Martin. O'Neill's nightmare didn't come true, and when he opened his eyes as he lay in bed the next day, he wasn't woken up by the constant ringing of the phone, which gave him a little peace of mind. Because that means that the club is not selling the main players on a big spree, otherwise his phone calls would have been blown up by the news media and the players' agents.

Exhausted by recent transfer rumours and a penchant for meddling in team affairs, the Northern Irishman lay in bed for a while before getting up to wash up and enjoy the breakfast his wife had cooked.

When he picked up the milk and picked up the sports edition of the Sun that his wife had folded for him, he was stunned.

The most striking thing in the newspaper is the phalanx of four photographs. It was obvious that the photo was taken candidly, the pixels were not high, and the image was not clear, but O'Neill still recognized Allen. Adams' baby-faced. It's in a restaurant, and Alan is talking to someone. The candid photographer tried several angles, but couldn't get a complete picture with Allen. The face of the man with whom Adams talked. In the last shot, when the man walked out of the hotel door, the camera finally caught his front - Michael. Dawson!

O'Neill hurriedly threw down the photo to look at the text.

“…… The reporter took the photos yesterday at the De Lima restaurant in North London, which shows Nottingham Forest's commercial director, Alan Brown. Adams is in a meeting with Tottenham Hotspur centre-back Michael Brown. Dawson. The meeting between the two men confirmed our previous speculation that Nottingham Forest were interested in bringing Dawson back. And Dawson himself wants to leave Tottenham and join his hometown team. He has suffered numerous injuries in recent seasons and has not only lost his place in the England national team, but also his place at Tottenham. He is about to turn 31 years old, and he hopes to be able to start over in a different environment. It is reported that the amount involved in this transfer should not be too high......"

"Smack!" With a bang, a newspaper was thrown on Evan. On the table in front of Dogety.

Evan looked at the newspaper photo of Allen being secretly photographed, and then looked up at Martin with an angry face. O'neill.

"When Pepe is sold by you, you promise to sign a quality centre-back. I have only one requirement - to be young enough! Michael. Dawson will be thirty-one soon, and he's been injured this season, so I don't know why you decided to buy him! In the chairman's office, O'Neill asked loudly without hesitation.

"Michael is indeed a high-caliber centre-back...... Evan glanced at Allen, who was sitting silently on the sofa, before explaining to O'Neal.

To be honest, he was not mentally prepared for O'Neal to suddenly question him so exposed. It's still dizzy - how did O'Neal, who had always been a good talker, suddenly turn into a violent warrior?

'I want a young, high-quality centre-back, not someone who's about to be 31. At the same time, he has just recovered from injury and has been seriously injured three times in four seasons. O'Neill swore not to back down this time, and he must let the other party give him an explanation.

"More importantly, did anyone ask me for my opinion when you decided to approach Dawson?" This is what makes O'Neill the most angry. Let's be honest Michael. Dawson is not unusable, at least the strength is still there, and it is no problem to recover from injuries and play games.

O'Neill thought about Pepe's transfer again, and the old and new hatreds were intertwined, and he felt that he was a complete puppet as a manager. It was the other two people in the room who decided everything for the team, one sitting behind the boss's desk looking at him in amazement, and the other sitting on the couch silently as if watching the excitement.

"I'm the manager of this team. Gentlemen, in the UK, the manager is called a 'manager'. He has a different title from those La Liga and Serie A 'coaches', and his responsibilities are different. O'Neill implicitly criticized the two Yankees for not understanding British conditions. "It's my power to decide who the team buys and who sells, my duty, and you pay me to come and work here. I am going to exercise all the powers that I ought to wield. O'Neill looked at his boss, his boss, and his eyes were full of unyielding determination.

Sure enough, it was with Tony. Don is a man of two completely temperamental personalities. Even if he was angry, he still wouldn't be as foul-mouthed and hysterical as Don did. He is still calm, well-reasoned and coherent. But also because of this, every word he said made Evan. Dogetty was particularly uncomfortable - he thought he had sent Tony away. Don is the plague god. O'Neal is a soft persimmon who is easy to talk to, but I didn't expect it to be more difficult to deal with when honest people get mad.

He was silent for a few seconds, his mind figuring out what to do.

"Don't be nervous, Martin...... Of course we know you're the head coach of this team, but Allen is paving the way for you in advance, and if you have to do everything yourself, then you don't have to die of exhaustion? Evan laughed, trying to lighten the mood. But he noticed that no one in the room was smiling except himself. So after two dry laughs. also stopped his mouth in embarrassment.

