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Chapter 632 Volume [-] Red Football Must Be Started From a Baby
Apology Statement: Due to my negligence, I even forgot the most important event at the end of the year, the "World Club Cup".I apologize to everyone here.Since the VIP chapter has been updated, there is no way to modify it on the basis of the existing chapter.So I can only make a supplementary explanation here:
Nottingham Forest defeated Boca Juniors 4-3 in the Club World Cup held in Japan and won the Club World Cup.Became No.1 among the world clubs this year.

Once again, I would like to apologize to everyone, and sincerely thank my friends for reminding me.

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When the schedule is packed, you feel like time flies by.It's as if people forget the passage of time once they get busy.

Unconsciously, in the constant battle, the time has passed the end of the year and the beginning of the year.The commemorative calendar of Nottingham Forest Club in Tang En's home was also changed from 2007 to 2008.

The league and the FA Cup are coming one after another.Thanks to the reasonable arrangement of the training plan, the forest team's physical fitness has not had any problems during this period, and the state has remained stable.

From the league game on December [-]st to January [-]rd, Nottingham Forest won seven consecutive victories.Their league ranking has also changed from the previous third to the first.The brilliant six-game winning streak in December made Twain the Premier League's best coach of the month, and Nottingham Forest was awarded the best team of the month. However, the best player of the month fell to Manchester United, and Cristiano Ronaldo was elected.

And the year-end drama - the results of the worldwide and European selections have also come out.

2007 is not considered the year of the World Series. Although there are the Asian Cup and the America's Cup, these two events are not a great event for the European-centered world football.

As an important reference for these awards, the performance of the European Champions Cup teams and players is the most important.

As the European champions, Nottingham Forest is favored.

Nottingham Forest has been crowned the world's best club of the year.The core player of the team, Franck Ribery, was selected as the winner of this year's "European Ballon d'Or" by the French "L'Equipe". Although Kaka performed equally well, AC Milan's ability to reach the final was almost due to Kaka alone. .But Kaka lost in the collective honor.

Franck Ribery also won the "Best Player in World Football" award selected by the British "World Football Magazine".

In the selection of "World Footballer" organized by FIFA, the competition is very fierce.

Because the selection mechanism is different from the more professional European Ballon d'Or, FIFA's best is voted by the head coaches of FIFA-affiliated countries and regions.It doesn't mean that the head coach of a country is the most professional candidate. Think about China?Therefore, many head coaches do not actually vote for this person's performance in the past year, but just vote for the name they are most familiar with.

Kaka has taken advantage of this. His reputation in the world is higher than that of Ribery, and Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are also higher than him.

Kaka's performance in the Champions League and the league is obvious to all. AC Milan with him and AC Milan without him are simply two different teams.

Cristiano Ronaldo also helped Manchester United win the two-year-lost Premier League championship trophy last season. At the same time, in the second half of the new season, he is in better condition and is currently the top scorer in the Premier League.

Messi benefited from Barcelona's wealthy background and his status as "Maradona's successor". In fact, in terms of performance, he is not as good as the above three this year.

The final result was that Kaka narrowly overwhelmed Frank Ribery and was elected as the World Footballer of the Year. Ribery came in second and won the Silver Ball Award, while Portugal's Ronaldo won the Bronze Ball Award.

For Frank Ribery, even such a result is enough for him to be happy for a long time.A few years ago, when he was looking at the sea by the pier and didn't know where he would be in the future, he didn't even dare to think about today's scenery.But now, with Tang En and Nottingham Forest, this kind of thing that could only qualify in a dream has become a reality.He has become one of the hottest young people in world football, he is the European Footballer of the Year, he is the well-deserved new core of the French national team, and his career has reached its peak.

George Wood entered the 20-man candidate list, but he did not receive any honors, which is related to his being a full-time defensive player.In today's football, defense is not flattering. Being a defensive player basically means missing out on all major personal awards.Cannavaro's World Player of the Year is not so much a compliment to him personally, as it is a reward to the entire defense line of Italy, and as the captain of Italy, he is just a representative of this outstanding group.

Only Mr. Football is the most important thing. After the awards are over, there will be some messy small awards-maybe others disagree with this view, but in Tang En's eyes, they are just some irrelevant awards.Even if he was named the world's best coach of the year because he led Nottingham Forest to win the European Champions Cup, he didn't show how ecstatic.

He took it for granted, and he couldn't think of anyone other than himself who was qualified to stand on the stage to accept this award.The second reason is that he is still complaining about Ribery. He doesn't hate Kaka for winning the award, but he thinks that Ribery is more qualified to win the gold medal than Kaka this time.

So his speech on the stage to accept the award seemed a bit arrogant and resentful.

