George. Wood has signed his name on an eight-year contract, and Nottingham Forest fans are happy to see young players put their futures at the Forest team instead of going elsewhere for money.

After securing Wood's contract, Donn also won another important player acquisition.

It's about Ashley. Yang's. Forest made an offer of £500,000 for the first time and Watford was unmoved. The second offer rose to 600,000, and Watford remained unmoved.

That's when Allen. Adams before giving Ashley. Young's £100,000 worked. Ashley. Young made it clear to Watford that he wanted them to let him go to Forest. Because he can't play here at all, he's eighteen years old, and if he can't get enough playing time, it won't do him any good.

Don then made a phone call to Young, in which he promised Young the main position, and at the same time hoped that Young would continue to cooperate with the Forest team, give interviews to one or two media outlets, and open up his idea of coming to the Forest team to create pressure on Watford FC.

Ashley, who was guaranteed a position in the main force. Yang was naturally happy to do what Don asked him to do. A day later, at his doorstep, he was interviewed by Nottingham Evening Post reporter Pierce. Interview with Bruce. Almost all of the interviews revolved around Nottingham Forest and Tony. Don conducted.

Ashley. In the interview, Young expressed his desire to play under Coach Donn, and talked about Forest's five-game winning streak in the league, which he believes should be credited with Tony. Donn's head. By the time he wore a Watford shirt, he was already paying tribute to Nottingham Forest's illustrious history.

“…… Nottingham Forest have a great history and to be able to play in a team like this I feel like a dream! You know, young players are the fastest players at my age and they need to play and gain experience. Since I didn't get a lot of playing opportunities at Watford, why didn't I change the environment? ”

By the time interviews like this hit the media, Watford FC were clear that they would not be able to keep their squad hopeful. Now the only thing they can do is get the team through Ashley. Young's transfer earns more, and the loss of personnel is made up for in a monetary way.

But Allen was unwilling to be wronged, and he made the last offer to Watford - 700,000 pounds, not one more. Anyway, the attitude of the players is there, and you can do it yourself. It's a big deal that our Forest team has a different pursuit, and 700,000 can buy very good players in the First Division.

Just after Forest's offer went out, Ashley. Yang called the head coach to inform him that he was injured and could not go to the team to report on training and needed to take a day off.

It's all come to this, what else is there to say about Watford FC? They knew in their hearts how could such a coincidence happen? It must have been the Forest team who had colluded with the players in private. But even if they knew in their hearts, there was no evidence on hand that would allow them to get into trouble with the English FA and FIFA.

In this way, Nottingham Forest bought Watford's star Ashley for a transfer fee of £700,000. Poplar.

But Donne's footsteps in the transfer market did not stop there, the team's left and right full-backs still have big problems, and because Rebrov switched to midfield, the team only has three forwards, which is obviously not enough to cope with the remaining half of the season, the league and the League Cup two-front requirements.

There were problems at right-back last season, and then Donn made John a new player. Thompson's switch to right-back proved to be very successful. Now it's the left-back's turn to be Forest's weak link. Gareth. Although Bell has a good talent, he is only fourteen years old now, and he can't quench his thirst. The team will also need to scour the market for a qualified left-back.

Donn doesn't know much about League One, but he has experts in the field, telling veteran scout Moore that the team now needs a young, potential, developable left-back with plenty of room for appreciation. After listening to this question, Moore wrote the answer: Layton. Barnes (leighton_baines). Wigan's youngster, who can only play as a substitute in the team at the moment, Tony Brown. Don if he wants, just like the acquisition of Ashley. Young promised him a place in the main team, and I believe that neither Wigan nor Barnes himself will refuse the offer.

Don stared at the name for a long time, and finally remembered who this person was...... In the 06-07 Premier League season, the captain of the Wigan team and the main left-back of the Engage U21 national team made Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson publicly express his desire to introduce rookies.

At this time, Barnes was still serving as a substitute in the Wigan team, and Donn knew that he had earned it again. Don't buy at this time...... When the Wigan team finds out his value, it will be difficult for the Forest team to buy it again.

So without saying a word, he proposed to the Wigan team to buy Layton. Barnes's request, offering £400,000. That's not a low price for a young defender who has just made his first team debut, and Wigan have no reason to turn it down. Deal! The future captain of the Wigan team was intercepted and killed by Donn in this way.

With Layton. Barnes, plus Norwegian Dave. Oye, Forest's left-back position can finally reassure Done.

In the forward position, Don has already had a suitable candidate.

Later, Liverpool and England's high-profile killer, Pete who likes to dance robot after scoring goals. Crouch, at this time, was very unhappy at Aston Villa. Crouch made his debut at Tottenham Hotspur, but it was at Portsmouth that he scored 18 goals in 37 games in a season, before being bought by Aston Villa for £5 million and never regained his glory at Portsmouth.

He only joined Aston Villa in the second half of the 01-02 season, scoring two goals in seven games. Then in the 02-03 season, he made 14 appearances for the team and failed to score a goal. After the first half of the 03-04 season, he made 16 appearances, starting almost every game, but only scored four goals...... Such a result is really miserable for the main striker.

Aston Villa are beginning to regret their impulsiveness, and they are now in a hurry to get the bamboo-like guy out of the box. Nottingham Forest came in just in time and offered Aston Villa a loan-to-buy option to sign Crouch until the end of the season, and if he performs well, buy him out for £1.8 million.

Premier League side Aston Villa agreed to the plan, and all that remained was to go and talk to Crouch about personal treatment. Donn was a little worried that Crouch, who plays as a main striker in the Premier League, might not be willing to play in League One, but he didn't expect it to be a problem at all. Crouch also wanted to play in a different environment, and the league that made him famous in the first place was League One.

The players have no opinion, and things are simple. The Forest team and Aston Villa reached a rent-to-own agreement, and Crouch did not make things difficult for Forest in terms of personal treatment, and it was wishful thinking. Done got the tallest striker in the history of the future England national team, the two-meter-one-tall Pitt Brown. Crouch (peter_crouch).

Two days before the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final, Donn attended a press conference with all the players who joined the squad in the winter transfer window to briefly introduce the new players to the public.

Freddy. Eastwood (£100,000 from Grace Athletic), Clint Anderson. Hill (£300,000 move from Oldham), Robert. Hutter (on loan from Chelsea), Chris. Cummons (£300,000 from Stoke City), George. Wood (first team transfer, new contract), Stephen. McPhail (on loan from Leeds United), Ashley. Young ($700,000 from Watford), Leighton. Barnes (£400,000 from Wigan Athletic), Pitt. Crouch (£1.8 million loan-to-buy from Aston Villa).

Donn smiled and stood in the middle of the group of players for the media to take pictures. The Forest team spent 3.6 million on the transfer market this winter, and he has promised Evan that the 3.6 million will definitely not be spent in vain. These are the future of Forest, and with the lights shining on it, a new Nottingham Forest team is taking shape.

(To be continued)