Novels like The Biggest Spendthrift in Football
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- 1 Reborn: My Buddy Leads the Chinese National Team to the World Cup 重生之老铁带领国足进世界杯 Deep behind bars, he dreamed of standing on the World Cup podium. When he woke, it was 2009, on the eve of the crackdown on match-fixing and organized crime. In his previous life, he went from player to prisoner and brought shame upon Chinese football. In this life, he is bound to the “Training Master System” and has only one bottom line: never take part in match-fixing. While everyone else goes along with the corruption, he trains alone on the practice field at four in the morning. When dirty m 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 2 The Red Devils Rise: Mourinho Returns for a Second Stint from the Start 红魔崛起，开局穆鸟二进宫 Tags: Feel-good, no Chinese national team, focused on Manchester United Manchester United fan Lin Juexiao wakes up to find himself a hidden billionaire worth 20 billion. In his previous life, he watched United fall from grace on television. In this life, he decides to buy the club outright. On the day the Glazers announce they’re selling, an email signed “J” lands at the Rain Group: £6.5 billion, all cash, valid for 48 hours. No negotiations, no financing, and no leaving the other side a way out 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 3 Broadcast Rights at a Premium? Watch Me Train the National Team at 4 A.M. 天价转播？看我凌晨4点操练国足 Before the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico, and the United States, FIFA demands $300 million from Xia Country’s television network for the broadcasting rights. Chen Chen refuses to buy the exorbitantly priced rights. An angry fan hits him on the back of the head, and he is reborn on September 5, 2024, where he witnesses China’s national team suffer a humiliating 7–0 defeat. Just as the whole internet erupts in anger and the entire nation falls into despair, he awakens the Green Pitch Talent Sco —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 4 Never Back Down on the Court 有球必硬 [Stat-Based System + Star-Player Skill Imitation + Lighthearted Everyday Comedy + One Heroine + Serie A + Premier League] This man is the one who makes Guardiola’s heart race: a world-class defensive midfielder, a striker who clears the ball, a master of trash talk... “Stop!” Liu Haoyun snapped. “We can do without the last two!” This man has things most men don’t, but he’s also missing something men are supposed to have. Even so, he rides the wind and breaks through every obstacle, blasting open 16Reads—Score—14d adds
- 5 Premier League Supremacy: Starting in the Youth Academy 超级英超：从青训开始 Sports Competition + Soccer + Light System + Reborn + Youth Development The day the Super Premier League was born, the rules of European football were rewritten for good. Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Inter Milan... Thirty-eight giants battle it out in one league. The bottom five are relegated outright, with no special privileges for anyone. An 18-year-old Cristiano Ronaldo bursts onto the scene in Saudi Arabia, a 17-year-old Lionel Messi waits for his chance at La Masia, and 173Reads—Score—14d adds
- 6 Reborn in 2001: The Youth Academy Coach Takes the Football World by Storm 重生2001，青训教父横扫足坛 [Football] + [Reborn] + [passionate] + [System] After fifty-two years of life and thirty years devoted to youth development, Lin Hui watched the national team fall short time and again. He died ill, carrying a lifetime of regrets. When he opened his eyes again, he was back in 2001, on the euphoric night China made its historic breakthrough to the World Cup. The whole country was cheering, but he could see the darkness awaiting Chinese football over the next twenty years: talented players overloo 7Reads—Score—14d adds
- 7 Buying Achraf Hakimi from the Start in 2003? 03年开局买了阿什拉夫？ "June 1, 2003. Leeds United was on the verge of bankruptcy. Eighty million pounds of debt hung like a noose around the neck of this once-mighty Premier League club, leaving it dangling before the gallows. As everyone waited for the club to collapse, Qin Chuan, a young man who had never appeared in the football world, walked into the boardroom at Elland Road. No one knew that a prompt had just sounded in his mind: [System activated. Initial funds of 200 million pounds received]." 428Reads7.3Score14414d adds
