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Chapter 7: The Eagle's Eye

The fans didn't say much in the way of compliments, Arthur scored a lot of goals in the amateurs but may not have been able to play at a high level, he just had too much of a physical advantage.

The fight sent Arthur's confidence soaring, not only did he realize he was super fit, but the rookie mission was complete.

On the walk home, Arthur summoned his system to check out the reward.

In the quest section, the system gave a Chinese introduction. "The host completes the novice quest and randomly obtains the natural skill - Eagle's Eyes!"

Arthur went back into the personal attributes section to look at the talent skill and lit up a star with the same text, "The host obtains this talent, his eyesight improves dramatically like a Maasai, his field of vision becomes wider, and he is better able to spot teammates and openings on the field."

"So this is a natural skill, it's too strong." After receiving the reward, Arthur's eyesight immediately became much better and had already left the realm of ordinary people.

The Maasai are one of East Africa's still active and most famous nomadic people, with a population of nearly one million and a reported 6.0 eyesight per capita.

The world was different in Arthur's eyes, he could see things far away, and the license plate of a car 50 meters away was clearly visible.

Whether he plays as a striker running for the ball, as a midfielder organizing passes, or as a defender filling in, this ability should work. A player's vision is hard to improve through exercise, it's a gift, and many wear glasses when they go to school.

Arthur took a deep breath and envisioned a bright future, scoring goals like no other in the World Cup and European Championships.

"Peek, in front of these eyes of mine, all your defense will be meaningless."

"Hate me, O foolish Pepe! And then live ugly."

Arthur's smile gradually let loose at the thought.

But why call it Eagle's Eyes? There won't be wolf's ears, panther's speed, or bear's strength in the future, right? Doesn't matter, me getting stronger as soon as possible is the most important thing.

He had thought that he wouldn't be able to get the natural skill until he signed up, but it turned out that he had it after just playing a random game, a few months ahead of schedule. True to the easy game difficulty, he now believed that transitioning to playing as a striker was easy as pie.

If a player is open and good at running the ball, he may become a star even if he is physically average, like Inzaghi.

Inzaghi's technique is not outstanding, speed is not outstanding, body is not outstanding, all aspects of the natural conditions are mediocre, but among the ranks of the world's top-class strikers. He relies on the ghostly running like a ghost, the cunning of the offside line like a fox, as well as the sense of smell in front of the door and no var intervention.

Arthur's physical fitness blows away Inzaghi, he just needs to practice his running and grabbing skills, even if he doesn't know how to shoot from long range, he's fine. Inzaghi's entire career almost never scored a long-distance shot, seldom breakthrough, and the ability to fight for the top is also average. I'm not sure if I'm going to be able to do that.

Arthur also has a new task. "Kick ten games and make a full field appearance for a random rookie reward."

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It would take some time to get ten games together, Arthur was in no hurry, he had plenty of time.

He wasn't going to call Steve to help him get in touch with the match anymore and just follow the Arsenal fans.

Because he was part of the Arsenal u18's, people were very polite and happy to pass to him. It's hard to play with no one to pass to with his style of play, he can't create his own chances.

He played again on Tuesday afternoon for Arsenal Fans and Tottenham Hotspur Fans, scoring five solo goals and adding two assists.

With the gift of the eagle's eye, Arthur played more smoothly than he did last game. He scored two fewer goals, but experienced the benefits of having a wide field of vision, not only for his own runs, but also for quickly finding teammates who were in the open.

His passing and shooting fundamentals are poor and he wastes many chances. Especially shots on goal he hit off the post and couldn't press. If the shots were accurate, he could have potentially reached double digits in goals in his second game.

Before practicing his shooting, he should minimize the number of powerful shots and not shoot from a distance. Otherwise, he might be nicknamed the "Airplane King" or something like that in the future.

Two weeks had passed quickly since Arthur had traveled to 2002, and he was getting used to speaking English and mingling with his three family members.

Second uncle Aric King is a real person, very good to Arthur, give him a lot of pocket money and always ask whether enough to spend. After the old King's family immigrated to England, the family was especially united.

