The Midfield Master

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Monday, February 2, 2015. This is Xia Ze's second week in England after the Asian Cup, and today is also the day he officially reports to Everton Club.

At around 7:00 in the morning, Xia Ze and Wang Xiaolin went out and drove to the training base of Everton Club.

The resident population of Liverpool is around 500,000. Compared with China's cities with tens of millions of people, the traffic is obviously much smoother.

It was still severe winter in the UK in early February. Although the temperature of Liverpool, a seaport city, is not particularly cold compared with the northern Scottish cities, it is still a cold weather for Xiaze, who is used to the warm sunshine of Guangzhou and Portugal. No small test.

Looking at the sparse pedestrians on the side of the road, the man in a suit and leather shoes was carrying a briefcase, ready to go to work. Some are taking the bus, and some are going to take the subway, walking in a hurry, not afraid of the cold wind in winter.

Xia Ze got up early today, although he had also been to Everton Club a month and a half ago and met with Chairman Kennett. But with Everton teammates, today will be the first time they meet.

He had only 50 professional games before, and he suddenly came to the Premier League, which he dreamed of, and the Everton club, which has always been in the middle and upper reaches, made him excited.

"Ze, are you nervous?" Wang Xiaolin looked at Xia Ze's reserved expression from the mirror, and said worriedly.

"Well, after all, this is the first day of reporting to the club, and I'm going to train with the team today." Xia Ze frowned slightly, feeling a little worried.

More than 10 days ago, he was participating in the Asian Cup in scorching Australia, but now he suddenly came to the northern hemisphere. In the cold northwest of England, he was worried that his training performance would be affected by the weather and disappoint the head coach.

In the past few days, he has been working hard to adapt to the weather and temperature here, but he always feels uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, the weather forecast said that today will be sunny and sunny, and the sun will come out later." Wang Xiaolin comforted.

Hearing this, Xia Ze squinted his eyes and looked at the sky in front of him. Today's clouds are not thick, and there is already some sunlight slowly peeking out from the east, shining on the street through the gaps between the houses.

Seeing the sunshine, Xia Ze seemed to feel some warmth coming from the outside. Thinking that today might not be rainy and windy like a few days ago, he felt a little more at ease.

After Wang Xiaolin sent him to Everton Club,

Then turned to go to school. Xia Ze appeared outside the club at only 8 o'clock in the morning. For the team members who started training at 9 o'clock, there was still a lot of time.

And in the club's parking lot, there were only a few cars parked there, obviously many players hadn't arrived yet.

"Xia Ze, welcome, come with me." A familiar face appeared in front of Xia Ze's eyes, a blond, blue-eyed, slender British girl, Mary, Chairman Kennett's secretary.

"Mary, hello, we meet again." Xia Ze showed a shy smile, looking at the beautiful girl in front of him.

Wang Xiaolin is pure and beautiful, as holy as a fairy; while Mary in front of her has another charm of a woman, a mature and charming attitude, which makes men's hearts flutter. However, Xia Ze only admired it from the bottom of his heart, and had no other thoughts.

As Mary entered the club, she came to Kennett's office. Inside, the club's head coach, Martinez, was already sitting on the sofa, wearing a training suit, apparently already at the club.

In the office, besides Kennett and Martinez, there is also a staff member with a camera. He is the club's press officer. Today is Xia Ze's first day of reporting to the team. Obviously he also has work to do .

"Xia Ze, welcome to join Everton." Kennett saw Xia Ze coming in, immediately got up from his chair, and walked towards Xia Ze with a smile on his face.

Xia Ze also stepped forward to shake hands with Kennett, and Martinez, who was on the side, also came up, and the three exchanged polite greetings. The flash of the press officer's camera kept flashing at this time, capturing the moment when the three of them were talking.

"Xia Ze, have you found a house to live in? Are you still used to the weather here?" Kennett asked with concern.

"The house has been found, but it is indeed much colder here than in Portugal." Xia Ze replied with a smile.

"The winter transfer window ended the day before yesterday. Today is the last day for Premier League players to register. You should choose a number as soon as possible."

Xia Ze couldn't help being a little excited when he heard this. When choosing a number, when he went to Maritimo, he was just an unknown young player with little game experience, so his number was also No. 26, nothing special.

Now that Kennett lets himself choose a number, he should choose a number he likes.

Xia Ze was thinking in his heart. As a midfielder like myself, the No. 10 jersey is the most desired at any time, because this is the number that represents the core of the team's offense.

However, although I have a small name in Portugal, I have not yet proved myself in a Premier League team like Everton, so I cannot rashly choose this number. What's more, number 10 already has an owner.

And No. 14 is also Xia Ze's preferred number, but No. 14 already has an owner in the Everton team-forward Naismith.

Although Naismith is not Everton's main striker, he still has a place in the team, and the No. 14 cannot be selected.

After hesitating, Xia Ze found that he couldn't get the number he wanted, then he let out a sigh of relief, looked up at Kennett and asked, "Mr. Chairman, what number does the team still have no candidates for? "

Kennett looked at Xia Ze in surprise, and then looked at Martinez next to him with questioning eyes.

"Now the team still has No. 5, No. 8, and No. 20 available." Martinez said quickly.

"Xia Ze, you choose the No. 20 jersey."

"Oh?" Xia Ze looked at the ruddy old man in surprise, who was looking at him with a gentle smile.

The No. 20 jersey was once worn by the Everton genius Barkley. After he moved to Chelsea last summer, this jersey has never had an owner.

And because of the loss of the core midfielder, Everton's performance has also declined all the way, which is far from last season.

The appearance of Xia Ze was to replace Barkley as the core midfielder, but he did not expect that the chairman's intention was so obvious.

Kennett took the initiative to hand over the No. 20 jersey to himself, which was completely beyond his expectations.

"Xia Ze, the No. 20 jersey has been vacant for half a year, and it is most appropriate for you to take it now. Robert, are you right?"

"Mr. Chairman is right, Xia Ze, you are a player we have investigated for a long time, you can help the team out of the predicament, put on this jersey." Martinez also said to Xia Ze with a smile. c