O'Neill didn't save face for Mr. Chairman this time, and he responded with a straight face: "Yes." Wait until you have reached an agreement with the opposing club and the player himself privately before you will let me know. Just like Pepe, isn't it? ”

Alan looked up at the two men facing each other across the desk.

Evan's face changed, he glanced at Allen, and then turned back to look at O'Neal. He noticed that O'Neill was also watching him...... No, it might be more appropriate to say that you would be glaring at him.

O'Neill is right, he is the manager of this team, he should be responsible for all transfers, exercise power. But Evan. Dogotti has been pressed by Donn for so many years, and he has long been unable to suppress his desire to control this team. In his opinion, he is the owner of the club, and he should also be able to have an opinion on the affairs of the team, and even get into the hands directly...... If you want to say that he is excessive. The presidents of so many clubs in the world like to meddle in team affairs, even the Premier League, so why can't they move?

No matter how good the head coach is, he will give me a place to work, and I am the real leader here, have you figured this out?

He suddenly didn't want to smile at a working boy anymore, and sometimes he had to show the majesty of the club president.

"Okay. You know about it now, Mr. O'Neill. ”

Evan. Dogety struck a posture of sending off a guest.

O'Neill stood in front of him and stared at him for a moment before turning and leaving, he didn't talk to Evan again. Dogetty said a word, because he didn't feel the need to say it.

For Tony. There is less speculation and speculation about why Donn left Nottingham Forest at the height of his prime. Some are even optimistic that just as Shankly abruptly resigned from Liverpool at a time when he should have made a big splash, Nottingham Forest would have a brighter future after a brief period of turmoil than Pasley's Liverpool. After all, Don has already laid a solid foundation.

Now it's pointless to continue speculating about the people who have left the company, so it's better to set your sights on the new coach Martin. O'Neill is fine.

But there is one person who is negative about this idea.

When it was first known that Done had not signed a contract extension with the club, Pierce Pierce. Bruce is like everybody. Surrounded by shock, anger, disappointment, and doubt. As a journalist, his curiosity gradually overtook several other emotions and was deposited in the days that followed. Since last week's warm-up match between Forest and England, his deep-seated doubts have gradually surfaced. Why didn't Don renew his contract" became more and more interested, and even though there was no media investigating the matter now, he still decided to find out.

It's just that he wants to check. But I don't know where to start. Although he has interviewed the Forest team many times, he still does not know much about the Forest's hierarchy. On the one hand, he always and Tony. Don mixed in with the other side of the time Evan at that time. Dogetty is also really low-key. When Don and Evan are together, they always look happy, which makes others look good and not envious. He went around gathering information. But there were two most critical aspects that he couldn't find out any information.

Tony. Donn was silent, and Nottingham Forest seemed to have forgotten that they had such a manager, and there was no news about Donn again.

Nottingham Forest is now home to Evan. Dogotti is a one-man club, and it's much easier for him to control the club than those boards.

These days, Bruce is busy gathering relevant information everywhere. Fortunately, his boss supported him, because they all knew that Don's departure was not a simple matter, and there must be some inside information that he didn't want others to know, otherwise the person concerned would not keep silent.

And once these truths are revealed, it will definitely be a big news that will shake up English football. So this thing has to be done.

Bruce was so busy in the dark that he almost forgot that he was going to interview O'Neal. O'Neill gave his first interview after becoming Nottingham Forest manager, and his approach and goals will be discussed in this interview. It's also an important interview mission.

Or a colleague in the office saw him so obsessed with and Tony. Donn's game of hide and seek reminds him, and he only then remembered to call O'Neill to confirm the interview.

Regardless of Tony. How Donn left his job, regardless of Evan. What's the story behind the club that Doggerty is in charge of? Bruce gathered his curiosity at this moment, straightened his clothes, and knocked on the door of the Forest manager.

Martin. O'Neill was in his seat waiting for the visit of the influential local journalist in Nottingham.

"Hello, Mr. O'Neill. Hope I didn't disturb your work. Bruce put down his interview bag and got up to shake O'Neal's hand.

"Not really. Mr. Bruce. My job is over. O'Neill smiled gently.

Bruce sat down and began interviewing the new head coach who had always been considered or in Donn's shadow. However, the interview did not follow the steps planned by Bruce. He started by asking a question: "How does it feel to be a manager at Nottingham Forest for two months, Mr. O'Neill?" ”

Normally, O'Neill would have nodded and said, "It feels good, everyone is very supportive of my work, I get a lot of support......"

