champion godfather

Chapter 480 Volume [-] Storms and Great Ideals
After Dunn gave Anelka the answer that he agreed to leave, Anelka's two elder brothers got busy again.Although the threshold of 500 million pounds sounds a bit high, they believe that with their younger brother's outstanding performance last season, they will definitely be able to find a club that is willing to pay this money.

Twain ignored their affairs and focused on the team's summer training and other transfers.

First, he made a phone call to Manchester City coach Stuart Pierce to inquire about the possible transfer of Kasper_Schmeichel.The Manchester City club really wants to give this generally optimistic young goalkeeper a chance to exercise, but it is not realistic for him to be the main player or even the first substitute in the Manchester City first team.Pierce is more inclined to rent out Schmeichel Jr. for a season to practice. After all, the son of the famous Peter Schmeichel is not yet 20 years old, and the future is limitless.

No matter how good the relationship was, Pierce didn't want to just take advantage of Tang En for nothing.

Renting a goalkeeper to come over as a substitute was something Twain would not do. The Forest team is no longer a processing factory for others to cultivate stars.

He still hopes that Pierce will consider selling Schmeichel Jr. to the Forest Team.Pierce's attitude is very firm this time. After selling Sun Jihai to Nottingham Forest, he doesn't want to lose the team's future main goalkeeper.He did agree to loan Schmeichel Jr. to the Forest Team for one to two seasons, but Twain disagreed.

In this way, the candidates for the substitute goalkeeper fell into a deadlock.

Twain originally valued Casper Schmeichel, but he was not the only one who valued this young goalkeeper.He knew that this time he had hit a soft nail, and it was impossible for Pierce to let go.

Just when he was annoyed that the deal could not be successful, Tang recommended another player for him. This person's name was familiar to him, but now he has forgotten it. If Tang hadn't mentioned it again, he might I can't remember it at all.

Igor_Akinfeyev (Igor_Akinfeyev), the main goalkeeper of the Russian Super League team CSKA Moscow, was an important contributor to the CSKA winning the UEFA Cup last season.

Tang En's mind suddenly cleared up. This is indeed an excellent goalkeeper who can carry the future of the Forest team.

The head coach had no objection, and Nottingham Forest immediately sent a purchase request to Russia's CSKA for Akinfeev.

As a Russian team, CSKA is well aware of the fact that the excellent players it has cultivated will definitely leave here and go to a broader stage.

In fact, Nottingham Forest is not the first European club to be interested in the young goalkeeper.Many giants, including Manchester United, Arsenal, and AC Milan, have more or less reported that they want to buy him.But for the first time, the club that made a clear transfer application for the young goalkeeper was Nottingham Forest.

Other teams are still on the sidelines, and Ferguson directly rejected people's expectations that Manchester United will introduce Akinfeev-he said that the Russian goalkeeper is not in his future plans.

Although in the FM07 that Tang En played, the goalkeeper known as "AK" is a famous monster, but the goalkeeper is a position that pays more attention to age and experience, and young goalkeepers often need to be inspected for a longer period of time.No big club dares to bet all on a goalkeeper who is just 20 years old. They still want to "observe and observe".

Twain played against this time gap. He has always appeared as a "bold gambler" in people's eyes when making transfer transactions, and this time is no exception. When other clubs are still waiting or hesitating, Forest The team made a transfer application to CSKA, and their offer was 500 million pounds.

Feedback came quickly, and CSKA was not surprised by Akinfeev's departure, but they could not accept the price, and they raised the offer to 750 million pounds, or about 1000 million euros.

1000 million euros to buy a 20-year-old goalkeeper!
This is really crazy in the eyes of many people. Although Buffon created a world record goalkeeper worth 2000 million euros when he transferred from Parma to Juventus, Buffon has already played in the domestic league and the national team after all. He has proved his ability in China, and unlike Akinfeev, Buffon is from a world-class team like Italy. The strength of the national team and the level of the national league are not at the same level as Russia.

"If the Russians are trying to scare us off with this offer, then they have made the wrong idea. We are not the Nottingham Forest team we were two years ago." Dunn's response was to raise the first offer to 600 million pounds , At the same time, there is an additional clause that allows Akinfeev to be rented back to CSKA for one season with zero rental fees.

