champion godfather

Chapter 1011 Do you really want to retire?

Mitchell and Bell didn't expect to see the boss in Mother Wood's ward at all. They were so excited that they surrounded Dun En to greet him, so much so that they forgot what they were going to do here.

It was Tang En who took the initiative to introduce the current situation of Qi Wood's mother to them, and the two realized that they had lost their composure.Fortunately, Wood is not the kind of narrow-minded person, and he didn't take their behavior to heart.

Mitchell and Bell came to the hospital to visit Wood and his mother in their private capacity and as friends of George Wood.Wood didn't talk to them about his decision to retire, but they asked about it themselves.

"George, I heard rumors outside that you are going to retire. Is this true?" Bell stared into Wood's eyes and asked.

Hearing Bell's question, Tang En and Wu Kesi looked at each other.

Bell didn't notice the small movements between Tang En and Wu Kesi, he and Mitchell were looking at Wood, hoping to get his answer.

Tang En suddenly felt a headache. With Wood's temper, he would not lie. If he told the truth, how would Bell and Mitchell react?Will you turn your back on the spot?What should I do then?One Wood is enough for him to have a headache, and then Bell and Mitchell... This muddy water is really not easy to navigate.

Based on Tang En's understanding of Wood, Wood should nod with a straight face next.But Wood shook his head: "How is it possible? I never said that."

This surprised Tang En, he quickly glanced at Wu Kes, and found that Wu Kes was also looking at him with doubtful eyes.Had Wood really changed his mind because of his mother's awakening?Decided not to retire?

If that's the case, that's fine.

Tang En heaved a sigh of relief psychologically.

Hearing what Wood said, Bell's face immediately showed joy, and he turned to Mitchell and said, "Look, I'm right! It's just a rumor! The rumor is not credible!"

Mitchell also heaved a sigh of relief, and then he felt embarrassed that he had doubted the captain, scratched his head and said, "That's good, I really don't know what we will do if you retire..."

Tang En said suddenly from the side: "Idiot, George is older than you, he will retire one day, and you will definitely continue to play football at that time."

Unexpectedly, Mitchell shook his head and said: "I am 28 years old this year, and George is 32 years old this year. He can at least play until he is 40 years old. By then, I will be 36 and retire long ago."

Unexpectedly, he came up with this idea, Tang En was dumbfounded.Everyone says that Wood can play until the age of 40, does he really believe it?
Wood did not explain, he pulled Bell and Mitchell to ask about the situation of the team in the past two days, naturally there was no good news, Bell told him that the current Forest team was in a state of panic, and everyone didn't know after losing their backbone. Overwhelmed.

Mitchell asked Wood if he could participate in the away game against Liverpool the day after tomorrow.

Wood hesitated for a while. During this period of time, he was really not in the mood to play football. Even if he barely played, his condition was gone.At this point, he told the truth, saying that he could not go to Anfield.

Although Mitchell had some regrets, he didn't force it.His mother was seriously ill and comatose and hospitalized, and it was too inhuman to force him to participate in the competition, so he just asked casually.

They didn't chat for too long. George Wood wanted to rest, so Wu Kesi sent the two of them out of the ward again.When they left the hospital, they naturally caused a commotion among the reporters, but with the help of many policemen, they left smoothly without any harassment.

As soon as they left, Tang En couldn't wait to ask the question in his heart: "Have you decided not to retire, George?"

Wood shook his head: "I lied to them."

Tang En did not continue to question, nor did he intend to persuade him to withdraw this decision.After knowing what Wood really planned in his heart, he didn't say a word.Just nodded slightly.This kid is really stubborn, how can he change his mind so easily?It seemed that he was in a bad mood during this time, so it was better not to mention this matter.

Wood went to rest by himself, and Dunn sat in the reception room for a while. After Wu Kes came back, he greeted Wu Kes and left.After all, Wood could live in the ward, but he couldn't.He has to go home to rest, and think about how to persuade Wood.

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At 10:30 in the morning, the bar was not yet the legal opening time, and a "Close" sign was hung outside the gate to remind customers who wanted to come in: The store is not open yet.

Kenny Burns was sitting behind the bar, wiping wine glasses, when the door squeaked, and someone came in.

"Sorry, it's not yet opening time, please..." He raised his head while speaking, and found the figure of the person standing at the door familiar.Because of the backlight, he couldn't see the appearance of the person coming, so he could only guess from his figure.

John?too skinny.Bill?Fat again...

So who is it?

The black shadow spoke, but the voice surprised Burns.

