From The Country Team To The Rich
Chapter 15 Inner Ghosts

Chapter 15 Inner Ghosts

"you know that too?"

Zhang now looked up and down at Ivan and asked.

"Yes." Yeah." Ivan walked alone, faced Zhang Xian and said: "In fact, due to the problems of staff shortages at our club, scout department and junior team are closely linked."

“For example, the scouting section will identify some young players for the junior team, and at the same time have the qualifications to be recommended to the first team. Whenever we recommend, we need the scout department to discuss with the junior team coaching staff.before taking action."

Zhang now nodded and said; "Then where is the problem?"

"Harden Bazel."

Zhang Xian turned his head and asked, "Who is this?"

Blyden hurriedly said: "There are three scouts in the scout department, and Harden Bazel is one of them."

"What's wrong with her?"

Braden hesitated, and glanced at Ivan subconsciously, who said lightly: "He's got a big problem."

“Every time we recommend young players to the first team, we introduce the best young players to the first team through internal meetings, but Harden Bazel always makes trouble, he said, he always makes some players who don't have the ability to get into the recommended list, and in our opinion, that little player has no talent!"

"You mean," Zhang Xian said, narrowing his eyes.

"This is just our guess, but that doesn't mean he doesn't take bribes" Ivan said.

Zhang Xian subconsciously wiped his chin.

This problem is big.

It's not office politics, bribery or blackmail is very bad, and it's also blackmailing junior teams.

Although there are things like unspoken rules, in any industry there will always be such problems, but this should not be for children.

It's the same as strangling a young player's dream, and also destroying the future of the club.

This is a real big deal, and it has risen to the legal level.

If one were to do such a thing, it would even affect Hoffenheim's reputation.

"So that's it."

Zhang now intended to remain silent, after all, this sort of thing should be dealt with in a humble manner.

Get out of Hoffenheim as much as you can. If there was a problem, he would fire Harden Bazel without hesitation.

After explaining the transfer agenda, Zhang Xian asked for Baden Hazel's phone number, and then read the scout list.

Amongst the list, Zhang Xian found trouble.

There were as many as three scouts, the other two were constantly uploading various player information, both adult players and teenage players, but this Baden Hazel did not upload any information.

So, what's the club doing with a scout like that?

Zhang Xian decided to take a closer look.

He first came to the construction site to find Chiellini, took the Raptor's pickup key from her, and drove the vehicle from Hoffenheim.

From the scout logs, it can be found that Harden Bazel has been mixed up in several high schools in Sinsheim.

Zhang Xian was also heading there.

After searching, Zhang discovered that Sinsheim had a total of two high schools, which made the search for people even more difficult.

Furthermore, Zhang Xian was lucky to find Harden Bazel at the first school.

Harden Bazel stands on the other side of the school playground isolation fence.

With her long hair unraveling in disarray, she was of medium stature, wearing a dark green jacket, she held a pen and notebook in her hands, and lowered her head to write something.

Zhang Xian did not come to disturb him, but stood not far away to observe Bazel while looking at the teenagers running in the field.

German teenagers have a very high level of football, they play in their respective positions in a good way, stand strong, and move neatly.

On the other hand, this youth football game is very well organized. Although Zhang Xian did not understand the details, it could be said that they were of good quality.

At this moment, he saw a boy who was dribbling at his feet. The speed is very fast, in the dribble the ball to the right and to the left among the crowd, kicking very beautifully.

"Don't let Gian break through!"

"Stop him!"

Other young players tried to stop the running young man, but his speed was too fast, coupled with a change of direction and a very fast breakthrough, it greatly disrupted the defensive backline.

At this moment, an even stronger teenager suddenly approached from the side, he immaculate Gian neatly finally the attack was successfully stopped.

The takel from the side was very neat, and Zhang Xian inevitably wanted to clap.

At this moment, a loud scream sounded.

"Damn! What are you doing?! Do you want to destroy the child? How old are they? This is the time to develop the basis and processing of the ball, not to let them learn how to destroy each other!"

Zhang Xian turned his head and looked around, and saw Harden Bazel angrily gripping the isolation fence, roaring like an angry lion.

"How did you become a coach? You're a killer, don't you know that tackles are supposed to be aimed at the ball? You don't teach them to be players, you teach them to be butchers!"

Harden Bazel continued to curse, but the isolation fence blocked him, and they did not care at all and continued to play their game.

And the tackled youth also rose with a wry smile, and he made a silent movement towards Harden Bazel.

But this made Bazel even more angry.

Zhang Xian looked at the two people strangely.

Observing for a moment, Zhang Xian walked straight.

Harden Bazel still whispered in a low voice: "Idiot! Goddamn bum! Their style of play is so rough, they must have learned from the English!"

