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Chapter 155 Volume [-] Nottingham's Sky Future
Nottingham Forest's transfer budget announced last summer was 350 million pounds. Collymore bought so many players back then, but only Gunnarsson, Rebrov and Gareth Taylor could be the main players.In the winter, the Forest team did not announce their transfer budget. The media told readers that Coach Tony Twain's actual investment in the transfer market had already exceeded the summer budget, and most of them bought young players.So is it worth spending 360 million this time?The media put a big question mark on Twain's actions in the transfer market in January.Almost all of them are young people who have not proved their abilities in the senior team. What will they bring to this team?Vitality and healthy competition, or impulsive recklessness and lack of experience?
At the press conference, Twain told the media and fans who were also doubtful that these people were the future of the Forest team. 360 million may seem like a lot, but we are investing in the future, and a few years from now, 360 million is nothing compared to what they were worth then.

The winter transfer period was basically supplementing the existing lineup, and it was imperative to make drastic lineup adjustments like Twain's.Considering the stability of the team, Dunn told Evan that he no longer needed to bring in anyone from the transfer market.

Next, he has to deal seriously with the Premier League teams.On January 22, the first round of the League Cup semi-final, Nottingham Forest played against Bolton at home.

Bolton are a very special team in English football because they are very international.Although internationalization is nothing new after the start of the Premier League, the previous Chelsea also created a record that there was no English player among the first 11 players in the Premier League, but Bolton's internationalization is not the same as Chelsea.

Take a look at the international players in this Bolton team today: Brazil striker Jardel, Denmark striker Henrik_Pedersen, Nigeria midfielder Jay_Jay_Okocha, France midfielder Yi Ibrahim_Ba, French midfielder Youri_Djorkaeff, Greek midfielder Stelios_Giannakopoulos, Danish midfielder Per Frandsen (Per_Frandsen), French defender Bruno Ngotty (Bruno_NGotty), Spanish defender Ivan Campo (Ivan_Campo).

These people are famous, but the youngest of them is the backup striker, 28-year-old Henrik Petersen.The biggest one is Djorkaeff, the main midfielder of the former world champion France team. He is 35 years old... Most of these people are outdated stars who switched to Bolton after failing to play in the original team. , In addition, the team's current main striker Kevin Davies (Kevin_Davies) is only 26 years old, but he became a burden because of his premature fame. Now he has joined Bolton on a free transfer from Southampton after being displaced.

This is a very interesting phenomenon. In the Premier League, few clubs are keen to buy those old players who have passed away as the main force of the team.The social status of these people is not high, but the salary requirements are not low, and the fame is still there, but the strength is not as good as before.It stands to reason that with the qualifications of a Premier League team, although Bolton has little money to buy superstars from abroad, it is still not a problem to buy excellent domestic players.

There is a historical origin behind this, and it has a lot to do with Manchester United.In 1958, after the Munich Air Disaster, the golden age of Manchester United almost disintegrated, Sir Busby, who escaped from death, reorganized the team and continued to participate in the competition with Manchester United's youth team and second-team players.The arduous struggle after Manchester United's misfortune and disaster has aroused the sympathy and appreciation of the entire football world-no matter in the past or now, for most English people, football is the sport of the brave, and they must persist even if their legs are broken. It was only after the game that they went to the hospital, so the fighting spirit shown by Manchester United won everyone's respect - and then three months after the plane crash, Manchester United and Bolton both reached the FA Cup final.In this game, Manchester United not only lost to Bolton, but also suffered extreme humiliation from Bolton fans.

They made an unbelievable action at the scene: nearly a thousand Bolton fans waved their hands and hummed their mouths, humiliating Manchester United by imitating a plane crash.This lack of basic sympathy has isolated the Bolton team, and people have more sympathy for Manchester United.

