Part 40: A trip of my own

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April 25th 2020 third person PoV
67'
"You're finally here, you ready?" Poch said
"...."
"I'll take that as a yes."
The subs board then came up, the number 23 came up in red and 94 in green, not many of the players on the pitch noticed.

68'
The ball was going to David Luiz after a misplaced pass, the ball was coming down and everyone thought he was going to head it, but instead....

Everyone in the stadium was dumbfounded, not only didn't they realise that (Y/n) (L/n) was on the pitch, they also didn't realise that he could do that

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Everyone in the stadium was dumbfounded, not only didn't they realise that (Y/n) (L/n) was on the pitch, they also didn't realise that he could do that.

Joseph looked in awe as he saw his friend back on the pitch again, he couldn't believe it. Without word or warning (Y/n) was back and playing against Arsenal.

February 1st 2020 1:06am (Y/n) PoV
Not long after it went passed 12am, I was still kneeling on the ground looking down, it had started to rain but I couldn't have cared less. Poch sent me a message saying sorry that he didn't tell me about the offer earlier, but I wouldn't blame it on him, because I can only blame myself.
I wanted to be close to Ryujin so I didn't leave England, but now that Itzy have left for two months it defeated the purpose of me staying.

It was around 1am and I still hadn't moved, the rain had soaked my clothes and I was cold. I then felt the rain above me stop, but not the rain around me, I then look up and there was an umbrella. I turned around and saw Jihyo.
"진짜? 바보." She said
"What are you doing here?" I asked
"Joseph called me, he told me that he was told you'd be here."
"Of course he knew." I laughed slightly
I stood up and brushed some dirt off my jeans, I then took the umbrella from Jihyo and held it so we both could be under it
"Thanks." I said
"No problem."
"And Jihyo."
"Yeah?"
"Happy Birthday."

7:39am
I stayed with Twice and their manager for the rest of the night, before leaving I thanked them and gave Jihyo some money
"What's this for?" She asked
"I didn't know what you like, so instead of buying you something you might not like, I'm giving you money for your birthday."
"You didn't have to." She said
"I wanted to, have a good birthday."
"Thanks, But you say that as if you're going to leave and go somewhere far from here." She caught on
"I'm planning to, I need to do something so I won't be back for a while."
"Alright, I trust you. Just make sure to come back soon."
"I will, don't worry."

9:21am Tottenham Hotspur Training Ground
"I'm not sure, you say around two or three months. Just because you're not playing, it doesn't mean you don't come to training." Poch said
"Please, I'll still be training. Just not here."
"I'm not sure, I don't think you should-"
"Please, if you trust me, let me go."
"Fine, But I need to be informed weekly at the very least." He sighed
"Thank you, and I will."

London City Airport 12:49
"Are you sure about this?" Alice asked
"Yeah, tell Joseph to not worry, he'll understand." I said
"Alright, good luck."
"Thanks, and Alice."
"What is it?"
"Thank you for coming to their airport with me, it honestly means a lot."
"No problem, just make sure not to get into any trouble." She told me
"I won't, I promise."
"The 13:00 flight to Milan is now boarding."
I then waved Alice goodbye and headed to the gate

Milan 16:50 local time
I finally got out of the airport and was on my way to the hotel, I then get a call from Joseph. I answered the call and put the phone to my ear
"Something tells me that we won't see each other for some time." He said
"Yeah, sorry I didn't tell you before I left."
"Nah it's fine, I knew you were gonna do something, I just didn't know it would be this."
"What do you mean by that?" I asked
"Well, every time you have a problem, you find a way to solve it."
"Really? Like when?"
"Well the easiest example would be the time you played against Liverpool the first time, I watched a video of Van Dijk blocking your passes to your teammates and you overcame it in the second half and passed to yourself."
"Oh, I guess you're right."
"Of course I'm right, anyway when should I be expecting you back?"
"April maybe, I'm going to come back better than ever."
"Good luck, kid."
"I'm not a kid." I say
"Whatever, I need to go, see ya." He laughed
"Bye."

A few days later
"This should be it." I said, looking up from my phone.
I was standing in front of a huge house with big gates, I then pressed the call button beside the gate.
"Who's there?" A voice said
"I'm (Y/n) (L/n), I play for-"
"Tottenham Hotspur, ok come in."
The gate was then unlocked and I went in, I then go up to the front door of the house and knock.
"He's out back, just go down that way." The gardener said
"Ok thank you."

I then go to the back of the house and there was a small football pitch and a swimming pool.
"Well if it isn't (Y/n) (L/n)." He said
"Thanks for letting me in, Zlatan."
"No problem, so why do you want to speak to Zlatan, there must be something important you need." He said
(Zlatan speaks about himself in third person, it's kinda weird)
"The truth is that I need advice, I'm not going to play football for probably the rest of the season, I was minutes away from going on loan but I was too late. So I want to make myself better so that Pochettino thinks I'm good enough to play in the first team."
"Hmm, losing out to Harry Kane after you have been very good this season, Zlatan can't help with your overall performance on the pitch but Zlatan could tell you how he became better."
"Really? That'd be great."
"Ok listen up, before Zlatan was a footballer at Ajax, he worked on getting better physically because good footballers are those who can hold off people trying to take the ball from them, just like Zlatan. You need to push your body to it's limits."
"So I need to get better physically? How exactly do you think I should do it?"
"Zlatan know's a guy, Zlatan has his number and can give him a call. But you'd have to go to him."
"Sure, where can I find him?" I asked
"Tokyo, Japan."
"Tokyo? Ok, I just need to go somewhere else before I go there though."
"That's fine, Zlatan will tell him to wait for you."
"Thanks."
"So where are you going next?" He asked
"Qatar."

A/n: Happy Jihyo day, so after the deadline day in real life I will update the transfers
-Out
•Danny Rose (loan) to Newcastle
•a bunch of Youth players (loan) to various teams

Remember to stream Wake Up Call by KSI and Trippie Redd. It's really good. Unfortunately Gib lost to Jake and I'm very sad, but on the bright side KSI will beat up Jake soon.
Everglow will have their comeback in a few days and BTS will give us Ego. I can't wait!
Thanks for reading!

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