The winter in the British Isles is always very depressing, rainy and cloudy, and it is difficult to see a trace of sunshine. The day is short and the night is long. Therefore, workers living on the British Isles always feel that they get up before dawn and go home only when it is dark, which is very depressing.

On this day, it started to drizzle again, floating in the air, and from time to time, I entered the collars of passers-by's coats and touched their exposed necks, creating a cold chill, making people unable to help but shrink their whole body. I immediately pulled the coats for warmth, spitting out the heat in my mouth, and cursing, "Damn God, God, I'm a thief."

Crowley was one of the many early pedestrians. He wore a black wind coat. His exposed forehead was covered with fine raindrops because of some bald heads. With every breath, he would spit out a hazy mist.

His left hand popped out of the wind coat and looked at the watch on his wrist. When time was running out, he couldn't help but speed up his pace.

A pair of thick velvet leather boots stepped on the asphalt road in downtown Birmingham. The soles of the beef tendons kept rubbing. When he arrived at the intersection, he saw the pedestrian street lights flashing quickly. He walked quickly across the road and came to the opposite side. At this time, he happened to change from a green light to a red light.

After a few breaths, the thirty-five-year-old Englishman looked at the food in his hand, which contained some breakfast and food he had just bought, such as toast bread. If it weren't for the bread at home, he forgot to buy it yesterday, and he wouldn't have gone out so early and endured the gods.

Although they get up early, there are already many pedestrians on the street, especially when passing by the corner, many people go to the grocery store next to the road, take a newspaper and throw a coin. If the weather is better, they will rush to read the newspaper. But now in this kind of ghost weather, who will do this kind of thing?

When he arrived at the front of the grocery store, Crowley glanced at the signboard bar at the door of the store, which contained many popular newspapers in England, such as the Times, the Guardian, the Sun, the Daily Telegraph, etc. Each one was placed on it so that customers could see clearly and intuitively what the newspapers are in today, and then go to the window of the grocery store to pick up the newspaper they read.

There are two types of British newspapers. One is similar to the Times, which costs money, so they always make some attractive covers on the front page, which can greatly promote sales. The Sun is a hardcore magazine that publishes a three-page girl, attracting some indulgent customers to buy their newspapers and also makes some women famous.

Another type of newspaper is similar to subway newspapers. It costs money, but the quality is very poor, and it belongs to the type that you throw away after reading it.

Like most English people, Crowley has the habit of reading newspapers, but he rarely reads free newspapers. Instead, he always buys a newspaper not far from his doorstep every day, which is the grocery store he is standing now. He is not sure whoever he buys a newspaper, and he can buy whoever he likes.

Birmingham is a big city. Newsstands or mobile newsstands are generally not allowed on the road, so newspapers are usually bought in grocery stores, and each grocery store will operate many aspects, such as newspapers, such as mobile phone recharge cards, etc., so the latest newspapers are replaced every day in the publicity column in front of their door.

Today, all newspapers used the same front page headlines, that is, Tottenham Hotspur slaughtered Wigan Athletics 10:0 at home last night, winning the highest single-game goal score in the past few years, and Messi scored five goals alone in less than 45 minutes, with a stunning performance.

So there are eye-catching titles like [Super Messi] or [Super Tottenham] in the newspaper.

After scanning the bulletin board, Crowley went to the window to pick up a Times, then quickly rolled the newspaper into a roll, put it in a wind coat, and walked out of the grocery store quickly. He would rather be wet than wet the newspaper because he felt that the wet newspaper looked too awkward and was simply a nightmare for readers.

After walking in two steps at once, Crowley soon walked to his doorstep, a small apartment on the street, and they lived upstairs.

I entered the apartment, went upstairs, opened the door and returned home, changed into cowhide boots and wind coat, took out the food and newspapers, and when I was about to walk to the kitchen, I saw my twelve-year-old son walking out of his small bedroom barefoot.

"Oh Dan, it's too cold, go back and put on your shoes and clothes and come for breakfast," Crowley shouted to his son.

But he began to keep busy in the kitchen.

Not long after, the wife and son walked out of the room one after another.

Every time he sees his son, Crowley feels very pleased. Although he is only twelve years old and not big, he is very smart. Moreover, his son has an advantage that makes him, the father, feels extremely proud, that is, he has a talent for playing football. He has been attracted by Aston Villa, a local Premier League team in Birmingham since he was a child. He has been trained in Aston Villa's youth training camp.

"It's raining outside again, and Christmas is about to be on holiday. Should we consider going south?" His wife sat opposite Crowley, next to her son Dan, discussing how to spend the Christmas holiday.

Many British people choose to go to the south around Christmas in winter, to see whether it is southern Spain or Portugal. Some people even fly directly to the Canary Islands or Africa to escape this nightmare British day.

