champion godfather

Chapter 481 Volume [-] Storm Van der Vaart
Although the day for the team to go to the Netherlands for a training camp has not yet arrived, the head coach Tony Twain has already taken his assistant coach Tang to the country of tulips first.

This is not going on a trip. Tang En would not go with Tang if he wanted to travel. It is a place full of various imaginations...

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Van der Vaart was spending time with his beautiful wife Sylvia at home when he received a call from his agent, Soren Leby.

The ringtone from the cell phone, although van der Vaart's favorite music, sounded especially harsh at this inappropriate time.

Sylvia, who was lying on the bed, rolled her eyes. She could clearly feel that her husband's body had changed. This should not be what he wanted to happen...

"Uh..." Vander Vaart was a little embarrassed. He glanced at his wife apologetically, got up from her, and took the phone on the bedside table.

"Sauron, do you know what time it is?" He answered the phone angrily, and at the same time looked up at the small alarm clock on the bedside table.

11:30 in the evening.

"I'm really sorry, Raphael. But I think I should tell you this news." Soren Leby, who knows his manager well, of course knows that he interrupted Van der Vaart's good business, but as long as he wants to have sex, he can do it every night. , what he is going to tell Van der Vaart now does not happen every day.

After knowing that it was about his own future, Van der Vaart couldn't care less about getting angry. He bowed his head and gave Sylvia a kiss, then got up and left the bed, and walked towards the living room naked.

"Okay, tell me, Sauron."

"I got a call from Nottingham Forest manager three 10 minutes ago."

"Nottingham Forest?" Van der Vaart said the somewhat awkward name, "The team that finished second in the European Champions Cup?"

"Yes, they asked me about you, and it can be seen that they are very interested in you, Rafael."

Van der Vaart fell silent.

At this time, his wife Sylvia had already dressed and walked out of the bedroom, took a coat and put it on Van der Vaart.

Van der Vaart looked back at his sweet wife, and took her hand.

"Rafael, you promised Bilind one season ago to stay at Ajax for another year and now you have fulfilled that promise. There are many clubs out there that want you to join, Nottingham Forest is one of them. "

"Yes, I know about those invitations, but... some invitations I don't like."

"Of course I understand this. I talked with the Nottingham Forest manager for three to 10 minutes on the phone before I decided to call you. If it is a club that does not meet your requirements, it will be filtered out here. .”

"Three 10 minutes?" Van der Vaart suddenly became interested in the head coach of Nottingham Forest.

Soren Lebier is a well-known agent in the Netherlands. He is usually very busy. It is rare to be able to talk for 10 minutes on the phone with a head coach who is in contact with him for the first time.

"Well, we talked a lot, all about you. He asked me to answer, or I asked him to answer. From my intuition, I think he is a very sincere person..."

"Then what do you think I should do?"

"He hopes to meet you in Amsterdam and have a good chat."

"Okay, I promise."

After finishing the call with the agent, Sylvia leaned over: "Which club is it this time?"

"England, Nottingham Forest. They were runners-up in the European Champions Cup last season and lost to Barcelona in the final." Van der Vaart explained to his wife.

"Are you going to meet their head coach?"

"Ah."

"What will be the result?" Sylvia leaned her face on Van der Vaart's shoulder.

"That's not sure..." Van der Vaart turned his face to his wife, "Shall we continue?"

Sylvia jumped away from Van der Vaart: "You're doing it again!"

Laughing loudly, Van der Vaart picked up his lovely wife and walked into the bedroom.

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While Van der Vaart continued to be affectionate with his wife, Sauron Lebier called Tony Twain.

"He agreed, Mr. Tang En. We can meet and talk."

"This is really the best news I've heard." Tang En laughed, and he breathed a sigh of relief.At first, he was worried that Van der Vaart would not meet him so easily.

"You know, Mr. Tang En. As Rafael's agent, I hope his future is guaranteed. At the same time, there are still many clubs pursuing him, including big clubs like Real Madrid and Bayern Munich."

"I understand. If he has doubts, he can call his teammate Van der Sar in the Dutch national team and listen to what he has to say about my team." Twain is very confident about this.

He wants to buy Van der Vaart, of course not following the style of those giants, he has his own judgment and ideas.Before coming here, I have already made a tactical plan with Don if Van der Vaart successfully joins the team.

