Volume 8 The clouds are light and the wind is light Chapter 19 He is back (continue to ask for monthly tickets and rewards)
Don was at home flipping through his phone book, there weren't many people on it, because he didn't have many friends himself, and there were a lot of enemies who wanted him to die sooner.
He hasn't given Evan yet. Dogetty replied, but it wasn't a problem, as long as he nodded, Evan. It's too late for Dogety to be happy, how can he refuse?
Before that, he needs to do something, such as find himself a satisfactory assistant. Donn's fifteen-year coaching career is inseparable from an excellent assistant, which has become his formula. A good assistant can save him a lot of time and energy, and he's not the kind of head coach who has to be hands-on and even train or something.
Des. Walker had just won the World Championship with him, and now he was worth a lot of money, and after he left the national team, Walker also left, but instead of retiring, he was asked to be the manager of Leeds United, who were determined to regain their power.
Don is still the manager of Notts County and his side have now played two seasons in the Championship and have improved significantly from narrowly avoiding relegation to now sitting in the top 10. And it's a bit too condescending to let him be an assistant coach for him.
Don fixed his eyes on David. Chris Lack's name.
Chrislak, who left Forest, did not mix well, and was the manager of Bolton Wanderers for half a season, but was sacked because of his poor record. He went on to play with a number of Championship teams and coached abroad. However, none of them have achieved the same results as they did in the Forest team. Not all coaches can regain their strength after changing places, and there is also a surname of "adaptation surname" among coaches. Obviously, Chris Lack's adaptation is not strong, at least not as good as Des. Walker and Don.
Now Chris Rac is at home. Thinking of the time he worked with, Don felt that it was a wonderful memory. Such a talented person cannot be wasted at home. So he called Chris Lack, hoping that he hadn't changed his phone number in the past four years.
Chris Lak feels embarrassed to be a manager who has not been able to lead the team to good results, and his results as interim manager of the Forest team may be his most glorious moment. Although the head coach is not happy, but now he wants to be an assistant coach again, he is a little reluctant, he is used to eating French food, who wants to eat McDonald's KFC all day long? He always felt that he should be able to make a difference in the position of manager, but he lacked good opportunities. To be an assistant coach again? Isn't that self-deprecating?
Now he is at home, with his wife and children, fortunately, he still has some savings as a coach before, and when he followed Donne, he took a lot of bonuses every season. However, over the years, there have been fewer and fewer people, and it has become more and more difficult to feed a family of four. He was thinking about going back to work, and he had several offers from clubs, three of which wanted him to be the head coach, but they were all teams in the lower leagues and the terms were very mediocre. Another Premier League club asked him to be an assistant coach, and everyone in the circle knew that he had better results as an assistant coach than when he was a manager...... Chris Rac is not Donn, and although he is fifty-four years old now, he has not yet thought about retiring.
Just when he was undecided and didn't know which club he should accept an offer, he received a call from Donn.
"It's great that you didn't change your number, David!" Donn's voice on the phone was delighted.
"Tony?" Chris Rac was a little surprised - what was he calling himself for?
"Are you still in Nottingham? Can we come out and have a cup of coffee or something? Don sent out an invitation.
"Uh, no, I'm in London."
"You've moved?" Don was a little surprised.
"Of course, since I left the Forest team, I've moved."
"That's not good...... Don muttered.
"Did you call me all of a sudden, Tony?"
"Well, that's right." Donn thought about it for a moment, "Are you interested in returning to being an assistant coach, David?" ”
"Assistant coach?" Chris Rac thought Donn had been asked to be a lobbyist, such as Nottingham Forest. I heard that Freddie wasn't doing a good job there, and he was in desperate need of a helper, but he asked himself to be an assistant coach for Freddy...... "No, Tony. I don't want to be an assistant coach anymore. ”
"It's a shame......" Don on the other end of the line was clearly disappointed by Chrislack's answer, muttering quietly, "Looks like I'm going to have to find someone else to partner with me......"
The sentence was quiet, and Donn was talking to himself, except that he forgot to say a polite goodbye to Chrislak first, and then hung up the phone before complaining.
This sentence was heard word by word by Chrislak, and his first reaction was surprise.
Then he heard Don say with some disappointment, "I'm sorry to bother you, David." Although you turned me down, I still hope that when I go to London, I can invite you to have a drink...... Coffee. ”
After that, he was about to hang up the phone. At this time, Chris Rac reacted enough, and he hurriedly shouted, "Wait! Wait, Tony! Wait......"
"Huh? Anything else, David? ”
Don is no longer focused on Krislak, he knows Krislak's mind to some extent, and it is indeed a little difficult for someone who is used to being a head coach to want to be an assistant coach again. Someone like Queiroz who went to Real Madrid to be a manager who failed for a season, and if it weren't for a manager of Alex Ferguson's level, he would definitely not want to return to Manchester United as an assistant coach. So Don doesn't actually complain about Chrislac, after all, the water flows to a low place, and people go to a high place...... Now he's going through the phone book to find the right assistant coach.
"Who are you looking for an assistant coach for?" Chris Rac asked. In fact, there was an answer that had already been generated in his heart, but he was not sure.
"Me, who else?" Donn replied casually.
"Aren't you retired! Wait......" Chrislac's head suddenly became clear. "I've heard of a rumor that you're going to be back in charge of Nottingham Forest?"
"It's not a rumor now, David." Don laughed.
Chris Rac jumped up from his chair: "Are you really going to coach Nottingham Forest again?" ”
"It's not April Fool's Day, David."
"Are you looking for an assistant coach?"
"Of course. You've already asked. ”
"I'll go!" Chrislac answered without hesitation this time, which surprised Donn.
"Didn't you just want to be an assistant coach, David?"
