Shooting Trajectory is Visible - Chapter 42



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A Bundesliga club has contacted Kim Min-woo!

Suwon Shenyang Bluewings were literally shocked when they heard the news from an informed source.

I was excited about signing a contract soon, but out of the blue, it’s the Bundesliga? A transfer abroad!

“Are you sure about that?”

When Yoon Tae-yoon asked with a trembling voice, Im So-yeon nodded.

“I heard it from Shin-ah.”

“under!”

Who knew that building rapport would help in times like these!

Although Yoon Tae-yoon couldn’t do it himself, Im So-yeon, who is also a woman, took advantage of the strong intimacy that women have and asked for some very important news, even though it was a rumor.

“What are you going to do now? Dad, you’re going to be very disappointed if you can’t recruit him even though you borrowed your chance…”

“We should meet right now! Bundesliga? You said Hannover, right? Is the second division, not the first division, considered the Bundesliga? The K-League is at a higher level than that!”

Lim So-yeon looked at Yoon Tae-yoon calmly. Yoon Tae-yoon felt embarrassed for a moment at that gaze. Even in his own opinion, he didn’t think that the K-League was any higher level than the Bundesliga 2nd division.

But that wasn’t the point.

By any means, using any method, whether it be coaxing, cajoling, or threatening, we must absolutely prevent Kim Min-woo from moving overseas.

If you want to move abroad, you have to go through Suwon and Seonyang. Absolutely!

On that road, Yoon Tae-yoon took Im So-yeon to meet Kim Min-woo and his family. Fortunately, they were not turned away.

Yoon Tae-yoon kept a calm expression and started talking nonsense before getting to the main point.

“So, Minwoo? I think it’s time to make a decision. The contract is ready. I have your performance in the King of Kings tournament, so if you want, I can write up a better offer. What do you think, Soyeon?”

Yoon Tae-yoon and Im So-yeon kept talking about the contract. But their mouths were completely dry. This was because Kim Min-woo’s expression looked extremely indifferent.

“Actually, I got an offer from Hannover in the Bundesliga.”

Yoon Tae-yoon pretended to be calm and controlled his expression. However, when he heard it from the player himself, he felt like he was getting more and more anxious.

And there.

“So, I’m sorry, but I’m still negotiating, but my heart is actually in that direction. At my age, it’s not easy to go to the Bundesliga, even if it’s a second division team. And they said they’d teach me the basics that I lack…”

“Suwon’s proposal seems to be quite inadequate. What conditions do you want? Just tell me. I will write it down right away.”

“Even if they give me the best treatment as a rookie, not just the best treatment as a semi-pro, I still want to go to Germany, scout.”

This is a do-or-die situation.

If persuasion doesn’t work, you have no choice but to resort to intimidation.

“Goalkeeper is a position where language issues are really important. If there is no communication, it is very fatal for a goalkeeper. Kim Min-woo, when you go to Germany, you will have to learn German. Is that okay? German is a very difficult language.”

“It’s okay because my mom speaks German like a native speaker. Right, Mom?”

Yoon Tae-yoon clenched his teeth. His fists clenched.

They say that if an unlucky person falls backwards, his nose will break, and it really is true.

Of all parents, they happen to speak German well. Damn it.

“Did they offer you a pro contract? From that team?”

“yes.”

“Are you going straight to the first team?”

“yes.”

This is fucked up.

“Player Kim Min-woo. Please listen carefully. I’m just saying this out of concern···.”

Yoon Tae-yoon spoke with concern.

Thoroughly from Suwon Seonyang’s perspective.

Of course, I adjusted it well so that it wouldn’t be heard that way by the listener.

Most of the things Yoon Tae-yoon listed were about the adverse conditions of the local situation.

Language, racism, loneliness, competition for starting spots, and the warning that you might not play for several years because your scout emphasizes fundamentals.

He told me a very scary thing, especially when I was young, that if I don’t have any practical experience, I will be eliminated.

Haven’t we already seen this case firsthand? Of the promising Korean players who were once part of Barcelona’s trio, one has retired and two are playing in the K-League.

