Chapter 88 Birthday Present
While Wansheng and the two giants of the club were negotiating contracts and transfer rights, the team's training was also underway at the first-team training ground of Derby County Club.
Since Wan Sheng became the head coach, each player has personal training tasks. In addition to the team's tactical training content, Derby County's training intensity is much stronger than when Gregory coached. During daily training, most players are silently doing training and their energy is focused on sweat. In addition, they have to face the pressure of relegation, the atmosphere will not appear too active, and the communication between players is limited to people who are familiar with each other.
However, the atmosphere today seems relaxed because they have completely relegated in advance.
Relegation has always been the biggest pressure on the team. Not only the club, but every player has to bear this pressure. They have worked hard for a season, some of whom often play, and some who don’t play often, but it is undeniable that they are working hard for the team. They are direct participants in creating team performance. After working hard for a season, the team is relegated, and no one can accept it, so they are not less pressure on relegation than other people in the club.
Now that the relegation has finally been completed, it is still two rounds ahead of schedule. The next two games naturally become unimportant. Without pressure, the atmosphere in the team also seems very relaxed. Everyone is doing training and talking about relaxing things, such as holidays, some surrounding gossip, or gossip of female stars. Two days ago, when they heard Wan Sheng say that the goal of the new season is to upgrade, almost everyone felt incredible. They have no confidence in the team, and many people actually have no confidence in themselves. Derby County has been working hard for relegation this season. Everyone subconsciously feels that they are the 24 teams in terms of the bottom ranking.
Most people’s mood to celebrate relegation also comes from this - they think relegation is worth celebrating because relegation is good enough!
If they talk about escalation in this mentality, they will feel confused.
Although these two days are on holiday, many people have also thought about working hard to strive for the possibility of upgrading next season. Some people still think it is possible to achieve it. Upgrading seems out of reach, but think about the recent team's performance is still quite good. As long as it can last for the whole season, then upgrading is definitely not something that can only be looked up to.
Everyone talks about the possibility of team upgrading.
"Mr. Wansheng is very confident. I believe he will succeed!"
"I also want him to succeed, and I can go to the Premier League in the next season! But I think the hope is really not great, and upgrading is not that easy."
"That's not a win or two, but a good performance throughout the season." Everyone said their opinions.
The atmosphere in the team was very relaxed, and everyone had a smile on their faces, but they still put in the training. After all, there was also assistant coach Diamares watching next to them. In fact, even without Diamares, no one dared to be lazy in personal training. Many things have proved before that Wan Sheng always seemed to know whether they were lazy. So those who had been lazy were punished.
Now they won't be lucky.
But not everyone is like this. There are so many people on the team, and there are always some disharmonious factors. Among them, Michael Johnson is the one who performed the best.
Michael Johnson had long thought about leaving the team in the summer. His agent had begun to contact various teams that were interested in him, so he didn't care about the current training at all. Anyway, he left in a few days, and training or something was no longer important.
He still had some resentment towards Wansheng.
After Wan Sheng became the head coach, he had no chance to play, and it became difficult to contact the transfer now. The clubs that were interested in him were not sure of his status. So it was not easy for him to leave and get a satisfactory contract.
"It's all caused by that Chinese!" That's what Michael Johnson thought.
With this mentality, he was even less concerned about training. When he heard his teammates talk about the goal of upgrading, Michael Johnson thought that he could not even enter the roster in the game against Ipswich, so he felt even worse.
"What upgrade! Shit! That's a guy who likes to brag! Lead Derby County to upgrade? This is such a big joke. It's a lucky thing to lead the team to complete relegation!"
Michael Johnson muttered quietly, but even Diamares, who was watching training, could hear the voice clearly.
Diamares looked at Michael Johnson and shook his head. He knew that this guy must be leaving in the summer. It is completely meaningless to argue with him now. Moreover, Michael Johnson said something in private, and he had no reason to argue with the other party.