"For more than ten years, I have been puzzled by a question-Kenny, are those cups in your hand endless and endless? Let me think about it, except for the first time I met you, you almost Sit there and wipe your glasses."

"Ha, Tony!" Burns put down the cup in his hand, and came out from behind the bar. Before reaching Tang En, he had already opened his arms to welcome him. "How did you come back?"

Tang En also opened his arms and gave Burns a warm hug.

"I got a call from George's agent and I came back."

Burns was silent for a while. The news that Wood's mother was in critical condition and hospitalized was not news for a long time, and they all knew about it.The relationship between Tang En and Wood is so good, it's not surprising that he came back this time.

Tang En sat in front of the bar with a glass of water in front of him, while Burns sat behind the bar and continued to wipe his glass.

Because the business has not officially started, there are not many lights in the bar, only a few wall lamps on the wine cabinet are turned on at the bar.The roller blind outside the window was half-closed, and the light came in obliquely from there, bringing some light to the dark room. The dust in the room rolled under the light, like the water vapor used for special effects on the stage.

Such an environment is really suitable for talking about some intimate topics.

After the two chatted for a while, the topic was brought to Wood. "There are rumors outside recently that George is going to retire?" As a fan of the Forest team, Burns is very concerned about Wood.

Tang En nodded: "This is not a rumor."

Burns didn't show any surprise, he just looked at Tang En, and then continued to wipe his cup. "Because of his mother's illness?"

"Ah."

"You came back because of this?"

Tang En hummed again.

"Meet Wood?"

"I saw it, but I didn't mention it... I don't know how to speak."

Burns nodded upon hearing the words: "George has been emotionally unstable lately. Let him calm down in a short time and you should be able to persuade him again..."

Unexpectedly, Dunn shook his head and interrupted him: "No, Kenny. There is not enough time. Wooks told Wood that if he wants to retire, he must discuss with the club. In order to hold him back, Wooks said that he would Let's discuss this issue after Sophia wakes up. Yesterday afternoon, Sophia woke up, and this matter can't be dragged on..."

Burns was relieved when he heard that Wood's mother woke up: "Since his mother is awake, things will be easy? Wood only listens to you and his mother. You can ask his mother to persuade Wood."

Tang En shook his head again: "Sophia is very weak now, and her spirit is not good. I don't want to tell her such a shocking news, in case it irritates her again..."

Tang En didn't say what happened next, but Burns also understood what was going on.Now he's gone too.He knew how difficult it was to persuade Wood to change his mind.

But it's not an option to stay here all the time. After drinking a glass of water, Tang En bid farewell to Burns and went to the hospital.

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Wearing sunglasses and a peaked cap, Tang En bought a newspaper at the newsstand outside the hospital. He hadn't planned to buy it at first, and he didn't bother to read the newspaper now, but when he walked past the newsstand, he accidentally Glancing at the colorful newspapers placed above, the headline on one of them immediately caught his attention.

"George Wood retired!"

After the title was marked in bold and black, it could be said to be "shocking", so he couldn't help but pay attention.Previously, the media used "question marks", but today they replaced it with "exclamation marks". Looking at what Bell said yesterday and Burns today, it seems that the rumors are about to become true...

He walked over to put down the money, took the last newspaper, rolled it up in his hand, and left in a hurry.

Under such circumstances, it would be feasible to persuade Wood to change his mind as soon as possible and come out to refute the rumors. Otherwise, if the morale of the army is unstable, Nottingham Forest's performance will hit a new low.

It would be a lie to say that Tang En didn't care about the current results of the Forest team. Otherwise, he wouldn't be far away in the United States thinking about surfing the Internet to care about the recent results of the Forest team.After all, he has worked in this team for 11 years, and there are still a few players he brought out at the beginning. How could he not have any feelings?Now watching the red whirlwind, who was so powerful in the past, degenerate to this point, really makes his heart ache.

The great rivers and mountains that I single-handedly laid down at the beginning have been defeated now, and there is nothing left.

Entering the hospital through a special passage, avoiding those annoying reporters, Tang En dodged into the ward.He found that Miss Vivienne Miller was waiting in the reception room outside, while Wood was talking to her mother in the ward.

Seeing Tang En coming in, Vivian greeted him politely. "Mr. Dunn, good morning."

"Good morning, Miss Miller." Dunn sat down on the sofa and began to read the newspaper in his hand.

Vivian noticed the headline of the newspaper in Tang En's hand, it was so eye-catching, it was hard not to notice it.The media really tried their best to hype up this gimmick.

"Mr. Dunn..."

Tang En, who was reading a newspaper, heard someone calling him, put down the newspaper and looked up. "What's the matter, Miss Miller?"