When he buys a player, he doesn't care about the player's worth or nationality, personality, private life and other messy factors that have nothing to do with the game. The first thing he cares about is whether he is what the team needs.As long as the team needs it, he will buy it no matter how expensive it is. If the team doesn't need it, it doesn't matter how cheap it is.

This has something to do with his personal consumption concept.He is such a person in life, no matter before or after crossing.Things I don't like are too expensive for a dollar, and things I like, no matter how much money I pay for them, I will be willing.

"I hope it will be as you said, Mr. Tang En. Let's contact again tomorrow, it's getting late, and you have just arrived in the Netherlands..."

"Aha, isn't the nightlife in the Netherlands just starting now?" Tang En asked.

Le Bier on the other end of the phone laughed: "The red light district is not as beautiful as it is said in the legend. If you are going, Mr. Tang En, be careful."

"Uh... I was just asking casually." Tang En also knew that now was not the time to ask questions.

The red-light district of Amsterdam is a world-famous gathering place for prostitutes, but at the same time, behind those sexy and alluring "window girls", there are also many evils breeding.It is a gray area secretly controlled by underworld forces, drug trafficking and human smuggling are rampant, and petty theft and the like are commonplace.

After hanging up the phone, Tang En clapped his hands to Tang and said, "Good news, Van der Vaart agreed to meet us."

"The bad news is that you can't go to the red light district that you have admired for a long time?" Tang continued.

Tang En coughed twice: "I'm not that interested in making love in the street..."

"It doesn't matter, it's covered by a curtain."

"You are very familiar..." Tang En glared at Tang.

Unexpectedly, he shrugged: "Google is very powerful. Seriously, you put the training camp here, and be careful of those young men in the team."

It turned out that it was from this perspective that he searched the Internet for information about the red light district in Amsterdam.This attention to detail was the main reason Tang En valued him.

Tang En pondered for a while, and then said: "Well... I will issue relevant regulations. But let's think about Van der Vaart's matter first, come on, let's sort out the persuasion strategies after we meet..."

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"Do you want me to introduce you to the team you are about to meet?" On the way from the training ground to the place where Tang En stayed, agent Soren Lebier sat in the passenger seat and spoke to the driver. Defart said.

"I know they've reached the Champions League final this season, which is a bit of a surprise. Do they have any other stories?"

Not everyone knows about the Red Forest team that once dominated European football.Van der Vaart did not care about the development of English football before. It is normal for him not to know the history of Nottingham Forest.

"Well... Yes, and it's a glorious past that surprised you." Le Bier looked down at the documents on his lap. "Two European Cup winners in a row, that's their peak."

Van der Vaart, who was driving, turned his head and glanced at his agent, really surprised.

“78-79、79-80，连续两个赛季。另外在2004年的阿森纳之前，他们是英格兰国内顶级联赛连续不败场次最长纪录的保持者，也是在那两个赛季创造的——42场。”

"But I've never heard their names before..."

"It's normal. After the start of the Premier League, they quickly fell, and then fell into the second tier of England's league. They didn't come back until...the last four years. After that, they won the 04-05 season as a newly promoted team. No.4 in the English Premier League, qualified for the 05-06 Champions League qualification, and then... as you can see, they broke into the Champions League final last season and almost won Barcelona." Agent Le Bill turned over the above information, "I don't think it's useless to say these things. The past has passed, and no one knows the future. I'll introduce you to Brian Crowe, who almost copied the greatest coach in their club history. Husband legendary young coach."

Van der Vaart searched quickly in his mind, and soon an image popped up: "The head coach who gave the silver medal he just got to the caddy on the sidelines at the award ceremony?"

Hearing this description, Le Bill laughed: "That's right. It seems that his image is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people."

"I'm impressed, he's the first person I've ever seen to do that."

"What do you think of him doing this?"

"It's hard to say..." Van der Vaart was silent for a while, "I don't know how to evaluate it."

"He is such a person." Le Bier continued, "Some people like it and others hate it, and they are very extreme. He is known in England as a head coach who can be on an equal footing with Mourinho. Of course, I mean Temper." At this point, Le Bier picked up a thick stack of documents on his lap and shook it at Van der Vaart.

"Listen, it's so thick that it can't make a rattling sound."

"What is this?" Van der Vaart glanced at it while driving.