He said: "I am very happy to receive this award. It shows that the path I have chosen is correct: victory, continuous victory; championship, continuous championship. As long as the team can win more championships, personal honor is not in suspense at all... ...But there will be some surprises... Anyway, thank you FIFA for giving me this award. Thank you!"

Franck Ribery, the core of Nottingham Forest's offense, did not complete the Grand Slam. He won the European Ballon d'Or, the best player in world football and the world footballer all in one, which is the only flaw.In addition, the Forest team has been perfect this year and cannot be faulted.

A year full of honors has passed, and a new year with endless challenges is coming.All glory will pass quickly, and these things will not help the Forest team get any benefits in the new year.

In the first league round of the new year, Forest won to take their winning streak to seven games.

In the FA Cup, Twain still sent the second-tier team to play against Roy Keane's Sunderland.

Due to the different situations of the two teams, the emphasis on this game is also different. Tang En made it clear that he needed to train.Keane hopes to get rid of the team's current predicament through a breakthrough in the FA Cup-21 rounds have passed, and his Sunderland has only [-] points, ranking third from the bottom in the league and belonging to the relegation zone.

Relegation is of course important, but Keane hopes to use a victory to boost the morale of the team, even if it is just an FA Cup, as long as he wins the powerful Nottingham Forest, he will have a way to lead the team out of the predicament again.

Of course, Dunn wouldn't release water just because his opponent was Roy Keane.Although he sent second-tier players on the field, in Keane's eyes, these second-tier players were even more terrifying.For Nottingham Forest's main players, the FA Cup can't inspire their fighting spirit, but it is indeed a great opportunity for the second-tier players to show themselves in front of Tang En. His own performance caused the team to lose.Therefore, this game is very dangerous for Sunderland.The only thing Keane can rely on is to field the strongest lineup and fight to the death with his opponent at home.

He won.

After nine 10 minutes of very, very intense fighting, Sunderland narrowly beat Nottingham Forest 3:2.Successfully advanced to the next round of the FA Cup.

Having lost the last chance to train the youngsters, on the long way back from Sunderland to Nottingham, Twain began to seriously consider loaning out some promising players who were destined to have no chance to play in the current Forest team.

Adriano Mock of the youth team has been loaned to Sunderland at the beginning of this season. Now he is a regular player of Sunderland's first team. Although he is not guaranteed to be the main player, he is not on the verge of wearing the bench. figure.In this FA Cup match against the Forest team, he started and played the whole game.The performance was pretty good. Twain paid close attention to Mo Ke's performance all the time during the game, and he was a little lonely... But young people, they still have time to correct these stinking problems.Think about Cristiano Ronaldo when he just arrived at Manchester United, and look at him now, he doesn't look like a person.

He wants to loan out some members of the youth team, even if it is a team in the English Championship. He feels that for those people, just participating in training at the Wilford training base and playing in the FA Youth Cup will not get much improvement. up.If you want to go to the next level, you have to go out to play games, and play real games.

This matter has to be done when we return to Nottingham.In addition, the winter transfer window is open. Are there any players in Nottingham Forest that need to be bought or sold?
At present, the rotation system of Nottingham Forest is relatively mature. There are good people in every position. There is no particular pressing need to bring in players.

So he decided to focus on the type of players who are still young enough to be bought and loaned out.

This type of player has many restrictions, so it is not very easy to find.First of all, they must be young enough to have time to wait for opportunities; secondly, they must be talented enough to impress Twain, ordinary people are not worth spending a few years cultivating and waiting for; thirdly, they must not be well-known , Don't be so ambitious, Tang En doesn't want the kind of person who wants to be the boss when he comes here; finally, it would be better if the price can be lowered.Forest's new stadium has broken ground and construction has begun, and the club has very little liquidity available on its books.Tang En couldn't do something like bidding tens of millions of euros for a young talent.

After being screened by these conditions, most of the young talents who are already well-known by the world will fall.For example, Dos Santos and Bo Yang from the Barcelona La Masia training camp; such as Carlos Vela, who was loaned out by Arsenal, and Wilshere, who has recently become popular in the Arsenal youth team; Genius Benzema, Nasri; such as the treasure of the Italian national youth team Rossi; such as Pato, who has been snatched by AC Milan... and so on.Tang En couldn't snatch these people. He didn't have the financial resources, so they might not come.

He doesn't need to worry too much about finding outstanding talents. Nottingham Forest can already support scouts all over the world. In addition, they also have a cooperative SI. This company also has many amateur and professional scouts.In addition to making FM, they also produced another version of the player database for the Forest team in accordance with the original agreement. It is slightly different from the more game-oriented FM database. The numbers in this database are more rigorous and have more reference value. .

