champion godfather

Chapter 865 Letter from the Heart of the Seven Lions King from England
"Aaron Mitchell! Nice dribble, he swayed past the goalkeeper and sent the football into the empty goal! Goal! Nottingham Forest lead Lyon 2-0 at home, they are basically in the final !"
In the home appliance section of the supermarket, tonight's UEFA Champions League semi-final is being broadcast live on the TV.Not many people watched the game there, because this semi-final has nothing to do with their country's team.People who come in to browse the supermarket just take a quick look and leave.Only one person stands in front of the TV all the time, watching the game.
When Chen Jian went out, he forgot that today was the final of Nottingham Forest's Champions League. He wanted to buy some daily necessities in the supermarket, but he couldn't move when he happened to visit the home appliance section.
He hadn't watched a Nottingham Forest game for a long time.He is in the Netherlands and only cares about the team he plays for. Nottingham Forest is too far away from him.
I didn't expect to run into my home team in the supermarket today.
So he stopped and wanted to see the Forest team's game.
He started watching from No. 11 minutes in the first half, and has been standing until now.The Forest team led Lyon 2:0, and he didn't plan to watch it any longer. Nottingham Forest would definitely advance to the final, and there was no sign of Lyon's comeback in the whole game.There was no suspense in the game, and there was no need to continue watching.
Chen Jian hugged the things he just bought, turned around and left here. The noise from the city stadium was still playing in the TV. The sound was getting farther and farther away from Chen Jian, and soon he couldn't hear anything.
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Name: Chen Jian.
Nationality: Chinese.
Age: 23 years old.
Positions on the field: Central midfielder, defensive midfielder, right back.
Current team: Volendam, Netherlands.
Chen Jian was loaned to Volendam from Nottingham Forest two seasons ago, when Volendam was still in the second division.
In fact, Chen Jian was not the player that Volendam urgently needed. At that time, what Volendam needed were forwards and defenders, not midfielders.Chen Jian was basically forced by the Forest team to Volendam, because Volendam is a satellite club of the Forest team.Because Chen Jian once played a guest role as a right back, it is also counted as barely meeting Warrendamm's needs.
Because of this relationship, he was not very happy in Wollendamm at first, or he was not taken seriously at all.On the one hand, he was handed over to Warren Damm by his home team. On the other hand, because he is Chinese, as a player who is not from a football developed country, his nationality is not convincing.
Therefore, in the Dutch second league team, he can only play a few minutes occasionally, playing in garbage time to deal with Warren Damm's request for playing time for loan players.And he still plays the position of right back, which he is not very good at.His performance is not very good, which strengthens the determination of those who are not optimistic about him.Even the Chinese media has gradually lost interest in him, and it is rare to see news about him in the Chinese media.Chen Jian, who was a member of the "European champion team" at the beginning, quickly lost this aura, so he has no news value.
Under such circumstances, Chen Jian spent the first half of the season.The turning point of his fate came from extensive injuries in the midfield, and he was finally remembered by the head coach that he could still play in the midfield...
That was his first start.More than two years later, Chen Jian can't remember the details of that game clearly, but he still remembers that he was named the best player on the spot after the game.
He displayed an eye-catching intelligence in midfield.The defense is clean and timely, and the offense is well-organized.Players who can keep their minds clear on the court are rare, especially in a league of this level.
Since then, Chen Jian's status has changed. He gradually became the main midfielder of Volendam. After the first season, he returned to Nottingham Forest and followed Volendam's transfer application. Just hand it over.But after Tang En watched his game video in the Netherlands, he flatly rejected Warrendamm's transfer request, but said that he could continue to loan Chen Jian to them.
In this way, Chen Jian returned to the Netherlands before he even had time to leave the apartment he rented in the Netherlands.
The second season is a season worth celebrating for Warrendamm. After a season of hard work, they successfully rushed to the Dutch First Division.Due to Chen Jian's outstanding performance, they once again applied to the Forest team to buy Chen Jian. Tang En also refused again, and said that he could continue to loan Chen Jian to them.
Next is Chen Jian's third season in this team...