- 8 Football: Starting with Nottingham Forest 足球，从诺丁汉森林开始 A Football Manager fan transmigrates from 2025. This time, he finds himself facing a legendary club mired in the Championship but with Champions League pedigree: Nottingham Forest. 34Reads—Score—14d adds
- 9 Coach, Where Do I Play? 教练，我踢哪？ After an unexpected transmigration, he finds himself back in 2011. With the ability to see the future, how could he let such a rare opportunity slip by? Through investment, he amasses a fortune worth tens of billions in a remarkably short time. A passionate football fan, he buys a small club and uses his money to assemble an invincible fleet, conquer Europe, and build a football empire of his own! 5Reads—Score—14d adds
- 10 The Sun of San Siro, Lorenzo Paolo 圣西罗太阳，洛伦佐保罗 With AC Milan and the Italian national team struggling in recent years, I’ve decided to write this self-indulgent fantasy. If I offend any other fans, I apologize. Let’s not let it spoil the mood. 74Reads—Score—14d adds
- 11 Cast Off by Barcelona? I Turned Around and Won the World Cup 巴萨弃子？我反手拿世界杯冠军 Before the final of the World Cup in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, Shen Weiya transmigrated to a parallel world while playing a soccer game. At just 19, Barcelona's youth academy branded him “lacking sharpness and physicality” and kicked him out. At the lowest point of his life, the FC Career System suddenly activated. He joined Arsenal as a free agent, honing his shooting and physicality in Arteta's possession-based system. He fought his way from the U19 squad to the first team, becomi 12Reads—Score14314d adds
- 12 Football: That's a Black Cat? More Like a Shady Shop 足球：你这是黑猫？你这是黑店吧 [Football] + [System] + [Coach] + [No female lead] Lu Chen was originally the leader of an amateur team in 2026. Then a ball hit him in the head on a pickup field, sending him back to 2018 England, where he awakened the Black Shop System. At the time, the Black Cats, Sunderland, had been relegated twice in a row to League One. Club chairman Ellis Short was desperate to offload the hot potato, while wealthy clubs and investors steered clear, and no one dared take over. The young manager from the —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 13 Football: They Stole My Spot, So I Unlocked the Ronaldo Template 足球，名额被顶反手激活大罗模板 In 2036, China's national football team finally makes it to the World Cup! Lin Luo is staying up late to watch the live broadcast. So overwhelmed with excitement that everything goes black, he collapses. When he opens his eyes, he discovers that he has been reborn twenty years in the past. Back then, he was the country's one and only superstar prodigy, a rising sensation, and the first Yan Nation player invited to join Real Madrid's youth academy! But Lin Luo, having lived this life once before, 121Reads5.4Score—14d adds
- 14 Dreaming of Clairefontaine: I’m in the Same Generation as Mbappe 梦起克莱枫丹，我和姆巴佩是同期 [Two-star rivalry + Chinese-descended prodigy + scion of a wealthy family + midfield maestro + passionate competition] In 2011, two 13-year-old boys meet at Clairefontaine in France. One is Kylian Mbappe, the future king of French football, a lightning-fast striker; the other is Romeo Zhuye, a top-tier rich kid with Chinese features and a midfield playmaker with “God’s-eye vision.” That summer, they are hailed as “Clairefontaine’s Twin Stars.” But the year they graduate at 16, fate takes them in 870Reads6.9Score10414d adds
- 15 Football: I Fired the National Team, Then Went on to Win the Grand Slam 足球：炒了国足，反手拿下大满贯 Ling Yichen was the most talented player on the Dragon Football Association's youth team, but he angrily quit after disagreeing with coach Liu Jianguo's arrangements! He was immediately scouted by AC Milan and joined the club. Luckily, he activated the [All-Round System]. As long as he plays football, he gets stronger. From then on, Ling Yichen gained peak-form experience cards for Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo, Maradona, and Ronaldo! And countless maxed-out attributes! He became a player without pre 549Reads5.9Score—14d adds
- 16 Coaching the Chinese National Team, Starting in 1997 1997执教国足开始 After transmigrating to 1997, Chen Guang unexpectedly becomes head coach of the Chinese national soccer team, and the pressure is overwhelming. But it seems he has a System, too, and this national team is said to be the strongest in its history. Maybe he can give it his best shot and use the job as a stepping stone. Chen Guang vows to become a championship-winning coach! 593Reads7.1Score10214d adds
