With the full cooperation of the coaching staff and Don, Don's work went very smoothly, and the new players were personally selected by Don and persuaded them to join, so he had his own plans and arrangements for these people in his heart. It's like a puzzle, all the parts are placed, and there are only a few gaps left, and now he puts the missing pieces into the seats, and a complete picture appears in front of everyone's eyes.

The new players also know the manager who is about to work with them for four years, and they are familiar with each other, so things will be easy to do.

The coaching staff is responsible for developing new tactics and training the team to adapt to them.

The additions of Van der Vaart and Ruud van Nistelrooy have given Forest a new twist to their tactics. In the past, Nottingham Forest mainly focused on fast counterattacks in sports battles, but the arrival of these two Dutch players can strengthen the Forest's usual short positional combat ability.

Ruud van Nistelrooy is a very good centre-forward for Donn, not only does he have an excellent scoring ability, but he also has a knack for running, being able to hold the ball and pass the ball to his teammates, and he can use his running to tear apart opposition defences and create attacking opportunities for those who come in behind, and his sense of responsibility even makes him willing to drop back to defend - this is one of Donn's favorite points, this professional player puts the team's interests ahead of his own interests.

Van der Vaart, on the other hand, has a lot of freedom in midfield, and Donn is right, for the most part he doesn't have to think about defending at all, when he and his new team-mate Georges. Wood was playing together on the midfield. The sensation is especially noticeable. Wood's ferocious tackling and excellent fitness can replace all the defensive responsibilities in midfield, allowing Van der Vaart to attack with impunity in midfield.

Having just joined the team, Van der Vaart has been playing more of a role as playmaker in midfield in training and warm-up games in order to integrate into this new group more quickly, and Donn is happy to see him take the initiative to do that. The team does need a playmaker closer to the opposition goal, and Arteta is still a central midfielder, not a midfielder.

Wood's mission remains the same, no matter who he partners with. His first job is always to protect his partners and make sure they have no worries.

Of course, Albertini asked Wood to be more actively involved in the attack, both in training and in games, and not just to be a spectator, break the football at the back and pass it to his teammates in front of him. Even if there is no ball. He will also run up to answer it.

Albertini demanded that Wood learn from his midfield partner at all times, and they were the closest "teachers". Wood has played with different types of midfielders, Albertini, Arteta...... Now it's Van der Vaart's turn. Albertini hopes that Wood can learn useful things from these teammates with different styles, and he has no doubt about Wood's ability to learn, otherwise he would not have improved so much.

As for Petrov, his position is fixed on the left wing, and his degree and impact are very suitable for the English game, and Donn has always felt that neither in the Bundesliga nor in La Liga has fully unleashed the true strength of the Bulgarian wide attacker. England is a fast-paced league with a fast attack. The defense should also retreat quickly, no matter what you do, "fast" is the first element. Petrov also felt that this was to his liking.

It turned out that there was only Frank on the left. Ribery struggled to support himself. God willing, over the past two seasons, he has had no injuries and ups and downs in form. But the future is not guaranteed, as Petrov's arrival has greatly eased the pressure on Ribery and made the left side of the Forest team even more terrifying.

With the addition of Van Nistelrooy and Van der Vaart, the Forest's biggest feature has not been weakened, but enhanced. I believe that this is not good news for the managers of the English teams.

Some people may worry that after refrigerating Anelka, the Forest team will lose the ability to counterattack, but Donn has already planned for it.

No Anelka. Despite the overall decline in forwardness, Nottingham Forest's counter-attacks were known for their degree before Anelka. The striker does not act as an arrow on the counter-attack. The real counter-attacking weapon is the two wings. So with or without Anelka, it doesn't matter how well the team counter-attacks.

Nottingham Forest's wide players are all very individual types, fast, good at breaking, and can also score by themselves, except for Ashley. Except for Yang's bit of "assist obsessive-compulsive disorder", everyone else can be that "arrow man" in the counterattack.

Therefore, in normal training, Don pays attention to letting the wide players practice shooting, maintain the shooting feeling, and when they need to shoot and score in the game, he will not disappoint the team and fans.