Those players who support Wan Sheng were also very upset.
Some people want to stand up, but they still didn't do that. Due to the previous media incidents, most people didn't like to pay attention to Michael Johnson, and now he is leaving. Let him say something sarcastic.
Anyway, he will not be seen in the team that will strive for upgrade next year. As long as he doesn't do too much, no one wants to pay attention to him anymore.
When Wan Sheng returned to the training ground, Diamares reminded him that the question about Michael Johnson, what he said, and his lack of seriousness in training, was not a small report. Diamares was originally an assistant coach of the team, which was also part of his job.
Wan Sheng glanced at the stadium.
Michael Johnson is training, but his lazy attitude makes him look more like he is relaxing than doing personal training.
But in the end, Wan Sheng shook his head and ignored Michael Johnson.
This guy didn't plan for next season. He originally planned to sell him and exchange some money for the club. Now the other party's attitude makes him even more disgusted. If he is a player in the plan, he will criticize him and ask the other party to correct his mistakes and take training seriously.
A player who is not in the plan... If the other party is serious, he will finally make another training plan for him and give him some guidance to other teams in the future to play well, which is considered to be a merciful and righteous person.
But he didn't need to waste his saliva when the other party's attitude was.
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The day of training passed quickly.
After disbanding the team, Wan Sheng returned to the office and carefully studied the opponents of the next two games, Walsol and Gillingham, two mid-range teams in the League One.
If you take the game seriously, these two opponents will be easy to deal with.
It’s not that these two teams are so weak. In fact, their points rankings are higher than those of Derby County, but because of this, they have no pursuits, no pressure to relegate, no hope of upgrading. Such teams will not let the team fight hard at all until the end of the league.
The same goes for Derbyshire.
After relegation two rounds in advance, it doesn't matter whether the winner or loser of the remaining two games.
Wan Sheng is trying to get players who are not in the training plan for next season. If they have good performance, it may be "helpful" for them to leave the team, and at the same time, it can also make the club sell at a good price.
He was somewhat confident about this.
After these two months of training, everyone has made some progress. Those players who were the main players of Gregory's team before, but now it is difficult to play in the game. Their strength has also improved. As long as they play seriously, they can still ensure stable performance.
He was thinking about how to arrange the lineup so that the team could play wonderfully while also making these players perform a little.
It is not easy to grasp this degree.
This has to be linked to the roster that stayed on the team in Xiatian, but Wan Sheng has not fully considered it, so he finally didn't make up for it. After looking at it, it was already eight o'clock in the evening. Wan Sheng shook his head and started to do it and prepared to go back.
He took a taxi home lazy.
I pushed open the door and it was pitch black inside.
At this time, Dali was still busy in the tavern and usually came back at around 10 o'clock. Wan Sheng reached out and turned on the lights, and at this moment, the lights in the room suddenly turned on.
“Happy-for-rthday!!!”
Many people suddenly rushed out of the room. In front of the door, behind the sofa, and in the corridor, they shouted happy birthday and rushed over and sprinkled with colorful paper confetti.
Wansheng stood in front of the door in a daze.
The room has been decorated and it has become the venue for Patty. Everyone is shouting Happy birthday, Happy birthday?
Today...it seems to be my birthday.
Wan Sheng was stunned for a long time before he realized. He had no impression of his birthday at all. It seemed that he was the most recent in his memory, but he didn't care at all. He didn't celebrate his birthday in his previous life, and no one would think about celebrating his birthday. He wouldn't pay attention to this in this life, but what he didn't expect was that Dali would find these people to celebrate his birthday.
Wansheng looked at these faces.
There are familiar ones, Beth, John, Britz, and some people who often mingle in the bar and drink together, and many strange faces, probably all of them bring to friends.
Just as she was thinking, Dali had already come over, she grabbed Wansheng's hand and urged him to enter the house. Wansheng followed Dali into the house like a puppet. Dali said to him loudly, "Wansheng, today is your birthday, say something!"
