The hustle and bustle in the transfer market has little to do with Forest. Originally, the media was expecting Donn to make a splash in the transfer market after returning to the Forest team, but in order to maintain the status quo, he bought Chen Jian and let Silva go.

The team's record in January was two wins, two draws and one defeat, which is not a great result, but it is not bad.

That's where the Forest are right now, and Donn's return has stabilized the team, but the team's results haven't jumped to the first group like the Rockets have soared. The team is still hovering in the lower middle of the table, although out of the relegation zone.

The media widely agreed that Donn's return was fruitful as Forest were immediately out of the relegation zone. But that's not what Donn wants, his goal has not yet been said to the public, and it doesn't matter if the media knows about it or not, because the media can't control him, but he has to find a suitable opportunity to tell the players about his goal. If the players don't know what he thinks, it will be impossible for the coaches to achieve this goal without unity.

Why choose the right opportunity? Because this goal is a bit far away for the current Forest team, it may not necessarily receive the results they want if they say it rashly. After all, this group of people is not the same Forest players as before, and he doesn't know how much response to Donn's goal will be.

What made Don happiest in January was the speed with which Chen Jian integrated into the team.

Perhaps because Chen Jian used to play for the Forest team, he and the Forest team did not seem to be at odds at all. Or maybe it's because his technical characteristics are similar to Wood's, and naturally he is close to Nottingham Forest's tactical style, and he doesn't need to run in much, and he can work normally quickly.

At the same time, Chen Jian can speak fluent English, and has lived in Nottingham for three years, so he will not feel unfamiliar with the environment here. There will be no sense of discomfort due to language barriers and unfamiliar environments.

After staying in the hotel for a week, he moved out of there, because his agent Xia Yang found a house for him in the city, bought it in Chen Jian's name, and moved in directly.

The house is available, and Xia Yang temporarily lives here to cook for Chen Jian and take care of his diet and daily life. At the same time, he handled the matter of bringing his parents to Nottingham for Chen Jian. When Chen Jian's parents come, he can be liberated.

"You won't find a second agent like me in the whole world, Ah Jian!" While cooking dinner for Chen Jian, Xia Yang emphasized his importance to Chen Jian, who was sitting in the restaurant playing with his mobile phone. "Help you make money, buy you a house, buy a car, buy furniture, and wash your hands and make soup for you...... Tsk, I'm your babysitter. Your Uncle Xia is a big agent who manages hundreds of Chinese players! ”

Chen Jian was sending a ** text message to a girl he met when he returned to China last year, and heard Xia Yang say this. raised his head and said, "The agent was originally a nanny, haven't you heard this song, Uncle Xia?" ”

"What song?"

"As her driver, as her courier, and as her ATM. Chen Jian snorted.

"Hey!" Xia Yang rolled his eyes. "That girl asked you that, right?"

Chen Jian shook his head: "Cuicui is a very simple, kind and sensible girl. ”

"Yo yo. Xia Yang laughed, "Sure enough, it is a lover's eyes, as long as it is a lover." Everything is good. ”

Chen Jian knew that Xia Yang was ridiculing himself, and he didn't really have any dissatisfaction with Cuicui. So he ignored Uncle Xia, lowered his head and continued to use text messages on his mobile phone to talk about love and love to his girlfriend, and tell about his longing.

In the open kitchen, the aroma wafts into the dining room.

Chen Jian didn't raise his head and suddenly said, "Put less salt." Uncle Xia. ”

"I'm doing my part!" Xia Yang's voice also wafted out of the kitchen with the fragrance.

Chen Jian has been insisting on eating athlete recipes until now, as it helps to keep him fit and in shape. But this kind of thing is something that ordinary people can't eat at all. Xia Yang once followed Chen Jian curiously to eat, and he said that it was simply "the same as chewing wax". So as long as Xia Yang and Chen Jian live together, each meal must be cooked twice, one is Chen Jian's "athlete meal", and the other is Xia Yang's own "food".

In the past, Xia Yang often used these various delicacies to tempt Chen Jian, who was eating at the same table, but Chen Jian was not moved at all, he just ate his athlete meal. This made Xia Yang frustrated. can only complain that Chen Jian doesn't know how to enjoy life, he doesn't buy a mansion when he makes so much money, except for buying a good house for his parents in his hometown in Sichuan, he has no requirements for living; Second, don't buy luxury cars; Three don't bubble star beauties...... Now that I don't even enjoy eating, why do I make so much money?

Chen Jian ignored his complaints and continued to go his own way.

However, Xia Yang is also very proud, because these are the "secrets" of Chen Jian's success in Europe. As for those players who are not successful in the country, it is no wonder that they have been frogs at the bottom of the well in China all their lives. Xia Yang wouldn't praise him or anything in front of Chen Jian. But he always uses Chen Jian as an example for his young players. Tell them it's the way to success.

A professional footballer wants to succeed and want to make his professional life longer. Regular living and eating is essential. This is also the reason why although Chen Jian is a yellow race, Tang En has a lot of confidence in him, and would rather bring him back to the forest team as a key player in the "Tang era" in the future. It stands to reason that the peak of the career of yellow players is relatively short, which is related to their physical fitness, and their physiology begins to decline after the age of 30.

Such a situation would never have happened to Chen Jian.

Xia Yang served Chen Jian's dinner first, and then returned to serve his share of the pork bowl.

After the start, Xia Yang asked Chen Jian with food in his mouth: "Can you start this weekend's game?" ”

Chen Jian put down the knife and fork, thought about it before shaking his head and said, "I don't know." ”

"Hey, don't you even see if Don values you?"

