champion godfather

Chapter 108 Volume [-] The Sky of Nottingham A Handshake
"Sounds really exciting. Put it this way... I don't have to worry about the club not being able to pay players' wages one day, and I don't have to worry about the chairman saying to me when the transfer market opens, 'Tony, I'm sorry we are poor now. It's loud, so you can only go to the free transfer market to see if there are any bargains, right?" Dunn said imitating the old Daugherty's tone.

"Of course...no need." Evan laughed loudly.

"That's great, keep the 800 million and wait for me to use it." Tang En rubbed his hands, excited like a child who got all the presents for Christmas.Grandpa has been poor for a year!Watching people eat meat all day long, I can't even drink soup, now I'm fine!

"Oh, yes, Evan. How long will we sign the contract?" Tang En thought of the most critical question.Collymore only signed a one-year contract with the club. If he does the same... then almost all of what he thought before will not be realized.A head coach is not like a player, who stays in this club for a year and that club for a year.The core of the head coach's team, a head coach who wants to be successful must have a team building plan in mind. He must know how he wants the team to play, who to buy and sell according to tactics, and youth team construction. , the results of the reserve team, the improvement of weak links... etc., all of these will take time to complete. A caretaker head coach may be able to achieve success in the short term by virtue of his own ability, but if the club does not give him a long-term commitment, then don't I think the team will perform well in the future.Tang En's experience in the first half of the year is a living example.

Generally speaking, the coaches of the English team are much happier than their counterparts in other countries, because the probability of the coach of the English team being fired is the lowest, and there are many coaches who have coached a team for more than ten or twenty years. Meritorious coach.

Of course, this also has something to do with the different football cultures in the UK and continental Europe.Most of the head coaches in the UK are also team managers, and they have more power.As for football clubs in continental Europe, the head coach is the coach, who only leads the team in training and matches, without much power or authority, and can even become a scapegoat for the club chairman at any time, or take the blame for the power struggle of the club's top management. Players often become the loser who leaves in the contest.

Twain certainly knew this fine tradition of English football.However, Nottingham Forest has changed eight head coaches in the past eight years... This data is also very unfavorable to him.

"How many years do you want to sign? Tony." Evan looked at him with a smile and asked.

"Uh..." Tang En originally wanted to say "the longer the better", but after thinking about it, who knows what the future will be like?Never talk too much when you don't know, give yourself some leeway.So he rolled his eyes and said, "Three years, it's good for you and me."

Evan nodded.

"By the way, I have one condition." Tang En added. "And this condition must be written into the contract."

"What conditions?"

"Evan, you are the chairman of the club. I am the head coach of the team. You are in charge of running the club, and I am in charge of training the team. I will never tell the team's operating conditions, but you can't intervene in the team. I have the final say on buying and selling people, and I have the final say on whether to renew the contract with the players and coaches. You just need to give me money. This must be guaranteed. As the club operator, you cannot interfere with the team. If I can't guarantee it, then I won't sign that contract." Tang En said firmly.

This is a matter of principle for him, and there must be no compromise.If a head coach can't even control his own team, but is just an obedient puppet and the megaphone of the rostrum, why does he continue to sit in this position?
Whether he was a fan watching the game or a coach leading the team, Tang En hated the chairman who dictated the team's affairs very much.This has nothing to do with whether the club chairman is knowledgeable or not. If the chairman always likes to show off his knowledge of football, why doesn't he come down from the VIP box and direct the game himself?

Since you have chosen me to be the head coach of the team, you must trust and respect my work, otherwise you might as well not hire me - this is Twain's idea.

Therefore, Tang En thinks that the chairmen of many clubs in continental Europe cannot be regarded as good chairmen, such as AC Milan's Berlusconi, Inter Milan's Moratti, Real Madrid's current chairman Florentino, and his future successor Karl Deron... In comparison, the chairmen of most clubs in England meet the selection criteria of "the best club chairperson" in Tang En's mind. Of course, he thinks that the chairperson closest to that title is the chairperson of Manchester United Club - Edwards.

The Englishman, whose name sounds a bit unfamiliar, never interfered with Ferguson's behavior, even if he kicked the team captain and number one idol Beckham with flying boots in the dressing room.This person almost never appears in front of the public. He has been in charge of Manchester United for more than 20 years. The team has gained numerous honors and has become the most profitable football club in the world. I hate this businessman who wants to sell the club anytime.

