champion godfather

Chapter 896 Showdown at the Heart of the Seven Lion Kings
"Want to go down and have something to drink?" Tang En pointed to the elevator and said to the two people standing in front of him.

Evan looked at Allen, then shook his head: "No. At this time, there are probably players below. It's not appropriate for us to appear. Just go to your room, Tony."

Tang En shook the room key in his hand, "Okay, but apart from a few bottles of mineral water, I have nothing to entertain you." Standing in front of his room door, he turned his head and said to the two guests.

Evan smiled at him, while Allen was expressionless, standing next to Evan like his bodyguard.

Opening the door, Tang En invited the two of them in first, and he was the last one. When he entered the room, he closed the door casually.

"What a wonderful game, Tony." Evan congratulated Twain first. At the Bernabeu, Twain was either surrounded by reporters or held up by the players for a parade, and then went to receive the award.Evan Dalgety never found a chance to get close to him.

"We were sent off one person. It's really thrilling to win." In Tang En's view, although the game was fierce, it was not exciting.He took out three bottles of mineral water from the small refrigerator in the room, threw them to the two, unscrewed the bottle in his hand, and drank half of the bottle in one go.

"It's fine if you win, don't worry about that much!" Evan was very happy. Nottingham Forest was established in 140, and he was destined to become the most successful club chairman in history, and he might even be the "greatest". "Also, what do you plan to do with Pepe's red card?" Evan was not in a hurry to get straight to the point. "Do you want to appeal?"

Tang En looked at Evan, who was deliberately concealing his purpose, and smiled: "Appeal? That red card is not wronged at all, and it is normal for UEFA to issue any fines. The club just accept it. As for the others...that's all It's none of your business, Evan. You don't like arguing with reporters in the media." By saying that, he was taking the matter to himself.

"Well, I can guess what you're going to do..." Evan shook his head. "But I advise you, don't go too far."

"I have my own measure." Tang En took another sip of cold Evian water.

"Your measure..." Evan smiled wryly, and there was only a wry smile.Dunn rarely asked the club to wipe their ass.

In fact, thinking about it carefully over the years, whenever Tang En and the media had a heated argument, the club always stayed out of it and ignored it.Tang En successfully made the public focus on his temper and character, without thinking about what it had to do with the club.When he was successful, he represented Nottingham Forest, and when he was notorious, he had nothing to do with Forest.

Tang En walked to the window, opened the glass window, and turned off the air conditioner.The night wind rushed in violently, blowing up the curtains.It was quite windy on the eleventh floor.

Along with the wind, there was also the hustle and bustle of the bustling world outside. The horns of cars on the street below and the drunken singing of fans became faint and unreal in the whistling wind.

"It's really cool." Tang En opened his arms, as if embracing the night.

"Hey, Tony. Do you have any plans for the holidays? I'm not talking about going to Brazil to explain the World Cup." Evan still didn't talk about business, rambling.

Tang En was not in a hurry, and chatted with him: "Together with my wife. I will go wherever she goes."

"You are such a good husband." Evan praised.

But Tang En shook his head ungratefully: "It's just this once a year opportunity, I'm not good, not even a pass." If it wasn't for maintaining the majesty of a head coach in front of the players, he would even be here Take Shania to her room at night and enjoy the joy of fish and water.

The two chattered for a while, during which Alan Adams remained silent, sitting next to Evan like a transparent person, drinking the mineral water in his hand one after another.

Perhaps it was because he realized that Tang En must be very sleepy after a fierce match just now.Evan finally got to the point: "Actually, Allen and I came to you this time because of the new contract, Tony."

Hearing him say "new contract", Allen put aside the invisible armor, took out a stack of papers from the briefcase he was carrying, and handed it to Evan Dalgety.

The corner of Tang En's mouth curled up - what should come will always come, no matter how much nonsense you talk about, it can't stop it.

"You said there was no renewal before the Champions League. Now I'm happy that the Champions League is over and it ended with our victory. Now the club has offered you a new contract - completely up-to-date, just It was only drawn up after the game... Allen put in a lot of effort." Evan Daugherty knew about the conflict between Dunn and Allen, and he wanted to restore the relationship between these two capable men. affection.

Tang En didn't look at Alan and didn't say anything.

"The remuneration has improved a lot. If you sign this, you will be the coach with the highest salary in England!" Evan Dougherty said excitedly.In fact, with his personality, he would not be so generous.But he deeply understood what Tony Twain meant to Nottingham Forest. As long as he could be kept, he could be earned back no matter how much money was spent—has anyone heard of the champion worrying about money?

Tang En stretched out his hand to Evan, and Evan quickly handed over the contract in his hand.He continued to describe to Tang En the bright future after the contract extension: "...we will move to a new stadium next season, and the ticket revenue will definitely increase. However, Nottingham is really too small. We plan to continue to explore overseas markets. You three It’s just the right time for the crown king! The market is open, the funds are abundant, and when the time comes, everyone you want to buy will have money!”