It was a miserable result for the most promising prospects in Korea. It was all because they did not have any real-world experience at the most important time.

“I can handle it all.”

But the expected answer did not come. Yoon Tae-yoon grimaced without realizing it.

If that’s the case, then you have to keep pushing until you get the answer you want.

“Player Kim Min-woo. This problem is not something that can be viewed that simply. It means that Player Kim Min-woo’s football career could completely ‘fall into the abyss.’ Don’t you know that there is a 5-year rule in the K-League?”

“The 5-year rule?”

“Yes! Only for players who go overseas without going through the K-League! If that player returns to the K-League within 5 years! He can’t receive a signing bonus and his annual salary is capped at 3600! In other words, if he goes directly overseas with a very low probability of success! Of course, if he does well there, he’ll be lucky, but if he fails and returns to Korea, he’ll be in a huge bind, Kim Min-woo.”

Kim Min-woo’s family was quiet. Yoon Tae-yoon pushed further.

“Of course I want you to succeed, too! But realistically, it is extremely rare for someone to go overseas and succeed! You can sufficiently hone your fundamentals in the domestic K-League! Player Kim Min-woo. Now is the time to give up your greed. Even a shining treasure can end up in a furnace if it meets the wrong owner. Please think carefully about this and make a final decision.”

Kim Min-woo looks at Yoon Tae-yoon with a serious expression. Yoon Tae-yoon also looks at Kim Min-woo with glaring eyes.

If we fail to recruit Kim Min-woo here, it will be a real embarrassment. We may have to bury our bones here. Just thinking about it makes my spine tingle.

“Yes. I’ll think it over carefully. I’ll discuss it with my family, so would you mind going back?”

“Yes, I understand.”

Yoon Tae-yoon sighed in relief and left the house with Im So-yeon.

“···Will it be okay?”

Lim So-yeon said as if she was worried. Honestly, I don’t know.

“I have to believe that things will turn out okay.”

Yoon Tae-yoon took a deep breath and dragged Im So-yeon back to the company.

***

“Let’s sign a contract with Hanover.”

That’s what I said as soon as the Suwon Shenyang scouts left.

Kim Shin-ah laughed and said.

“No, you said you were thinking about it carefully?”

“I did it.”

“The deliberation was over in less than two minutes?”

“Two minutes is enough.”

“You really want to go, huh? Then what? Does that mean our family will be divided now?”

Shin-ah looked at her mother. In the last negotiation, I had raised my annual salary from 70 million to 130 million with the Heart of the Beast.

Looking back, it was a miraculous negotiation method.

How was that possible? I thought it was a good idea to raise it to 100 million, but they added 6000 to 7000.

Does that mean Hannover recognizes my potential? Or maybe the scout called the initial negotiation fee the lowest possible.

But when the negotiations were almost finished, Mom declared.

He said he couldn’t just send me to Germany. He said he would come with me too.

The club told Dieter Kramer that it was an expected category and that it would prepare the relevant documents, and that was the end of the day for now.

“Well, but Mom needs some time to catch up. I can’t go right away. It takes some time to apply for a teacher’s leave.”

My mother is a middle school teacher.

And you can apply for leave of absence based on the Education Civil Servants Act, but in this case, I don’t know which article to apply for leave of absence under.

Well, since my mom is such a smart person, she’ll probably come up with some sort of reason for applying for leave of absence.

“It’s okay, Mom. While you’re here, Hanover will take care of you. Or you can write that into a special contract. In Europe, even the smallest things have to be written into the contract.”

Mom nodded. Then she looked worried.

“Do you really have to go to Germany?”

It was an unspoken message that if we were going to do it, we should do it safely in Korea, but I tried hard to ignore it.

“There’s a saying that goes, ‘Get your first button on the right foot.’ That scout’s words were not wrong. To be honest, from their perspective, I learned soccer in a dark way.”

The gap between Korean and German football is so big that it’s hard to put into words. Yoo Jin-ho probably feels the same way, too.

The reason Eugene Ho had a negative view of Hannover’s offer was because it was a youth contract.

Anyway, I made up my mind.

Dieter Kramer said that the summer transfer market is running out and that he would like to see him again as soon as possible.