But Twain likes it because he doesn't interfere in team affairs.But why did Tang En evaluate him as "close to the title of the best club chairman"?Because this businessman chairman is too stingy, if he is more generous, it must be perfect.

Ferguson said: "The conversation with Edwards is usually very pleasant, until you reach out to him for money."

Dunn believed that Evan Dalgety promised his father to take over the football club he didn't like, and he must have taken Manchester United as his goal and Edwards as a role model. You must know that Edwards has earned money from Manchester United over the years. It's over £[-] million.

Tang En hoped that Evan would have the same attitude towards the team as Edwards, and at the same time be more generous than Edwards... I hope this will not be his wishful thinking.

Evan thought about it for a while, then nodded: "Okay, I agree."

Hearing Evan say this, Dunn smiled, "That's great! You know what, Evan? I actually don't care if you like football or not, I don't care what you think of the Forest team, and I don't care that you want to make money from this club." .As long as you give me enough freedom, I promise to let you get everything you want."

Evan held out his hand: "Look, Tony. As I said, we can cooperate very well!"

"You're right, Evan." Dunn grinned and nodded vigorously.

The two held hands together.

After they talked, Evan Dalgety mysteriously hoped that Dunn would not leak this news in advance.Tang En didn't ask why, he nodded in agreement.Then Evan left in peace.

When Tang En returned home after a day of training, the first thing he did was not to change his clothes and go to the bar to meet the guys for a drink and chat, but to sit in front of the computer, open the Google website, and then type in the keyword "Nottingham Forest" to start. Search jobs.

He wants to confirm a question that has always existed in his heart.

When he learned that Collymore's contract was only one year short, he felt a little eccentric.If it is true that Collymore is "Nottingham Forest's outside hope", as Evan said at the new manager's signing press conference, why only signed a one-year short-term contract-one year is the world's most important thing for the football team. It's short enough for the head coach.

At that time, Twain convinced himself with "Collymore is a novice, so he only signed for one year and decided whether to renew his contract after seeing his coaching performance".This reason seems unassailable.But the confidence leaked from his conversation with Evan today made him think of something else.

The whole of Britain knows who Collymore is, what kind of personality he is, and what kind of temper he is. Everyone knows that in this age of information, celebrities have almost no privacy.Then why did Evan make such an incomprehensible "coach change" move?Although Tang En's own team failed in the play-offs, although it was a plausible excuse, it should never be an inevitable reason.At least many people like Burns knew that if Twain continued to lead the team, it would definitely not be a problem for the team to return to the Super League next season.

And now?On the one hand, the team ranks sixth from the bottom, only three points away from the relegation zone.In the face of reporters' accusations, Collymore would only respond with silence or roaring, and could not come up with any good solutions at all.On the other hand, he still has a mother who carelessly dresses like a lame playboy molesting young players on the sidelines!
Such an incompetent head coach, how can the board of directors tolerate him still sitting in that position?

These abnormal situations made Tang En think of shifting his attention and thinking angle from the court to the outside.

Looking at the dense search results, he directly skipped the pages about Nottingham Forest's history and recent achievements. After turning thirteen pages, his eyes stopped on a text message.

"...Due to unsatisfactory performance, the stock of Nottingham Forest Club in the London Stock Exchange has been falling all the way, and it has fallen to 21 pence per share before the market closed yesterday. According to expert analysis, if the performance still does not improve, then even if the new chairman Aye Vin Daugherty looks like a rich Yankee, and the stock price, which has risen slightly due to his arrival, will continue to decline. Although their just released annual report claims that the club is now out of the economic crisis and has zero debt, it still cannot prevent this from happening.

"It is worthy of vigilance that there is a piece of news for reference: Leeds United Club, which is in deep financial crisis, has slipped into the relegation zone due to its poor record. Their current single share price has dropped to [-]p! This is Leeds United Club The lowest point since entering the market..."

This is a report outlining the recent performance of football clubs in the stock market, four days ago.

Not only the Nottingham Forest family, but also the poor "White Rose" Leeds United have suffered a decline in stock prices due to the team's poor performance.

Dunn read the full text of the message several times, and finally stopped at "If the results still don't improve, then even if the new chairman, Evan Dalgety, looks like a rich Yankee, because he The stock price that has come and rises slightly will continue to fall" in the sentence.

Sure enough!

He leaned back on the chair, staring at the computer screen, biting his lip, lost in thought.

(End of this chapter)