Izan stared at his Instagram account with a puzzled face. "Is this my account" he thought. Izan looked on at the increase in followers on his account.
He had just 700 followers the day before. And most of them were people he knew from school,his academy days and a few other friends and families.
But now it had gone from 700 to 47,467 followers in just 24 hours and it would increase everyti he refreshed the page.
Izan quickly went to his twitter and checked his account.[ It was twitter at this point in ti for all those babies who don't know or don't rember]
Izan saw that the recently created account had 11000 followers. Izan knew just how hard it was to get followers on twitter and to get this much in less than a day was wonderful.[ it's really hard]
Izan quickly followed back a few of his teammates as they had followed him too.
Jose Gaya quickly sent him a congratulatory ssage. He had just seen the news of Izan signing the contract.
Izan thanked him and replied to a few ssages from Sosa,Olivia and so friends from the academy.
Izan after replying to their ssages quickly went to freshen and after bathing,Izan put on so comfortable clothes and went down for breakfast.
Izan chatted with his family and they had a conversation on what he was going to do now that he was going into his final year.
Izan decided that he would complete high school first before he would think about stuffs like that.
Soon it was noon and it was ti for Izan to head to the training complex. Izan after he got there was greeted by so of his teammates who had gotten there earlier.
The players were now comfortable with Izan and they had accepted him as a teammate and not just so brat who got to play the matches with so connections.
The players who didn't know Izan from his youth academy days didn't really know much about his capabilities but Izan had shown them what he was capable of in the matches he played in even at his young age.
The ones who knew from his academy days just took it as a reminder of how talented he was.
The training started after the players had arrived and Izan proved his prowess in the training match by scoring and assisting nurous tis after they were done with the fitness session.
After the training match,so of the players decided to take so rest. Izan on the other hand took a ball and set up so dummies to train his freekicks.
The players looked on as he shot the ball into the back of the net from 28 tres out. Izan's technique and power were impeccable and the players couldn't deny it.
Cillessen, a forr FC Barcelona goalkeeper who was now in Valencia saw Izan's freekick and offered to be in the goalpost for the freekicks.
Izan didn't refuse as any live person would be better practice for him than a dummy,not to ntion cillessen who was a great goalkeeper.
Coach Baraja and Coach Moreno looked on as cillesen got in-between the goalposts.
The players too looked on at the contest between Izan and Cillessen. Izan placed the ball on a comfortable spot and took a few steps back.
Izan with a graceful run-up sent the ball over the dummies. Cillessen stared on as the ball was coming at him. He took a few steps and tried to get a touch on the ball but the curl on the ball was greater than his determination.
The ball hod into the back of the net and all the surrounding players and staff couldn't help but admire the freekick.
Coach Baraja then and there wanted to put Izan in charge of setpieces but he knew it wouldn't be a great move so he just kept quiet.
Izan took a few attempts and Cillessen was able to save just one.
After the training session.Coach Baraja made the players gather around him. He relayed so pointers to them before telling them that they would be having their pre-season tournant in Japan.
This got so of the players excited as a few of the players were either fans of Ani,Manga or just wanted to see cute Japanese girls.
Izan who heard this was feeling ecstatic. This was because his mother and sister also had plans to go to Japan.
"Its been a while since I saw grandma and grandpa.This is nice" thought Izan.
The players quickly dispersed after the briefing. So went to wash down and left afterwards. Others just went straight ho. Izan after washing down waited for his mother to pick him up.
After Komi picked up Izan, he told her about the pre-season tour in Japan.
Komi was happy about it as she was saddened recently when she saw that Izan wouldn't be able to co to Japan because he was called for the pre-season tour.
After they got ho, Komi inford Hori about it and she too was happy. Izan quickly went up and washed up again as he always did.
He inford Olivia about the pre-season tour. Olivia kept wishing she could go with them but it wasn't to be as she was studying for her mid-term exam.
Izan chatted a bit more with her before he checked his Socials. His Instagram account although had no posts,now had over 80k followers.
Izan decided to post so of the pictures of the training match he had played in. He posted it and quickly left his account.
Izan scrolled through the transfer news and most of the news was still about the Mbappe to Real Madrid transfer saga. This was because if P.S.G don't accept the offer,Mbappe could leave on a free the following season provided he doesn't extend his contract.
Izan scrolled through so more before deciding to rest.
The next few days went on smoothly and quickly. Izan continued training and spending ti with his family. He was trying to et the expectations of the club and the fans. And Izan at least wanted to give them so assurance by performing great at the pre-season tour.
Komi who saw this was a bit sad and at the sa ti happy. She was just feeling conflicted. Her little boy had now grown into a young man. She approached Izan one morning when he was getting ready to go and train.
Komi told Izan that resting sotis too was okay. Izan just smiled at her mother's words before kissing her on the forehead.
"I'm okay Ma" he said before leaving. Komi just stared at the back of Izan as he got out of view.