"Oh, I'm afraid not, dear," Crowley was applying salad dressing on his toast bread. "Maybe we have to go to London." After saying that, he looked at his son with a smile, "I have always believed that Dan had the chance to go to London."

"Oh" the wife suddenly realized and immediately reached out and touched her son's blonde hair with kindness. "Yes, our Dan is the best. I believe he will be selected. Tottenham Hotspur will definitely not misjudgment, right?"

Dan looks like a shy handsome guy. After hearing his parents' praise, he was a little shy, "But he has never received a notice and doesn't know if it's OK. Besides, he just went to participate in the selection activities.

"Please, Dan, be a little confident in yourself. Look, what is the Tottenham Hotspur player selection event called? Genius Day" Crowley laughed and encouraged his son to cheer him up. "It means that only geniuses can participate in activities, and if they can stand out from so many geniuses, it is a genius among geniuses."

Crowley's words not only made his son amuse himself, but also made his wife amused.

In the eyes of all parents, their sons are always the best, the best and the best, and so are the Crowleys and their husbands.

"I heard that Tottenham Hotspur's youth training base is a cooperation with St. Mary's Public School. Entering Theoborde means entering St. Mary. Oh my God, even if you can't play football in the future, you can continue to go to school, which is much better than being in Aston Villa." My wife is more pragmatic.

"Of course," Crowley nodded, "so this time the Genius Day selection also attracted a lot of people. I paid attention to the news last night. I heard that there were nearly 5,000 training and game videos submitted by local British players alone, but only fifty people participated in the Genius Day event, which is only one hundred people chose."

"However, if you enter Tottenham Hotspur, it almost means close to success." Crowley's idea almost represents the voice of the 5,000 parents who submitted videos of children's playing football and training to Tottenham Hotspur.

The Genius Day player selection activity is a special event launched by Tottenham Hotspur for Christmas. Because it is the first time, it is currently only aimed at the British Isles, that is, the UK. All children aged ten to fourteen can register and submit videos directly on the Internet. After confirming by Tottenham Hotspur technical analysts, young players will be invited to Tottenham Hotspur’s training base to participate in the selection activity.

There is another way to enter the selection activity, which is to be seen by Tottenham Hotspur scouts, and the scouts wrote a player report and recommended it to the club. Crowley's son Dan is this kind of. They were seen by a Tottenham Hotspur scout, and then solicited their wishes and recommended it to the team.

But many days have passed and there has been no news.

"Well, if we can accompany Dan to London to participate in the event, we can also participate in Tottenham Hotspur's Christmas Carnival. I heard that this year's carnival will be more lively than in the past, and it must be great," said my wife with anticipation.

"If Dan can enter Tottenham Hotspur, we will be able to attend the carnival every year in the future."

The couple was talking and talking, but Dan, who was beside him, picked up the Times bought by his father. There was a very conspicuous photo on the front page, which was a scene of Messi running to celebrate after scoring a goal. Not far below this big photo is a photo of Tottenham Hotspur head coach Ye Qiu being interviewed.

"10:0 Oh my god, they're just monsters." My mother came over and saw the front page headlines.

Ten goals, such a game is very rare in football games. Even if Tottenham Hotspur has staged a massacre many times this season, it is absolutely terrifying to be able to score double-digit goals.

"Messi, Dan, your idol" Crowley pointed to Messi's photo and said to his son.

The front page of the Times is, Super Messi

It is obvious that this not-so-high Argentine superstar has completely conquered all the fans in the UK. Even if you are picky and even if you have almost strict requirements on players, you can't ask him to do more, because he not only scores goals, but also keeps assisting.

Tottenham Hotspur's best performance this season, in addition to Messi, Ribery is also quite outstanding, but perhaps the momentum created by Messi is too great. Now, almost all newspapers have focused on Messi, and many people even believe that he can win the World Football Master.

"He's so awesome." Although Dan is a child, he plays football very well. He knows very well that to do this, only the best football player in the world can do it, and Messi is undoubtedly a superstar.

Just as the three of them were having breakfast and discussing Messi, the sound of a doorbell came from the door of the apartment.

"Hello, is the Crowley's?" A voice came from the doorbell.

"Yes, who are you?" Crowley replied to the doorbell.

"I have a courier from you, from London. Please come down and sign for it. I'll be downstairs.

When Crowley heard this, he immediately opened the door and went downstairs with a thump. Not long after, he heard him go upstairs with another thump. He had a courier in his hand, and looked very surprised.

"Hey, Dan, the courier from London, Hertfordshire, Theobord, it's Tottenham Hotspur." Crowley looked at the delivery address and read it, but soon he noticed that the envelope had a very conspicuous Tottenham Hotspur logo, the vivid cock-fighting that was stepping on the football.