In other words, Nottingham Forest paid Akinfeev a salary for one year, and at the same time gave it to CSKA for free for one season, and then CSKA made a net profit of 600 million pounds.

This condition is very good, CSKA did not refuse again, but agreed to the forest team and Akinfeev to discuss personal contracts.

The Forest team a year ago may not have this strength, but now Nottingham Forest is very attractive to Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev.After all, he is the runner-up of the Premier League and the runner-up of the Champions League, and his strength is recognized by the world without doubt.

Coupled with the joining of world-class striker Van Nistelrooy, it has greatly enhanced the team's appeal.

Akinfeev knows that the Russian Premier League is not the stage he wants, and the top European league, the Premier League, is his future. Although there have been many rumors about big teams being interested in him this year, none of them have turned into a reality. real.Now that the opportunity came, he didn't want to miss it.

Negotiations between the two parties went smoothly.

Akinfeev signed a five-year permanent transfer contract with Nottingham Forest, with an annual salary of 150 million pounds after tax, and rented back the first season to CSKA Moscow, which trained him.

When the two sides announced the news, Tang En beamed in front of the reporters.He can already see the future of the team becoming clearer by the day.

The media naturally has different opinions about this transfer deal. Some people praised the Forest team for buying a future goal with complete guarantee, while others claimed that it was such a rash (the transaction lasted very short, and everything was settled in four days) It is really not a wise move to recruit a young goalkeeper who does not know whether he can adapt to the Premier League. They even wonder if there is some shady "insider trading" behind this transfer...

Tang En just ignores the nonsense of these media... If there is no insider trading, he himself disagrees at first. In order to make the transfer go more smoothly, Nottingham Forest gave Akinfeev's agent a little "red envelope" ...But Dunn himself really didn't get any benefit from it.In terms of financial income, Tang En is a contented person, he does not lack this little money, and he is not willing to use this method to collect money.The lessons learned by Brian Clough can still be vividly remembered.

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"Well, we have settled the team's goalkeeper for the next ten years. This is good news worth celebrating." After the transfer was settled, Tang En said to his subordinates in the office, "But... I found We went full circle and still didn't solve the original question - where is our backup goalkeeper?"

Chris Lack and Twain all looked at the goalkeeper coach Andy Beasley (Andy_Beasley), hoping that he could answer this question.

"Uh, actually... I think it's enough for Paul to be the backup goalkeeper." This was Beasley's answer, obviously not satisfying Dunn, and he frowned.

At this moment, someone spoke for him.

"I think Paul Gerrard is a very qualified substitute goalkeeper." Tang, the Chinese assistant coach, said in fluent English.

Tang En looked at him: "The reason."

"He has a good mentality and does not require the main position. In addition, I have watched the video of the Champions League final many times. I don't think he is responsible for the two conceded goals. He played very well when he came on the field suddenly under such circumstances." Tang After saying his reasons, he fell silent again.

Tang En pinched his chin and began to think.

He was recalling that final, carefully recalling every detail of it.He was so impressed by that game, it's only been two months, he won't forget it.

"If it weren't for Paul's outstanding performance, we should have been equalized by Barcelona in the first half. I know that he is not qualified to be the main goalkeeper, and Paul himself knows this very well. So I think let him be our No. [-] substitute The goalkeeper is the perfect candidate." The goalkeeper coach Beasley also chimed in.

Tang En withdrew from the memory, he shrugged: "Andy, you are the goalkeeper coach, you are more authoritative than me in this regard, if you think he is capable of serving as a qualified substitute, then we don't have to bother to find a substitute goalkeeper... …Honestly, this position is as hard to find as Wood's backup."

Everyone laughed.What Tang En said was not bad at all. The goalkeeper is a special position and requires stability, so he never changes candidates easily, and he will never carry out rotations.The substitute goalkeeper must have enough patience and peace of mind to face the endless bench career, and always be ready for the opportunity to play at any time.