With the start of the winter transfer period, Twain needs to speed up these tasks.

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When Twain told his scouting team that he needed a list of potential players from all over the world between the ages of 14 and 16, a compiled report appeared two days later on his desk.

Instead of studying the report during training time, he took it home and read it with Don.

Dunn first set his sights on the United Kingdom. On the one hand, he could get the moon first, and on the other hand, it could also play a role in weakening the opponent.Next, the EU region, the Americas, Africa and finally Asia.

After reading all the reports with Tang, it was already midnight.Although tired and dizzy, they finally decided on some candidates, and the names of these people were circled with red pencils.The next day, they will be handed over to the youth team coach.Then, after confirmation, the Forest Club will apply to the clubs where these players belong, or directly find the other party to sign a contract, making them a member of the Forest team-no need to watch, some of them are the Forest team The scouting system has been watching people for a long time.

Two days later, the Forest team's foreign acquisitions were launched around the world.Among these names, how many people will eventually come to Nottingham as Tang En wished?He didn't know, it was like a big net thrown out, and no one knew what the harvest would be until it was picked up.

In London, England, Crystal Palace genius John_Bostock (John_Bostock), who has just turned sixteen, is facing the first choice in his life - to sign with Crystal Palace, who trained him, to become an official member of the club's youth team. Where is one member?Still signed a contract with Nottingham Forest, who broke out halfway, and joined the European champion team.

In Glasgow, Scotland, a man who claimed to be a scout from Nottingham Forest came to the home of 16-year-old Rangers player John_Fleck. Out of Nottingham Forest contract.

In Mexico City, the capital of Mexico, the father of Galván_Martín, a 15-year-old midfielder of the Blue Cross team, received a call from the UK. The caller claimed to be a scout from Nottingham Forest and told him son is very interested.

In Porto Alegre, a port city in southern Brazil, the famous Gremio club received a fax from Nottingham, England, hoping to have a serious talk with them about the Gremio youth team who was under 16 years old. The future of centre-back Gérson_Vieira.

The same fax is also placed on the desk of the manager of the Colo Colo club in Santiago, Chile, but the player name on it is replaced by Nicolás_Millán, No. 16 of Colo Colo U10.

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and many more young people like this all over the world.

How many of these people will end up becoming Fabregas, George Wood, Cristiano Ronaldo, Kaka?

Twain didn't know that even though these young people had the most impressive talents now, there was still a long way to go before they could become superstars. It wasn't just talent and strength that would definitely make them successful. Sometimes they needed some luck. But what needs to be more is the hard work they have put in to get from now to superstardom.

That's why Tang En wanted to cast his net all over the world.He cannot guarantee every player described in the scouting report as "the second Maradona", "the second Zidane", "the second Ronaldinho", "the second Ronaldo"... Little ones can really get their wish.The scope of the search is large and the number is large. Even if the final elimination rate is high, it is guaranteed that one or two will stand out.

Arsenal Wenger's insight into the pearl has long been nothing new in international football, but he can't guarantee that all the players in Arsenal's youth training camp will become world-renowned superstars.You must know that compared with the young people who were given up by Wenger in the middle, there are definitely not many young people who finally become talents...

Tang En once thought, if he traveled a few years earlier, would he take advantage of his information advantage for so many years to make Messi, who still had no money to treat dwarfism in Argentina, injured his spine because of diving in Brazil, and almost died? Kaka, who gave up football, and Wayne Rooney, who was still in Everton Xiaohe, and Cristiano Ronaldo, Cesc Fabregas, Jack Wilshere, Carlos Bella, Boyan Korzic... and other monsters, geniuses, prodigies and prodigies all caught up.

That is almost the dream of most FMERs, watching the stars who will dominate one side in the future gather under their own hands and play for him.Maybe it's something exciting to think about.

But that's just a thought.

In fact, this situation is not bad now, because there are more possibilities in the future.In a future that he is gradually unfamiliar with, will those geniuses that he has never heard of be born?Just like treasure hunting, you know where the treasure is, and then dig it out; and if you don't know where the treasure is, you search the whole world and finally reach a treasure.

Tang En thinks that as far as he is concerned, the latter has a greater sense of accomplishment.

George Wood was the first treasure he dug up without knowing it.The first time and the nth time have completely different meanings, so George Wood doesn't intend to let go.

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These poaching operations will not have results so quickly. In addition to waiting for further feedback, other tasks of the team must continue as usual.

The central defender Aaron Mitchell, who was more than two meters tall in the youth team, was loaned to the Championship team West Bromwich Albion.The right back Gavin Kavanagh (Gavin_Kavanagh) was loaned to Wolves, also in the Championship team.Another midfielder Lewis McGugan (Lewis_McGugan) was loaned to Stoke City.Mark. Barney (Mark_Byrne) went to Watford.