"Really?" Dan rushed out of the restaurant excitedly and snatched the envelope from his father's hand. It was indeed Tottenham Hotspur.

"Yeah" Dan almost didn't have an inverted gold hook directly.

"Dear Mr. Steve Crowley and Mrs., thank you very much for your support and recognition to Tottenham Hotspur. We are very honored to invite you to bring your outstanding son, Dan Crowley, to our Theobord training base in Hertfordshire for a visit and participate in the three-day talent day player selection event. All the food and accommodation costs for this event are uniformly responsible for our club."

When the Crowley family in Birmingham received a invitation from Tottenham Hotspur Day, there were another forty-nine families across the UK who also received similar invitations. These fifty children were undoubtedly scouts from Tottenham Hotspur in the past. After carefully selected them from all over the UK or online videos, they recommended young players.

The Genius Day selection event is a Christmas activity launched by Tottenham Hotspur learning from Ajax's practices. It is one of the activities of the Christmas Carnival, but it is also a powerful measure for Tottenham Hotspur to select youth training | talents.

This year is just the first time to try the waters. The team conducted the two paths of the Internet and reality at the same time, inviting 50 players to London to participate in the event. If it succeeds, it will be carried out in two phases in summer and winter, and will eventually become a fixed talent selection activity by Tottenham Hotspur.

Ye Qiu attaches great importance to the Genius Day activities, because with the lifting of restrictions on youth training and material selection areas by the FA and the Premier League, all teams can select talents from anywhere in the UK. Therefore, Tottenham Hotspur must take advantage of this to attract more outstanding talents to join as soon as possible and enrich the team's youth training camp.

Compared with other teams, Tottenham Hotspur has a huge advantage, that is, they not only have the best youth training丨software and hardware facilities, but also cooperate with the British famous university St. Mary's Public School. The latter's new campus is opposite the Theobord training base, across the street, which has a huge attraction to young players and parents.

Now for Tottenham Hotspur, the only thing that is relatively insufficient is youth training | coaches.

You should know that excellent players often represent excellent coaches, and youth training丨coaches have always been the weakness of English football. Even for teams like Manchester United, Arsenal, and Chelsea, youth training丨coaches are very bad. Not to mention a famous youth training team like Ajax, even if they are compared with other teams on the mainland, they are still much worse.

Tottenham Hotspur’s youth training style is different from other Premier League teams, and it is in line with the first team. Therefore, when choosing coaches, Tottenham Hotspur also has a shortage of manpower. Ye Qiu still directly poached a few from Ajax, and the first team trained several, barely enough to get enough of the coaching echelon.

But in general, youth training丨coaches still need to continue to cultivate, so Tottenham Hotspur's Christmas Carnival has another activity this year, that is, coach training丨course. All adults who are interested in youth training丨coaches are welcome to sign up, and Tottenham Hotspur will select the most suitable candidate for training丨After completing the training丨, they will directly enter the Theoborde of Tottenham Hotspur, and even directly join the first team coaching team.

In the past three years, the Christmas Carnival has been getting better and better every year. Although Christmas is the European New Year, it is actually not as important as outsiders imagine. Otherwise, so many people would not like to travel around Christmas.

Therefore, since Tottenham Hotspur held the Christmas Carnival, it has attracted considerable attention in the fans and London citizens, because everyone has the genes to like lively. Although these Londoners seem to be alone in their daily lives, in fact, when it comes to carnival, they are all just happy and forgetful.

As the Christmas Carnival is becoming more and more important, the scale has increased almost every year. From the first session, Tottenham Hotspur just held an internal carnival in Theoborde, and later attracted some fan organizations. In the end, the White Hart Lane Stadium was directly opened to allow fans and families to enter. Until now, the White Hart Lane Stadium can no longer accommodate it.

Not only Tottenham Hotspur attaches great importance to the London Municipal Government, Tottenham District Council, and Hertfordshire Council all attach great importance to the Christmas Carnival and provide a series of support and publicity. Coupled with the participation of sponsors and merchants, the scale of the fourth Christmas Carnival will be larger than in previous years.

Because of this, Tottenham Hotspur has launched a series of activities specifically for the Christmas Carnival. Genius Day selection activities and coaching training courses are only two of them. In addition, some activities aimed at fans and communities are being launched one after another.

Tottenham Hotspur CEO Peter Kenyon said that this Christmas carnival should be turned into a regular event and become a common festival and event for all Tottenham Hotspur fans.

This is also an important attempt by Ye Qiu and Peter Kenyon to build Tottenham Hotspur’s platform-based business system.
Chapter completed!