The Story Of A Young Striker

Chapter 6: Heartbreak

I am so confused. When I went to look at whether I was playing on the team or not today, I was surprised to find myself not even included in the substitutes list and that I was in the reserves. I was very confused as to why I was not included in the matchday squad and so I stormed into Coach John's office and demanded a reason as to why I was not playing in the match.

Consequently, what Coach John said shocked me so much that I couldn't even run properly during training. He said that the club's directors were just not convinced that I had the standard required to play in the Under-15 Super League. He said that I would be training with the team to hone my skills further and would play in the Under-15 Super League when I was 13. I just didn't say anything and went home immediately. When I came home, my dad was very confused and asked me why I came home so early and whether everything was alright. I told him what happened but when I was in the middle of explaining, I just burst into tears and my father hugged me and comforted me by telling that all of this was for my training and that I should take it in my stride and also told me to make my will stronger so as to not break so easily. 

However, when I went to the training ground the next day and went to start training, I was told that my name was not in the assistant coach's list and he told me to ask Coach John. When I went to Coach John, I was again given some heartbreaking news. It was the news that my contract with Orion FC was terminated and that I was released and was a free agent.

When I went home after hearing that, my father also got a letter about this decision and told me not to worry as he was sure that many clubs would want me to be in their youth academies. 

Surely, we got two offers by the next month. The first offer was from Sa Ming United and the second from Lokomotiv FC. Both of these offers involved me going to China and Russia respectively, which would have meant staying away from my family for a long time. 

I was tempted to decline the offers but my family then said that they would be okay to move to whichever country I chose to go to. 

So, that was how I found myself on a plane heading to Russia, Yekaterinburg specifically.