"Look at our boy hernan" Komi muttered as Izan disappeared from her view.
The training kept going on and Izan could see the results of his training. Even without his using his stat points,Izan could feel changes in his ga.
Most of his teamates had recognised Izan as a kid with potential but few had actually accepted that he was one of the better players in the team.
This was because even though Izan had perford spectacularly well in the chances and matches he had been given,it had just been season end matches with nothing at stake or nothing to be gained for both teams.
Izan continued performing well and on the final day, Coach baraja announced the 28 man squad for the pre-season tournant and the 18 man matchday squad for the first match which included yours truly.
Izan felt happy that he was part of the matchday squad for the first match. Izan told Komi when she picked him up from training.
The buildup to the pre-season got exciting as a lot of transfers had been made in the past month.
Real Madrid had just concluded the signing of Jude Bellingham for an impressive 103 million euros.
A lot was going on in the transfermarket and a lot was still yet to be finalised. Izan who was reading the article surrounding the transfers saw a text ssage.
He looked and saw that it was from his Agent Miranda. Miranda had proved to be a good fit as an agent for Izan as both of them just clicked.
Izan read the ssage and smiled.
"Perform well at the pre-season and draw potential brand offers to yourself. Your socials are already growing exponentially so keep it up" it read.
Izan then opened Instagram and went to his account which had now been verified.
Izan Hernandez
Post Followers Following
18 1.4M 62
Izan looked at his Instagram account and felt a sense of accomplishnt. He quickly moved to twitter and it showed that he had 775k followers.
Izan quickly posted the preseason tour
Schedule on Instagram. The first match would be on the 26th of July 2023 which was 17 days from the current date.
Izan turned off his phone before resting a bit in the car. The countdown to the preseason began.
Every single day was full of the sa repetitive thing. Izan would wake up,then go on to complete the system's daily mission.
After that,Izan would freshen up before going down for breakfast. After that, Izan would just laze around the whole day.
He would learn a bit then talk with Olivia for so ti. The final day ca and Izan was on the team bus headed towards Madrid.
The team would be flying their from the Madrid-Barajas airport. Izan in the bus just played so gas. He was getting tired after a while so he decided to sleep.
Miranda had told Izan to make small video shots which could be posted on his Instagram and othe social dia handles.
Izan did just that. A few photos and videos on the bus and on the plane to the Haneda Airport.
The flight ti was 15 hours in total and the Valencia players were already filling tired. Izan decided to continue on getting the materials for his Socials.
Izan feeling ecstatic over returning to his mother's ho country couldn't sleep much. And as an Ani fan, it was just the dream.
Even though Komi was from Japan and lived there most of her life, her kids had only been to Japan once.
And that was at the urging of Komi's parents. Izan finally decided to sleep after the fatigue caught up to him.
Izan woke up just to see the plane landing in the haneda airport. The players got out of the plane and were greeted by a bit of a cold morning in Tokyo.
The mist from the players mouth whenever they talked made it clear. Izan looked around and nodded.
The last and only ti he was here was with his mother and sister when he and his sister were 10 and 8 respectively.
Izan breathed in the air before exhaling. The mist surrounding him was pushed away by his hot exhale.
The players followed suit as they were led out of the airport. As they players were getting out of the airport,they were surprised to see a considerable number of fans at the exit.
The players waved at these fans who imdiately got excited after they saw the players. Izan saw a young boy holding a Valencia shirt with a sharpie.
Izan looked on and smiled at the fan before heading over towards him.
[ こんにちは.サインが欲しいですか ]
Kon'nichiwa. Sain ga hoshīdesu ka
(Hello there. Do you want an autograph)
Izan asked the kid in Japanese. The kid was surprised by Izan's fluid Japanese and now that the kid looked at Izan,he could tell he was sowhat Asian.
{ それはあなたです.私はあなたを知っています.イザンさんですね.セビージャ戦で2ゴールを挙げましたね.あなたの名前は日本人のように聞こえますが,同時にその青い目はとても日本人に見えません.ああ,話しすぎてごめんなさい}
Sore wa anatadesu. Watashi wa anata o shitte imasu. Izan-sandesu ne. Sebīja-sen de 2 gōru o agemashita ne. Anata no namae wa nihonjin no yō ni kikoemasuga, dōjini sono aoi wa totemo nihonjin ni miemasen. Ā, hanashi sugite gon'nasai
(its you. I know you. You're Izan. You scored 2 goals against sevilla. Your na sounds japanese but at the sa ti you don't really look japanese with those blue eye. Ah ,I'm sorry for talking too much)
Izan just stared on at the kid with a smile. He then asked for the kid's na and signed his na on the jersey with his autograph beside it.
{ ここだけの話,私のサインをもらったのはあなたが初めてです.}
Kokodakenohanashi, watashi no sain o moratta no wa anata ga hajitedesu.
(Between you and , you are the first person to get my autograph.)
Izan said before walking off,leaving the kid to his own world
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