It was Tuesday morning. The Premier League final day was on Sunday. They had five days to prepare for the biggest game of their lives against Everton.
But today Michael had a different mission.
Kenji Sato the billionaire investor burst into the office. He was wearing a neon yellow suit and holding a tablet.
"Michael!" Kenji shouted. "Stop looking at the silver cup. It is old news. We look to the future today!"
Arthur Milton was sitting on the sofa nursing a headache from the Wembley party.
"Can we look at the future quietly?" Arthur whispered. "My head feels like Diego Nunez is drumming inside it."
"No time for quiet!" Kenji said. "Come. I spent ten million pounds on the academy. You need to see where the money went."
THE FUTURE FACTORY
They walked to the far side of the training complex.
Usually this area was just muddy fields where the teenagers played. But now it looked like a scene from a science fiction movie.
