Anelka's affairs were left to Alan Adams to deal with, and Don didn't bother anymore, okay or not, Alan gave him a word.

He put all his energy into training and bringing in reinforcements.

The team couldn't find a better alternative to the midfield, and he decided not to let Gunelson leave the team first. Although Gunelson's ability is nowhere near that of George Wood, even if he is a substitute, he is limited in what he can do when he is needed. Donn's plans didn't give Gunelson much thought of playing, and he felt that unless Wood was impulsive, Gunnalsson wouldn't have many opportunities to play this season. Keeping Gunelson on the team was just a matter of dealing with the unexpected.

Despite the £4 million introduction of Pepe, Done's revamp at the back isn't over yet. For teams competing in the European Cup, Donn understands the importance of defence. So to speak. In the last decade, almost all teams that have won the European Champions League have relied on attacks rather than attack. It's defense. Only a team with good defense can go far in this kind of cup competition.

Donn believes that the Forest team is still lacking an all-round player who can play multiple positions, commonly known as "panacea", such a person does not need to be very good, but he needs to be able to adapt quickly in all positions and play at a normal level.

But such people are not easy to find.

Donn scratched his head, and he couldn't think of anyone who would be suitable to come to the Forest team to play as a substitute...

Initially, he set his sights on young players. Due to his habit of playing FM, Donn always likes to use young players. In coaching, he has a slight "pedophilia". He wants the players he buys to be young and extremely talented, and to be able to play for Forest for a long time. But isn't it a waste to use such people as substitutes? What's more, if it is a talented teenager, which club will easily let it go to its competitors.

Donn has his eye on Manchester City's young defender Micah Richards, a 17-year-old who is still in Manchester City's youth team but has already attracted a lot of attention. Forest approached Manchester City to buy Richards, but City refused. No matter how good the relationship between Stuart Pierce and Don is, it's a non-negotiable matter, Chaz is the future star of Manchester City, Don has his eye on it, and Pierce has his eye on it......

On the phone, Pierce told Don very frankly. He wouldn't sell Richards to any team. Because this little black kid is the future of Manchester City and is now captaining the youth team. Maybe he could captain the Manchester City first team in the future.

Hearing Pierce say this, Don knew that his idea of having Richards completely and completely could end there. If you want to buy it, you may have to wait a few years. But at that time. Whether Richards can still perform at the level of his talent and whether the Forest team will want to buy it is not certain.

“…… In that case, Pierce, I would like to buy another player from Manchester City – Sun Jihai. ”

Hearing this name, Pierce frowned: "That Chinese? But he's our workhorse now. ”

"Pierce, it's either Richards or Sun Jihai, you always want me to get one, right? Or you loan Richards to me. ”

Pierce pondered for a moment, then said, "I need time to think about it, Tony, you can wait for my call." ”

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Sun Jihai is the name that Don casually mentioned, and of course he knows that Sun Jihai is now the main force of the Manchester City team. Apart from playing only nine games last season due to injury, from the Championship to the English level, he has been the first choice for the right-back position in Manchester City. However, he has only recently returned from injury, which makes people question his level

Donne's main purpose is still in the latter sentence "Or you loan Richards to me", and he feels that Pierce will not agree to sell Sun Jihai to him, after all, Manchester City need Sun Jihai now. But it was a good idea for Richards to stay in the youth team and go on loan at Forest.

Tang En's mind was still full of Richards, but he didn't expect that the news that he wanted to buy Sun Jihai would be known by the pervasive media. The strongest reaction was certainly from the Chinese media:

A team that has qualified for the UEFA Champions League qualifiers wants to add to their right-back position and want to bring in Chinese player Sun Jihai, which is something to be proud of at Zhongyuan - if the deal goes through, Sun Jihai will become the first Chinese player to appear in the Champions League.

So the matter that has not been skimmed has been hyped by the Chinese media in a short period of time. Let the Chinese believe that Sun Jihai's joining Nottingham Forest is already a certainty.

Tang En also saw the enthusiasm from China again...

"In just one afternoon, there were 17 phone calls asking for interviews, some of whom wanted to interview me directly. Some would like to get confirmation from the club...... They are all about to be hyped as 'Sun Jihai has joined Nottingham Forest', and now they want to confirm it! Tang En patted the stack of papers in his hand and said to Tang, who was sitting in front of him, "Your Chinese compatriots are so enthusiastic......

Tang smiled: "Isn't it yours too?" ”

"Uh, sorry, I'm too into the show." Don scratched his head.

Don turned around and withdrew a box of videotapes from the VCR with "sunJihai" written on the side label. Then he handed it to Donne: "He is indeed very much in line with your requirements. Able to play almost any position at the back, as well as a midfielder and a wing-back... If you want. He can also play as a striker. ”

Don took the tape and shook his head: "Of course I know this, I watched him play before you...... But...... I don't think Pierce will let Sun Jihai give it to us. They also don't have a lot of players to choose from at right-back. ”

Don glanced at Don, who raised his hand in surrender: "Okay." I'm honest, I didn't want Sun Jihai. I'm all over Richards, I just want to make Pierce understand that they can't do without Sun Jihai now, but they can loan Richards to pick us up......"