"That's up to whom, ha!" Chrislac's mood suddenly improved, and all his worries about the future vanished. "I'll give you an assistant coach! It's not me who blows, others want to ask me to be an assistant coach, and I don't have that qualification yet! ”
Donn touched his nose, he was a little embarrassed to be complimented by Chrislac. That's a big compliment...... "When are we going to start working?" Luckily, my house in Nottingham hasn't been sold yet, and I can get it back from the agent......" When it came to working with Donn to get back to Nottingham Forest, Chris Rac got his spirits.
But Don wanted to pour cold water on him: "Hey, David, don't get excited. I'm not going to do it in Captain Forest this time. ”
"Huh?"
'You also know that the Forest team is in a terrible situation at the moment, Freddy lacks the experience and prestige to lead the Forest team out of this situation. Evan. Dogerty approached me and wanted me to go back and lead the team out of this difficult situation. I certainly don't want the Forest to be the laughing stock of others, but you know my body that you can't stay in this position for long. My idea is to only stay with Forest until the end of the season......"
"Half a season?" Chris Rac was a little surprised.
"Well, I'm just here to put out the fire, not to create another dynasty."
"That's it......" Chris Rac was a little pity, but Tony was right, his body was indeed like a time bomb, and being willing to come out to put out the fire was already considered to have a deep affection for the Forest team.
"But it's nothing, anyway, I'm going to be an assistant coach for you, and I'll do it as long as you want." Chrislak was determined to follow Donn, the most glorious period of his coaching career was the ten years when he was an assistant coach for Donn, and he felt satisfied to be able to return to Donn and coach the Forest team together. Don't think about the future for now.
When Don heard Chris Rac say this, he wanted to shout back to him: "Good brother! But Chrislak didn't understand the subtlety of the sentence for a moment, so he just said, "Thank you, David." With you, I have nothing to worry about. ”
"Hehe, of course, we're a golden match!" Chris Rac was also in a good mood and joked.
After the call with Donn, Chris Lak sat down in his chair, and after the joy, the memories of working with Donn came back to his mind uncontrollably, and he was full of anticipation for the next half season.
Tony is back, and I really want to see how those opponents react!
Before Donn could call Evan back, there was another high-profile personnel change at the top of Nottingham Forest.
Marketing Manager, who is responsible for negotiating the acquisition with a UAE consortium. Adams to Evan. Dogotti submitted his resignation, and club president Evan Brown. Dogetty agreed to his resignation.
This is the claim of the external media, and well-informed people who know the inside story are clear that it is actually Evan. Dogotti put Alan. Adams resigned. This move came as a surprise to many, because just two days ago, the Emirati consortium, which had been dormant for more than two weeks, finally decided to restart the acquisition talks. Dogotty was good news, but at this juncture, he put Allen in charge of the matter. Adams gave ...... It's really strange to understand Evan. What the hell was Dogety thinking.
Only Don might know why. Evan knows himself and Alan. Adams' relationship has always been at odds, and his dismissal of Allen at this time should be a gesture to Don to show that no one at the club will ever come back to obstruct his work...... It's a little bit of a vote. But Donn doesn't care if Allen is still in the Forest team.
"I only coached at Forest until the end of the season, Evan." On the phone, he said this to Evan. Dogetty said.
There was silence for a while, obviously not expecting Don to coach only this one season.
"Just like you didn't want to be the president of the Forest club for the rest of your life, I didn't want to be the head coach of the Forest team for the rest of your life. I didn't promise to make a comeback this time for you, Evan. I don't want the team I brought up to become someone else's joke, just look at the tabloid comments about Forest, we're already a joke. "I'm going to lead the team through the rest of the season and help you find the right successor, and then I'll retire to spend time with my wife and children." What do you think? Anyway, I think it's a good plan. ”
He's said it all, can Evan still say "I don't think it's bad at all"? You must know that now it is Evan begging Don, not Don begging him, so Don En grasped Evan's psychology and threw out his own conditions. If Evan can accept it, then they will cooperate for the second time, and they can't just break up. And Don wasn't worried at all that Evan wouldn't accept it...... Sure enough, Evan agreed to Donn's terms. He did have other plans in mind: anyway, there was still more than half a year before the end of the season, and no one knew what would happen in the middle. Maybe after Donn returned to the Forest coach's bench and rediscovered his original passion, he didn't want to leave again? No matter how bad it is, for such a long time, Evan slowly thinks of a way, and he can always persuade him to change his mind, right?
Don didn't care about Evan's little calculations. and George. Wood, too, is a pretty stubborn man. As long as he makes a decision, unless he changes his mind, it is useless for others to persuade him.
Now that you've decided to return to managing Forest, when will you return?
Evan hoped for the sooner possible, but Don wasn't in a hurry, because there were a few things to do before that. Only now does he have that time, and once he becomes the head coach, he can't get out.
The specific start of coaching can be postponed for a while, and Eastwood can continue to hold on for a short time. Anyway, now that Donn has confirmed his return, the recent results of Evan. Dogotti doesn't value it.
However, this news should be made public as soon as possible in order to stabilize people's minds. It also restores the confidence of those sponsors. Don has no objection to this.
So the next day, November 12, every netizen who regularly visits the post-80s Shaolin Abbot Station will notice an obvious change, the homepage of the website has been replaced with a full page of advertisements.
Donn's huge photograph is the backdrop for an advertisement, which reads in a highly inflammatory tone:
Yes, the king returns!
※※※“…… There is bad news for the managers of the other 19 clubs in the Premier League...... "There was also such a striking news on the TV news later on, and the male announcer said with a smile, but in the eyes of some people, the smile seemed to have a slight hint of banter." "Tony. Don is back! ”
When an earthquake struck English football due to Donne's return, the man who caused it all had already left England and embarked on a journey to Spain alone.
(To be continued)