"Ah..." Vivienne who spoke rashly felt that she was being reckless at this time, but it was impossible for her to say, "It's nothing, I'll just yell."I had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask the question in my heart: "Is Mr. Wood really going to retire?"

Tang En didn't answer this question right away, but tilted his head and looked at the young nurse for a while.Blonde hair, blue eyes, good looks, but some freckles on the face, but the skin of Western women is not very good, this freckle is really not a blemish.She really cares about Wood...

After sizing up, Tang En shook his head: "No."

"The newspaper..." Vivienne pointed to the newspaper on the side.

"It's all rumors."

The two were chatting, when Billy Wooks pushed the door in, the two looked at each other.Vivienne was very obedient, knowing that these two people must have something to say, she stopped chatting with Tang En, but found an excuse to leave the ward.

After Vivienne left, facing Tang En's questioning gaze, Wu Kesi said: "The club also knows that Wood can't be retired. They used the excuse to watch the match against Liverpool, and all the club executives ran away."

Hearing this, Tang En couldn't help but laugh.It seems that Evan is not confused on this point, knowing that now Wood is his last straw, and if Wood retires, he will be finished.So simply drag on and not meet.

"It's up to you, Mr. Tang En." Wu Kesi looked at Tang En and said.

A bitter look suddenly appeared on Tang En's face: "It's much more difficult to persuade him not to retire than to persuade him to rest."

"The reason is the same, use his mother to suppress him." Wu Kesi said.

Tang En glanced at the ward behind the glass window, the relationship between mother and child was really good.

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Sophia suddenly remembered something. Yesterday she felt that something was wrong, but she just woke up at that time, her mind was still relatively chaotic, and she didn't think about it for a while.After chatting with Wood for a long time now, I finally remembered that matter.

"By the way, George. What day is it?"

Wood didn't know why his mother suddenly asked about the date, and replied honestly: "Saturday."

Sophia looked away from Wood's face, stared at the ceiling for a while and said silently: "I remembered, aren't you going to play Liverpool this Sunday?"

When Wood saw his mother mentioning this matter, he immediately screamed inwardly.

"Uh...the club gave me a holiday, Mom. I don't have to participate in tomorrow's game..."

Sophia frowned.The bird cherishes her feathers, but she cherishes her son's reputation.In professional football, when it comes to George Wood, he is synonymous with professionalism. People who are dissatisfied with Wood can attack him for being ruthless, rude, and hurting countless people on the court, but no one dares to say that Wood is lax in discipline. professional ethics.Seeing the praise of Wood in the media, Sophia was also very happy-who wants to make her son a person who is scolded all the time?
But now she heard that Wood didn't even go to the game. In Sophia's simple mind, what does a professional player do?I just play football as a profession. Participating in games and training is work. If I don’t do work, how can I be considered a "professional player"?
"George, mother is all right. Miss Miller is here to take care of you, no problem. You'd better go to Liverpool to play."

Wood was so embarrassed that he didn't know what to say to his mother for a while.At this time, he heard Tang En's voice behind him: "Madam, I'm afraid that the club has already submitted all the rosters for tomorrow's competition. Even if George rushes over, he won't be eligible to participate in the competition."

It turned out that when Tang En and Wu Kesi were chatting face to face, he suddenly found that the atmosphere in the ward was different. Something seemed to have happened between Wood and Sophia, so he came in to have a look and just heard Sophia's words.

From this sentence, Tang En could guess Sophia's attitude, and he felt that there was a way to persuade Wood.But for now, he still helps Wood to pass his mother's way.Wood is grateful to him for helping him again, and next time he talks about retirement, he won't show his face again.

Sophia thought about it carefully, and felt that Tang En was right. She was too anxious just now.But when she thought that her son had even given up participating in the competition because of herself, she lost the interest to continue chatting.Seeing the change of expression on Sophia's face, Tang En knew that she was not in the mood to talk at this time, so he said to Wood: "Let your mother rest for a while, George."

After speaking, he went out first and waited outside.

After saying goodbye to his mother, Wood also walked out of the ward. He found that Tang En was not sitting on the sofa, but was standing at the door, as if waiting for him.

"How long has it been since you left this hospital?" Tang En looked at Wood and extended an invitation to him, "Go for a walk, it's not good to be bored."

Wood did not reject Tang En's proposal, he nodded.Obviously, Tang En's way of helping him out just now has worked.

So Tang En rang the bell in exchange for Vivian, asking her to stay here to take care of Sophia.And he went out with Wood.

(End of this chapter)