"If I had been training I'd have started...... But I can't guess. ”

In fact, except for the first two games, Chen Jian was a substitute, and Chen Jian has always been the starter in the following games, and according to this trend, Chen Jian should also start in the next game. Unless he had some injury before the game.

But just like Chen Jian said, Xia Yang couldn't guess Tang En.

Not to mention Xia Yang and Chen Jian, even the media can't guess Tony. Dawn.

This weekend is Nottingham Forest's clash with Arsenal. Arsene Wenger and Tony. Donn's clash again. This game is very high-profile, otherwise Xia Yang would not have asked Chen Jian if he could start at dinner, because this game will be broadcast live in China, which is a great opportunity to consolidate Chen Jian's number one star in China.

Before this game, the media finally saw a long-lost scene - Don took the initiative to provoke a war of words.

In an interview, he claimed that although Arsenal are now third, his team is fully confident that they can beat Arsenal on the road.

The current situation is that everyone knows that Nottingham Forest's quality and results are not good. In the first half of the season, Forest were humiliated 1-4 by Arsenal at their home stadium, which is a real gap between the two teams.

"We all know that Don wants revenge, but it's a bit hard to get revenge...... the media said. 'Arsenal is not Middlesbrough and it will be very difficult for Forest to beat. ”

"It's been a long time, but I know exactly what Donn is up to. He just wants to provoke Arsenal and make them lose their cool judgment, and then he can profit from it. But now that doesn't work, Wenger is scheming. You can't be fooled by that. ”

'He's got to be talking big, it's not really about beating the opposition, it's about giving confidence to his players. ”

"Just a few words can boost your confidence? It's ridiculous! ”

At Wilfort, with two days to go, Donn is giving their players one final tactical lesson here. Tomorrow this lesson will be held in a hotel in North London.

Donn's tactics class wasn't always about tactics.

"Has anyone been in doubt these days?" Donn asked, looking at the players sitting below.

No one said "yes". But in fact they do have doubts, and they are not small. Never before in the days since Donn took charge of the team had they seen a leader take such an initiative to provoke their opponents.

In fact, the veteran players who have followed Donn for a long time are not surprised.

"Let me make it clear in advance that I am definitely not bluffing when I say that. Or to add some bullshit confidence to you. ”

Don unconsciously burst into foul language again.

'When I say win against Arsenal, I mean win against Arsenal. ”

When he said this, it caused a lot of repercussions among the players. Arsenal are currently third in the league and are just one point off second-place and just three points behind first-placed Manchester United. Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, are 13th, 15 points behind Arsenal. The huge gap in the rankings is actually the current difference in strength between the Forest team and Arsenal.

They had just suffered a heavy defeat at home to Arsenal in the first half of the season, and if we had to say win, they had won against this strong opposition. These people really don't have much faith......

Don could see the hesitation and lack of confidence in their eyes.

He grinned, "What? Just one Arsenal scares you? Look at your little bit of interest. Actually, I've had an idea since I took over the team, but I'm hesitant to tell you about it, or to make it happen. ”

His words have already whetted the appetite of many people - what is the idea that makes the leader so hesitant?

'I didn't have a press conference when I came back, so no one asked me what kind of future I wanted to bring to the Forest team. Seeing that everyone was interested in his words, Don knew that the time was ripe. "But I think most people think it's a relegation success, right?" He spread his hands. "If yes. I think we've got it done ahead of schedule now. So what do we need to work on in the next half season? ”

He said so. That's what everyone thinks. If it's just relegation, judging from the team's current performance, it shouldn't be a problem.

"So actually my goal is not relegation, not from the beginning. My goal is to get back to Europe. "Don is very calm about his real goal, and the players below are not calm.

The room burst into surprise. Everyone didn't expect their landlord to be so ambitious!

In fact, a return to Europe is not very far away, as in the first half of the season, they also played in the Europa League (formerly the UEFA Cup). In previous seasons, he has also played in the European Champions Cup and the Europa League. But why does it sound like they haven't been seen in Europe for a long, long time?

After the chatter was a little quieter, Donn continued: "So our minimum target for this season is the Europa League. Anyone who doesn't like to participate in European events? ”

"Nope!" This time, many people answered.

"That's good, it looks like we've found common ground. Don laughed. "I'm a person who likes challenges and wins. It's a bit boring to end the season like that. I'd like to be sure of one thing now—" Donn paused.

"How many people else have such ambitions?"

After he finished asking, he looked directly at everyone present.

He should try to take everyone's reaction as much as possible.

Some people are excited, some people are confused, and some people are confused.

"Do you know why I'm saying we can beat Arsenal?" Don observed everyone's reactions before continuing.

"If you still have doubts about this, then there is no way to go back to Europe. I want you to regain your long-lost faith. This confidence is not in the face of the megalomanis of Notts County! It's a fearlessness that doesn't change even in the face of a strong enemy! ”

Donn clenched his fist in front of the players.

"If you can only be arrogant in the face of the belly of the fish, and give up on yourself in the face of strong enemies, then this is not self-confidence, this is inferiority! It's to the inferiority complex in the bone marrow! ”

'As soon as I said we were going to beat Arsenal, some people were scared, how can that? You're going to Europe in the future, and you're going to face a lot of stronger opponents, so don't play at all, okay? Don watched them spread his hands, "It's sad. Four years ago, Nottingham Forest dared to snatch Real Madrid's Champions League at the Santiago Bernabeu in front of more than 80,000 home fans. ”

No one answered him, because too many of them had never experienced that at all, but had experienced it...... At this time, his face was really red, and he lowered his head, how could he still speak?

Why is Nottingham Forest slumping, and every year is not as good as a year?

Since the man with the nuclear-powered heart left, they have also lost a champion heart......