At 7:30 the next morning, Zhang Xu appeared beside the club's training ground. Seeing the empty training ground, Zhang Xu shook his head and followed the directions of the road sign to find the office of head coach Wilson.???    ◎№   ?

Five minutes later, Zhang Xu finally touched head coach Wilson's office.

"Come in!" Head coach Wilson came to the club at 7:30. Tomorrow is the away game to challenge Huddersfield. He needs to finalize the 18-man roster to go out as soon as possible and arrange the corresponding tactics. He heard the knock on the door, but he didn't even raise his head and said directly.

Zhang Xu pushed open the door and saw Wilson lying on the desk writing and painting. It was not easy to disturb him, so he could only walk to the desk and wait.

A minute later, Wilson finally remembered that someone had just come in. He looked up and saw Zhang Xu standing in front of him staring at him.

"Ahem, sorry, zhang!" Wilson smiled awkwardly: "Is there anything you have to ask me for?" As soon as he finished speaking, he slapped his head and shouted: "Oh, damn, I actually forgot that today you met the team on the first day! This damn memory! He is really old!"

"Haha, Mr. Wilson, you are not old, you are too busy! The team needs you to take charge of the overall situation in so many things. It is not your fault to forget one thing." Zhang Xu said with a smile.

"Haha, you kid is really good at talking." Wilson laughed: "Let's go, I'll take you to the locker room." After that, he stood up from his seat and took Zhang Xu to the first team locker room.

When we arrived at the locker room, the locker room was still empty.

Wilson smiled bitterly: "These brats rarely arrive in advance! Zhang, don't be bad by them!"

Zhang Xu shrugged and said, "Don't worry, Mr. Wilson, I have always been strict with myself."

"That's good, that's good, zhang," Wilson pointed to a free wardrobe and said to Zhang Xu: "Just use this wardrobe. I'll let someone put your label on it."

"Okay, thank you!" Zhang Xu put down his backpack and quickly changed his jersey.

When the hour hand pointed to 7:50, a team member finally pushed open the door to the locker room.??

"Hi, boss, why are you here?" The other party was startled when he saw Wilson standing in the locker room and asked in surprise. Then he saw Zhang Xu behind Wilson: "Wow, I know the reason, haha."

As he said that, he ran to Zhang Xu's side, hugged Zhang Xu's shoulder and said, "So you are the zhang from China, uh, what, xu? Sorry, I really don't understand the name and sound of Chinese people."

"It's okay, my name is Zhang Xu, I'm very happy to come to Blade!" Zhang Xu pronounced his name in Chinese.

"Haha, your English sound is really great! My name is Beatty, James Beatty! Captain of the Modern Agent, the old captain Mogan is lying in the hospital for treatment due to injury. On behalf of all the players in the first team, I welcome your arrival, Chinese boy!" Beatty was very enthusiastic about Zhang Xu's arrival, and patted Zhang Xu's shoulder friendly and continued, "Those kids will come soon. Should we give them some exciting surprises?"

"Okay, Beatty, don't frighten the kids!" At this time, Wilson smiled and said, "I'll hand zhang over to you. At 8:00, take the intact zhang to the training ground on time!" After that, Wilson pushed open the door and walked out.

Intact? Zhang Xu was stunned for a moment.

"Haha, the boss means that our Blade Team has a special enlistment ceremony, which can only be held in the locker room!" Beatty blinked at Zhang Xu and smiled strangely.

Just when Zhang Xu felt something was wrong, the door of the locker room opened again, and with the sound of talking, one team member after another walked in.

"Wow, you are that Chinese zhang, right?" When they found Zhang Xu, they all came over with surprise.

"Uh, yes, hello everyone, I am Zhang Xu from China who just joined!" Zhang Xu was not nervous and introduced himself openly.

"Hey, man, I heard that there are many delicious foods in China? Is it true?" This is obviously a foodie.

"zhang, I heard you have a city wall that is 10,000 kilometers long? It's so scary!" It seems that this guy is a person who likes to travel.??

"Zhang, I heard that you Chinese all have a grudge against the islanders, because the islanders killed 30,000 people in a city during World War II. What's going on?" Well, there is another one who studies history.

"Hi, buddy, I heard that you Chinese use two bamboo sticks for dinner. Is it true?" This is about humanities research.

"Brother, you are called the 'Bicycle Kingdom' in China. Do you have a lot of bicycles?" This is the person who stayed in the 1970s and 1980s.

......

The teammates chattered, leaving Zhang Xu at a loss and didn't know which teammate's question to answer.

Fortunately, Beatty rescued the situation at the right time, and he shouted loudly: "Okay, brothers, zhang has just joined our Blade Team. We will discuss it slowly after we have any questions. Now, should we hold our unique enlistment ceremony?"