"Huh? He taught those kids how to destroy their friends!" Harden Bazel said angrily, and then he regained his senses, turned to look at Zhang Xian, and asked: "Do you know football?"

Zhang Xian looked at the field and said, "just a little."

Harden Bazel was intrigued, he clamped the book in his arm and said enthusiastically: "Look, how long will it take to run from the big penalty box to the centre circle?"

Zhang Xian visually checked the distance and said: "50 meters, about 5 seconds?"

"4 seconds 88!" Harden Bazel reported accurate data, clapped his hands, and exclaimed excitedly: "Do you know what this means?"

After speaking, without waiting for Zhang Xian's reply, he spoke for himself.

"The fastest record in football today is 4.78 seconds, and Gian can run for 5 seconds. It shows how much potential, okay?"

"This means he is probably the fastest player in football! Football is basically a sport that relies on speed and strength. Gian's talent will shock the whole world! He is only 16 years old and he can still develop his abilities. No matter how fast he was, he could become the most shining star in Europe with just some systematic training!"

Harden Bazel said confidently.

Zhang Xian nodded slightly, and said, "The boy who just got tackled is named Gian?"

"Yes, he is truly a genius, I will focus on training him, he will definitely become a superstar from the Hoffenheim area!"

"Why go out, wouldn't it be better to stay here?"

Harden Bazel laughs at himself: "What's living here for? Let him play amateur games? If it continues like this, it will be a waste of his talent."

"What if Gian stays in Hoffenheim to enter a professional club? Maybe Gian can lead Hoffenheim to the Bundesliga?"

"Ha! How come? There's no professional team here, in Hoffenheim there's only one called Meteor."

Zhang Xian said lightly: "The brand has changed its name, now they are called Hoffenheim, the full name is Hoffenheim Football Club!"

Hearing this, Harden Bazel's tone of voice choked, then he turned his head in astonishment and said, "Who are you?"

Zhang Xian turned his head and smiled and said: "Include myself, Zhang Xian, from China, the current sporting director of the Hoffenheim Football Club!"

Half an hour later, the two sat in a cafe.

Harden Bazel was slightly restrained, this feeling was like a lazy person being captured by the boss.

Zhang took a slow sip of coffee and said, "Let's talk about it."

"About what?" Harden Bazel asked involuntarily.

"Why not send out a scout report!"

Harden Bazel curled his lips and whispered: "What's the point? It didn't sell in the end."

"Sell it?" Zhang Xian was surprised.

"Didn't you know? Extraordinary players from the junior teams would be sold to the youth academy teams for obvious prices."

Zhang froze, what kind of operation is this.

Harden Bazel continued: "Since three years ago, the Meteor team has never promoted young players to the first team. Have you ever thought that something was wrong?"

"Because of Schneider Bach?"

He is the star player of Hoffenheim. To this fellow, Zhang Xian was extremely impressed even though he had never seen one before.

“Bach doesn't care about this kind of thing.” Harden Bazel waved his hand: “Little players are beginners even if they are promoted to the first team. They cannot affect Bach's status at all. Why aren't any players from the junior teams promoted to the first team? Because all they recommended was straw and trash! The best sold by them!"

Zhang Xian raised his eyebrows and said, "They? Who do you mean?"

Harden Bazel doesn't speak anymore.

Zhang Xian continued: "Ivan?"

"That's not him!" Harden Bazel bellowed furiously, which shocked Zhang Xian.

"Nobody loves this club more than Ivan."

Zhang Xian's expression was a bit strange. After all, it was precisely because of Ivan's report that Zhang Xian had come to Harden Bazel. Now this guy is actually defending Ivan.

What relation?

After Zhang Xian explained the problem clearly, he looked at Harden Bazel with a wry smile: "He may have misunderstood."

"Misunderstand me?"

“Yes, because kids can't get better training in the junior team, so sometimes I will give them a little practice. After the children's parents found out, they gave me some money. This scene was probably seen by Ivan,"

Harden Bazel scratched his head and said: "It was a small gift, only 100 euros, and also they only gave it once."

Zhang Xian closed his eyes slightly, he felt that this matter was very complicated.

So, the junior team does have ghosts, Ivan always thought it was Bazel, because he saw Bazel receiving money from the parents of the small players.

And Bazel also knew that Team Junior had ghosts, but for some reason, he didn't say it!

This inner ghost sold outstanding young players to other young academies for a high price.

So, here's the problem.

"Why don't you report?"

Harden Bazel bitterly said: "I have reported to the director before about this matter, but there has never been any action. Then, I learned that the inner ghost gave the previous director a thick envelope."

Well, Zhang Xian understood.

No need to guess who it was, obviously it was two scouts other than Harden Bazel.

However, Zhang Xian was also unsure, he needed further verification.

For now, Zhang Xian summoned the other two scouts and Ivan, hoping to find the truth firsthand.