The boss is dead? How is this possible? In May, they were still drinking and chatting together, how can you say that death is death?

He was awakened by the whistle, turned his head to look at the team that was still training, and walked over.

"David." He beckoned to his assistant coach.

Chrislak ran over: "Tony, what did Mr. Chairman look for you just now?" ”

Donn didn't answer Chris Lack's question, his eyes wandering as he looked at his assistants and at the players who were still training and didn't know anything.

Chris Rac sensed that his partner was not normal, and he turned his head to follow Donn's eyes to see that everything was working properly.

"Tony, what's wrong with you?"

"Hmm...... David, tomorrow, tomorrow's training you arrange, I won't come. ”

"What's wrong, Tony?" Chrislak asked, feeling more and more strange.

"I'm going to a private funeral and I think I have to go ......"

"Funeral? Whose ......"

"Chief, chief's ...... Funeral. ”

Hearing Don say this, Chris Rac was also stunned.

※※※ Just an hour later, with the help of the well-developed Internet and television news network, Brian. The news of Coach Clough's death spread throughout the UK.

Pierce. Bruce stood in the middle of the crowd, surrounded by fellow reporters like him. Derbyshire City General Hospital has just finished its press conference and the scene is a little chaotic right now. At the press conference, in addition to informing Clough of the cause of death, the spokesperson for the Derbyshire City General Hospital praised the work of his own hospital through the mouth of Clough's wife, Ms Barbara. "She is grateful to all the medical staff at the hospital for their ...... in the last time of being with Clough."

But that's not what journalists care about.

Clough's recent ill health is not news, he had a liver transplant a year ago and has been hospitalized several times, but no one expected that this time would be a real goodbye.

“…… He was diagnosed with stomach cancer after a liver transplant, but he refused to have surgery. We don't know what Clough thinks, but until now he is one of the most special figures in English football, and he has done a lot of things and said a lot of things that are hard to understand. But his place here is beyond doubt, and now it's a pity that this particular person has left us forever......"

Next to Bruce, a BBC reporter is holding a microphone and reporting live into the camera.

"Special people"...... and Pierce. Bruce came with the newspaper's top reporter James Brown. Robson patted him, "Let's go, there's nothing to see here." ”

"Where are we going?" Bruce asked.

"Go back and write the report."

"But we haven't interviewed any valuable ...... yet"

"What else do you think is worthwhile? It's not just us, it's the media all over England – go back and look at the footage of the Forest game, find out the news stories about Clough in the past, and write a memoir about the man. Robson shrugged, "When he's not dead, he's just a guy who likes to be in the limelight." Now dead, still in the limelight...... The only thing of value here is Brian. Clough, the founder of the Nottingham Forest dynasty and a legend in English football, has made many people like it, and many people have cursed why he is not dead, and finally died. ”

Robson looked at Bruce and said, "You're surprised why I said that, right?" Young man, when I was as young as you, my first interview assignment was to go to City Stadium to report on Brian. Clough has taken on the role of Forest head coach. If you're like me and how he's taken Forest to the top and how he's constantly going against the media, you'll know how I feel about him......"

The two walked to the parking lot and got inside, and Robson started the car and slowly drove away from the chaotic hospital gates.

"Pierce, have you figured out how to sum up his life? Only one word is allowed. ”

While driving, Robson and Bruce continued the conversation they had just had.

"Hmm...... I thought maybe he was a great coach? Or a successful ...... Legendary ......"

Robson shook his head with every word Bruce said.

"I can't think of it." Bruce surrendered.

"You know what, Pierce. At your current age, standing in this era and looking at Clough, you will feel that he is a very successful and admired coach. But people in our time didn't see it that way, and said to those who came after them that he might be a god, and that he was a man to us old fellows. So if it were me, I would choose the word -- remarkable. ”

"Unusual?"

"Hmm." Robson nodded, "He's definitely not the greatest and most successful manager in the history of English football, but he's definitely the most unusual one, one that can't be replicated. ”

Hearing his seniors say this about Brian. Clough, Bruce suddenly remembered Tony. Donn, he always felt that there were many similarities between the two men.

"Jose Mourinho and Toney. Donne, compared to him, is just another style of coaching, and no one can copy Brian. Clough, no one ......" as if guessing Bruce's mind, Robson muttered.

The car drove past the home stadium of Derby County FC, Pride Park. Outside the stadium there was already a crowd of mourning fans, long-time Derby County fans who still remember Clough's legendary journey of leading a Derby County side to the English First Division title.

But because Clough once used not very upright methods such as inciting fans to protest in the streets in order to force the club to conform. So the old man's relationship with the Derby County club has not been very good...... Something seemed to be fluttering in the corner of the window, catching Bruce's eye. He looked sideways and saw that it was the flag of the Derby County Club, which was usually hung high above the top of the flagpole and was not easy to see. But today, Derby County FC lowered the flag at half-mast for the veteran coach who has had a lifetime of controversy.

What an "unusual" big shot......

(To be continued)