- 17 You Asked Me to Manage the National Team, and We Won the World Cup? 让你代管国足，竟然世界杯冠军了？ Hou Haoran transmigrates into the body of an assistant coach. Now he has to build a team from scratch? No problem. I’ve got money, high tech, and the attitude of a rich second-generation who’ll take on the whole world. Players won’t listen? Then get out, and don’t let the door hit you on the way! Players won’t put in the effort? I’ll expose every last one of them! I’ll develop new talent! At the next World Cup, a Chinese national team made up entirely of rookies takes the field! Everyone else: “ 260Reads8.0Score—14d adds
- 18 Football: The Genius Coach Who Thrashes the National Youth Team from the Start 足球：鬼才教练，开局爆捶国青 [Coach + System] A veteran Football Manager player transmigrates into the body of a PE teacher. Starting with an upset win over the national youth team with his school squad, he goes on to take charge of a Russian Premier League reserve team, compete in the Big Five leagues, and reach the pinnacle of coaching. 1.3kReads6.9Score10114d adds
- 19 Football: I Am a Dynasty, Summoning Haaland from the Start 足球：吾即王朝，开局召唤哈兰德 [Football] + [Passionate] + [System] + [Transmigration] + [Coach] Haaland: Coach Lin Deng told me to eat a little less. I’d like to say I did it. Mbappe: Lin Deng told me not to become a sporting director. I think he was right. Ronaldo: I really hadn’t heard of Rangnick, but Lin Deng is something special. I wish he were here. Messi: I like Guardiola, and I like Lin Deng. Yes, he’s always the most special one. I am the dynasty! What? You want me to coach the national team? Sorry, I don’t know how 1Reads6.5Score—14d adds
- 20 Manchester United Castoff: I Return to the Premier League with Traits 曼联弃将，我带着词条杀回英超 The national soccer team lost to Thailand, then Vietnam. They had no shame left, and even Heaven couldn't stand to watch, so it granted Wang Long, a young man chasing his dream in Manchester, a System of Traits. “Manchester United's academy didn't want me? What goes around comes around. Don't look down on a poor young man!” “England's golden boy Kane? Your top-tier trait, ‘Aerial Dominator,’ goes perfectly with my good buddy's attributes. I'll gladly take it.” “Superstar Havertz? Your ‘Ladykille 78Reads—Score—14d adds
- 21 Star Player Moments: Starting as a Benchwarmer at a Mid-Table La Liga Club 球星时刻：从西甲中游替补开始 [Mind Games + Superstar Moment Cards + Parallel Universe + Nonstop Thrills + Smart Protagonist] In 2014, Real Sociedad had fought their way into the Spanish Super Cup final, only for their star player, Griezmann, to go off injured just before the final whistle. The media was in an uproar, the teams were worlds apart in strength, and the starting striker was injured. The team had parked the bus early, hoping only to make it to a penalty shootout... Everyone thought the ending had already been wri 317Reads—Score—14d adds
- 22 A Blueprint for the Beautiful Game: From Football Manager to a Golden Age 绿茵蓝图：从足球经理到黄金时代 [Ensemble cast + slow burn + unconventional football story + building a football system + no individual heroics] In 1990, financial whiz Lin Shen accidentally transmigrates into the darkest era of Chinese football. Armed with the ability to predict the future and a data-driven mindset, he spends tens of millions to buy a team on the verge of folding, vowing to spark an industrial revolution in football! From body-fat assessments and the “Sparks” youth development program to recruiting young star 17Reads—Score—14d adds
- 23 My Name Is Lin Chuan! China’s King of Football! 我叫林川！中国球王！ I’m a football fan who also enjoys watching matches. I wanted to write a novel paying tribute to Chinese football, which is going through a low point but keeps striving to improve. After a car accident, Lin Chuan is reborn. Through a series of struggles, he eventually becomes a worthy member of China’s national team. What kind of story will unfold between Lin Chuan and Li Zhi, and what will they achieve? We’ll have to wait and see. