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Ali and his father took a bus and went to lens a soon as the training was over. There they booked a room in hotel near the training center of the Racing Club de Lens.

"hey kid cheer up you still have a lot of clubs to visit its not over."

"yeah I know, it's just that..." Ali was depressed. He was an offensive midfielder who needed his teammates to trust him and his passing abilities but in this kind of tryout the players plays for them self and this is detrimental to Ali. He started only 1 game on the 5 they played. He wasn't bad but still not good enough.

3 weeks later, Ali was in the living room with his parent and his 10 years old little brother, on the table were three papers. They were invitation from 3 clubs: Le Havre, Red Star and Paris FC.

"let's eliminate Red Star first they play in National. I prefer take my chance in Ligue 2."

"Both are fine to us, Le Havre is recognized for his youth system and we won't have to move if you choose Paris."

"let's choose Paris then I want to stay next to you, it's only 20 minutes away by car and an hour by bus"

"Alright let's go tomorrow then, you'll sign the contract and settle in the dormitory"

"Mr and miss Zine how are you? Ali I'm glad you chose us" this man is Mathieu L. The Manager of the youth team. "here this your contract. It is a standard youth player contract. You'll earn 6000 euros a year and you'll be living in the center dormitory along your future teammates. You'll train and play for u19 team and you will be at the disposal of the senior team for training and league appearance if you're good" smiled coach Mathieu. "the sooner you settle the better the season start in two weeks and we have a friendly game this week". "any questions?"

"yes coach, what about school" this was an important thing for the Zine family. Even though they knew that Ali will probably never go to college they still want him to graduate from high school.

"we will take care of that, we send all of our kid to the high school next to the center. They know how to handle the schedule of a football player. If you're serious you can only get good grades" "so when will you move in?"

"tomorrow we don't live far and he doesn't need much stuff" said Sarah.

"okay then your first training will after tomorrow you'll find the official schedule at the entrance of the dormitory"

"son are you ready for a new life?" asked Samy with a smile.

Ali was preparing his belongings, a computer, a few books, and a football. Except for training, Ali rarely goes out with his friends. Most of his time is spent on Football Manager or books. He is a big fan of a certain reading app. He plays his game while reading. Football Manager is a huge inspiration to him it allowed him to improve tactically and to understand more the fonctionning of a team and the role of each player on the field. That's what makes him so good on the field.