Since then, Manchester United and Bolton have become sworn enemies. Bolton has been ups and downs between the Premier League and League One for the past ten years. It is said that one of the reasons is that the teams in the Northwest of England tried their best when they played Bolton.Moreover, it is difficult for Bolton to buy excellent players in England, so they had to turn their attention to the international market, looking for these old people who have passed away or are about to pass away to help the team avoid relegation.

It’s pitiful to say that the fans have done evil, and the team has to pay for it... This is part of the tradition of English football. The club and the fans are inseparable. The fans follow the team fanatically, and the team will never Do not abandon their supporters.

Of course, Tang En didn't intend to use this kind of past as the motivation for the team to beat Bolton. Manchester United has nothing to do with the Forest team, not to mention that Manchester United once slaughtered the Forest team 8:1 away in the Premier League. The relationship between the two teams is also Not close, on the contrary, Manchester United's arch-rival Arsenal and the Forest team have a closer relationship-because Arsenal was established by the Forest team.

Twain didn't want to deal with the grievances between Manchester United and Bolton, but thanks to this grievance, it gave him a chance to take advantage.Bolton has never been able to buy any high-level players, so although they are in the Super League, their strength is not strong. Most of the team is older players. Although they have rich experience, they can compete physically with the young Forest team. Just a big difference.

In the case of continuous campaigns, injuries have already appeared in the Bolton team.For example, their main striker Kevin Davis was injured in the last league game against Portsmouth. If he wants to play in the League Cup semi-finals, he can only play with injuries, which will greatly reduce his power.

Another striker, Jardel, this Brazilian seems to have been born in the wrong place. He should not be in Brazil at 1.8m29, but should be in a European country... Rough technology is the main reason why he is so neglected by the rich. In Bolton's first seven games, he failed to score and was placed on the bench by the club. However, his height and header are still quite a threat to Twain. No one knows when such a player will It will suddenly explode and bite the enemy.Dunn didn't want to be the one who got bitten.Just one day after the end of the last round of the Premier League, news came from the transfer market that made him happy-the [-]-year-old Brazilian striker was loaned to Ancona, the last team in Serie A, to help the team avoid relegation.His departure made Twain heave a sigh of relief. If the Black Iron Tower played in the League Cup semi-finals, then his impact would be a severe test for Forest's new defense.

As for Djorkaf, he will be 36 years old in more than a month. He can only play as a substitute in the team, and his chances of playing are getting less and less.Apart from the experience, other things were draining from his lifeless body.

The biggest threat in the team is the Nigerian Okocha, who has excellent dribbling and pass assists. He is the core of Bolton's current midfielder and the initiator of the team's offense.

If it was before the last League One match, Twain might have had a headache how to defend the African, but now he has the bottom line in his mind.

There is still a problem with George Wood's defensive position. There is no way to do it. He can only make up for it by continuing to play and accumulating experience. However, his talent in one-on-one marking has been brought to the extreme.Then the tough Okocha will find his opponent even tougher.

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In the early morning of January 22, the atmosphere of the war had not yet enveloped the sky over Nottingham, and it was rare to have a sunny day today.Tang En got up very early and came to the forest team's training base again.

According to the team's regulations, before each home game, players entering the squad must arrive at Wilford in the morning, then take the team bus to stay in a hotel close to the stadium, have dinner there, take a lunch break, and then take a bus to Stadium game.

Now Twain likes to come earlier than others before the home game, and then chat with Eastwood, who is warming up on horseback, in the empty training base.This was a rare time to relax before the game. After the team assembled, it was time for Twain and Walker to shut themselves in the hotel room and study their opponents.

"Good morning, sir." Eastwood appeared in front of Tang En on time on his horse, and he greeted Tang En loudly.

Every time Tang En saw this young man, a smile appeared on Tang En's face unconsciously.Eastwood is such a person who is cheerful and optimistic, and can also make people around him cheerful and optimistic.

"Good morning, Freddie. How are you feeling today?" He looked up at the gypsy on his horse.