After officially becoming a member of Nottingham Forest, he has not even played a game for Nottingham Forest.Having never worn a Nottingham Forest shirt either, it would be correct to say that he has little sense of belonging to the Forest team.
He doesn't care much about the Forest team anymore, so that he is not in a hurry to know which day Nottingham Forest will play the semi-finals of the Champions League.As the season enters the final stage, he must consider his future again.He signed a four-year contract with the club at the beginning, three years have passed, and the last year is left, where will he go after one year?
Warren Damm thinks highly of him and hopes that he can be transferred.Just a day before, Warren Damm's manager approached him and asked about the Forest team.He told Chen Jian tactfully.If it is always on loan like this, the team will not be able to plan tactics around him, and his status in the team will never be determined.
"...It is impossible for any team to use a loaned player as the core. You are very talented. For three seasons, you have a high degree of tactical fit with us. We all love you ,but……"
Needless to say, Chen Jian knew what it meant.The manager is right, if this is still the case, Volendum will have to abandon him.This season, Volendam is deeply in the quagmire of relegation, which has a lot to do with Chen Jian's ambiguous status.
After two seasons of hard work, Chen Jian has proved his strength, and has gradually become the core midfielder of the small team of Volendam.But this is not a good thing for Warren Damm, because they can't make long-term plans, they can only play one season and watch the next season, so can the team's performance be good?
He was also a little confused, what should he do?
He used to think that he would be satisfied if he could play in the professional league, but he has higher pursuits after he really played in the league. He is unwilling to be a short-lived meteor. He hopes that his achievements will stay in this circle.He hopes to obtain a stable environment, which neither Nottingham Forest nor the current Volendum can give him.
Does he think he should show his cards to Coach Tony Twain, leave Nottingham Forest, and go to a team that can give him this kind of environment?He performed well in Wollendamm. Several Eredivisie and Belgian teams have asked his agent if they intend to change the environment.
He is also hesitating about this matter.It stands to reason that Nottingham Forest has been kind to him. If it weren't for Nottingham Forest, he must be working as a security guard somewhere in the country now instead of playing professional football. He enjoys the cheers of the fans at least once a week.
But it's obviously not going to work if it goes on like this...
These problems bothered Chen Jian and made him a little absent-minded recently. The head coach has already hinted that he will not start the next game.
At this time, he happened to see the Forest team's game in the supermarket, and the long-lost red jersey made him a little dazed.
These people are all his teammates, but they have won many honors, and he is still wandering outside, not knowing where his home is.
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Chen Jian, who went to the training base for training the next day, was called by the head coach to have a private talk.It is no different from what the manager said, I still hope that he can consider putting pressure on the club to transfer to Volendam.Although Wollendamm's relegation situation looks precarious this season, as long as Chen Jian transfers, they can have a long-term plan, and it is not difficult to return to the first division.
The head coach said so, but I don't know how credible it is.
At the end of the conversation, he gave Chen Jian a small warning: Wollendamm may not continue to loan Chen Jian next season. They will propose to Nottingham Forest to rent a striker and a defender instead of a midfielder.In other words, Chen Jian had to find another way out.
Chen Jian didn't speak.After hearing this, he didn't show his loyalty to the head coach, and said a lot of scenes that he loved Volendum very much and wanted to stay and help the team tide over the difficulties together.
The head coach didn't know what the Chinese man was thinking, so he had to let him go. Before leaving, he confirmed one thing to him. Chen Jian was not in the squad for the weekend league.
Well, he can calm down and think about his own future.
After the training, Chen Jian received a call from his manager, Mr. Xia.Mr. Xia wants to talk to Chen Jian about the next season and future development. His contract with the Forest team will expire in one year. Whether he wants to renew his contract with the Forest team or change the location, these need to be discussed by two people.
Chen Jian agreed.
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The team reached the finals, and Tang En started to get busy again - he was busy sending tickets.My own friends, such as Gloria, and my wife's friends, such as Tom Cruise.There is also Michael Bernard, who has decided not to watch the game, he will still send it.He wasn't going to have Michael come, but he had to let Michael know that his favorite team had reached the Champions League final again.
There is also the lovely Gavin Bernard, who will burn the ball tickets to Gavin himself in front of Gavin's grave.
