112.
On the last day of vacation, Jamie called Mark Rice.
[ Lee, is it really you? Oh My God. how did you get my number? ]
Rice reacted quite furiously upon answering the call.
“The agent told me. You said you requested a transfer?”
Having no personal acquaintance, Jamie just got right to the point.
[ Yes it was. I saw West Ham Pavel’s request for a transfer and I followed suit. hahahaha. ]
“Did you get the offer?”
[I got it. There is also a Premier League team. ]
“where.”
[West Ham. No, these guys should recruit a replacement for Pavel. I don’t know why they put offers on me. ]
Perhaps because of his affable personality, Rice did not feel awkward even though it was his first call and continued the conversation naturally.
“It’s West Ham… Any other Premier League teams?”
It’s not Manchester City or Liverpool, it’s worth trying if the competition is only West Ham. Jamie judged so.
[ yet. why? ]
“The director told me to call you. What could be the reason?”
[ ha ha ha. yes. The director is wise. ]
“···ok?”
[I made up my mind as soon as I got your call. ]
And at Rice’s words that followed, Jamie was taken aback for a moment.
‘What, there’s no need to persuade.’
[The transfer fee is set almost semi-officially by the club, so you just have to pass it on. Was it 20 million or 30 million? Well, even if you don’t tell me, I’ll take care of it. ]
Either way, Rice kindly added an explanation that was unnecessary.
“yes. i get it. Join…”
[But Lee. If I go to Stoke City, what will I do with the existing players? Harry and Ralph are very active, so I think they will be able to compete for the starting position even if they transfer to any Premier League team. ]
Having achieved his goal, Jamie wanted to finish the call, but Rice started to pour out words as if his mouth had been pierced.
[When I say this, it sounds like you’re taking it for granted that I’m going to be the starting pitcher, but I’m not. I just believe that I always do my best and that my efforts will not betray me. But Stoke City have no intention of signing Pavel? It’s true that Damien and Robin are doing well, but not as destructive as Pavel. I don’t mean to disparage my future teammates. I hope I don’t misunderstand. ]
The attachment wasn’t good.
He was just a ‘Two Much Talker’.
“Wow, you talk a lot.”
After a while, after ending the call, Jamie returned to the bedroom with a tongue sticking out.
“Rice?”
Hanna, who was carefully touching the sleeping Kai’s hair, turned her head.
“yes.”
“Is it warm?”
“I think he will come.”
“Oh! really? oh my god.”
Hannah got up from Kai’s bed and came over to Jamie.
“Honey, since you came, Stoke seems to have caught 100% of the recruits.”
“Ha ha, is that so?”
“No, more than that. I never thought of recruiting a player like Keating in the first place, but it was purely because of Honey.”
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Ned Keating, Damien Manable, Kaneshiro Kay, and Jorge Benjor. And who else was there… Jamie, lost in thought for a moment, shook his head.
“Is there another recruit target?”
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Last season, they had very good results with fewer recruits than expected, but Stoke City’s objective power was still inferior to other championship candidates.
During this season’s summer transfer market, a few large-scale recruitments, or at least a few ‘real recruitments’ as they are often called, would be necessary for stable league operation.
“Not rice?”
“yes. There must be a few more.”
“Well······.”
Hannah gave a vague answer to Jamie’s question.
“say.”
Of course, Jamie had no intention of letting go. Immediately, he poked Hannah’s side with his fingers and pressed him.
“Yes, no. just tell me If so, tell me who it is.”
“Ah. Kai is waking up. Stop, I’ll tell you. stop!”
Hannah quickly surrendered and immediately began to reveal insider information to the club.
“There is no particular recruitment target. There are, to be exact, but it can be said that there is no player to urgently recruit right away.”
“Hmm? Is that okay?”
“I wondered about that too, but the manager and coaches seemed to have separate plans.”
“…Do you have any other plans?”
Stoke City have always struggled with the lack of variety in their attacking options.
Some players were brought in, but it didn’t work out right away. It would be the same for any team if they were promoted directly from Division 3 to Division 1.