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 24 A Miracle on the Pitch: I'm No Underdog 绿茵奇迹：我才不是逆袭草根 From a backup in League One to a League One starter, from a League One regular to the Premier League, and finally to winning the Premier League title. This is Shen Ke’s story. A soccer player from Huaguo. The greatest striker of the post-Messi-Ronaldo era. A king of football who dominated his age. His success is built on his hard work and talent, but also on the era that made him. —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 25 Soccer: Reaching the Top of the World Without a System 足球，没有系统也能站在世界之巅 Zheng Shikun has trained in soccer since childhood. He has talent and works hard, yet every step toward a professional career is blocked. Neither the pressure of his studies and society nor his friends' lack of understanding and support can stop him from pursuing his dream. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 26 Reborn to Lead China’s National Team to the World Cup 重生之带领国足进入世界杯 [Football + coming of age + light sci-fi] At the scene of the national team’s devastating defeat in 2024, Xiaowei triggers a transmigration ban by blurting out, “China will win the World Cup in the future.” When the System malfunctions, he plunges into an unknown time and place. Hearing that “Li Weiqiang has been injured,” he realizes that the victim bears an uncanny resemblance to his father, whose right leg is disabled and who hates football. Xiaowei rushes over to confirm it, only to be forci 4Reads—Score—14d adds
- 27 Chinese Football: A Golden Generation at Its Peak 华夏足球，登峰造极的黄金一代 In a parallel universe, Longguo begins an era of sweeping reform in football after its defeat at the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea. Internal rivalries, conspiracies, overseas careers, friendship, romance, Europe's top five leagues, and international tournaments all intertwine. After years of effort, Longguo finally earns a place in world football. With its exciting story and fairly professional football knowledge, this novel is sure to win you over. Please stick with it to the end and —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 28 Transmigrating to Buy Cristiano Ronaldo 穿越之买下C罗 For no reason at all, I couldn't find anything to read. The entire bookstore had been wiped clean. What a bore. [Transmigration + System + Feel-Good Soccer] Guo Xiaoxing is a Cristiano Ronaldo fan. After transmigrating into the son of a wealthy family, he appoints himself head coach of Wolverhampton Wanderers and signs his idol before Saudi Arabia can get to him! When Cristiano Ronaldo and Manchester United part ways for good, the whole world waits to see where he'll go next: Real Madrid? Saudi 25Reads—Score—14d adds
- 29 The Road to Kinghood: Building a Fourth Dynasty of Dream Kings! 球王之路，缔造梦四王朝！ [Not the Chinese national team + Chinese heritage + System-driven + Genius + Barcelona!] [Entirely fictional. Please don't read if that bothers you!] The era of Barcelona's Dream Team III has come to an end. When will the next dynasty be built? That year, Barcelona fought their way through the Champions League, only to fall in the semifinals and become a laughingstock around the world. That year, Fang Yuan burst onto the scene, forming a new FLY attacking trio with Yamal and Raphinha. That year, 609Reads6.4Score10814d adds
- 30 Soccer Legend: The World’s Best Defender Rose from the Pickup Fields 绿茵传奇：野球场走出世一卫 Le Xin, a soccer fan, once dreamed of becoming a professional player. But reality was harsh, and the gulf between amateur and professional football left him with no hope of ever catching up. Just when he thought his fate was sealed, the mysterious "Brain" experiment he had taken part in during college unexpectedly activated when he was 33. The older man, having successfully activated his "cheat," was filled with hope again. Could he achieve his dream and go from playing pickup games to becoming 10Reads—Score—14d adds
- 31 I'm King of Football, and I'm Wilder Than Ibra 足坛我为王，我比伊布狂 (Early on, he thrashes South Korea and Japan at the Asian Cup; later, he takes on every star in Europe's top five leagues.) The programmers and Tiezi got arrested? At last, the day has dawned! At the 2024 Asian Cup, Chen Beixuan burst onto the scene. Son Heung-min, Kaoru Mitoma, all of you, move aside. Don't get in the way of me, Chen Beixuan, showing off! (This is a feel-good soccer novel. The characters and story are entirely fictional and have nothing to do with reality. Please don't read the 63Reads6.0Score—14d adds