When Nottingham Forest was training at home, they played two warm-up games, both against Championship teams, and the Forest team won one and drew one in both games. As always, Donn doesn't care about the results of this kind of warm-up game, he cares about the process.

Both warm-up games saw large substitutions in both halves, so the results were completely informative.

The first warm-up game focused on the recovery of the players' fitness and form after a holiday, and the results were mixed. Someone who is as consistent as ever, like George. Wood's monster, some people are much worse, such as Ashley. Poplar. The result of this game was a draw, and the team and Wolves drew 22.

After another week of running-in in the second game, the players' form was regained, and the new players and the team's cooperation gradually took shape. This time Forest's away win against Sunderland, who were relegated back to the Championship

Van der Vaart, as the organizational core of the team, needs to run in with the whole team, so his performance in these two warm-up games is very average.

Petrov has shown great adaptability. As Don thinks, his style and Ying's style simply complement each other. Only here can he swing his good form. Even Ribery had to bow down to his breakthrough on the flank, because he was different from Ribery, who had better dribbling skills and was just one way. Petrov, on the other hand, is so fast that people can't even defend against it, and although the unreasonable rush is the simplest, it is the most effective against the full-backs who go straight up and down in the English League.

In the Bundesliga, the media once said of Petrov - "For the defenders, it is very important to talk about Martin. Petrov kept half a body distance away, which meant that they had already been passed. ”

It vividly illustrates the characteristics of this Bulgarian - fast.

Don also didn't ask Petrov to follow the others to learn what to sway left and right, Marseille slaloms, ox tails...... These skills, he has to ask Petrov is very simple: take the ball and resolutely go to the bottom, there is a block in front? Rely on the degree of hard rush!

Time flies by and the day of the Amsterdam Invitational is getting closer and the team is ready to leave for their training camp in the small town of Volendam in the northeast of the Netherlands.

Anelka's transfer prospects are uncertain, and his two older brothers are working hard to help him find a club that meets his requirements, but the situation is not simple.

There are quite a few teams that want Anelka, but either Anelka himself looks down on them, such as Bolton Wanderers and the like...... Either that, or the clubs can't afford £25 million. The club that can afford 20,000 yuan is not forgiving

Ge weird striker really pays so much money.

As a result, Anelka was suspended in the air, unable to go up or down.

At one time, his two agents thought that Donn's £25 million threshold was a scare, and persuaded a team to pay $15 million to the Forest team to buy Anelka, but Donn refused without saying a word.

Later, his two older brothers began to have Anelka passively confrontation with the behavior of arriving late or leaving early in training, and the two were promoting the conflict through the media. The result? Don didn't even pay attention to these small gestures.

You Anelka will be late if you want to be late, and you will leave early if you want to leave early, and I will deduct this fine from your salary. He is even more afraid of media publicity, he has already had a set of dealing with the media, and he can't wait for the media to continue to speculate, the bigger the hype, the better. That way, there will be more teams to ask for the price, and maybe there will be a big one who can afford to pay for it...... He even really wanted to encourage Anelka's two agent brothers to keep up the good work.

The two once golden partners are now strangers.

It's a little sad, but Don is the boss of the team, and he's the only big guy here. Now Anelka is going to openly challenge Donn's authority, and with Donn's character, he will not be soft, so it is not surprising that the two will face each other like this......

Contradictions are contradictions, and Don firmly believes that as long as a person has a trace of use value, then he must make full use of it. So in the list of going to the Netherlands, the media saw Nicholas. Anelkadi name.

It's been a month of fuss. Anelka also seems to know that he has hit a monolith this time. The club has been supportive of Donn from top to bottom, and it is too difficult to turn the world on his own. If the manager doesn't let him go, then he can't go.

Today's Anelka is no longer the Anelka who was young and frivolous at Real Madrid, he knows restraint. Don didn't leave him out of the squad, in his opinion, he gave him a step down, and the smartest thing to do was to take the opportunity to ease the tension with the manager.

Tony. Don is in the prime of life right now, and the odds against him are too slim.

The Amsterdam Invitational is a pre-season warm-up tournament for European teams with a tradition. Held in Amsterdam in the Dutch capital at the beginning of August, Ajax brings together three teams from around the world to compete.