“How are you going to solve that without recruiting? Rice is a third-line midfielder…”
Jamie, who did not understand well, muttered as if talking to himself. Hannah was also a staff member, but she was a scout, so I didn’t know more details.
**
“It’s time for the newcomer to introduce himself. Rice?”
A few days later, Stoke City training ground.
At the words of head coach Nick, Rice stepped out in front of the players.
[Stoke City, Mark Rice Bears. Estimated transfer fee of £30m. ]
[ (Official) Recruited Mark Rice from Jamie Lee’s team of ‘Korean descent’. Transfer Fee: 50 Billion Korean Won. ]
ㄴ [ Evaluation of the recruitment of the best ‘Hyeja’. Jamie Lee seems to play the role of ‘supporter’. ]
Rice’s official transfer article was posted the day before, and he officially joined today.
‘If Hannah is right, this is actually the only signing this season…’
Jamie recalled a conversation he had with Hannah a few days earlier.
“hi. I am Rice It’s only Lee and Mutombo that we’ve talked to, but everyone knows. I’m pretty famous right?”
Apart from that, Rice, who is not shy, started introducing herself as if she had been waiting.
“yes. famous You are German!”
“···hahahaha. You joke well.”
I felt like I was taken aback by Brian’s reply, but…
“Unlike that guy who just made a great joke, he doesn’t have a sense of humor, but he fits in well with the team. Everyone knows. How poorly English people adapt abroad.”
“ha ha ha.”
He showed his unique affinity and made the players laugh.
The fact that English players are not good at advancing to overseas leagues is used as a humorous subject.
“Besides, I’m sure he can be a great addition to the team. I skipped Dortmund and came here.”
Then he pointed his finger at Jamie.
After rejecting an offer from Dortmund, Jamie turned Stoke City into first division champions.
It was said that since he himself rejected Dortmund and came here, he would make a big impact like Jamie.
“…Anyway, let me know anytime you need help, on or off the field.”
Even after that, Rice had to talk for a while before ending the introduction.
“The freshman speaks well, everyone claps.”
The players innocently clapped their hands without showing any signs of territorial or restraint. Maybe the applause came out of the fact that ‘it’s finally over’.
Jamie was a prime example. He felt an unprecedented sense of liberation and clapped his hands more fervently than anyone else.
“ruler. We will tell you what Stoke City have to do this pre-season.”
As soon as the applause died down, Manager Milo stepped forward and said,
“There are going to be a lot of changes this season. A member change is also a member change, but the tactical change will be bigger than the member. The keys to change are Mario Mondi, Harry Harris, and Ned Keating.”
not me? Jamie flinched for a moment, but soon calmed down when he remembered what Milo had said was not ‘the key to tactics’ but ‘the key to change’.
“First, Keating.”
“Yes.”
“Ugh. How should I say it? Coaches and power analysts will tell you the details later, but I think it’s better to set your mindset like this.”
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Milo wanted to choose his words differently than usual…
“My position, Ned Keating, is a winger, not a fullback.”
I said something that might sound a bit absurd.
“…”
Indeed, Keating, the person in charge, looked at Milo with an absurd expression.
“Of course I am not a real winger. It means to have this mindset while playing as a fullback.”
If that’s the case, you can just play as a winger. It seemed like he wanted to say that.
“And Mario, Harry.”
Unfortunately, Milo changed conversation partners without further explanation.
“···Yes.”
“These two will be tasked with covering when Keating is out. When Mario starts, it’s convenient to think of him as a fullback when defending. You have to understand Harry as a halfback who covers the left defensive range.”
However, what he said to Mario and Harry provided additional explanation.
“You have to make a distinction between Keating playing fully as a winger and Mario playing as a fullback. In any case, Mario is a cover concept. Same goes for Harry.”
To sum it up, Keating plays the so-called ‘fullback of no return’ role. And Mario and Harry cover it.
“Did you understand?”
yes, yes The answer came a beat late. He answered, but didn’t seem to understand Milo’s words clearly.