Uncle Sam, who went to the United States for development, is the only exception. If he wants to be an actor in Hollywood, he can't stay in the UK for a long time. Moreover, he is stubborn and will not listen to persuasion, and will not turn back, even if his image is not suitable for being an actor, he is not willing to give up.

Aric said Arthur's character is very similar to his third uncle, determined to do something will stick to the end. So he supports Arthur to be a professional player, and if it is not possible, then we will talk about it.

The 2001-02 Premier League season is over. Arsenal won the Premier League title, and Arthur celebrated with a get-together with his fellow fans who played soccer together.

Steve Hood, who is officially on holiday from training with the first team, also attended the get-together and brought a lot of autographs from the first team players to make gifts for the fans' association.

Next, Steve can accompany Arthur to practice and find teams to try out for.

Steve was thunderstruck to hear that Arthur was going to make the transition to forward after playing four wild-card games. What's even stranger is that there are a lot of fans who are optimistic that Arthur will make the transition to playing professionally as a forward.

Baden laughed: "Arthur was so fierce, I felt he was more physical than even Henry and scored so many headers."

Simon added: "Towards the end of the game, everyone couldn't run anymore and he was the only one who could still sprint back and forth and jump almost a meter high when he was fighting for the top. I think it's a waste of talent for him to be a goalkeeper, he's more suited to playing as a striker."

"Yeah, he's strong in every way, there's no one in the game who can resist him ......"

Arthur also thinks he's strong and has no problem being a striker, Steve thinks otherwise.

After the gathering broke up, Steve threw cold water on him. "Stop it big brother, you think things are too easy. If you're a goalkeeper you'll be able to play at least in the English B, and if you're lucky in the English A. I'm afraid if you go to a team as a striker, you won't even get a trial."

"But I have the ability to play forward, I'm just a little late in the transition, can't I just show them at tryouts?"

"Playing field goal is just playing, you can't score as many goals as you want. The amateurs are so low that they can't defend and run wild. Me and Bentley could get past people all the way from the back to the goal to score if we played as amateurs, Wenger wouldn't let us in the first team for that sort of thing."

Arthur wasn't convinced. "It's not like I'm joining the Arsenal first team, it's not that demanding, is it?"

"You're a celebrity who's been on the news, everyone knows you're a goalkeeper." Steve sighed, "You haven't practiced goalkeeping lately, it wouldn't do to try out for goalkeeper in this condition."

"I've decided I'm going to switch to playing striker and will keep playing. The mountains will not be the same before I'll be a goalkeeper again!" Arthur's nostrils flared slightly in excitement, his eyes were steely, and he reached out like Iron Man.

Steve hadn't heard this kind of direct English, but could see Arthur's determination. "But you can't even turn the ball over more than a few times, you're pathetically bad at the basics."

"I can practice."

Steve sweated, "You've been practicing for a long time, you can't practice."

"Just because I couldn't practice before doesn't mean I can't practice now." Arthur was unimpressed.

"You didn't even used to like to run upfield and just keep the goal. What kind of stimulus did you get? How did you suddenly go to the other extreme?" Steve knew him better than Uncle Arthur's family, it was so odd.

The former Arthur was neither offensive talent nor desire to attack, wasting his good body for nothing. Entering the training camp for many years, he never thought of changing to play other positions, when the goalkeeper are rarely out of the box, deadlocked in the penalty area.

Now he's turned into trying to hang out in the opposing team's box, which is where he likes to be anyway, no matter which side?

"I can really, I've only recently realized I have a talent for tackling. Maybe it's because I've been a goalkeeper for a long time, I've got a great view of the open spaces. As long as I run into the openings in time I can grab a successful point and head or poke a goal in with great efficiency." Arthur explained.

Steve laughed, "What's the point of me believing? You've got to get the head of the team to believe in you. How many people in this country would believe that a goalkeeper can transform into a good striker? And I don't think you even have a direction for the future, do you know how the coach will arrange tactics for the strikers?"

"I seem to know a little bit about this ......."

"So tell me what you want to move on to? You can't make a successful transition if you don't even know what a striker is."