"Some information about this character coach is only a part...his character, his remarks, his coaching performance, tactical style, personal preferences, and some interesting gossip anecdotes-thanks to the well-developed British media. Media, these are just my random collections. Now I feel that it is difficult to describe him to you on the road, so I will pick some key points... First of all, most people believe that this head coach is an extremely A person who is good at adjusting the atmosphere of the dressing room and getting along well with his own players. Under his management, there have been no proven scandals in the Nottingham Forest dressing room. Secondly, most people think that Tony Twain is relatively A coach who values ​​defense..."

Hearing this, Van der Vaart frowned.

Lebier saw it: "I'm talking about people's opinions. It doesn't represent me or you. What kind of person and coach he is, you need to observe it yourself...here." He pointed out On the corner of the street in front, there is a small hotel there.

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The meeting between the two parties was not in any restaurant, coffee shop, or bar, but in the hotel where Tang En stayed.Before the matter is done, Tang En hopes to keep a low profile.After all, there are many clubs in Europe that want this midfielder.

Agent Lebier acted as an interpreter between the exchanges between the two parties.

When Van der Vaart saw Tang standing beside Tang En, he was a little surprised, with an oriental face.

Tang En obviously knew what the other party was surprised. He introduced them generously: "My assistant coach is Chinese, Tang. He is a very good coach."

Regardless of whether this Tang is really as good as Tang En said, it is estimated that there is no second one in Europe to use a Chinese as an assistant coach... The formal talk has not yet started, and Van der Vaart has already experienced it deeply. Here's where this head coach is unusual.

In order not to make the atmosphere of the meeting too dull, manager Soren Lebier started with a joke: "Mr. Tang En, have you been to the Canal Red Light District yesterday?"

Tang En laughed hoarsely: "I followed your advice, Mr. Lebier. Yesterday Tang En and I were honest like good children in the hotel. And... Raphael is the purpose of our coming to the Netherlands, he More important than everything else." The conversation naturally shifted to the main topic.

Tang En is very grateful to this agent, this is the most highly rated of the many agents he has come into contact with.

So everyone looked at Van der Vaart.

"I also listened to Sauron's introduction. He said that you are a very sincere person, so I decided to meet you."

"Ha, that's what he said... What do you think of me?"

"Well... very young. Younger than the one in the Champions League final."

"Don't mention the past..." Tang En winked at Van der Vaart, "You mentioned the Champions League, that is our goal for the new season."

"To reach the final again?" Van der Vaart asked curiously.

"No, this time we want to win the championship trophy." Tang En replied quite confidently.

Van der Vaart looked into his eyes, determined, not joking at all.

"It's a great...goal." For a while, he didn't know what to say in the face of such a confident head coach.

"Nottingham Forest is not a team that is satisfied with only being able to participate in the Champions League every season. I am not talking big, my players have that quality, I have no doubts. Van der Sar and you belong to the national team Teammate, didn't you hear him talk about us during the World Cup?"

During the World Cup, some teammates were indeed very interested in Van der Sar's participation in the Champions League final again, so they asked some things about that team, but the person who inquired about these was not Van der Vaart, he didn't pay attention at the time.I didn't expect to have an intersection with this team now.

The meeting fell into a brief silence. Tang En motioned to Tang, who took out a stack of papers from his briefcase and handed it to the two people opposite.

"I have a deep understanding of your professional experience and playing style, Rafael. This is a tactic I have formulated about you based on the current situation of the team. I don't like to say big words, empty words and stereotypes. The real thing is Fundamentally. I appreciate your ability, and I very much hope that you can join us, but I believe that I, Tony Twain, must not be the only one who said these words to you. Therefore, I also want to let you know our sincerity... ..." He pointed to the stack of papers.

Van der Vaart picked it up, and he found that it was written in Dutch.This is a detail, but it can explain some problems.He raised his eyes to look at the smiling Tang En, then lowered his head and continued to look.

It is indeed a very detailed tactical manual. According to Van der Vaart's personal characteristics and preferences, combined with the staffing of Nottingham Forest, he listed a variety of tactical combinations for him.In general, in Tang En's plan, Van der Vaart is a midfielder, but he is closer to the penalty area. Unlike the 442 who is in a parallel position, his role is between the attacking midfielder and the shadow forward.

In terms of tactics, Tang En gave Van der Vaart full freedom. He could organize the attack in the midfield, and he could also go forward and score from a long shot.At the same time, unlike Koeman, Van der Vaart was required to focus on defense.