Dunn ignored Evan's passionate speech, and he looked down at the terms of the contract.Evan didn't lie to him, this contract was more generous than any he had ever seen before.If he signs this, his annual salary will be as high as 750 million pounds. Although looking at world football, this is not the highest salary for a coach, but he has already secured the top deal in the Premier League.Wenger's annual salary of 500 million can't threaten him at all.

This is just the annual salary, not including those rewards for winning the championship.For the champion godfather, winning the championship is like picking something out of a bag, and winning the bonus is naturally easy.

But Tang En didn't pay much attention to these.It's not that he doesn't love money, but that he has many ways to make money, and the club's salary is only part of it...

In addition to his salary, he also has many endorsement contracts.Such as Armani, such as FM series of games, such as Gillette razors, such as Ray-Ban sunglasses.In addition, he also has a contract with BBC TV. On the national team match day, he will be a guest commentator for the England game broadcast by the BBC, and a sum of money will also be included in the account.In addition, his autobiography "Ten Years" sold very well, ranking in the top three on the British bestseller list for five consecutive weeks, and it was No. [-] for two weeks.Everyone is full of curiosity about the most personal and mysterious head coach in England.Compared with these, the royalties earned by occasionally writing column articles for a few media are simply drizzle, not worth mentioning.

It can be said that in the eight-year long contract he signed with the club before, he did not once ask for a salary increase, and he set the best example in the team.His supporters think that he is the only coach who does not value money in the tide of commercialized football, and some people think that his love for Nottingham Forest cannot be measured by money, but in fact it is only because the annual salary of 270 million pounds only accounts for One-tenth of his total annual income in recent years...

Dunn quickly skimmed over the clauses related to his income. He hoped to see that he had more power guarantees written on it, in black and white. When the time came, he would have evidence to defend his power.

This is also his last chance for the club.

But he was disappointed.His authority as a head coach is not written into any of the terms of the contract.Maybe Evan feels that there is no need to write, because the Premier League head coach is already the most powerful head coach in the world, although their power today is completely incomparable with that of more than 20 years ago.Maybe Evan didn't want to write it, because he was afraid that if something happened in the future, Tang En would choke his neck and threaten him.It's also possible that this was Allen Adams' idea. Didn't Evan say that Allen drafted the contract?How could he put something that restricted him in the contract?

Tang En shook his head lightly, closed the contract and handed it back to Evan.

Evan didn't expect that Tang En would return the contract to himself intact. He thought that Tang En would take out a pen and sign without hesitation after seeing the income figures.

"Uh, Tony?" Evan didn't immediately accept the contract, but asked with some doubts.

Tang En lowered his head, as if he had made a great determination, raised his head and smiled at Evan as if he had exhausted all his strength: "I don't plan to sign this, Evan."

Evan Dalgety thought he heard it wrong. He stared at Tang En with wide eyes, and Xiang could see how much he was joking from the smile on his face.

Tang En guessed his thoughts: "Don't look, I'm not joking." He crossed his legs and looked at the club chairman who was still in shock and unable to extricate himself.Look at the calm Alan Adams behind him, what a poor man...

Allen didn't mean to say anything, and after Dun En said this, he didn't speak anymore, and Evan was still in a daze.There was a sudden silence in the room.But the silence was not embarrassing, because their minds were different and they were all thinking about their own affairs.Outside the window, the din on the downstairs corridor became weaker. It must be that the policemen in charge of maintaining law and order finally decided to do something.

Time passed by like this, and Evan had already recovered from the initial shock, and then he kept thinking about why Twain refused to renew the contract with a cloudy face.Of course, he might have already guessed the answer, for example, it must be that Alan forcibly sold Lennon a year ago, causing them to be hostile to each other... But why can't he still remember what happened a year ago?Is it too narrow-minded?People always have to look forward, let the past be the past.As long as we are together, what championships can't be won, what stars can't be bought?What is a Lennon?
But how did he know that Tang En didn't care about Lennon or Messi at all, but that his authority was threatened and challenged most directly.He is a person who has some mental cleanliness in this area. As long as this kind of thing happens for the first time, there will only be more and more similar situations in the future, which will make him very annoying.

In case the Arab lunatics in Manchester City throw out [-] million to buy George, Tang En is not sure whether he can keep it now.Because Allen will intervene [-]% of the time. In the eyes of this pure businessman, [-] million can buy three slightly inferior but still world-class midfielders for the team. One vs. three, which one is more cost-effective?

Businessmen will never understand that football is not a numbers game.There are some things that no amount of money can buy.Did Manchester City spend so much money to win a league title?A loser who didn't even win the League Cup!
Evan thought about it for a long time and observed it for a long time.He found that Alan and Tony really had no intention of reconciling.That's why he said, "I think there may be some misunderstanding, Tony..."

