It's November, and the league is crowded. Donn's job remained the same, leaving all the training to Chris Lack, with only the occasional hint at Wood. After the match against Arsenal, everyone knows that George. How good Wood's one-on-one man-to-man defense is, the downside is in the defensive booth. So now the coaching staff has consciously reduced their man-to-man practice and let Wood participate in more circle-grabbing games to practice his defensive positional sense. Both Donn and Chris Rac agreed with George. Wood is a defensive genius, and as long as he trains well and plays more games to gain experience, this kid has a bright future.

On the other hand, Donn is also focusing more on the future. Although Evan didn't tell him a clear date for his return, Don himself calculated that it should be around the winter break, and it would be useless to be late...... Earlier, I wonder if Evan did what he planned?

As if to verify the information that Donn had searched online that day, the price of Nottingham Forest's stock continued to fall, having fallen to nineteen pence.

He knew it was time for Evan to do it...... No, maybe it's already been done.

Then it's time to get your hands dirty...... ※※※ Scouts are an indispensable staffing in any professional football club, they are familiar with the football environment in a certain place, they are well-connected, well-informed and have a unique vision. It is an indispensable profession that provides fresh blood for the team.

The cost of raising a scout is not small, and the expenses are not only the salary of the scout, but also the cost of transportation and horses, accommodation, and equipment...... Or even buy the player's family to fund their activities. The Foresters in the midst of the economic crisis obviously didn't have the heart to take care of the scouts, so a lot of people left at that time, and now there are only three people left - the 58-year-old veteran scout Ian. Situ Lei. Ian'Storey-Moore, 35-year-old Davy. Dave 'Johnston, forty-three-year-old Colin. Colin'Hudson.

The latter two have been away for a long time and are not even Nottingham natives. Their link to the club was to write back from time to time to explain where they had found a good young player, along with a video of the man playing football – if possible. It's almost impossible to find them in the team's training base.

Another scout, Stuart Lei. Mr Moore, who is responsible for the search for players around Nottingham, should theoretically be able to see him occasionally at the training ground. Donn recalls that he hadn't seen Stuart at Wilford since he became first-team manager. Mr. Moore - although it is said that during that time Stuart Ray. Moore was seen inside the training base.

This man is uncertain, and now he needs his help, do you have to wait for the rabbit at the training base?

Donn decided to go to Walker, who must have known Stuart Raymore's phone number and home address, and couldn't find it at the club, so he called his house and paid him a visit.

Do what you think. Don wasn't worried about going to the first-team training ground now and running into Collymore on the sidelines, and then everyone was embarrassed. Because he knew that the probability of Collymore appearing on the sidelines of the training ground at this time was infinitely close to zero.

The team's results are not good, and that idiot is a bit of a broken jar...... By the time he walked to the sidelines of the first-team training pitch, the squad training had already ended and the players were either showering and changing in the dressing room or had already left the training base.

He saw Walker standing with an old man, and neither of them seemed to be in high spirits. The old man turned his back to Don and shook his head, while Walker repeated something.

Donn walked up briskly and waved to Walker, who was facing him. Walker saw him, said something to the old man, and walked over to Donn.

"Tony, how did you come up here to find me? I remember you went to the youth team and you didn't come here once. ”

"Of course, you know...... I don't want to see that Collymore guy. But I'm here today for you. Des, you know Ian. Situ Lei. Moore's phone number and home address? Don asked.

Hearing Donn's name, Walker was stunned for a moment and then smiled, "What a coincidence, Tony." He motioned with his eyes for Don to look at the old man behind him. See? ”

"Who is he?" Don asked suspiciously.

"The man you're looking for, Ian. Situ Lei. Mr. Moore, the team's chief scout. ”

"Huh? Thank God! Don clapped his hands, what a coincidence! When he needed him, he appeared in front of him. "Thank you, Des." He patted Walker on the shoulder and walked over to the old man.