And Wood's substitute is another particularity-the position of the midfielder is not impossible to rotate. It is true that Wood is too stable, never injured, his state does not fluctuate, and his physical fitness is no problem.Such a player, what reason does the head coach have to rotate him?In this way, his substitute has even less chance to play.Think about the poor Gunnersson last season... Twain kept him just in case, but he didn't expect that there would be no such "just in case" opportunities in the whole season.

Now Gunnarson has left the team and turned to the Championship team Wolves.

After laughing, Tang suddenly said: "I don't think we need to deliberately look for Wood's substitute. If Wood's substitute is a full-time midfielder, it would be a waste. Sun is all-round in the backcourt..."

Tang En nodded to show that he understood what he meant.

Instead of finding a midfielder for Wood as a substitute, it is better to find a backcourt panacea, not only as a substitute for Wood, but also as a substitute for other people, such as central defenders, full-backs, midfielders... everything is fine.For example, both Pepe and Piqué have experience as a defensive midfielder, and Sun Jihai is even more so. In this way, the problem of George Wood's substitute is solved.

It’s just a change of perspective. This problem that has plagued the team’s coaching staff for more than a year has been easily solved. The colleagues in the coaching staff have a good understanding of this Chinese who was directly promoted from the assistant coach of the youth team to the assistant coach of the first team. A deeper understanding-he is indeed capable, rather than relying solely on a good personal relationship with the head coach to get into the position.

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After Bayern Munich failed to buy Ruud van Nistelrooy, they set their sights on Frank Ribery, who shined in the World Cup, but Nottingham Forest marked Ribery as "not for sale", not only rejecting Bayern Munich The offer from one family even rejected all those buyers who were interested in Franck Ribery.

The Forest team wanted to create even better results, and Twain hoped that the team would become an important force that could not be ignored in European football, so now was not the time to sell people.

Not only Ribery, but Ashley Young and Alan Lennon, Arteta, George Wood, Piqué, Pepe, Barnes, Bale, Zimbonda...etc, the Forest team last season The main lineup was almost hollowed out by those buyers, and Tang En refused all of them.

A team with lofty ideals, the most important thing is a stable lineup.These players have been working together for one or two seasons, and the tacit understanding between them has been completely established. If they dismantle this combination now for some money, Twain will really be the biggest fool in the world.

"Nottingham Forest doesn't survive by selling their stars to make money. We are not such a team. We are not a star processing base for any wealthy club. Even if someone really offered two trillion pounds, I would not sell any of my players. "

This is the promise Tang En wrote down in his personal column.

Then Lineker commented on Twain's words in his personal column: "...he is a head coach with lofty ideals. Note that I said 'big ideals'. The team enters the European competition in the coming year and so on... The ideal is the 'champion'. With such a head coach, it is not difficult for us to understand why Nottingham Forest will undergo earth-shaking changes under his leadership, triple jump in three years, And it is still expanding its strength. Because this team, like their coach, also has 'big ideals'."

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Tang En's refusal of those quotation applications that almost filled the desk was tantamount to stabilizing the morale of the army.Now the players of the Forest team are very clear that following their leader has a future (money) future, and no one wants to leave this team to choose a new adventure.This is also the purpose of Tang En's public speech. Before the season, the morale of the army will be stabilized, and the generals of the three armies will work hard together. Only then will the new season have a good sign.

After that, he continued to make moves in the transfer market.

In the words of Tang En to Tang, "How to make the club make money is the job of that guy Allen, and my job is how to make the money that Allen earns be spent".

Although Mikel Arteta performed well last season, Twain was still annoyed that the team did not have a real attacking midfielder, and this midfield combination must have been thoroughly studied by the opponent. Thinking of conquering the world in a consistent manner is tantamount to idiotic dreaming.

He must introduce more fresh blood in the midfield, not only to bring more tactical changes, but also to keep the current group of boys with a sense of crisis at all times, and let them know that there is no main position that cannot be sat still for a long time.

This time, after comparing several candidates, he set his sights on the Netherlands.

He was very happy to see that things developed differently from what he remembered, because there was an ideal candidate in his mind. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next, please visit www.QIDIAN.COM, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!)
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