"Wow, I like this, hehe!"

All the team members stared at Zhang Xu with green light, which made Zhang Xu feel irritated. Just when he was uneasy, Beatty screamed strangely: "Get the knife!"

Immediately, a teammate handed him two long white big knives. Beatty held one in one hand and continued, "Okay, let's start!"

The teammates rushed towards Zhang Xu, then quickly stripped his clothes and escorted him to Beatty.

"Captain, what are you going to do?" Zhang Xu, who had never encountered such a scene, had a numb scalp.

"It's okay, it's just a surprise, haha!" Beatty held two knives and waved them twice, laughing.

The cold blade passed by Zhang Xu**'s body, immediately causing goose bumps on Zhang Xu's skin.

Just when he felt that something bad would happen soon, Beatty's two knives suddenly slashed at him hard.

Zhang Xu's limbs were all caught by his teammates and could not resist at all. He could only watch the blade approaching his body.

The knife was not cut down in the end and stopped less than one centimeter from his body. Zhang Xu suddenly breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, Beatie crossed the two knives, placed them under Zhang Xu's head, and screamed strangely: "zhang, laugh!"

Okay, it still makes people laugh like this? Zhang Xu squeezed out an ugly smile. With a "click!", a bright light flashed!

Zhang Xu then realized that opposite him, a teammate was taking a camera and taking a photo of himself naked with his head on two long knives!

It turns out that this is the Blades’ enlistment ceremony! It’s really, uh, the taste is a bit heavy!

Just when Zhang Xu thought the ceremony was over and about to put on his clothes, Beatty shouted again: "Don't move, don't move! There is another photo!"

Then, he placed two long swords down... and finally placed them on Zhang Xu's big bird!

"Hey, Captain, you have to be careful! Otherwise, my second half of my life will be over!" Zhang Xu said with a wry smile.

"Hahahaha..." Zhang Xu's words immediately caused strange laughter and screams from his teammates.

"Click!"

Finally, the second photo sounded, and the ceremony was finally over. Zhang Xu quickly covered his big bird, carefully avoided the cold and sharp blade, put on his clothes in a few seconds, and then he put his heart back into his stomach.

"Haha, brothers, welcome zhang and officially join the Blade! Haha!" Beatty was the first to applaud, and then everyone laughed and applauded Zhang Xu warmly.

"Thank you everyone! Thank you!" Zhang Xu hurriedly thanked, and then asked nervously: "But, captain, are you sure there is no other entry ceremony?"

The teammates burst into laughter.

At 8 o'clock, Zhang Xu and his teammates came to the training ground with laughter and quarrel.

Seeing Zhang Xu integrate into the team so quickly, head coach Wilson and assistant coach Elland nodded with satisfaction, and then came to the team with a tactical board.

"Okay, boys, I believe you will definitely give zhang a unique entry ceremony!" Wilson said with a strange smile.

"Haha, boss, that's a must!" Beatty took the lead in cheering, which made his teammates scream. Zhang Xu, as the person involved, could only smile bitterly.

"Okay, now, we have to invite zhang from China to introduce ourselves!" Wilson signaled Zhang Xu to stand in front of the team.

Zhang Xu smiled bitterly, walked to the team, and began to introduce himself: "Yes, my name is Zhang Xu. If you have trouble in the future, you can call me zhang, or Chinese zhang! The enlistment ceremony just now made me thrilling. I was thinking afterwards that if I was a little excited just now, then," Zhang Xu spread his hand and said: "It is very likely that my second half of my life will be over!"

"Hahahaha..." The teammates burst into laughter.

"I used to be the midfielder on the court. Now, I think I have to listen to the boss, otherwise I might have to play basketball or volleyball!" Zhang Xu teased at the right time, making his teammates laugh constantly.

"Of course," Zhang Xu continued: "If the leader asked me to play the midfielder, I believe I will definitely help the team establish a solid defense line in the backcourt, a defense line that makes the opponent frightened!"

"Baoba!" The last sentence immediately made everyone present applaud him warmly. This was not because of anything else, but because since this season, Sheffield United, which fell into the League One, should have been the first to be ahead, but now it is only ranked third.

The biggest problem is that the defense is unstable.

We can look at the data. After 25 rounds of the league, Sheffield United scored 45 goals, which was understandable in offense, but the number of goals conceded reached 27! The average concedes 1.13 goals per game! This number is not a reassuring number, and this is also an important reason why Sheffield United can only rank third.

There is a saying that goes: offense wins the audience, defense wins the victory!

If there is a problem with the defense, if Sheffield United wants to return to the Championship this season, it is probably a waste of money.
Chapter completed!