Chapter 170: Southgate's invitation


While attending the event in London, Jackie Lee received a call from Southgate, who invited Jackie Lee to eat at his house.
But Barnett arranged Lee Chenglong's time full. He wanted to promote the Cartier platform. After all, he took other people's money. At the same time, he also took time to accept interviews with "442" and "The Guardian", and then squeezed time back I went to the Crystal Palace Youth Training Camp to give some encouragement to the young players there.
In other words, Jackie Lee was also from the Crystal Palace Youth Training Camp. Going back and supporting his old club, he can experience the feeling of returning home and show his feelings.
This is indeed the case. Upon returning to the Crystal Palace, Li Chenglong immediately became the brightest star, surrounded by a bunch of people, touching the child’s head, patting the child’s shoulder, and saying a few words of encouragement. There is quite a sense of immediacy of a leader's inspection in the countryside.
It is worth mentioning that the situation of Crystal Palace this season is very good. Zaha's performance is becoming more and more mature. He currently leads Crystal Palace to advance in the Premier League and has a good chance of entering the Premier League.
However, Zaha's outstanding performance has also allowed the giants to focus on him.
At present, Crystal Palace has signed a transfer agreement with Manchester United. Zaha transferred to Manchester United with a direct transfer fee of 10 million pounds and a 5 million additional clause. However, Manchester United needs to loan Zaha back to Crystal Palace for half a year to continue to help Crystal Palace upgrade.
In other words, although Zaha has already moved to Manchester United, he still needs to continue playing in Crystal Palace for half a year before leaving.
According to the "Manchester Evening News", Manchester United quickly won Zaha because it missed the European golden boy Li Chenglong before. After all, it is not only Manchester United that is eyeing Zaha.
In addition, Manchester United brought in Zaha at a high price, and hoped that he could become the second Jackie Lee.
It's really not cheap to buy a British crown player for 15 million pounds.
Even Jackie Lee, his value skyrocketed after his outstanding performance in the Europa League.
As for Zaha, who is considered to be the second genius of the Crystal Palace youth academy, he seems to be unconvinced with Li Chenglong, the first genius. When he joined the Manchester United press conference and was compared with Li Chenglong, Zaha directly expressed his opinion : "In addition to Ronaldo and Messi, I don't think there are any better players than me."
Young man, it's still too arrogant.
Now Li Chenglong returned to the Crystal Palace to "inspect". Although he did not see Zaha, the official reporter of the Crystal Palace still asked if he had any suggestions for Zaha.
"Wilfried is certainly a talented player, but I don't think he should have joined the giants so early."
"Of course, giant teams are more concerned, but there is also fierce competition, and the results are very important. For young players, especially those who need a lot of opportunities to play, giants are not a suitable place..."
Li Chenglong can also be regarded as a "little prophet."
Zaha joining Manchester United will not have any good results.
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In short, Jackie Lee was very busy during his stay in London and didn't have time to see Southgate.
But he did not expect that when he returned to Scotland and planned to take a two-day rest to go back to Germany to prepare for the game, Southgate came after Scotland again.
"Bruce, it's really difficult to see you." Southgate complained as soon as he saw Li Chenglong.
"Sorry, Gareth, it's really busy these days." Li Chenglong and Southgate are also acquaintances, so you don't need to be too polite.
"Bruce, I came all the way to find you, just to personally invite you to join my team." Southgate said seriously.
"Your team?" Li Chenglong was a little strange.
"Yes, I am currently the coach of the England U20 youth team. This summer, I will lead England to Turkey to participate in the World Youth Championship. At present, my team does not have a suitable core player, so I specially invite you."
The time has now passed December, and it is now January, so Southgate said this year is 2013.
But Jackie Lee really didn't expect Southgate to find him for this.
At present, Jackie Lee has already participated in the England senior team, and indeed he has not considered going back to participate in the youth team competition.
In the 2013 World Youth Championship, or U20 Youth World Cup, the age requirement is for players born after January 1, 1993, and Lee Chenglong happened to be satisfied.
"Bruce, I know that you are not taken seriously by the adult team at present. Hodgson is a relatively old-fashioned old man. He will always trust those famous stars who have proven himself. The young players get the opportunity to perform under him. not much."
Seeing Jackie Lee hesitated, Southgate began to persuade.
"But it's different in my team. When you come to my team, you are the undoubted core. Everyone in the team will serve you and run tactics around you."
"Furthermore, the World Youth Championship can be said to have the highest gold content in the youth events. Top stars such as Maradona, Messi, Figo, Irving, Aguero, and Suk, all of them became famous in the World Youth Championship. Yes, that is also a big stage to show oneself."
"Furthermore, England's performance in the World Youth Championship has always been poor. The best result is a third place. It has never reached the final. If you can lead the team to complete the breakthrough, it will be of great benefit to you."
"If you come to the youth team~EbookFREE.me~ I will explain to Hodgson, you don't have to go to the senior team before the summer World Youth Championship."
Southgate did say that Jackie Lee was a little moved.
At present, Hodgson's guy really doesn't pay attention to Jackie Lee. He is used as a substitute in every game. Rooney is Hodgson's treasure and the core of the England team.
Now Li Chenglong has only played four times in the England senior team, all on the bench, and only scored one goal.
With such a performance, some media have already said that Li Chenglong is a soft-footed shrimp in the national team.
In the world of football, those players who slept around in the club and returned to the national team but weakened at their feet are everywhere, and Lee Chenglong is not bad.
But Lee Chenglong doesn't think he is that kind of player.
Now this World Youth Championship is just a chance for Li Chenglong to prove himself.
However, despite some intentions, Li Chenglong did not rashly agree.
"Gareth, I still need to seriously consider this matter, and I cannot give you an answer immediately."
"Of course, it's okay." Southgate is indeed very sincere: "But I still hope you can finally join and we will go to the World Youth Championship together."
"We didn't cooperate well in the last Olympic Games, but this time is a good opportunity for us to cooperate. I believe in your strength. As long as we can cooperate sincerely, we will definitely achieve a beautiful result."
"Well, I hope so."
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After leaving Southgate, Jackie Lee took out the phone and wanted to consult Barnett on this matter.
But after thinking about it, Jackie Lee put down the phone again.
Barnett is currently negotiating with Adidas people in Germany, and he will return to Germany in two days. It will be more convenient to talk in person at that time.
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