Of course, although this competition is a warm-up competition, it is not a place where all cats and dogs can participate. Ajax invites teams with strong team strength and influence in world football, such as Manchester United, Arsenal, AC Milan, Inter Milan, Barcelona, ...... and other giant teams have a record of being invited. On the other hand, the teams that can get an invitation to the Amsterdam Invitational can be seen. This in itself is a recognition of strength and status.

At the beginning of the season, Nottingham Forest, the reddest team in European football last season, were invited by Ajax to compete for the title with Portuguese champions Porto and Italian champions Inter Milan, hosts Ajax.

Don doesn't value the championship trophy, he likes the quality of this warm-up game, the championship of two leagues, the runner-up of two leagues, this can be described as a Champions League-level competition. And the participating teams will attach great importance to this competition, and there will be no lack of effort. Play against such opponents. Both the team and the players can be fully trained.

"Amsterdam ......" Ashley. Yang looked out the window at the city from the bus and muttered. "Heaven, ......"

Eastwood and Ribery, who sat next to him, laughed out loud at the same time.

Teammates who heard the laughter looked back at the back seats of the car. Someone else asked curiously, "What's wrong, what's wrong?" ”

Sit in Ashley. Bendtner, who was seated in the row in front of Young, turned his head. A serious pair of Ashley. Yang said, "Hey, Yang, I think it would be better if you used a vibrato for the last sentence just now." ”

Then Eastwood stood up and learned from Ashley. Yang's expression and tone, coupled with the rich body movements, said in a trembling voice: "Amsterdam, heaven, ......"

At this time, the whole car burst into laughter.

Ashley. Yang was a little annoyed by the laughter. He stood up and explained earnestly, "Don't you think so? What a great city it is! ”

Van der Vaart, who had been in Amsterdam for more than ten years, asked him with a smile: "Are you referring to Amsterdam only from the old train station to the Canal Zone?" This section is home to the famous Red Light District of Amsterdam.

Dutchmen who are familiar with the Netherlands, who are familiar with Amsterdam, laughed.

"Ahh It turned out to be ...... there."

Yang's expression suddenly realized that everyone laughed even more happily.

It is impossible for the coaching staff sitting in the front row not to hear such a big movement.

Hearing the conversation of these team members, Don glanced at Don. Don shrugged at him: "Don't let them have fun, you can't even talk about it, it's better to have fun than to ......do it directly."

Ashley. Yang's matter made a start, and a heated discussion suddenly started in the carriage that was a little dull because of the fatigue of the journey, and the topic of course revolved around the city they were in, the red light district.

Van der Vaart, who had just left the city, became everyone's guide. He pointed to the neighborhood the car passed by and introduced them to it. For Amsterdam, I'm afraid no one in the team is more familiar than him.

As the car passed by the canal, he pointed to a row of two-story buildings on the other side of the river and said, "That's Yang's paradise." ”

Everyone laughed again.

"But there's nothing to see during the day, and it's lively at night." He explained in English, which he was not good at, mixed with Dutch. "It's better to go to that kind of place with a group and not alone."

"*Do you still want to be in groups?" Wes. Mogan whistled.

Van der Vaart smiled: "It's a little troublesome to go there alone. ”

Van Nistelrooy suddenly wanted to make the national team teammate's joke: "Hey, Raphael, I hear you are so familiar, do you go often?" ”

"Luther, that place is familiar to everyone in Amsterdam, and I know if I don't go." Van der Vaart shrugged.

Seeing that the more the discussion became, Don stood up from his seat.

Seeing the manager suddenly stand up, the players all shut up.

"Mmmm, I'm glad to see that you're so energetic after your trip." "Amsterdam is a nice city, paradise,......" he said.

There was a burst of laughter from inside the car.

Donn smiled and nodded Ashley. Yang: "However, I still want to remind you: we are not here for tourism, but for training and competitions. So I don't want to see you all in droves at night in those kinds of places - you know what kind of place I'm talking about, do you? ”

Don said it with a smile on his face, but no one dared to take his words as a joke.

The carriage fell silent again, and Don sat back in his place.

The bus turned across a bridge and headed north out of the area that comes alive at night, leaving Amsterdam, the "European capital", and heading to Volendam, the town where they were training in the city.