The most promising members of Nottingham Forest's youth team have basically been rented out. As for what they can learn from those teams, it is their own business.Tang En didn't look at the process, he only looked at the result, if he was successful, he would stay, and if he was not, he would sell it.

These young people who left Wilford were also very clear in their hearts.From now on, they are no longer rookies waiting for opportunities in the youth team, they are birds who need to fly out to seize opportunities by themselves.What the future holds is under their legs.As for how many people can come back here and stay in the end, that... is still a mystery.

The league is still going on.

The Forest team, which lost the FA Cup, seemed to be entangled by bad luck.They first faced Derby County in the away game, and they had the advantage in the whole game, pressing down on the opponent's goal and bombarding indiscriminately, but in the end they could only accept the result of shaking hands with the opponent 2:2.Tang En was very annoyed that he didn't get three points against the weak team Derby County.What annoyed him even more was the behavior of the opposing home fans after the game.

Due to the historical grievances between Nottingham Forest and Derby County, Derby County fans were as happy as a festival when they saw that Nottingham Forest, which won the European Champions Cup, was finally drawn by the newly promoted Derby County.So, in sharp contrast to this, it was naturally Tang En's black face.

Originally, before this game, the Forest team had won seven consecutive victories and reached 49 points, surpassing Arsenal with 48 points and Manchester United with [-] points in one fell swoop, and returned to the top of the league.

But in this tie, Manchester United, who immediately won the goal, was overwhelmed by the goal difference advantage-the same score of 51 points, but Manchester United ranked first.

In the next round, the Forest team lost to Everton at home.Left behind by Manchester United and Arsenal, who both won the ball, they returned to the third place in the league.

The state of the team fluctuated a bit, and Tang En discovered the problem - the rotation system.

The rotation system is of course to allow the team to have sufficient physical fitness when fighting on multiple fronts, and at the same time to ensure that most players have games to play and maintain their state.However, if the rotation is too frequent, the players of the team will be a little at a loss-this lineup played very well in the last game, but the head coach changed another lineup and even tactics in the next game. Is it possible to ensure the continuity and stability of the team's overall state?

After Christmas, the team's schedule is actually not intensive. Anyway, the FA Cup was eliminated early, and the knockout stage of the Champions League has not yet started. There is only the league. In the case of one game a week, the rotation system is really not used.

So after losing the match against Everton, Twain temporarily gave up the rotation system, at least the kind of substantial rotation...

Things quickly improved, with Nottingham Forest winning 2-0 away at Middlesbrough in their last game in January.

During this period, good news continued to come in the plan to invest in the future.

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John Bostock accepted the Forest team's contract and chose to go to Nottingham Forest, which can offer a better contract, after he turned 16.Of course, the recent series of honors the Forest team has won is also the reason for his determination.

Although Galvan Martin is in Mexico's famous strong team, the Blue Cross, the attraction of Nottingham Forest and the top level of European football is obviously greater.He agreed to join Nottingham Forest.But there is some trouble in the middle: Mexico stipulates that players under the age of 15 will not be allowed to play abroad.Now Martin is only [-] years old, and he will have to wait at least three years before he reaches his full age.Are Nottingham Forest willing to wait?Tang En nodded and waited.

The Forest team and the Blue Cross reached an agreement. Martin's permanent ownership belongs to Nottingham Forest, but before he reaches the age of [-], he will play for the Blue Cross, train in the Blue Cross, and play for the Blue Cross. Not only the salary is paid by the Forest team, Every year, the forest team has to pay another sum of money to the Blue Cross as a "training fee".

Chile has no such regulations, so Nottingham Forest spent 50 pounds to bring Niklas Milan to the UK, first put him in the Nottingham Forest U16 youth team, and then observe it in detail.

After casting a wide net, only these three people were signed in the end, but Tang En was very satisfied.The construction of youth teams and the discovery and acquisition of young talents are normal and require long-term perseverance, so three at a time is already very good.Rome was not built in a day, and a youth academy renowned in Europe and the world cannot be built in a day.

When Niklas Milan and John Bostock came to Nottingham Forest, Dunn went to pick him up, met him, and introduced himself.Then he was handed over to the director of youth training, but everyone knew that he would pay close attention to the performance of these newly joined young people.

This is also something that can't be helped - in the next few years, as long as the Forest team's new stadium is not completed, Twain may have to tighten his belt to live... and search for those young talents who have not yet become famous from all over the world It is much more cost-effective to train yourself than to spend a lot of money to buy famous stars.

(End of this chapter)