"Hey, Tony, but ......" Don continued as if he hadn't heard Walker's words. Looking at his back, Walker sighed, "Forget it......"

Situ Lei. Moore saw a young man reaching out to him, smiling...... Is it to shake hands? So he also extended his hand.

"Situ Lei. Mr. Moore, it's a pleasure to meet you, I'm Tony. Done, director of the youth team. Donn introduced himself.

"I've heard of you, Mr. Donne." Moore nodded, speaking slowly.

At the age of fifty-eight, he had gray hair, his face crisscrossed with furrows, and the eyes that had spotted countless young talents were deeply sunken in their sockets, and they could not be seen very well in the twilight, but Don could still see a glimmer of light occasionally in the darkness.

"Do you have anything to do with me?" Moore asked slowly.

Don smiled: "That's right, I want to ask Mr. Moore to help me find someone......"

Before he could finish his sentence, Moore shook his head and refused his request. "I'm sorry, Mr. Donn. I've decided to retire. ”

"What?" Don thought he had misheard.

Next to him, Walker walked up and sighed: "Mr. Moore came to me, and that's what he said. I tried to persuade him to change his mind, but now it seems unlikely......" he shrugged, helpless.

"But ......," Don looked Situ Lei up and down. Moore, "But your body looks great, no worse than those professional players!" ”

Moore smiled slightly, "Thank you, Mr. Donn, for the compliment, if you mean the current pros......" He pointed to the Forest players who came out of the locker room in the distance and walked to the parking lot, "I think I can even run better than them." But I'm ...... here," he pointed to his heart again, "tired." ”

Donn understood, another man who had been struck down by the Forest's streak of poor results and darkness with no future in sight. What more could he ask for in the face of this old man who has contributed more than 30 years to the team? He could say here "Don't worry, Mr. More. I'm going to be the master of this place in no time. Will the future be bright for the Foresters then?"

He couldn't, because he himself didn't know what the future would hold...... No, perhaps it should be said that he knows the fate of certain people, certain things will happen in the next few years, but he does not know his future fate, not even tomorrow's fate.

"Mr. President, do you agree?" Don didn't want the veteran scout to leave like that, he wanted to keep it himself.

Moore nodded: "Yes, he agreed to my retirement." ”

What is this bastard Evan doing! This kind of person is the wealth of the club, and he should be firmly grasped, how can he be let go? Don cursed inwardly. Then he looked up at Mohr, who was unwilling to give up.

"Although you have decided to retire, Mr. More, can I ask you to help me find someone in my private capacity?"

Moore looked at Donn, and then said, "Someone who can make Mr. Donn so persistent...... I'd like to see you too. ”

That's a yes, right? Don smiled. He pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to Situ Lei. Mohr, with the name of the person to be looking for.

"Eastwood?" Moore read the name on it. "Only this? Nothing else? Is this a surname, or a given name? ”

"It's a surname...... Well, I don't remember his name exactly. "Don wasn't lying. Because this person's surname can be paraphrased into Chinese, he remembers: Eastwood. As for the name, he really doesn't remember.

"Mr. Donn, there are tens of thousands of people with the surname Eastwood in England -- men, women, adults, children, old men...... Even your hometown is called Eastwood. Moore shook his head, this kind of job was tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, and he was a little tempted to refuse.

Don hurriedly added, "I have some other relevant information, I believe it can help you, Mr. Moore." He used to be a player for West Ham United's youth team, about ...... It's still around last season. But I've looked it up online, and West Ham don't have this person right now. I don't know where he went. ”

This man was known to Don before he crossed over, but it was because of a coincidence, he had never heard of this person's name before. He searched for Gareth on YouTube, a well-known video site abroad. When Bale played the game, he found a video collection of several promising young players, called "best'young'players'outside'the'premiership", "the best young players outside the Premier League". Among them is this man. Later, he looked for his data in fm07, and the result surprised him, completely unexpected, that kid is very, very good, as a striker, several key data are above 17, you must know that the full value of a certain data in this game is 20!

(To be continued)