Galliani was full of sincerity to convince George. Wood joined AC Milan, but he didn't expect that he would end up being mixed up by Donn into a farce.

George. Wood didn't come, and he took half a month of AC Milan's precious time inside. Now that the summer transfer window is about to close, Gattuso's successor has yet to be found.

Ancelotti's already gloomy face was now even more gloomy. If Galliani and Braida can't find him a new midfielder, then AC Milan's league title plans for the new season will be in vain.

Galliani also knows what kind of players the team needs, and that is what makes him better than former Real Madrid general manager Mijatovic.

Ancelotti's previous mention of Blasi is a target to consider, but Galliani did not put his eggs in one basket this time, and at the same time that the team contacted Blasi's agent, he also found two other people separately.

The first defensive midfielder to shine at Sporting Lisbon and was targeted by a number of big clubs at the same time - Miguel. Veloso (miguel_veloso).

The second is Liverpool's untouchable main player, who was an important contributor to Argentina's world title this summer, and the defender Mascherano.

In terms of actual worth, Mascherano is a head above Veloso, better than George. Wood is still tall because he won the World Championship. The mainstream narrative in world football is that Veloso is still a little young. And Mascherano and George. Wood is already a seasoned midfielder, and the two are arguably some of the best defensive midfielders in the world.

Galliani's plan is that although it will be difficult to buy Mascherano, the Argentine is not the captain of Anfield after all, and naturally it is impossible to be a boring non-sale. Then as long as you have money, it's easy to do. He didn't want George. Wood, Wood's status in the Forest team dictates that no matter how rich AC Milan is, that deal will also be difficult.

Galliani is leaning towards Mascherano.

But Liverpool are adamant to let the Argentine go to AC Milan, even though they already have Lucas as the Brazilian midfielder.

Time was running out and Mascherano's side was locked in an impasse with Liverpool's lack of cooperation. In Portugal, on the contrary, things are going well. Veloso had long wanted to leave Sporting Lisbon, but he didn't leave last summer because his agent and club thought that when he played the European Championship, Veloso's value should rise, so they persuaded him to stay in Portugal. This year's World Cup has just ended, and it's a good time to move to a big club.

Sporting Lisbon also thought that selling Veloso at this time might get more transfer fees, so they did not dwell on the issue of whether to release people and directly began to negotiate transfer fees. Veloso himself is also very happy to join a team like AC Milan, where there are more fans, more attention and more accolades. Joining AC Milan is an important step towards becoming a world-class player.

In the end, Galliani and Braida had to give up their pursuit of Mascherano and sign a contract with Veloso.

On August 25, AC Milan announced that they had brought in Miguel, the main defender of the Portuguese national team, for 23 million euros. Veloso.

This one from George. The streak of transfers that Wood began has come to an end.

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AC Milan bought George. Wood substitutes are the kind of thing that Don hasn't cared about since Wood posted an open letter in the newspaper. For him, it was the same whether Galliani bought Veloso or Mascherano. He will lead the team to the second leg of the European Champions League qualifiers, as well as the second round of the league.

In the first leg of the Champions Cup qualifying round, Nottingham Forest beat Red Star Belgrade 4-0 at home, and this result almost guaranteed them to enter the main stage of the Champions Cup. So Don has a rotation system on the road.

Akinfeev's starting spot was ceded to Dier. Roberts, left-back from Gareth. Bell becomes Joe. Mattok, Woodgate and Mogan at centre-back, and Nkouru at right-back, who has joined the team this season. In midfield, George. Wood continued to rest, Thiago still started, Shaheen was replaced by Bostoke, Fernandez on the left and Bentley on the right. Up front, Ibisevic did not sit on the bench because of his mediocre performance in the opening round of the league, and Don gave him full trust to continue to start him, and he was partnered with "Fast Horse" Abonlaho.

If the Serbs thought it was Nottingham Forest's substitute and they could do whatever they wanted at home, they would be at a loss.

The rotation lineup does not mean that it is a substitute lineup, just looking at this lineup, the strength is not comparable to the "main lineup" they think.

Such a lineup played 3:2 with the home team at the Red Star stadium of Red Star Belgrade.

Red Stars started the game frantically and they had to score at least four goals on their home turf if they were to get into the main game, while also denying the opposition a goal. It was too difficult, but they had no other way but to attack.