Eastwood jumped off his horse. "Very good, sir. I think I can score in this afternoon's game."

Tang En laughed. Since joining the team in early January, this kid has scored goals in a row. Three goals in two games perfectly proved his ability.Now whether it is newspapers, television or radio, there is no longer any criticism or doubt about this gypsy amateur player.

If you succeed, everyone will naturally shut up.

Looking at Eastwood petting his beloved horse, Tang En nodded and said, "Very good, Freddy. You will start today's match, and you may have a new partner by then."

"The 'telephone pole'?" Eastwood was referring to Crouch, a nickname he gave to his new teammates, a nickname Crouch quickly adopted because everyone on the team was like that. Call him.Thin and tall, he really deserves the title "telephone pole".

Tang En discovered a problem. It seemed that taller people would be more dull or honest, such as Robert Huth, or Crouch who just joined the team.Although Crouch is not dull, he is honest and has a good temper.He was not angry when Eastwood called him a nickname, but he was very happy when everyone called him a nickname.Because Walker told this newly joined player-the players call you your new nickname, which means they accept you.

"Well, but I don't know when he will play." Dunn shook his head. Who can tell what happened during the game?If the football game is only based on lip service, thinking in the head, and according to the tactics, you can know the result in one round and one round of deduction, then not so many people like it.

The suspense of not knowing what the future will be like is the most exciting.

"Also, Freddie. I don't think the relationship between you and George is very good..." The two of them will cooperate on the court many times in the future. If the relationship is not good, it may drag the team down.This is not what Tang En wants to see, no matter how strong a team is, it will fall apart because of the locker room problem.He had to kill this possibility directly in "possibility".

Speaking of this question, Eastwood was silent for a while.Optimistic and cheerful people also have past events that they don't want to talk about.Originally, he was quite promising in West Ham United. If he continues to play like this, he may have already played in the first team of West Ham United.But that serious injury ended everything.He was laid off by the West Ham United youth team. After he recovered from his injury, he couldn't find any teams willing to accept him. In the end, he could only play in amateur leagues.The training time for amateur games is basically not guaranteed, which is very different from the training he received at West Ham United.When he was not training, he helped buy cars in his father's second-hand car dealership and worked as a salesman.

Sometimes when I am free, I will stare into the distance in a daze.Will this life last forever?When my father gets old, I will take over the car dealership, sell used cars, raise a few children with my wife, and then send them to play football when they grow up.Go down to the club to pick them up every day, and watch my once dream come alive in my son from the sidelines...

Is this your future?
And who caused all this?It's the taciturn George Wood who always looks at others with unfriendly eyes!

Although they are in the same team now, it doesn't mean they have to be as friendly as brothers.

Seeing that Eastwood didn't speak, Tang En must have thought of the past that made him unbearable.So he asked suddenly: "Gypsies should be descended from Indians, right?"

This question jumped a lot from the previous question, and Eastwood froze for a moment before nodding and replying: "Yes, everyone said that."

"Then do you believe in Buddhism?"

Eastwood shook his head: "No, I'm not religious."

This surprised Tang En a little. He felt that this kind of wandering nation should believe in some religion, such as Christianity.But the topic will continue, he said: "There is a saying in Buddhism called: 'karma'. Do you know what it means?"

The word is well understood literally, "cause and effect".Eastwood nodded, but soon shook his head again.

"Well, to put it simply... everything in this world is connected, seemingly irrelevant. If... If you were not injured at the beginning, do you know where you are living and what kind of life you are now? ?”

The question made Eastwood think for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, that didn't happen."

"We can use common sense to speculate. If there are no accidents, you should have been transferred from West Ham United's youth team to the first team, and then represent the team in League One this season. We will be rivals." Dunn pointed at him. , pointing to himself again, "but you are right, none of that happened. We are now in the same team, I sign, and you use goals to prove my decision is correct. Because why are we here? Easy chat instead of spitting at each other before the game?"

