"Mr. Donn, I think we can talk about George now? Wood's new contract, right? ”

As soon as he heard this arrogant voice, Don felt uncomfortable in his heart.

"But now there are seven years left before the contract expires......

"Mr. Donn, you should know that this contract is right now for George? What an injustice for Wood! ”

Donn grinned, he certainly knew that this contract was too low for Wood...... But why wasn't Wood himself or some other agent making the request for a contract change, but Billy? What about Woolks? He always felt like Woods was threatening him...... Taking a deep breath and calming down, Don said, "Present your terms, Mr. Agent." ”

"Increase the salary to 40,000 pounds and shorten the contract period to four years."

"It can't be!" Without any thought at all, as soon as Witch's words fell, Don refused in one fell swoop. It's completely a lion's mouth, no one among the young players can get a weekly salary of 40,000, 40,000 is the highest salary of the Forest team now, George? No matter how good Wood is, he can't get this treatment, otherwise the Forest's salary balance will be completely upset. 'Are you talking to Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho about a new contract for his players, Mr. Agent?' Donn ridiculed Witches' request for being completely unthought through.

"Of course not, Mr. Donne. Otherwise, I would have asked for a 100,000 weekly salary. Wooks didn't show any weakness, reminding Donn that he had thought about it for the Forest.

Tang En's teeth grinded angrily, "In that case, I don't think there's anything to talk about between us." Seven years left on his contract anyway, and before that Wood was a member of the Forest team. Want to negotiate a new contract? Come back to me in six years' time! Don hung up the phone.

He had fully understood the power of this agent, but ...... Trust Billy over there holding his phone in a daze? Woods also knows how difficult it will be for him to face a manager many times in the future, right?

Towards the end of January, Donn was getting busier, not only dealing with Wood's agent, but also searching for targets in the transfer market. Forest's midfield lacks a player who can organise or rather a versatile player. Albertini is still more focused on the midfield position after all, Ribery prefers to operate on the wings, and Forest's main tactic now is to defend and counter-attack, which is very useful when others position them as "underdogs", Ribery and Ashley? Young's pace is the guarantee of counter-attacks, while Albertini's long balls are fundamental.

But as Forest's results climb, not many teams still treat them as underdogs, and many times they have to face the opposition's dense defence, at which point the defensive counter-attack becomes a positional battle. Not having a player who is good at playmaking in midfield is a real headache.

In this case, Donn set his sights on Spain. He has his eye on Spanish midfielder Mikel, who he planned to bring in last summer? Mikel Arteta (mikel_arteta), of course he has to face competition from Everton.

Although his friendship with Moyes is not bad, when it comes to the competition on the court, Don throws all the mess into the sky. It was precisely because Forest's rival in Arteta was Everton that Donn had to win.

He knows that Everton will be able to finish fourth in the league this season and qualify for the UEFA Champions League precisely because of Arteta. If Arteta can be snatched from Everton, it will not only strengthen itself, but also weaken its direct rivals, thus laying the foundation for next season's European Cup dream.

The UEFA Champions League is still a dream for Donne, but if he can get Arteta, it could well become a reality.

David Moyes has offered Real Sociedad on loan because he needs to spend half a season testing Arteta's ability to adapt to the Premier League. At this point, Donn had the upper hand, and he made an offer directly to Real Sociedad - three million euros.

Arteta played for the Scottish Premiership team Glasgow Rangers last season and was an important contributor to the team's crowning of the league champions, so after the end of the season, Spain's Real Sociedad spent four million euros to bring him back to his home country from cold Scotland. Real Sociedad now regrets dying, four million bought a scrap...... There were a number of teams interested in Arteta last summer, but after looking at his performances for half a season, there are only two clubs that are still interested in him - Everton and Nottingham Forest.

However, Everton's condition is to go on loan for half a season, and then decide whether to buy it at the end of the season, depending on performance. Nottingham Forest, on the other hand, made a direct offer of €3 million for Arteta.

From the club's point of view, Forest's offer was more tempting. Is there still a choice between the cash that comes directly in hand and the transfer fee that you don't necessarily know how much money will be after half a season?

Real Sociedad rejected Everton's loan offer and agreed to Forest's offer. The next step is for the Foresters and Arteta to negotiate a personal contract with the Forest.

At this point, Arteta is basically the same as coming to Forest. At this time, Arteta and Everton can't talk about feelings, whichever side has higher conditions, he will go whichever side.

David Moyes wants Everton's board to give him more money to intervene in the deal, but the Everton board, who had just sold Graveson, have been slow to react and have been considering whether it would be worth spending such a large sum of money on a player who is in a slump of form. Reflecting on Donne's memory, Everton only managed to sign Mikel Arteta on loan on 31 January in the final minute before the winter transfer window closed.

Compared to Everton, who were slow to react, Donn had more power, he could decide everything directly, and with his style, what he could negotiate in one afternoon would not be delayed until the next morning.

After Real Sociedad replied that Forest could negotiate a personal contract with Arteta, Donn called Arteta's agent directly, and after some haggling, and after both sides made concessions, Arteta agreed to come to the UK to sign a contract. Forest immediately booked tickets for Arteta and his agent in Spain for the following morning.

Early the next morning, the two arrived at London Heathrow Airport, and the Nottingham Forest car had stopped at the exit.

Everything has been negotiated in yesterday's phone calls and faxes, and the next thing to do is very simple, medical examination and signing of the contract.

And all of this was kept under wraps, when Moyes finally persuaded the board to come up with a large sum of money for him, ready to join the post-80s Shaolin Abbot Station announced the second player in the winter transfer period, his name is Mikel? Mikel Arteta, a Spanish midfielder, will wear the number 14 shirt for the Premier League.

Everton knew that Forest had made an offer for Real Sociedad, but they didn't know what Forest and Arteta were negotiating privately, which left them completely unable to cope. Moyes suffered a big loss in Donn's "blitzkrieg", but who made them both fall in love with the same player...... At the press conference, Don and Mikel Arteta stood together, holding a Forest Red shirt with Arteta's name and number emblazoned on it. Speaking to reporters, Donn smiled and said: "I know there are people who will have their doubts about this transfer, but I can guarantee that Mikel will succeed here. ”

At Liverpool, David Moyes is expressing his displeasure to the Everton president: "If we had spent the time and saliva wasted in the board meeting in Spain, he would have stood next to us in the blue shirt by now!" Mr. President, you should know what kind of good player the Board has let go! ”

That's right, they let go of a good player, and many more...... It's just that Moyes doesn't know it now.

(To be continued)