On April 22, 2013, the soon-to-be fifteen-year-old Sain Lancaster witnessed Manchester United win their twentieth league title;
On May 8, 2013, Manchester United officially announced Sir Alex Ferguson's retirement. The news filled newspapers across Britain and the world of football;
Yet no one noticed as rising star Sain quietly left the Carrington training ground on the first day of his fifteenth year. From then on, his name disappeared from the matchday squad lists;
Until five years later, when a twenty-year-old joined the coaching staff of La Liga's Villarreal;
From making his first steps on the Iberian Peninsula, to leading QPR through promotion after promotion, and then returning to the Theater of Dreams,
It took Sain seven years to return to where his dream began. With a team rebuilt amid the chaos, he set out on the united road once more.
Written on 2026.01.22
Theme: Find a coach and dream