Everyone gathered around and applauded.
At this time, Wan Sheng recovered from his senses. He was slightly moved, and a trace of tears surged in his eyes, but he immediately held back. He suppressed the joy and emotion in his heart and said three consecutive words of "thank you". This is really the first time that he celebrated his birthday together in two lifetimes.
"Thank you for helping me with my birthday party. I was so surprised. To be honest, I didn't know that today was my birthday!"
Everyone was laughing, and many people started to urge Wan Sheng to say a few more words.
"What are you saying? I'm so happy, but I don't know what to say..." Wan Sheng shirked.
Someone immediately said loudly, "Wansheng, you should thank Dali. She told us that today was your birthday. You didn't know it yourself, but she thought about how you would thank her!" Wansheng looked in the voice, it was Little Beth.
Many people also followed Beth's words to make a fuss.
They all live nearby, and are very familiar with Dali and know her situation. Wansheng lives with her. Although she looks like an ordinary friend on weekdays, if the two of them are closer, Dali will have a support and will not have to live as hard as she is alone.
Some people thought of this, while others were just making noise. In the eyes of everyone, Wan Sheng still looked at Dali. The two of them looked at each other. Dali was about to dodge, but Wan Sheng had already spoken, "Thank you for everything you did for me, Dali."
"Thank you, it's so insincere." Little Beth said again, and the others laughed.
Wan Sheng was a little embarrassed, and now he couldn't do anything except thank you.
Next, someone asked Wan Sheng to talk about the club. There are many fans here, including those who often pay attention to the tavern, who are the most loyal fans of Derby County. Wan Sheng is the team's head coach. They want to hear Wan Sheng say something related to the team.
Wan Sheng raised his hand and shouted loudly, "I will make the team's performance better and better! Now that we have completed relegation, next season, our goal will be to upgrade!"...
What he said was quite exciting.
Others also smiled cheerfully, but they didn't need it on the team or faced with reporters. This is Dali's birthday patty for Wan Sheng. Everyone listened to Wan Sheng's words to boost morale and did not go into it. Today's time belongs to Wan Sheng. Even if Wan Sheng said that he would lead the team to win the championship next season and then run for the British Prime Minister, everyone would follow suit.
The next time is free time.
Everyone walked around with their glasses, chatting and laughing. Many people came to Wansheng to drink and chat. Most of the topics they talked about were related to the team. After all, Wansheng is the head coach, and there are not many opportunities to talk to him about the team alone.
Wansheng is very popular.
He was still very surprised that Dali held a birthday party for him. At the same time, he also received a lot of birthday gifts, including those who are familiar with each other, and those who are unfamiliar, and when he heard that it was Wansheng's birthday, he bought a gift.
When everyone dispersed, it was already eleven o'clock.
Wan Sheng was a little drunk and dizzy. He didn't go to help Dali clean up the house. He just lay back to his room and fell asleep in a short while
He had a dream.
In his dream, Dali pushed open the door in her pajamas and lay beside him. He couldn't help but hug Dali. The two of them quickly got into the state, and then fell asleep with satisfaction.
The sunlight spread through the window, and clear thinking slowly returned to the brain. Wansheng felt the warmth and softness in his arms. He couldn't help but move, and a soft voice came from his ears, guiding his hands to continue moving like a natural sound.
Only then did Wansheng wake up slightly.
Looking at the hair in front of him and feeling the comfort from the girl's body in his arms, he realized that last night was not a dream.
He half-sitted and stared at the attractive little face in front of him, looking serious.
Dali woke up.
She opened her eyes and saw Wan Sheng, and returned with a hazy consciousness. She smiled gently, her eyelashes twitched and her eyes turned, and said, "Don't care, this is my birthday gift for you."
Wan Sheng laughed out loud, his fingers moving on the soft ball, "Thank you, I like it very much. So... let's have another gift."
With a scream, a faint sound was heard in the room again.
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