"Most of my players are versatile, so our tactics are more flexible...I believe you must have heard some comments about me, and it must be mentioned that I am a coach who pays great attention to defense." In Van der Vaart While looking down, Tang En continued, "I admit this, I care about defense a lot, because it is the basis of all victories. But I don't think you need to do the work of defense. We have the most outstanding team in Europe. Defensive midfielder, with him, offensive players can score goals without any worries."

What Dunn was talking about was George Wood. He had the confidence that Wood was the best, now and in the future.

To be honest, there are two points in this detailed tactical book that impressed Van der Vaart.One point is the "shadow striker". Van der Vaart was a striker when he debuted. Later, as the team needed him, his position slowly retreated. He was even placed in the defensive midfielder position by the head coach Koeman. Let him take the defensive responsibility.That's not what Van der Vaart likes, even though he's basically stuck in midfield now, he still likes the feeling of scoring, he has a very good long-range shot ability, the set piece is also good, he is not like a waste Such talent.

Another point is that he does not need to consider defensive work, allowing him to devote himself to offense.He likes that too, most talented offensive players don't like a coach telling them to play defense, they think they're underused, or just plain wrong.After wasting all their physical strength in retreating defense, when the team needs to attack, how can they stand up?If someone is on defense full-time, and they can attack with impunity...that's a tantalizing prospect indeed.

Seeing Van der Vaart staring at the thing in his hand, agent Soren Lebier leaned over and asked in Dutch: "Is there any question, Raphael?"

"Hmm... this is the first time I've seen such a detailed tactical commitment during an interview with me... I'm a little bit unconvinced."

Seeing the two chatting in Dutch, Tang En knew that they must be discussing this, so he stopped talking.Tang got up and poured out the two glasses of cold water in front of Lebier and Van der Vaart, and replaced them with two glasses of hot water.

"I didn't expect them to be so well prepared ... No, I should have thought of it, after talking with me for three 10 minutes on the phone. Look, I said it well, this manager is special."

Van der Vaart nodded: "It's really special. A team that has just been promoted to the Premier League for two seasons wants to win the Champions League this season. Soren, do you think he is writing empty promises, or is he an egomaniac?"

Le Bill shook his head: "I can't say that, at least they reached the Champions League final last season, which is not fake."

"Nottingham Forest..." Van der Vaart muttered the slightly awkward name, "This is the most substantial invitation I've ever seen. He's right, it really is something real. However, I think I Still need to think about it.”

"Of course, this is a decision related to your future, and I don't want you to make a decision carelessly."

The two discussed it and told Twain the result - Nottingham Forest was very sincere and the terms were very attractive, but Van der Vaart still needed to seriously consider this matter, so he couldn't give Twain any answer right now.

Tang En expressed his understanding of this, he couldn't eat hot tofu in a hurry, and he didn't expect Van der Vaart to agree immediately, after all, there were invitations from other clubs waiting for the captain of Ajax.

Anyway, he has already expressed enough sincerity and offered all the conditions, the so-called doing everything possible, and fulfilling the destiny.He has done his best, and all he has to do now is to wait for the destiny with peace of mind.

The right to choose is in Van der Vaart's hands, not on his side.

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On the way back, Soren Le Beer told Van der Vaart that in July, the Forest team will be invited to the Netherlands to participate in the Amsterdam Invitational, and then maybe he can observe the team up close.

Van der Vaart's answer was: "If you want to leave Ajax and go to a new team, it will be a bit late to make a decision at that time..."

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Upstairs in the hotel, seeing Van der Vaart's car driving away through the window of the room, Tang En tilted his head and said: "We have done everything we can, and there is nothing left to do. I hope the trip will not be in vain... "

"The good news is..." Don held the notebook in his hand, "Bayern Munich's offer will definitely be rejected, because they once looked down on van der Vaart, the Dutch will keep this in mind. Juventus, as a former suitor, has now gone to Italy. B. There is no attraction to Van der Vaart. Real Madrid's real target is Kaka, and the interest in Van der Vaart is self-hype in the Spanish media. Arsenal bought Rosicky and will not buy Van der Vaart again. Another suitor—— Hamburg, I believe, is not as competitive as we are."

After listening to Tang's analysis, Tang En stood at the door, looked at the car that had disappeared at the corner of the street, and did not speak. (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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