It was the Red Stars who opened the scoring with a goal 14 minutes into the game, and the Red Stars were jubilant. Unfortunately, the good mood of the home fans did not last long, and seven minutes later, Nottingham Forest scored a goal from a corner from Mogam.

Nottingham Forest then made persistent efforts, and Abang Lajo received a pass from Ibisevic and directly faced the goalkeeper to push the score.

In the second half, the Red Star team continued to fight back frantically, but unfortunately there were too many holes in the backfield, and the space was too big, and they were caught by Nottingham Forest to play a counterattack, and Abang Lajo scored twice.

The goal completely destroyed the Red Stars' morale, and they played weakly in the ensuing game, only to capitalize on the Forest's defensive negligence in the last minute to score a face-saving goal. It doesn't help with the results.

Nottingham Forest advanced to the main draw with an aggregate score of 7:2.

It's a bit of a pity that Ibisevic still didn't score against such an opponent......

Cal. Spike and some of the media must have had something to say after the game.

Could it be that Ibisevic is really a bright shooting star?

After the match, Ibyševich was also a little depressed, but overall, his mood was not affected too much.

Don comforted him with that phrase, "You've done a good job, Ibi." It's getting into the team little by little. ”

He's not the kind of person who makes a decision and then immediately denies himself, and even if he really looks away, he has to give the other person a period of time for him to prove himself.

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So in the second round of the league, Nottingham Forest challenged Newcastle away, and Ibisevic still started.

Unfortunately, he didn't get on the scoresheet.

In the seventy-fifth minute, he was replaced by Ruud van Nistelrooy.

The commentator's evaluation is "Tony." Donn doesn't seem to be very happy with the Bosnian."

Donn's real intentions were simply not to put too much pressure on Ibisevic.

Nottingham Forest ended up drawing with Newcastle on the road, with neither side scoring.

After the game, some media believed that if Nottingham Forest had been better at seizing the opportunity, they could actually win away against Newcastle and get all three points. But Ibisevic was a big disappointment, squandering at least three chances.

Cal. Spike mocks Donn in the post-game show that he should reconsider his gamble with him, "Of course, if Mr. Donn wanted to shave his head, then I'd do it." ”

There was also discord in the local media in Nottingham. Think Tony. Donn looked away again, and Ibisevic wasn't as good as everyone thought. His performances in the 08-09 season were indeed short-lived, and he was really just a striker at the level of a substitute in Europe's third-tier league.

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Ibisevic has settled into the team in life and language, but on the pitch he has been slow to find the feeling of scoring. Mathias. Fernandez would have had to thank Ibi because if it weren't for Donn and Carl. Spike bet on the Bosnians' goal count, and he is the one who should be criticized by the media now, as he himself has not yet integrated into the team.

Don felt that the first problem he had to solve was not to study his opponent and how to win. It's about getting these two guys up to the team quickly, because they're not bought to be substitutes.

There are many reasons why Ibisevic does not score, first, he has not fully adapted to the Premier League's style of play; Second, he cares too much about Donn and Spike's gambling and puts all the baggage on himself; The third is tactics.

Hoffenheim's craziest season, Ibisevic's crazy goals are related to their crazy offensive tactics, 433's offensive style of play allows them to always play big scores, and the two wingers keep attacking on the flanks to feed Ibisevic in the middle. The midfield three moved as precisely as clockwork, with the back four pushing forward with maddening precision in creating offsides.

They are playing a simple, fast and straightforward approach, similar to Nottingham Forest in previous years. But Nottingham Forest seldom and almost never set up offsides. Don doesn't believe in offside tactics, especially in the Premier League, where he likes to go straight up. And he likes the opponent to create offside, and then let his fast horses go to the offside again and again, and seize an opportunity to kill the other party!

This tactic is simply a typical promotion horse-specific tactic. However, Nottingham Forest is no longer a promotion horse, and Donne's emphasis on possession of the ball in midfield and the tactics of rapid progress are not always used. He has to make his team's tactics richer and more varied, otherwise it will be easy for opponents to study thoroughly. Like Hoffenheim in the second season of the Bundesliga......