- 32 You Have to Wash the Gauze Too? The Whole Crew Goes on a Rampage Like Mad Dogs 纱布都要洗？全员恶犬杀疯了 [No System + Sharp Tongue + Loves a Laugh + Locker-Room Tyrant + Alternate World] The rating has just opened. For every 0.1-point increase, I’ll add another chapter. Three chapters a day, guaranteed. Yun Fei takes his perfect tactical plan to interview at Real Madrid, only to be tossed out the front door like garbage by the bodyguards and mocked as a chihuahua. He turns around and takes over a hopeless club with no budget, one that can’t even afford to maintain its pitch! “Can’t afford midfield 171Reads8.0Score10814d adds
- 33 The Green Pitch Tycoon 绿茵豪门 No System! Soccer prodigy Li Tianxiang gives up university life and resolutely joins Liaoning FC's youth academy. From the reserve team to League One, he makes a stunning name for himself at the AFC U-19 Championship! This is the story of a young hero's growth! It's about more than competition: there's also the protagonist's sweet everyday life! 61Reads—Score—14d adds
- 34 The Young Guardsman and Ronaldinho: What Do You Get? 青年近卫军加小罗，等于什么？ In 2002, Leeds United was teetering on the brink of collapse. The world-famous Young Guns looked likely to disband. Zhou Chu stepped in to buy the club, kept its prized asset, Rio Ferdinand, and brought in Ronaldinho. What kind of waves would they make in European football next...? 45Reads—Score—14d adds
- 35 Football: I'm Manchester City's Godfather 足球：我在曼城当教父 [Football + Coaching + Multiple romances + Competition + Daily life + System appears later + Iron-fisted godfather + Genius young coach] Yin Jingyuan transmigrates from China in 2025 to Britain in 1999. His parents are a real force to be reckoned with. His father rose from nothing to become a financial tycoon, while his mother became a senior government official. From then on, Yin Jingyuan lives a life of wealth and luxury, and begins pursuing his dream from his previous life of becoming a footb 158Reads—Score—14d adds
- 36 Reborn: I Raised a Soccer Team 重生之我养了一只足球队 A brand-new work is here! I hope you'll come read it on Tomato Novel. I hope you enjoy it. Your support motivates me to write, and I'll do my best to tell every story well! 95Reads—Score—14d adds
- 37 Reborn, I Became Atletico Madrid's New King 重生后，我成了马竞新王 [Football] + [La Liga] + [World Cup] + [China’s national team] This story includes romance and everyday life, as well as many things that don’t match reality. If that bothers you, please don’t read it. A humiliating 0–7 defeat ignited a young man’s fighting spirit. Now he has returned to 2015 with a System. As Ronaldo and Messi dominate La Liga, a young player from Longguo tears open a rift in the entire European football scene from Atletico Madrid’s youth team. Across the world, football supers 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 38 Football: A Dream Return to Italy! 足球：梦回亚平宁！ “Inter Milan’s stars are fading, Fiorentina are flying high, and no one can hold on to the throne in Serie A. With so many contenders battling for supremacy, who will rule them all? 2006–2026, twenty years! Since that summer in Germany, twenty years have been a long, somewhat reluctant blue farewell for Italian football. Twenty years is enough for a boy to reach middle age, and for stars to complete a full cycle across the night sky. We once thought that was only the beginning of a golden ag 256Reads—Score—14d adds
- 39 The Last Fake No. 9: Starting in Serie B 最后一个伪九从意乙开始 [Chinese-Italian + System + Comeback + Passion + Football] Luca Rossi is an eighteen-year-old Chinese-Italian from Prato, Italy. He stands 1.75 meters tall and weighs 68 kilograms. The System rates him: Dribbling, 45; Stamina, 38. The coach of Serie B side Perugia says he is too skinny, can’t run, and isn’t cut out for professional football. People on the forums say he’s just another overhyped Chinese-Italian who’ll end up choosing Italy, so he has nothing to do with them. At 1.75 meters and 68 22Reads—Score—14d adds
- 40 A Small Club Called Kettering Town 一支叫做凯特林镇的小球队 What sparks will fly when a young man from China meets a small club that has never reached the next level? This is an ordinary story about football. 3Reads—Score—14d adds
- 41 Scottish Football! An Octopus Alien's Happy Game 苏超！章鱼星人的快乐足球 The Super League! An Octopus Alien’s Happy Football —Reads—Score—14d adds
- 42 Ragnarok: Ronaldo's Dream Comes True in North America 诸神黄昏：C罗的圆梦美加墨 The Twilight of the Gods: Cristiano Ronaldo's Dream Come True in the USA, Canada, and Mexico 1Reads—Score—14d adds
