Mend (Care Duet, #2)

In short, the main character is a loser, I don't understand how he became a footballer with such a character. He can't stand up for himself, the first time was when they set the conditions that he would need to take an interview, I thought okay, maybe just once, but then when the owner of Manchester City offers a bet, he hesitates for too long. I just don't understand why, if he knows the result, he should have immediately agreed, or raised the bet, or refused altogether, and now because of one share he has to go to Manchester. And finally, how can he not have a plan on how to tell his family. He either should not have talked about buying the buildings at all or there should have been a convincing reason for the purchase. He came with a bag full of documents, without a plan, and then he had a few hours to at least find an excuse and a reason, but he doesn't know what to say, then he barely tells the whole truth, stuttering and starts thinking during the conversation, and then his mother takes all the money he has left. In short, he's an idiot. What kind of weed was the author smoking?