Don sees Evan. Dogeti showed up at the door of the café very punctually, at the same time as they had agreed. Evan. Don was slightly relieved that he hadn't brought anyone with him, and that he hadn't seen anyone who looked like reporters in his vicinity.

Evan. Dogety stopped in the doorway and looked around. Don didn't raise his hand to indicate where he was, and Dogetty quickly found him. He walked straight towards Don and sat down across from him.

The waiter came up and politely asked the gentleman what drink he needed.

It's not a very famous café, so ordinary cafes are all over the streets and alleys, unobtrusive, so Evan. Dogotti picked such a place. Dogetty casually ordered a very ordinary cup of coffee. Today he is not here to taste coffee, but to discuss the future of Nottingham Forest with the Chinese in front of him.

It's really interesting to say, hiring a Chinese coach is probably never before in European football. Their level of football is very low, what kind of good manager can produce in that environment?

If Don had known about Evan. Dogotti will definitely feel like he can't laugh or cry. He is a real Englishman, and he trusts Tony the most. Don En is indeed an out-and-out Chinese. Don't know about Evan. How would Mr. Dogetty feel if he knew the truth?

Does it matter whether the Chinese are still British?

As long as you have the ability, what difference does it make to the people of which country?

When the waiter brought the coffee, the conversation between the two men began.

"I really didn't expect that the Chinese boy at the beginning would have such an achievement today." Evan. Dogetty sighed as he looked at Don opposite. He is not hypocritical, in fact, when Don introduced Tang to him, he really couldn't imagine that this Chinese kid who didn't even have a coaching certificate could have today, face to face with himself, and possibly coach Nottingham Forest.

"Frankly, Don. Tony is in favor of you taking over, but I have some doubts. You know ......."

'I know I lack some experience in coaching top teams. Don took over. He wasn't angry that he was seen that way, because it was true. After more than a decade in football, seven of them as a head coach, he has learned what the only truth in this world is – performance is strength, and strength is everything. He doesn't have any commendable achievements now, so he will naturally be despised by others.

"Hah, you know it." Evan. Dogetty laughed dryly. "Tony is very, very optimistic about you, and I think he has a point. Let's stop talking nonsense, can you let me hear your plans for the future of the team? If you coach Forest, where will it go? ”

Ever since Donn came to him and asked him to take over as Forest manager, he had been thinking about it.

Now there is a basic answer.

"I think Nottingham Forest need to be torn down and rebuilt."

Don's first words made Evan. Doggerty was taken aback. He originally thought that it would be enough to take a break on the basis of what Don En had left, and if he maintained stability, his grades would naturally improve. But I didn't expect that the first sentence of this Chinese was to completely overturn everything before.

"Why? Isn't the foundation Tony left for you good enough? ”

Tang smiled: "He didn't leave me anything." "See Evan. Dogetty was a little puzzled, and Don asked. "In addition to introducing a Chen Jian during the winter transfer period, did he ask you to buy anyone?"

Evan thought about it carefully, and indeed not. In addition to buying Chen Jian, Tony never said what players he wanted to buy. It stands to reason that the strength of the team is not good, and winter is a great opportunity to make up for it, but Don is uncharacteristically unusually and has no movement in the transfer market. The media has been on Nottingham Forest throughout January, but Nottingham Forest have been on the back foot in the transfer market.

Evan just thought it was strange at the time, but he didn't think about the real reason behind it. Now that he was reminded by Tang like this, he thought, it was because of this?

"And has he been cleaning up the players in the team?" Seeing Evan's expression, Don knew he was right, so he asked again.

Evan looked up at Tang, and the Chinese guessed right again. If Tony hadn't revealed something to him in advance, maybe he and Tony really thought the same thing...... Tear down and rebuild?

But does it really take this far?

The thought of tearing down everything that had been built up before was overpowered. Dogety's heart ached.

In fact, Don didn't reveal his thoughts to Tang because he didn't want to interfere with Don's plans. But from what Don En did, Don had already guessed what Don was doing. Paving the way for your own ascendancy.

What a nosy guy...... "There's still Tony left on this team. Donne's will, but Tony and I are completely different styles of managers, and his team may not be suitable for me. Mr. Doggerty, do you know why in the last four seasons, no matter how many managers you have changed, you have not been able to get the team's results back to the same level as before? ”

"Too often a change of manager?" Evan. Dogotti understands it this way: the head coach changes too often, the tactical thinking is not uniform, the players are at a loss, the loyalty to the head coach is reduced, and the results are naturally poor.

Don shook his head: "The root cause is that the managers you changed later were not Tony. Dawn. Toney has been in charge of Forest for eleven years, from the youth team to the first team, and the team has long been deeply branded by him, and it is useless to change someone else, and the players are completely unreceptive to anything from anyone other than him. But if I take over the team, it's different. There's no way Toney is going to come back to put out the fire, and if you want the team to develop in the long run, you have to start over, which is why Toney hasn't bought new players in the winter transfer window, but has been purging old players - he's paving the way for me. ”

Hearing Don's rhetoric, Evan. Dogetty was surprised, he didn't expect Donn to think so far. At the same time, he has to look at the ability of this Chinese in a different way.

