Next Step

The next morning was a Saturday the 9th of July 2011. Grandpa came at around 9:00 am. He was pretty excited about this talk. He heard him telling his mum some of the impressive u17 youth in the team such as Sterling, Chalobah, Pickford, Redmond. and the different teams ready to sign them, as soon as a saw him appear he gives me a big hug.

"You have gotten taller kiddo" he said

"No Grandpa only think so"he grinned

Granpa turns to face his mum "joy hasn't he gotten taller its not in my head right?"

Joy takes a second to look at him before slowly nodding"I think so I didn't notice yesterday maybe cause he was sitting most of the time".

"You should be about 6ft or close now "he said

"I don't know we will know after the mediacl" he replied

His Grandpa is John Shields he works at Newcastle Sport Paper he has been there for 25 years, so he asked him to be his part time agent for the foreseeable future and he was pretty excited about it so he came here this morning to fulfill his agent duties.

"So kiddo I offered you to some clubs the ones who showed a reply were Brentford , Barnet , Northampton I rejected the foreign ones since you said you wanted to stay in the country"

He starts to imagine himself playing for this teams grandpa mention honestly no disrespect to them but he just want to go and fine tune himself his going to make the big clubs such as Manchester United, Real Madrid, Barcelona come to him someday to fulfill his dream of being the best striker in the world, but let's take it one step at a time.

"Grandpa did any from the first division of some minor leagues contact you?"

"They did but they could not promise enough playing time they all feel like you are an untested kid"

"I won't want them after I get tested anyway" he shrugged

"Lets focus on Barnet and Northampton they are in League two they will offer more chances for me to play"

He turns to look at mum who has been quiet since they were discussing clubs

"What do you think mum?"

She takes some time before saying "whatever you decide I will support you"

That took him back to when he was 12 and told his mum he wanted to be a professional player like Ronaldo she just said the same thing it feels him up with a kind of strength whenever he hears her say that cause she is the strongest person he knows.

He turns to look at Grandpa

"Let me do some research on the two teams and see which one suits my playing style more"

Grandpa answers "don't worry kiddo all the information has been sent to your email by me, let me know as soon as you choose"

"Okay grandpa I should have an answer by Monday" He doesn't want to delay too long sooner he joins the team and train the better.