Tang En shook his head: "I'm tired, Evan. I just want to rest, stay at home with my wife, and take care of her daily life, just like a man who eats soft food." He wanted to show his cards directly and say, "I You and Alan don't see each other, there is no need to force each other if you don't agree with each other, and you don't agree with each other if you don't agree with each other," but it turned into this excuse.

"You have vacations to rest."

"Less than a month's vacation can't make up for what I owe Shania for 11 years." Tang En said this very seriously, and he didn't mean to be perfunctory at all.Because he spoke the truth.

But Evan didn't believe Tang En's excuse, he frowned and kept shaking his head: "Oh please, don't be like this, Tony... There has never been a coach who left his job at the age of 45 for this reason. You are still young, okay?" You can achieve greater things! As long as we are together, you admit it? In the Premier League... no, in the whole world, only Nottingham Forest is the best place for you to develop your talents. We need you, and you need us."

"I admit it." Tang En nodded with a smile.This is also true.

Here are his direct troops, the fans who support him the most, the media who sing praises and play psychological warfare for him, and a club president who has little influence and doesn't care what he is playing most of the time... go to other places maybe Only one or two of the conditions can be met, but if all of them are met, there is only the Nottingham Forest family in the world, and there is no semicolon.

Alan Adams may be the only shortcoming here, but it is also the most fatal.He wouldn't point at Allen and question Evan loudly like the jealous woman in the eight o'clock soap opera: "You want me or him, you choose one!"

He knew that Alan Adams was Evan's business partner and friend for decades, and the weight of that kind of friendship was in Evan's heart.No matter how much he wanted to be jealous, his relative would definitely not be able to win the fight.

"I just want to rest, so it doesn't make sense that only the Forest team is suitable for me in the world, Evan."

Evan still thought that Dunn was going to change jobs: "Is it better to go to those big clubs than Nottingham Forest?" After so many years, he had long since abandoned his original ideal of making the team rank among the G14.This is of course directly related to G14 being disbanded by UEFA.

"I'm not going to Manchester United, Evan. I'm not going anywhere... Well, maybe to the United States, Shania's career is basically there. But I don't know how to coach. Is there football in the United States? I don't know much about rugby. I don't know anything about it." Tang En spread his hands, pretending to be relaxed.

Evan stared at the smiling Tang En, as if he wanted to see through him.

Tang En didn't continue talking.

The two looked at each other for a while, and Evan stood up from the sofa: "I hope you can think about it, Tony. There is still more than a month before the contract expires, this contract..." He clapped the contract in his hand , "Keep it for you."

It's time to go.

Tang En got up to see off the guests. "Don't bother, Evan. Go find my successor now. I'm quitting, I'm serious." He said to Evan seriously at the door.

Evan didn't answer, but just went out with Allen.

He remained silent until the two of them walked into the empty elevator and saw the elevator door completely closed in front of him, then he suddenly cursed loudly: "Fuck! How could he do this!!"

Alan continued to remain silent beside him, quietly listening to his old friend and boss venting his dissatisfaction like a volcano erupting.

"Who does he think he is?! Is it amazing to win three championships! He doesn't want the annual salary of 750 million, what else does he want!! Tell me, Allen!"

Evan Dougherty turned sharply and stared at Alan Adams.

"Do you think I have something to feel sorry for him? He is talking nonsense outside, and I will help him wipe his ass! I try my best to meet his demands. In the eyes of the media, he has become the king of Nottingham Forest. Who remembers my club? Chairman? But I don't care... I really don't care! I just want him to keep coaching this team and keep winning championships for us! He's not enough, he's still...fucking!"

Evan slammed his fist on the metal wall of the elevator, making a muffled sound, and the elevator seemed to be shaking.

"Well, I know what he's thinking, what shit to spend with his wife? He's just complaining that he doesn't have enough power. How much does he want? Just replace me as the chairman of this club? No one can control that He's dead." Evan suddenly sneered, "The media touted him as the 'King of Nottingham Forest', and he really thinks he is the king... It's ridiculous!"

The elevator stopped, and with a ding, the door slowly opened in front of their eyes.Already on the first floor.

Evan didn't look back at his partner, the anger on his face had dissipated, and it was impossible to see that he had just cursed violently in the elevator.He said in the usual tone: "Alan, prepare a list of successors for me. I will see this list by tomorrow afternoon at the latest. Then we will start looking for a coach."

Allen nodded first, and then realized that he knew everything at least in front of Evan, so he asked, "Don't you wait until June [-]?"

"New coaches, new plans, new lineups, everything will take time, and by then we will be late, compared with other competitors."

Evan walked out of the elevator as he spoke, and Allen followed behind him.The two walked through the lobby, walked out of the gate, got into a black car that had been waiting for a long time, and disappeared into the vast night.

(End of this chapter)