- 43 Trained by Van Gaal, I Send Argentina Home from the Start! 师从范加尔，开局送阿根廷回家！ [A utility striker early on, an all-around striker later, the Netherlands national team’s golden boy, no female lead, iconic moments galore, aiming to win every trophy, lighthearted] Dai Wei transmigrated to a parallel world and became a substitute player for the Netherlands. It was the quarterfinals of the Qatar World Cup, and the Netherlands were trailing Argentina by two goals! At this critical moment, Van Gaal decided to risk everything and sent his favorite player, Dai Wei, onto the pitch a 5Reads8.2Score—14d adds
- 44 Genius Marksman: From the Start, I Got the Sign-In System 天才射手：开局获得签到系统 In the summer of 2018, Wang Long was kicked out of his Chinese Super League club's youth team after getting into a fight with the owner's son. Just as he was about to give up on his football career, he unexpectedly acquired a genius striker sign-in System. Then, out of nowhere, he received an invitation to trial with Ajax, a powerhouse in the Eredivisie, and landed a professional contract. Wang Long began tearing up the Eredivisie and Champions League, bringing the era of Messi and Cristiano Ron 1Reads5.1Score—14d adds
- 45 Superstar Striker 超级球王 Speed like the wind, Ronaldinho's signature elastico, the perfect Beckham curve, the unpredictable knuckleball, Ronaldo's stepover, thunderous long-range strikes, Zidane's heavenly volley... The Belgian Pro League, Premier League, La Liga, Serie A, Bundesliga, Champions League, UEFA Cup, European Championship, and World Cup will all become Wu Yu's battlegrounds; See how he dominates the pitch and becomes a true superstar of football! 1Reads6.9Score—14d adds
- 46 The Green Pitch's Talent Scout: A Bankrupt Club from the Start 绿茵伯乐开局一个破产俱乐部 Given another chance at life, he'll do whatever it takes to succeed for the sake of his faith. Starting with an amateur club, he spots promising young talent, develops them patiently, and gradually conquers the world of football. This is a new author's first book, and everyone is welcome to offer advice. If you enjoy it, please follow the author. I'm a hardcore football fan and a passionate reader of in-depth coach stories. 15Reads—Score—14d adds
- 47 Reborn in Milan: Saving a Fallen Dynasty 重生在米兰：拯救落魄豪门 After a crushing defeat and a car accident, the soul of a Chinese financial prodigy transmigrated to Italy in 2008. Carrying memories of the future, Lin Chen was reborn as Lin Feng, a young, overlooked heir from a fallen family. Facing doubts from his family, a business crisis, and football's decline, he rose to prominence during the financial crisis with his foresight for investment, acquired AC Milan for 850 million euros, and began a legendary coaching career. From rebuilding the youth academ 43Reads—Score—14d adds
- 48 Football: The Prodigy, I Rule the Premier League 足球：天才小将，我在英超当上帝 After transmigrating to a parallel world, he becomes a rising football prodigy, only to be blacklisted for refusing to play by the unspoken rules. Furious, he boldly heads overseas. With the System at his command, he joins Crystal Palace, a Championship side fighting to avoid relegation. Cast aside by the Nou Camp as an “outcast,” he pulls on the Eagles’ number 10 shirt and unleashes cruise missiles that tear through the sky, shattering every doubter’s scorn. In the wilds of England, he’ll unlea 32.8kReads6.4Score3.6k14d adds
- 49 A Nightmare Start in England's League Two, Premier League Dominance in Five Years 英乙天崩开局，五年成为英超霸主 Tags: transmigrate, System, soccer, owner, management Liang Ziyan transmigrates into the world of Football Manager 26. From the start, he lands in a disastrous situation: Harrogate Town in League Two, the team predicted to finish dead last in Football Manager 2026! The club is also in the middle of a losing streak. Having transmigrated with a System, Liang Ziyan vows to lead the club to the Premier League within five years! 13Reads—Score—14d adds
- 50 At 17, I Made a Name for Myself with One Goal at Chelsea 17岁的我在切尔西一球成名 Sixteen-year-old Chen Zhiyi is widely hailed as a once-in-thirty-years talent at Meicheng Football School. But because his parents can’t afford to bribe anyone, he goes from starter to ball boy, not even good enough to be a substitute. Humiliated in front of everyone, he angrily quits school. Just as his dream of becoming a footballer is about to fall apart, a phone call from a Chelsea scout in China takes him to London. After activating the Football King System, he flourishes at the Cobham tra 1Reads—Score—14d adds
