champion godfather

Chapter 1036

The hustle and bustle in the transfer market has nothing to do with Forest.Originally, the media were expecting Tang En to play a big role in the transfer market after returning to the Forest team, but out of consideration for maintaining the status quo, he bought Chen Jian and let go of Silva.

The team's results in January were two wins, two draws and one loss. This result is not outstanding, but it is not bad either.

This is the current situation of the forest team. Twain's return has stabilized the morale of the army, but the team's performance did not immediately jump to the first group like a rocket soaring.The team is still hovering in the middle and lower reaches, although it has left the relegation zone.

The media generally believed that Twain's return was fruitful, because the Forest team immediately moved away from the relegation zone.But this was not the result Tang En wanted. The goal in his heart hadn't been revealed to the outside world. It didn't matter if the media knew about it, because the media couldn't influence him, but he had to find a suitable opportunity to tell the players about his goal.If the players don't know what he thinks, and the generals are not on the same page, it is impossible to accomplish this goal.

Why choose a suitable opportunity?Because this goal is a bit far away for the current Forest team, saying it rashly may not necessarily lead to the desired result.After all, this group of people is not the Forest players from before, and he doesn't know how much they will respond to Tang En's goal.

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The thing that made Tang En most happy in January was how quickly Chen Jian integrated into the team.

Maybe it's because Chen Jian played for the Forest team, he and the Forest team don't seem to be incompatible at all.Or it may be because his technical characteristics are similar to Wood's, and he is naturally close to Nottingham Forest's tactical style, so he can quickly operate normally without much adjustment.

At the same time, Chen Jian can speak fluent English. He has lived in Nottingham for three years, and he will not feel unfamiliar with the environment here. He will not feel uncomfortable due to the language barrier and the unfamiliar environment.

After staying in the hotel for a week, he moved out from there, because his agent Xia Yang found him a house in the city, bought it under Chen Jian's name, and moved in directly.

With the house, Xia Yang temporarily lives here to cook for Chen Jian and take care of his daily life.At the same time, Chen Jian handled the matter of bringing his parents to Nottingham. When Chen Jian's parents came, he could be liberated.

"You will never find another agent like me in the whole world, Jian!" While making dinner for Chen Jian, Xia Yang emphasized his importance to Chen Jian who was sitting in the restaurant playing with his mobile phone. "Help you make money, buy you a house, a car, furniture, wash your hands and make soup for you... Tsk tsk, I'm almost your nanny. Your Uncle Xia is a big manager who manages hundreds of Chinese players!"

Chen Jian was sending flirting text messages to a girl he met back home last year. Hearing what Xia Yang said, he raised his head and said, "The manager is a nanny. Haven't you heard this song, Uncle Xia?"

"What song is it?"

"Being her driver, her courier, and her cash machine." Chen Jian snorted.

"Hey!" Xia Yang rolled his eyes. "Is that the girl who asked you to do that?"

Chen Jian shook his head: "Cui Cui is a very innocent, kind and sensible girl."

"Yo yo." Xia Yang laughed, "Sure enough, beauty is in the eye of the beholder. As long as it belongs to the lover, everything is good."

Chen Jian knew that Xia Yang was teasing himself, not really dissatisfied with Cui Cui.So he ignored Uncle Xia, lowered his head and continued to text his girlfriend to talk about love and miss him.

In the open kitchen, the aroma wafts into the restaurant.

Without raising his head, Chen Jian said suddenly, "Put less salt, Uncle Xia."

"I'm doing my share!" Xia Yang's voice came out of the kitchen following the scent.

Chen Jian has always insisted on eating the athlete's diet, because it helps to maintain his body and state.But this kind of thing is simply unbearable for ordinary people.Xia Yang once had a meal with Chen Jian out of curiosity, and he said it was "like chewing wax".So as long as Xia Yang and Chen Jian live together, they must cook two meals for each meal, one is Chen Jian's "athlete meal", and the other is Xia Yang's own "food".

In the past, Xia Yang used to tempt Chen Jian who was eating at the same table with these various delicacies, but Chen Jian was not moved at all and just ate his athlete's meal.This made Xia Yang feel very frustrated. He could only complain that Chen Jian didn't know how to enjoy life. He earned so much money. First, he didn't buy a luxury house. Apart from buying a good house for his parents in his hometown in Sichuan, he had no requirements for living in it; second, he didn't buy a luxury house. Cars; Three do not soak in celebrity beauties... Now that I don't even enjoy the enjoyment of eating, why do I earn so much money?

Chen Jian ignored his complaints and still went his own way.

But Xia Yang is also very proud, because these are the "cheats" for Chen Jian to succeed in Europe.As for those incompetent domestic players, it's no wonder that they have spent their entire lives in the country as frogs in a well.Xia Yang would not praise him in front of Chen Jian, but he always used Chen Jian as an example to his young players, telling them that this is the way to success.

If a professional player wants to be successful and want to extend his professional life longer, a regular life and diet are essential.This was also the reason why Tang En had great confidence in Chen Jian even though he was of yellow race, and was willing to bring him back to the forest team as a key player in the "Tang Era".It stands to reason that the career peak period of yellow players is relatively short, which is related to their physique. After the age of 30, their physiology will start to decline. If you don't pay attention, it will basically be a diving decline.

Such a situation would never happen to Chen Jian.

Xia Yang put Chen Jian's dinner on the table first, and then went back to serve his own portion of twice-cooked pork with rice.

After starting, Xia Yang asked Chen Jian with food in his mouth: "Can you start this weekend's game?"

Chen Jian put down the knife and fork, thought for a while before shaking his head and said, "I don't know."

"Hey, can't you tell whether Tang En values ​​you?"

"If I look at the training performance, I should be the starter...but I can't guess the leader."

