With Manchester United playing the Manchester derby at the weekend, the 1/8 final of the Carling Cup in the middle of the week can only be played by substitutes and reserves.
Although the main players of Manchester United don't like the League Cup, it's a rare opportunity for the substitutes and reserve team newcomers to show their strength. Once they perform well and are favored by the coach, they may have the opportunity to mention the first team.
On Tuesday, after training in the afternoon, bogba dragged his tired body and rode his bicycle back to his boarding place.
As soon as bogba entered the house, Eric, the landlord, said, "Paul, Mr. Zhang is looking for you. I've been waiting for you here for a long time."
Bogba sees two Asians sitting in the living room. One is a friend of Manchester United star Gao Xiaodong, who seems to be Zhang Qi, the manager of a brokerage company. The other is Zhang Qi's French translator. After meeting Zhang Qi with Gao Xiaodong that day, Zhang Qi went to bogba's home in France to persuade his mother and grandmother to become bogba Geba's agent.
Bogba's grandmother and mother are hesitant. Although bogba will develop more smoothly with Gao Xiaodong's help in Manchester United, Zhang Qi and the Xinglong company are too unknown. It's just like a leather bag company. It's really risky for bogba to sign a contract with such a company, so he didn't agree, of course, he didn't refuse, so he shirked that bogba is less than 18 years old I'm 18 years old. I can't sign a contract with a brokerage company for the time being.
Zhang Qi is also a smart man. He knows that this kind of thing can't be forced or rushed. If he is too anxious, bogba's family will be more suspicious. Bogba is only 17 years old now, and he is not well-known. Now it's time to do water grinding Kung Fu, so he doesn't bother any more.
Seeing bogba back, Zhang Qi said with a smile: "Hello, Paul, how's the training today?"
Bogba didn't know what Zhang Qi was doing. He said cautiously: "it's OK, Mr. Zhang."
Zhang Qi said with a smile, "Paul, I'm here today to tell you something. Let's go to your room and talk."
Coming to bogba's room, Zhang Qi said, "Paul, do you want to play in the Carling Cup?"
Carling Cup? Isn't that bullshit? Which player of the second team doesn't want to play in such an important tournament as the Carling Cup, bogba's heart jumped and stammered: "Mr. Zhang, do you mean I play in the Carling Cup?"
Zhang Qi looked at bogba's incredible appearance and said with a smile: "of course, in recent years, Xiao Dong has been praising you and recommending you in front of Ferguson and coach Phelan. Now the first team is suffering from flu and injury, and the staff is insufficient. Sir Alex may give you a chance to play in the Carling Cup on Thursday."
Bogba was as surprised as if he had won the lottery. "Allah, is this true? I can't believe it. "
Zhang Qi said with a smile: "of course, this is the news I got from Xiaodong. Maybe you will be informed tomorrow."
"It's great, it's great, it's great, I must seize the opportunity, I must give full play to it," he said
Zhang Qi said: "Paul, this is a good opportunity, but I think you should not put all your eggs in one basket. If you want to make a great success with this game, you should keep a peaceful attitude and don't think about making a big splash. As long as you play your strength, sir Alex Ferguson will not give you only one chance."
Zhang Qi has a wide range of knowledge and rich experience in life. He knows what bogba is thinking now. His suggestions are all insightful. But bogba is full of the joy of playing in the Carling Cup now. Although he nods all the time, he doesn't listen to a word of what Zhang Qi said.
Zhang Qi doesn't say much. Now bogba is not his man. He just wants to sell well. No matter how good or bad bogba plays in the Carling Cup, it doesn't affect Zhang Qi's plan. After a few minutes of talking with bogba, Zhang Qi leaves with an interpreter.
After Zhang Qi left, although bogba's grandmother didn't look up to the silent Xinglong agency, she couldn't underestimate Gao Xiaodong's influence in Manchester United. Now Gao Xiaodong has been selected into the list of 23 people in the Golden Globes award, and even has the hope to reach the top three of the Golden Globes Award. In just three months, she has become the core of Manchester United's midfield. Gao Xiaodong has to cover bogba, even Ferguson To give a bit of thin noodles, so Ferguson's son Jason may not dare to make things difficult for bogba.
Bogba's grandmother discussed with bogba's mother, and thought that if bogba could be successfully promoted with the help of Gao Xiaodong, it doesn't matter to use Zhang Qi as an agent. Anyway, if he doesn't sign a long-term contract, he will sign a short-term contract. If he doesn't feel suitable, he won't have much loss.
However, this is a private discussion between bogba's nanny and her mother. She didn't tell the young bogba that bogba's grandmother just asked bogba to play well and try to play well in the Carling Cup.
Bogba didn't ask too much. For a 17-year-old, it's their idea to play football well, earn more money, make more fame and find more women. As for the agent, it's to help them clean their buttocks and deal with trivial matters. It's OK to find anyone and fire them if it's not good, so they don't have to worry too much.
In Vidic's opinion, bogba is the younger brother of the mainland gang. Gao Xiaodong's overtly courting his younger brother makes him dissatisfied. However, Gao Xiaodong is in the limelight, and Vidic is fighting for the position of captain. He doesn't dare to show Gao Xiaodong's face. He can only be ready to remind bogba that he is Vidic, Don't hold the wrong thigh.The 17-year-old is the first player to play for Manchester United's adult team in Thursday afternoon's Carling Cup quarter final with wolves.
Although the attention of the outside world of this league cup is very low, the attention of the fans and journalists is mostly on the tall bogba, who is known as the successor of Vieira. Even the United coach wants to see how the outstanding bogba in the youth team can adapt to the adult game.
Bogba knew that the outside world was paying attention to him. After playing in the second half, he tried his best to show himself at both ends of attack and defense, hoping to conquer the fans and Ferguson with his wonderful performance.
However, the more eager bogba was to show himself, the more problems he had. He was very unstable in the game, with brilliant personal performance and bad mistakes. What was most unacceptable was that bogba failed to make his first show of the adult team in about 70 minutes of the second half because he accumulated two yellow cards for a useless tackle.
As Manchester United played one less man, the game against Wolves was very dangerous. The game was once chased to 2-2. Finally, thanks to O'Shea's header, they defeated wolves and reached the top 8 of the Carling Cup.
After the game, bogba was severely criticized by reporters and fans. He thought bogba was too immature and the players were not enough. He was still suitable for training in the second team, rather than helping others.
Bogba is also very ashamed. When he went to find Gao Xiaodong in the evening, he cried with Gao Xiaodong in his arms. He thought that he had failed Gao Xiaodong's expectations and made Gao Xiaodong disgraced. However, Gao Xiaodong said that he played well, but he lacked some experience and was too excited. He asked him to go back to train well and he would have a chance in the future.
Bogba is very grateful to Gao Xiaodong. He thinks that Gao Xiaodong takes care of him so much now. If he really finds Zhang Qi, Gao Xiaodong's friend, to be his agent, Gao Xiaodong will take more care of him and get more opportunities. So he makes up his mind to join Zhang Qi's agency when he is 18 years old.