"Toney has always wanted the team to get rid of the dependence on him and to be able to get rid of his stigma. He's been thinking that way since the time he had a heart attack. But he always couldn't get his wish, and now he feels that it is a good opportunity. ”

Nottingham Forest is Nottingham Forest, not Tony. Nottingham Forest in Donn.

Tang Ke still remembers this sentence.

As soon as he thought of Tang En, and then of himself, Tang was suddenly full of confidence in himself, and there was a sense of pride stirring in his heart.

He was very interested in Evan. Dogetty said, "Mr. Dogety. Do you want the team to be called the 'traditional Premier League powerhouse' in a few years' time? Do you want to see the team in the UEFA Champions League every season? I can't promise you that I'll lift the trophy in a few years' time, and I can't guarantee that I can win the trophy in a few years. Don did that for eleven years and twelve crowns. If you just want a championship, I can't promise anything. But I can lay a solid foundation for your team, and that foundation is the foundation that will lead Nottingham Forest to the big clubs. Mr. Dogetty, do you prefer to ride a roller coaster, or do you keep your feet on the ground? ”

Dogty really didn't expect that he was originally coming to test Tang, but now it was Tang who was testing him.

But he had to face up to the problems raised by this man. Because that's exactly what he had in mind.

Tony. Don led the team to 12 championships in 11 years, and is still described as an upstart. I was quite unconvinced before, did I leave Tony. Donn, Nottingham Forest can't play? As it turned out, left Tony. Done, Nottingham Forest really can't play anymore.

What causes it? Why did Manchester United leave Alex Ferguson and remain in the last four of the Premier League? And Nottingham Forest plummeted?

It's really like a roller coaster, and going from peak to trough is only a matter of moments.

Is it a champion in the present or a long-term future?

"Aren't the giants going to win the championship?" He asked, a little unwillingly.

"Giants need champions, but only champions can't become giants." Don explained for him. 'Jose Mourinho era Chelsea won a lot of trophies, but does anyone recognize them as champions? Now that you've got a lot of champions, it's time to meet another condition. ”

Evan. Dogetty didn't ask Don what the conditions were, because the conditions sat across from him.

"I want to keep my feet on the ground." Evan finally answered Don's question before, and also answered the question in his own mind.

Don laughed.

From 1996 to 2019, he went around in a big circle and went back to the starting point.

※※※ Don immediately knew the news of Don's signing with the club, because it was Don who called to tell him.

On the phone, Don thanked Don.

"Thank you, Tony."

"I'm embarrassed to say that, Don." Don was embarrassed. "This position was originally yours, I'm just giving it back to you."

"Based on my previous performances, I can do half a season in that position at most. If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be where I am now. So I thank you, and not just because I was able to coach Nottingham Forest again. If I hadn't met you, I might have spent my life like that. ”

Don and Don both remembered the body and soul before January 1, 2003.

There was a brief silence on the phone.

It wasn't an awkward silence, and both seemed to be caught up in their memories, enjoying the silence that no one was disturbing.

Me and him, he and I, if it weren't for that "accident", we should have lived our own unrelated lives, right? I don't know exactly what it looks like. In short, they have all undergone irreversible changes, and no one can say whether this change is good or bad for each of them.

Those notes stuck on the fridge, that "must win!! The familiar face waiting to cross the street in Chengdu with a book in his arms, the brother who can't sleep like himself in his hometown. In the past, those images were all mixed together, and they couldn't tell each other.

"I don't have much more to say, Don. I can only wish you good luck. But you have to be careful, if you behave badly, I will unceremoniously scold you in the media. ”

Don's chuckle rang on the other end of the line.

"I hope I won't give you that chance."

ended the call, but Don was still holding his phone in a daze.

Sixteen years later, he finally returned the team to Don, and the last trace of guilt in his heart was gone. Dust to dust, dust to dust. Regardless, what ends well is good.

What happens to Nottingham Forest next is beyond his control. He just hoped that everything was well, that Don would be successful, that he was not wrong.

I have been the captain of this team for 12 years, and when I am not yet aesthetically fatigued, I left quickly, and I can still leave the world with a chic legendary back.

※※※ Don put his phone aside and looked at the stack of papers on the table again. This is the contract signed just today with Forest FC and will come into effect automatically at the end of the Championship season.

Nottingham Forest, the Notts County club, will inform them that they must pay Notts County a sum of compensation. Don is not worried that Notts County will not let go, they can't even keep the players they want again, and naturally they can't keep themselves, the reason is the same.

It's just that the Notts County fans may be angry for a while.

Since joining Nottingham Forest Club in 1996, he has only become the owner of Nottingham Forest since he started as a handyman, and he suddenly has a feeling of being in a dream. Is he really going to coach this team?

He coached briefly once in 2003, but the team had poor results at that time, and he was also a rookie. He still hasn't achieved anything to be proud of, and Nottingham Forest has swept across Europe under the leadership of another of his own, becoming a presence to look up to. Do you have what it takes to lead such a team back on the road?

Thinking of this question, Tang smiled bitterly. I'm still worried about this, it's really useless. Regardless of whether you have the ability or not, you have already signed this contract, and you can't get off halfway through the bus if you do it well or badly.

He closed the contract and put it in the open drawer. Then he stood up and stretched.

To be Donn's successor? It's really a challenging job, I wonder how people and history will say about his successor in a few years?

Will he and Tony be like Paisley and Shankly?

It's fascinating......

(To be continued)