The remaining tickets to be mailed are those of players who are out on loan.This is a tradition promoted by Tang En, in order to cultivate the players' sense of honor and belonging to Nottingham Forest.In fact, this kind of thing can be done by a special department in the club, but in order to express his sincerity, Tang En insisted on sending it by himself.Each ticket will be accompanied by a brief letter written by Tang En himself.
From these small details, he shows his concern for the players, so as to win people's hearts easily.
He wrote letters for the players after he got home, turned on the lamp and spread out the paper, and began to write letters to every wanderer, telling them that the team always pays attention to their performance, as long as If you perform well, you will have the opportunity to play for the forest team. Finally, I wish them good health and happiness every day.The content is basically these, just fill in the names of different people.
This season, the Forest team has ten players on loan, the youngest is 17 years old, and the oldest is 23 years old.
After he finished writing one, he folded it and put the ticket into the envelope with the corresponding name.
When he picked up the last ticket and looked for the name on it, he saw Chen Jian's Chinese pinyin.
The name stopped his hand.
He still remembers the scene when Chen Jian first came to the forest team. At that time, as No.3 in a talent show, he was awarded to the forest team to participate in training for one year.He also clearly remembers how Chen Jian answered when he asked Chen Jian on the phone if he wanted to abandon his current life and come to England to pursue his ideals.He even remembered how Chen Jian refused when he asked him to change his nationality when he gave him his first professional contract.
These things seem to be yesterday, vividly.
Now that three years have passed, Chen Jian still has one more season in his contract with Nottingham Forest.He has to think about what Chen Jian's future should be like...
Renew a contract, or not renew when the contract expires?Should he continue to be loaned out for training, or should he be recruited back to the team and start playing in the reserve team?
Although he did well in Volendam, the strength of Volendam is not comparable to that of Nottingham Forest, so his performance in Volendam does not mean that he can meet the requirements of Nottingham Forest.Tang En believes that the current Chen Jian is still not up to the level of entering the first team.
He put down the ball ticket and began to write a letter.He didn't use English, but wrote in Chinese. He didn't use Chinese for many years, and he was a little rusty. The problem of forgetting to pick up the pen made him dazed for a while.In fact, the main reason was that he didn't know what to say to Chen Jian.
It was himself who gave Chen Jian hope, but he couldn't control Chen Jian for the rest of his life.
After thinking for a long time, there was only this sentence written on a piece of A4 paper: "Yu Gong, Taihang, Wangwu Ershan, how is the digging going?"
Then he folded the paper and stuffed it into the envelope together with the tickets, and patted it lightly.Only then did I turn off the desk lamp and get up to rest.
Shania was lying on the bed, ready to "make a man". Watching Tang En take off his clothes, she asked casually, "Write letters and send tickets to those players?"
"Yeah." Tang En nodded, "It's the first time in five years, it's a little rusty, and the writing is a bit slow."
"I'm not in a hurry." Shania smiled lazily at Tang En. "Are you not in a good mood?"
Tang En said while taking off his clothes: "I wrote a letter to a fool just now, and I didn't know what to say after thinking about it for a long time. I want to help him, but I'm afraid that he won't live up to it."
"I'm worrying about this..."
Shania suddenly got up on her knees from the bed, and hugged Tang En from behind: "You can give him a chance. Don't you always say that? Whether you work hard or not is someone else's business, but whether you give him a chance or not is my business." .”
Tang En felt the soft touch behind him, and his lower body reacted.
He turned around and threw Shania on the bed, and laughed: "You are right, so thank you..."
A room of love.
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The next day, Tang En handed over all the written letters to the relevant staff of the club, and they delivered them. Each letter will be delivered to each corresponding person by courier in person, and it will never be lost.
For the vast majority of players who are out on loan, the letter in the same envelope as the ticket is just incidental.The head coach says things that look warm but are indiscriminate, and everyone is not special.
"Dear XXX, I have been following your performance in XXX team. I hope you can learn something useful to you from this loan...Tony Twain."
Except for the name, the content is the same.
But for one of them, he is the special one.
It didn't start with "Dear" and it didn't end with a signature.His tone was flat, as if he was casually asking about a very common matter.

(End of this chapter)