In fact, apart from Chen Jian coming off the bench in the first two games, Chen Jian has always been the starter in the subsequent games. According to this trend, then Chen Jian should also be the starter in the next game, unless he was injured before the game. what hurt.

But just like what Chen Jian said, Xia Yang couldn't figure out Tang En.

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Not to mention Xia Yang and Chen Jian, even the media couldn't figure out Tony Twain.

This weekend is Nottingham Forest vs Arsenal.Old Wenger and Tony Twain clashed again.This game has attracted a lot of attention, otherwise Xia Yang would not have asked Chen Jian at dinner if he could start, because this game will be broadcast live in China, and this is a great opportunity to consolidate Chen Jian's number one star in China.

Before this match, the media finally saw a long-lost scene - Tang En took the initiative to provoke a war of words.

In an interview, he claimed that although Arsenal is now ranked third, his team has full confidence in defeating Arsenal away.

In the current situation, everyone knows that Nottingham Forest's strength and performance are not good. In the first half of the season, the Forest team was humiliated by Arsenal 1:4 at their home court, which is the real gap between the two teams.

"We all know that Tang En wants to take revenge, but this revenge is really difficult..." the media said so. "Arsenal is not Middlesbrough. It will be very difficult for Forest to win."

"It's been a long time since this scene, but I also know what kind of trick Dunn is playing. He just wants to provoke Arsenal and make the other party lose their calm judgment, and then he can profit from it. But now this trick doesn't work, Wenger If you are scheming, you will not fall into this kind of trick."

"He must be talking big. In fact, he doesn't necessarily want to win the opponent, but to bring confidence to his players."

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"Just saying a few words can boost your confidence? This is ridiculous!"

In Villefort, two days before the game, Twain was giving his players the last tactical lesson here.Tomorrow the lesson will be held in a hotel in North London.

Twain's tactics class will not always be about tactics.

"Is there anyone who has been wondering these past few days?" Tang En looked at the players sitting below and asked.

No one said "yes", but in fact they do have doubts, and they are not small.Ever since Twain coached the team, they had never seen the boss so proactively provoking opponents.

In fact, those old players who had followed Twain for a long time were not surprised.

"Let me explain in advance that I'm definitely not bluffing, or trying to give you some bullshit confidence."

Dunn unconsciously swears again.

"When I say beat Arsenal, I mean beat Arsenal."

When he said this, it caused a lot of repercussions among the players.Arsenal is currently ranked third in the league, and is only one point away from No.2, and only three points away from No.1 Manchester United.Nottingham Forest is ranked No.13, [-] points behind Arsenal.The huge gap in rankings is actually the difference in strength between Forest and Arsenal.

They had just lost to Arsenal at home in the first half of the season, and these people really don't have much confidence in defeating this formidable enemy...

Tang En saw the hesitation and lack of confidence in their eyes.

He grinned: "What? A mere Arsenal makes you scared? Look at your talents. Actually, since I took over the team, I have always had an idea, but I am hesitating whether to tell you , or whether to make it a reality."

His words have whetted the appetites of many people—what kind of thought would make the boss so hesitant?
"I didn't hold a press conference when I came back, so no one asked me what kind of future I wanted to bring to the Forest team." Seeing that everyone was interested in what he said, Tang En knew that the time was ripe. "But I think most people think it is a successful relegation?" He spread his hands, "If it is, I think we have completed the task ahead of schedule. Then in the next half of the season, what else do we need to work hard on?" ?”

When he said that, everyone thought it was the case.If it's just relegation, judging from the team's current performance, it shouldn't be a problem.

"So in fact, my goal is not relegation. It was not relegation from the very beginning. My goal is to return to Europe." Dunn said his real goal calmly, and the players below were not calm.

Surprised discussions suddenly sounded in the room.No one expected that their head coach's ambitions would be so great!

In fact, it is not very far away to return to Europe. Just in the first half of this season, they also participated in the Europa League (formerly UEFA Cup).In the past few seasons, he has also participated in the European Champions Cup and the Europa League.But why does it sound like they haven't shown up in Europe for a long, long time?

When the discussion became a little quieter, Twain continued: "So our minimum goal this season is the European League. Is there anyone who doesn't like participating in European competitions?"

"No!" Many people answered this time.

"That's good. It seems that we have found a common topic." Tang En laughed. "I am a person who likes challenges and wins. If this season ends like this, it would be a bit boring. I want to make sure of one thing—" Tang En paused.

"How many other people have such ambitions?"

After he asked this sentence, he looked directly at everyone present.

He tried to pay attention to everyone's reaction.

Some are excited, some are puzzled, and some are confused.

"Do you know why I said that we can beat Arsenal?" Tang En continued after observing everyone's reactions.

"If you still have doubts about this, then there is no way to return to Europe. I want you to regain the long-lost confidence. This confidence is not the arrogance in the face of Notts County! The enemy is still fearless without changing his face!"

Dunn clenched his fists in front of the players.

"If you can only be arrogant when facing big fish, and give up on yourself when facing strong enemies, then this is not self-confidence, it is inferiority! It is inferiority that has reached the bone marrow!"

"As soon as I said that we were going to beat Arsenal, some people were startled. How is this going to work? You are going to Europe in the future, and you will face many stronger opponents, so why don't you play at all?" Tang En Seeing them spread their hands, "This is really sad. Four years ago, Nottingham Forest dared to steal the Champions League from Real Madrid in front of more than 8 home fans at the Bernabéu Stadium. Now, do you have such courage?"

No one answered him, because too many of them have never experienced such a scene, but what they have experienced... At this moment, their faces are really flushed, their heads are bowed, how can they still speak?
Why is Nottingham Forest not recovering after a setback, and it is not as good as every year?
Since the man with the nuclear power heart left, they also lost a champion heart...

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