But O'Neill hesitated, but shook his head. "It's harder than I thought it would be. ”

The acumen of the profession allowed Bulus to get to the point right away. He followed the sentence and asked, temporarily changing the question he had prepared earlier: "It's because of Tony. Is Don Land's influence too great? ”

O'Neill continued to shake his head: "Not really. He seemed to be very talkative today, and Bruce didn't interject, just guided him to continue.

"Sometimes when you're out there and you can't see clearly, you think it's beautiful. But when you walk in, you realize that you are thinking very wrong. O'Neill said this very mysteriously, "I used to think that I was mentally prepared and experienced. But now I still feel that I made a mistake in judgment. ”

Bruce listened to this inexplicable words, his mind racing at high speed, guessing what O'Neill meant. Then he asked tentatively: "Do you mean Pepe's transfer?" ”

He was right.

O'Neill shrugged: "What do you think when you find out that Pepe may be leaving, it turns out that he is already confirmed to be traded to AC Milan?" ”

Bruce's heart jumped, he seemed to grasp something, the fog that had been bothering him was slowly lifting.

"I'm sorry, Mr. O'Neill. I remember that you were the head coach of the team, how could such a thing be the last to inform you? Bruce continued to take advantage of the victory.

"I don't know why. That's just the way it is. I was kept in the dark, everyone knew that Pepe had already made an agreement with AC Milan, only I didn't. I also went to talk to Pepe once, and was naturally rejected. I can't undo it, now when the season is almost at the start. We've lost the most important centre-back, and I don't even know who we're going to lose. O'Neill's anger finally found an outlet. 'Look at all the rumours in the media about the transfer of Forest players and I'm really thankful that they're still here. ”

"Alan. Mr. Adams and Michael. Have you read the report of Dawson's meeting? Mr. Bruce? ”

Bruce nodded, as a sports journalist, of course he had to pay attention to the sports news that happened every day.

"Did you find out about that report?"

Bruce was stunned for a moment and then shook his head: "I have my own journalist friend, Mr. O'Neill. You know, we're going to have ......."

Martin. O'Neill grinned when he heard this answer: "That's good. Even a reporter knows what our team is looking for before I am the manager, maybe I should hire some reporters to be scouts? ”

Big problem.

Bruce thought to himself. It's a big problem for a manager to know what kind of people the team is going to bring in until the end. He was completely bypassed, so who bypassed him......

It occurred to him that last summer was about this time. Forest right midfielder Allen. Lennon was sold to Inter Milan when Tony Brown. Donn was so furious that his rants and swear words could even be heard throughout England. He's scolding Alan. Adams made a deal with Inter Milan without asking for his consent, giving Lennon a hand. For this reason, he also suspended contract renewal negotiations with the team. There was a lot of uproar at the time, but then there was no sound, and the three of them didn't look out of the ordinary when they were together.

"Football is a sport that requires a detailed plan, I signed a four-year contract with the club and I have a long-term plan. Everyone has to have my consent to buy and sell. But the situation is now. I didn't get my promise before I signed the contract......"

While Bruce was stunned, O'Neill continued. Bruce's recorder faithfully recorded it.

'I wanted to be consistent at the back and they sold Pepe. I want a young centre-back with potential to reach out to Dawson. They don't even look at the candidates I recommend......"

Bruce had to interrupt O'Neill: "I'm sorry, Mr. O'Neill. Who do you mean by 'they'? ”

"Who else could there be in the club president and the commercial director? I probably know now why Tony left at his most glorious time......"

The last fog in my heart finally lifted. Bruce was sure he had the crux of all the issues.

"I chose Nottingham Forest because I came from here and I want to continue the success of the Forest team. But now it seems that I thought everything too well. ”

There was a deep exhaustion in these words, although it was only two months. O'Neill was already exhausted from torture.

There is no need to ask the following questions, those questions prepared in advance are worthless in the face of such a hot topic. Pierce. Bruce was so shocked by the thought in his head that he didn't want to continue the interview, and he got up to say goodbye to O'Neill, ready to rush back to write the interview that was sure to be a sensation.

"Nottingham Forest manager blasts club hierarchy!"

"Martin. O'Neill: I'm ostracized! ”

"The shady side of Pepe's deal!"

There was still a lot of information he needed to gather around, but this time it was different, he had a direction and knew where to look.

"Goodbye, it's a pleasure for you to be interviewed by me, Mr. O'Neill. Break a leg. ”

O'Neill got up to say goodbye to the reporter, and he also said, "Goodbye, Mr. Bruce." Good luck. ”