The biggest fanatic in football

"Today's training ends here, let's disperse!"

Assistant coach Cox blew the final whistle, and more than 20 players clapped their hands and evacuated from the training ground one after another.

Li Polo exhaled and dragged his slightly tired body towards the locker room.

A strong arm suddenly wrapped around his neck. Unprepared, the sudden force almost crushed him!

"Damn it, don't come up to me all of a sudden, someone will die!"

Li Polo didn't even need to turn his head to know that the owner of this arm must be that damn Akinfenwa!

He is not bragging, but the only one in the entire team who can exert such pressure on him is this bear weighing more than 200 kilograms!

Akinfenwa laughed loudly:

"Little guy, walking with weights can build your core strength! Don't you want to get stronger?"

Li Polo sneered:

"I'm here to play football, not wrestling, man!"

Akinfenwa smiled and shook his head:

"Little guy, who told you that football players don't need upper body strength? For example, Wayne Rooney, he is an amateur boxer!"

Rooney?

This name is not unfamiliar at all, he is the current captain of Manchester United!

Li Polo was stunned for a moment:

"You are right, I need to strengthen my resistance."

Seeing his obedient appearance, Akinfenwa was very pleased:

"Then come to the gym with me. I can provide you with professional guidance. Of course, this time it's free!"

Li Polo couldn't help but rolled his eyes:

"Fuck! I understand, you just can't find anyone to talk to you, right?"

As a young player, I was bullied by the old guy again!

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Like the club's specifications, New Wimbledon's gym is quite simple, with no high-tech products and basically mechanical assistive devices.

Akinfenwa whistled, picked up a pair of dumbbells from the rack, and started swinging them with ease.

Li Polo glanced at the "30kg" on the dumbbell, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.

This pair of dumbbells weighs 120 kilograms, almost the weight of an adult, but in Akinfenwa's hands, it is as easy to swing as a branch - not to mention that we have trained for nearly 6 hours today, and everyone's physical fitness

It has been almost consumed for a long time.

Looking at his arms that were thicker than his own thighs, Li Poluo had no doubt that if this strong man was willing, he could easily strangle himself to death with his arms...

Li Polo did not dare to compete with Akinfenwa. He picked two 20kg dumbbells and started practicing at his own pace.

A few minutes later, Akinfenwa dropped the dumbbells and lay down under the barbell not far away without even changing his tone:

"The warm-up is over, let me show you my true strength!"

Li Polo looked at his posture and couldn't help but rolled his eyes:

"Ok, ok, you have said many times that your bench press can reach 200kg (an average male is 50-60kg), but there is no need for you to demonstrate it to me at this time. Can't we do some recovery first?

Sex training? A balance between work and rest is also very important!"

Akinfenwa ignored him at all and started training on his own, still mumbling:

"You want to rest? Your kid is obviously young, but he rested all day yesterday. Isn't that okay?"

Li Polo put down his dumbbells and moved his arms:

"Please, we have just trained all day and we are not tired at all...isn't that abnormal?"

Akinfenwa lifted the barbell in the air with all his strength, his arms barely moving:

"Ha, I thought you were like me, you would be full of energy when you hear that you are going to play against a strong team like Manchester United!"

Li Polo found a bench and sat down:

"This news is indeed exciting, but so what? I am no longer a child. I will not dream that I will be selected by Manchester United in one game and soar to the sky."

Akinfenwa glanced at him, somewhat surprised by his calmness:

"I thought a little guy your age would be a little passionate!"

Li Polo shrugged his shoulders:

"I am self-aware. Two weeks ago, I was still an amateur player who only trained once a week. Even if I have become a professional player now, I am still far away from the level of Manchester United..."

Akinfenwa put down the barbell and slowly sat up:

"Yeah, it's too far off, but...people always have some hope, right?"

Li Polo lowered his gaze slightly and nodded noncommittally:

"I also hope that I can go to a bigger team, but I am very content now, really."

A month ago, when he was working as a waiter in a supermarket, he only earned 240 pounds after working 40 hours a week. Plus Clapton's 20 pounds "appearance fee" for each game, it only cost 260 yuan.

Now in New Wimbledon, the weekly basic salary has reached 300 yuan. If you add the appearance fee, goal award, clean sheet award, and winning award, it can reach 350 yuan!

A total of 90 yuan more than before! A surge of 35%!

And you can also enjoy up to six weeks of "summer paid leave". Even if you are injured, you can still get paid on time. This kind of treatment is much better than that of a waiter!

What's even more valuable is that the club includes food and accommodation, which virtually saves a lot of money!

As a lower-class foreigner, what else does he feel dissatisfied with?

Perhaps feeling that the atmosphere of the conversation was a little heavy, Akinfenwa laughed and changed the topic:

"Boy, do you want to hear my story?"

Li Polo didn't really want to discuss the philosophy of life, so he expressed his agreement by walking down the slope.

The fat man coughed and spoke slowly:

"I am of English and Nigerian descent. I have been receiving football youth training since I was 5 years old. However, I gained weight too fast, which directly affected my speed. You also know that the most popular players in England in recent years are all the type who can run and rush.

, so until I was eighteen, no professional club accepted me."

"Once, my agent contacted me to go to Watford for a trial. The results of the trial were very bad. The Hornets didn't take a fancy to me at all. But a few days later, the agent told me that another club that was watching at the time

The club wants to sign a contract with me. That club is called Alantas, have you heard of it?"

Li Poluo shook his head matter-of-factly.

"Bumblebee" Watford is only a little familiar to him. After all, it is not a mainstream team in the Premier League. It has been in the Premier League and the English Championship for more than ten years, and has never been able to stay in the top league for a long time.

Akinfenwa is not surprised:

"This is normal because it is in Lithuania, where there are only 10 clubs in the top league and there are 36 rounds per season, which means you have to play each opponent four times, and the wages there are very low, only 400 pounds a month.

That’s equivalent to 100 yuan a week.”

Li Polo opened his mouth. Although it was more than ten years ago, this number did surprise him.

Akinfenwa explained with a smile:

"It's very low, right? But I had no other choice at the time. I had to support myself. More importantly, I really love the sport of football. If I really stop playing football, I don't know what to do."

"So I left the UK for the first time. At that time, Alanstadt was still quite strong and could participate in the UEFA Cup that year. It was a bit lucky. The previous main forward was injured, and I only trained for a few days and got the chance to play.

Opportunity. But as soon as I came on the field, I heard the fans yelling like apes, and some people openly shouted, 'Fuck that nig*er!', which made me so angry that I almost stopped the game on the spot and went back to China..."

Racial and religious discrimination is nothing new on the court. Lee Polo did not comfort him, but just listened in silence as he continued to tell the story:

"But I didn't do that because I needed the job. So I played the whole season and won the domestic cup, and then I returned to England, but no professional team was willing to sign me. I was playing in the amateur team

I played in the league for three years before becoming a member of a professional team for the first time. League Two, League One, Championship, then League One, League Two again. Until now, I am 32 years old, but I am not satisfied.

I want to score 200 goals, and I want to play in a top league, or even... the Champions League!"

Champions League?

Li Polo couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, somewhat surprised by this middle-aged man's delusions.

With Akinfenwa's level, I'm afraid he won't even be able to play in the relegation team of League One, let alone play in the Champions League!

Feeling his doubts, Akinfenwa did not feel unhappy at all, but just laughed:

"Although I am also a new player in this team, I have perfectly inherited the tradition of the Kuang Gang!"

He stood up and patted Li Polo on the shoulder:

"Let's start practicing more, we talk too much!"