"Because...that injury?" Eastwood thought for a while, then asked back.

Tang En nodded: "George's foul was indeed his fault, but he didn't intend it. In fact, he had only been in contact with football for less than three months. I wanted him to play forward, but he was completely at a loss on the field. He was a little nervous, his mind went blank, and then he saw you running past him with the ball..." Needless to say, what happened next, Eastwood still occasionally feels pain in his right leg when he recalls it.

"I don't want to explain anything to him because it was his responsibility, it was a very immoral foul, it almost ruined your career. But what I have to say next may not make you happy. , but I have to be very honest with you...Freddy, sometimes I also think 'I should thank George, if it wasn't for his foul, how could I have Freddie Eastwood who is such a good player? striker'.Maybe I'll throw a tantrum on the sidelines because you broke my team's gate, maybe you'll knock my team out of a big game, make me lose, and maybe I'll be fired for it , continue to be my youth team coach, or do not know what job somewhere... Like the future you once imagined. But now, none of that happened, they only exist in another future Among them. You," Dunn said, pointing at Eastwood.

"Freddie Eastwood is now wearing the Forest team's red jersey, scored three goals in two consecutive games, lives in the Wilford training base, jokes with my players, and comes to training every day in a happy mood , brought me victory with goals in the game, even your horse became the darling of the city...this is your present. As for your future...you will be the greatest goalscorer in the history of the team , you will score many, many goals, you will bring me and the Forest fans one trophy after another, the stands of the city stadium will go crazy for you countless times, and then when you decide to retire..."

Tang En looked up at the glow in the eastern sky, took a deep breath of the fresh morning air, then shook his head and said, "I can't imagine what it would be like."

Hearing Tang En say so much in one breath, Eastwood didn't say a word, and he stroked the horse's neck back and forth unconsciously.

"If you don't get injured, maybe you'll be at West Ham, maybe you'll go to another team in the lower leagues, and you beat Manchester United in a cup game and you score the winning goal. Become England's in a week. Celebrities, on TV, in newspapers. Then forgotten, you still played in that team until you retired in obscurity, and the goal that eliminated Manchester United that year will become the most glorious moment in your career." Tang En continued, This is a different future than the outer circle envisioned by Eastwood, a future he has never imagined... a future.But Tang En knew that that was the future he should have continued.

"It's different now. You don't have to worry about that future. Because you joined Nottingham Forest and my team, you and I will become the creator of the Forest team's second glory." Dunn opened his arms. , including Wilford Training Base.

"I become a legendary coach and you become a legendary striker. It will be mentioned a lot until we are all very old. People will say: 'Eastwood is the greatest striker in the history of Forest Team, that clumsy guy. How could the boy be compared to him! The most successful deal in Tony Twain's coaching career was buying Freddie from an amateur team! Just look at those trophies in the honor room!'"

Tang En imitated the tone of the fans discussing the issue, and Eastwood was amused by the way he spoke.He was talking about the illusory "future" so seriously that Eastwood didn't even know if it was true or not. Maybe it was just a random story, maybe... is it really a future that can be realized?
"So I'm going to say...Freddy, I'm grateful that you have accepted Nottingham Forest's offer to join this team. I also thank God - even though I never believed in him - that fate has brought us together now Discuss each other's future. Do you doubt our future?"

Freddy shook his head, "I don't know, sir...you're talking so crazy, I don't know if it's true or not..."

"Yes, it's crazy." Tang En thought of the lunch that day, when Evan and Alan told him about the plan, he was shocked. "To prove that I am not lying, to prove that I can see the future. Freddy, we will definitely win this afternoon's game, because this game is the starting point of that future!"

After speaking, Tang En waved goodbye to him.

"Goodbye, go back to breakfast, Freddie."

Looking at the man's confident back, Eastwood opened his mouth, but finally said nothing.

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