Ibisevic is used to having two wingers feeding him cannonballs and passing the ball quickly, but he has to adapt to the other way – keeping the ball at his feet, taking it step by step and pushing slowly. While Nottingham Forest also have fast wingers, the wing-forwards and wingers are not on par.

Donn believes that Ibisevic's ability in this regard is fine, but adaptation has a process, and the process takes time.

So he decided to talk to Ibisevic and not put too much pressure on him.

A player who has just suffered a defeat comes to a completely unfamiliar environment, which may not be visible on the surface, but the psychological pressure is very high.

He had prepared a number of rhetoric in advance, intending to help Ibisevic decompress from multiple angles.

But Ibisevic was surprised that the manager suddenly approached him to talk to him alone.

"I don't have any problems in my life, sir. He was barely used to eating...... "He thought Don was concerned about his life.

"Of course I know you're okay with your life." Don felt that his enthusiasm had been extinguished by Ibisevic, and he said angrily. "I'm not here to talk to you about this, I'm ......," he mentally pondered how to use words so as not to irritate the striker.

The striker position is different from any other position, sometimes skill or awareness is not the most important thing, but the most important thing is confidence. And the source of self-confidence is very simple - to score goals, to score goals in a row.

He wants to restore Ibisevic's self-confidence as much as possible without damaging his self-esteem.

"I see, is it because I haven't scored in a few games?"

Don nodded vigorously, how easy it was to talk to smart people...... But why did this come out of Ibisevic's mouth? Isn't that my line?

Ibisevic was silent for a moment, and just as Don was about to open his mouth to comfort him, he spoke again: "Chief, are you worried...... Can't you win against that reporter? ”

Don laughed, "Where?" If you don't say it, I'm almost forgetting about it. Didn't I say it, I never worry about something that hasn't happened yet. Unless you don't score a goal with the last round of the league game remaining, I'm going to start seriously thinking about shaving my head. But that's never going to happen, right? ”

Ibisevic did not answer his question, he asked rhetorically: "Do you regret buying me to the forest, chief?" ”

Don looked at Ibisevic: "Honestly...... No regrets. He smiled. Why should I regret it? How many games have you played? I'm not in a hurry, we all have time. I know how you did last season, and I still buy you, so I'm not going to regret it, you know, I'm not a person who likes to slap myself when I don't have anything to do. I usually smoke other people's. Ha! ”

"I've come to talk to you just to confirm one question - are you starting to have doubts about your abilities and this choice?"

This time, in Tony. Under Donn's gaze, Ibisevic fell into a long silence.

Don didn't rush him, he got up and poured a glass of water for Ibisevic, then sat back and quietly looked at the high school forward sitting opposite.

It was a long time before Ibisevic began to say: "My career has always been like this, chief. It's always one choice after another. I don't know if I'm doing the right thing before I make the choice, so after a long time, I don't think about it. If I do make the wrong choice once, the solution is simple – I'll make another choice. ”

Don smiled: "I know why the European media call you 'Ranger'. But I don't want someone I've paid for more than 10 million euros to play for a season and then make another choice. ”

"I don't want to, if possible." Ibisevic replied to him. "I don't like that nickname."

Don clapped his hands, "Looks like we have a consensus, Ibi." That's easy to do. You've been through a more miserable time than you are now, and I don't think the current situation should be anything to you, right? ”

Ibisevic nodded: "I don't score all the time, I'm really a little depressed." But it's not time to lose your self-confidence, boss. ”

"That's good. Actually, it's nothing, I just want to make sure of this one thing. You know, I'm happy to give new players a chance, but I have to know if they're willing to use those opportunities to prove themselves again. I don't do useless work, and I'm not a philanthropist. If the other party doesn't have this idea, I naturally won't waste time and energy on them. But as long as you have this idea of not admitting defeat, I will let you succeed at any cost. You know what I mean? Ibi. Football at Nottingham Forest is unlike anything you've seen before. At this, Donn paused, a smile on his face. Never admit defeat and never give up is our best lover. ”

"If you can accept this football philosophy, then I have to welcome you again."

Don held out his hand to him.

Ibi didn't say anything, just handed his hand.

"I'll be your acquiescence, Ibi. Welcome to Nottingham Forest! This time it's really joining. He winked at Ibisevic and grinned.

(To be continued)