‘Is it actually using a three-top?’
Unlike them, Jamie quickly organized his thoughts in his own way.
Currently, Stoke City are using a one-top tactic. Robin and Damien are the players who can play the one-stop.
Robin is the classic scorer. As it is often said, a player who specializes in scoring. However, that doesn’t mean he wasn’t a player who could score 10 or 20 goals alone in the Premier League like Pavel Kopekki.
On the other hand, Damian is a hexagonal striker who scores well on his own but is also very good at linking. And Damian was not a player who could score 20 goals alone.
Rather, the team’s top scorer was second-line midfielder Jamie, who last season scored more goals than Premier League leading scorer Pavel to claim the top scorer.
‘Anyway, isn’t it because there is a clear scorer?’
You might ask like this. However, as can be seen from the ‘MSN’ line, even if there is a clear scorer in the team, the other attackers cannot be left alone. On the contrary, the team can achieve higher performance only when they perform as well as they do.
In fact, while Messi scored 58 goals in the 2014-15 season, Suárez scored 25 goals and Neymar scored 39 goals. And Lee Hae-Barcelona won 5 crowns.
“Of course, the individual tactics of the other players will also change accordingly. Please note that we will focus on this point in training until the training camp, no, until the season.”
After Milo said the main point, he took a step back, and that motion marked the beginning of the preseason.
“ruler. Let’s see another good performance this season. Oh, and as previously announced, we will start filming the M-Flix documentary from today.”
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Nick, who had touched the baton with Milo, pointed his finger at the corner of the training ground.
“The conversation we just had was not filmed because the director requested it separately. Instead, your every move from now on will be captured on camera, so be careful with your words and actions.”
“Gee, Brian and Ben are in big trouble.”
said Harry, holding back a laugh.
“Eh?”
“…?”
Brian and Ben and the other players all turned to Harry.
“Football fans all over the world will know.”
“What?”
“That there are two incorrigible idiots in Stoke.”
“hahahahaha.”
People burst into laughter. Of course, the parties involved, Brian and Ben, didn’t laugh, but Ben’s expression was not particularly good.
“Harry, I want an apology.”
“···Eh?”
Furthermore, Beng went so far as to say such a thing with a straight face.
The atmosphere quickly turned serious.
“Oh, Ben. sorry. Are you offended?”
“Comparisons with Brian are bad. Just insult Ben.”
“hahahaha, sorry.”
“hahahahaha, being tied up with Brian crossed the line. Harry was wrong.”
Fortunately, the atmosphere was relieved immediately.
‘Stupid bastards.’
Jamie shook his head briefly and walked away from the idiots.
“kid.”
Instead, or rather, because of this, I became closer to the Mflix filming team that Nick talked about earlier.
“My name is Cinematographer Nathan Webber.”
Then, the man at the front of them spoke up as if he had been waiting, and Jamie could tell that he was a big fan of hers even though he didn’t say much.
It was because the pupils were very fixed, and the mouth was slightly open, like a slightly insane person.
“This is Jamie Lee.”
“I am really a fan. lee. I’d like to get an autograph and take a picture with you right now, but right now it’s a public event, so I’m going to refrain from it, right?”
Jamie couldn’t help but let out a small laugh. It was because I thought that I met quite a lot of ‘Two Much Talkers’ these days.
“Can I have a personal interview after training?”
“Yes. of course.”
“All right. hahahaha. Oh, and by any chance, you said that almost everything related to your private life can be disclosed, is that correct?”
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Nathan asked, and Jamie nodded. After discussing enough with Hannah, it was delivered to Agent John.
“Yes.”
“Fortunately, the. ha ha ha. But when it comes to personal life, there won’t be much to discuss.”
Yes, I guess. Jamie agreed with Nathan. It’s not a solo documentary, it’s a Stoke City documentary. I thought there wouldn’t be much to include in the private lives of individual players.
However, after a few hours…
“Should I reveal this?”
Right before the interview, Jamie heard unexpected news about her private life from Hannah like a lie.