I looked straight at my mom and dad and said.

“Once I receive the contract, I should have a lawyer check it first, right?”

Eventually, my family accepted my opinion.

Overseas transfer, you have given permission.

Because there are no parents who win over their children.

*

These past few days, every day has passed really quickly.

Moving abroad required more paperwork than expected and required several procedures.

The terms of the contract were fully agreed upon by both parties, but the transfer window in between was too short.

We had to move really fast and get everything done at lightning speed.

And the last remaining procedure.

“Can you go alone?”

Incheon International Airport. I leave for Germany alone for a medical test.

If I hadn’t hurriedly made a passport after the first contact with Hanover, the transfer might have been canceled altogether.

I hugged my family one by one in front of the airport.

“These days, translation tools are great, so it’s okay. Well, I looked it up on the Internet and it says that if you just use Google Maps, you won’t get lost.”

“still···.”

My mother was anxious, as if she had left her child at the water’s edge. To be honest, I was also very nervous because it was my first time going abroad, and by myself at that.

But how worried would your parents be if you showed them even a little bit of a lack of courage in front of them who are so worried?

Uncharacteristically for me, I acted super positive and patted my parents on the back telling them not to worry.

And Kim Shin-ah.

“Go well. I don’t think I’ll miss you much.”

My little sister is still a squeamish person. But now I know. She’s squeaking because she feels embarrassed.

I smiled and ruffled Kim Shin-ah’s hair.

“Ah! Hey! I touched your head because you were coming out!”

“Touch it again then.”

“What the hell is this kid….”

“And don’t act like I’m leaving forever. I’ll be back in Korea after my medical test. I’ll have a lot to sort out once I get back.”

Fortunately, the airline ticket was issued by Hanover.

No one knows that I am leaving for Germany for a while. I have even warned my family to be careful.

When the Suwon scouts made a hasty appointment, it was obvious from their reaction that they had come into contact with Hanover, and Kim Shin-ah later admitted that she had said so.

“Don’t spy this time?”

“Yes, yes. Go quickly. You’ll miss your flight.”

“What do you mean you missed it?”

I chuckled and said my final goodbyes to my family. Well, I guess I’ll be back in a few days.

*

Since there was no direct flight from Incheon to Hanover, I went via Paris, France and then arrived in Hanover.

France was actually a transit country, and there were no problems as it was only at the airport.

The problem arose immediately after arriving at Hanover Airport.

Immigration officer at Hanover Airport.

Even though I was already struggling with conversation, learning English with a German accent was a real challenge.

The immigration officer seemed surprised that a minor was here alone and asked me a lot of questions. Using Konglish and gestures, I told him that I was in Hanover, Germany, to sign a soccer contract.

The examiner must have found the reason itself strange, because he later wished me luck and let me pass.

And then we arrived in Hanover.

“wow.”

I came here with high expectations, but it seems like all places where people live are similar.

In particular, it was very hot and humid because it was the end of August.

They said Europe was a bit cooler, but I guess that’s all a thing of the past. It was crazy hot.

‘So that’s why Europeans sing about climate change and climate change.’

It felt different from the heat in Korea. It felt like the sunlight was shining down a little more directly?

“Are you kim?”

As I was just getting out of the airport and looking around, someone approached me. It was a Western woman. She was very tall, as expected from a German. Is she from the club?

“Yes, yes. I’m Kim.”

“Oh, nice to meet you. I’m from the club.”

“Huh? Do you speak Korean?”

“yes!”

Oh. That’s good. You’re escorting me.

Although the Korean felt a little awkward, I had no problem understanding it.

The woman, who introduced herself as ‘Sophie’, gestured for me to follow her. A car was parked, and a white man with gray hair greeted me in the driver’s seat.

Sophie kindly gave us an update on what was to come.

“First of all, I’m going to go for a medical test.”

Sophie’s pronunciation only becomes accurate when she’s having a ‘medical test.’ I nodded. The car roared as it left the airport.

There won’t be any problem, right?

If the trajectory is visible, it would be a big problem if there is actually a medical problem.

End

ⓒ Doctor Am

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