"And what are you frowning about now?"

Tang En pouted: "I'm worried about how to deal with that group of enthusiastic Chinese media, tell them the truth." Am I kidding? ”

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"Perfunctory." Don, who was busy choosing the videotape, buried his head and said this. Don looked at him.

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The next day, Donn approached Miss Barbara Lucy, who was in charge of media reception: "So many media ...... It's not possible to have a press conference for a transfer that's still in our heads, you choose a media outlet to come to Wilford. I'll talk to them alone, and I'll push the rest. ”

"Yes, Mr. Donne."

Miss Barbara Lucy's style of doing things is not at all like that of a woman, she is very capable and decisive. In the morning, he agreed to Donne's matter, and in the afternoon the two Chinese students arrived at the Wilford training base. After showing Ian Sr. his ID in the guard's room, Ian answered the phone from Miss Lucy's office. After confirming the identities of the two, let them in.

After the two of them entered the training base, they looked around curiously. They should be regarded as the first two Chinese chronicles to enter the training base of the Forest team.

Miss Lucy didn't keep the Chinese guests waiting too long, and came out of the building to lead them to Donn's office.

Don wasn't in the office, Miss Lucy arranged for them to sit and wait, made them two cups of tea, and left.

After Miss Lucy closed the door and left, she got up from the sand and looked carefully at the small office, where there was an entire wall full of books, all kinds of football-related books. The desk looks cluttered. A computer is hibernating, and there is a slight humming sound coming out of the case.

In front of the wall on the sand side stands a glass case containing the team's manager's personal accolades – three League One Manager of the Month, two League One Manager of the Month, and one last season's Home Coach of the Year.

The man looked at the last trophy and laughed: "The best coach in the English League last season was Jose Mourinho, it is said that many people in the English football circle at that time felt that Don was just losing because he was not famous enough, and losing to Nottingham Forest was not as influential as Chelsea......"

The female on the other side took his words: "If the Forest team has the influence of Chelsea. But if he only finishes fourth in the league, I'm afraid Don will be fired by the board of directors. ”

The man looked back at her and smiled dryly: "I said Tang Jing, you are a football player now, but you are not Mourinho's star chaser, pay a little attention to your identity." ”

Nicknamed "Tang Jing", Nuji ignored her colleague and walked over to the huge floor-to-ceiling window. Looking at the training ground not far away. Here you can see how the team is training. You can also hear the whistle sounding from time to time.

The Forest players were training under the guidance of the coaching staff, and Donn turned his back to the window and, as usual, he did not come on the pitch to demonstrate himself, but stood by and supervised.

Nanji walked to Tang Jing's side, swept through the crowd, and then pointed to a tall bald player and said: "That's Pepe, four million pounds, used up the only special talent spot for the Forest team this season, I don't know what the new season will be." ”

The woman's attention is not on the team, she always looks at Tony Towne, who has her back to her.

Barbara Lucy, who had just brought them in, appeared on the sidelines of the training ground and walked over to Donn, saying something. I should have told him that someone from the media was coming. Don nodded, not looking back at his office behind him.

Miss Lucy got the news and left. Don continued to supervise training on the sidelines, and had no intention of turning around and going back to the office.

"That's George Wood, who doesn't smile, which fits the media's assessment of him. Being able to see the training of the Forest first team at such a close distance. It's not an easy thing to do..."The man is more interested in the players of the Forest team.

Tang Jing interjected: "Uncle Wang, you are an old footballer, but you are not a little fan, pay a little attention to your identity." ”

The middle-aged man known as "Uncle Wang" laughed embarrassedly: "You learned it." Girl! I said, you don't like this coach, why are you running with me? ”

"For work."

"I became a ...... when I came to work alone"

"Uncle Wang!"

"Ahem, let's be honest...... Uncle Wang changed the subject, "this Coach Don is still very interesting, he likes Chinese culture, and is rumored to be fluent in Chinese." I think it's interesting if his team is related to Sun Jihai. If Sun Jihai can really come to the forest team, maybe it will be a good opportunity for him - think about how much a coach who can communicate directly with Jihai in Chinese will help Jihai? ”

"Sun Jihai is also the main position in Manchester City, what did the Forest team do when they bought Sun Jihai? I felt like a substitute for the French defender. From the main player of a team to the substitute, I don't think it will help Sun Jihai's career in Asia. ”

"But Nottingham Forest qualified for this season's Champions Cup."

"It's just qualifying for the Champions Cup, whether they can play the main game, and we have to wait for them to win against Villarreal, who was the only opponent they lost in the group stage of the UEFA Cup last year? Villarreal. Tang Jing is not optimistic about the future of the Forest team in the Champions Cup.

Uncle Wang did not refute Tang Jing's words, he was a whole round older than the girl who had just been sent to England by the society to be resident, and he couldn't compete with a girl. Of course, the most important reason is that Tang Jing is the president's dry gold, and he has to give in on the surface many times. Although Tang Jing is indeed capable, and she is also a professional in news reporting, she has been exposed to her father since she was a child, and she is also very interested in football, but she came to London through the back door and came to London not for a gold-plated vase. But who knows what she will say to her father when she comes home, and how her doting father will understand what he says? So it's always good to be cautious.