky person in history, Comrade Ba Xiong.

The fates of these two German midfield superstars from East Germany are completely different.

Three consecutive Champions Leagues, World Cup champions, countless league championships, this list of honors is completely true for any midfielder.

He is naturally Yang Luo's future goal.

But he is only fifteen years old now, is it necessary to be so anxious?

Seeing his strange expression, Tuchel thought that he was not interested in Toni Kroos, and quickly said: "Now Bayern Munich has set its sights on him, and I have seen Bayern's scout team in Rostock!"

Yang Luo was also shocked. He knew that Bayern finally signed Teacher A Kuan, but did they act so early?

So he nodded: "Okay, I'll go to Germany now to see if there is a chance to sign him."

Tuchel was a little confused. He was not interested in this player the previous second, but he wanted to sign him the next second?

This boss's thinking was too jumpy.

However, his original intention was to recommend players. Seeing that Yang Luo had adopted his suggestion, he felt very happy.

Yang Luo immediately took out his mobile phone: "Old David, go to Germany with me tomorrow."

The next day, they boarded the plane to Rostock.

Today, Toni Kroos is already a midfield genius that the whole of Germany is paying attention to, so the boss of Rostock was not surprised by their arrival.

Of course, he also knew that he could not keep this genius at all, so he gave the green light to Manchester City's purchase.

But he really had no choice, because Kroos has not signed a professional contract yet, and they theoretically have no right to refuse other teams from contacting Kroos.

But they will get a good youth training compensation.

So the key to the problem came to Kroos's father.

Because Kroos

Kroos is only fifteen years old, so the transfer must be approved by him.

And Kroos's father is the youth team coach of Rostock, so it is difficult to convince him.

Just when Yang Luo was thinking about how to convince him, he suddenly said: "Mr. Yang, I'm very sorry, we don't want to leave Rostock for the time being."

Yang Luo had expected to be rejected, so he said: "Mr. Kroos, it doesn't matter. Tony hasn't finished high school yet. We are willing to wait until he graduates from high school before transferring, even if we have to pay a transfer fee at that time."

Old Kroos smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This is not what I mean, this is what Tony means. We can't influence his ideas on these things."

Yang Luo was stunned.

I didn't expect that Teacher A Kuan has been so opinionated since he was a child.

But it can also be imagined that this Teacher A Kuan has always been a very unique existence.

So he said: "Then can I talk to Tony Kroos?"

Old Kroos shrugged: "Of course."

A few hours later, Tony Kroos came to Yang Luo after school.

Teacher A Kuan is very young now, but his eyes reveal a calmness.

Yang Luo knew at a glance that this guy was born to be a commander.

Just as he was thinking about how to fool this 15-year-old boy, Tony Kroos said to Yang Luo very seriously: "Mr. Yang, I am very grateful for your appreciation. I also have great respect for Manchester City. But I want to say that I will not choose to join Manchester City at this stage."

He paused and added: "To be precise, I don't want to join a foreign team now."

Yang Luo couldn't help laughing in his heart. Teacher A Kuan was indeed as direct as the legend said.

But he still said: "Tony, I think you also know something about Manchester City. I believe we can provide you with a bigger platform to take your career to the next level."

Tony Kroos was still very serious: "Mr. Yang, joining a team in another country may lead to a different career, but as far as I am concerned, I prefer to play in Germany. In fact, I would rather play in Germany before I retire. After all, it is very troublesome to go out and adapt to the customs and culture of another country. So, I am really sorry."

As he said, he stood up and bowed to Yang Luo.

This made Yang Luo a little bit confused.

He couldn't just pester such a young man, right?

So he sighed: "In that case, forget it. But can you agree to one condition of mine."

Tony Kroos said: "Please tell me."

Yang Luo said: "If one day in the future, you want to play football abroad, please contact me as soon as possible."

Tony Kroos thought for a while: "Okay, if there is such a day, I will definitely contact you."