Shaheen showed his skills in a meeting with the fan press, showing that the injury didn't really break his body. But there are still doubts about him, fortunately he came out of the UK, he can't speak English, can't read or hear what the media says about him, and has a lot less trouble. And Donn also told him that as a professional player, the best way to refute doubts is definitely not to argue with each other in the media, but to slap them with their performance on the field.

At the same time, the psychiatrist that Donn mentioned to Evan was also in place. Four female physicians, ranging from young to old, have extensive clinical experience in psychotherapy at football clubs. Their first "patient" was the Turkish genius Nureshahin.

Tang smiled at Tang En and said, "Actually, you don't need to be invited, you are the best psychiatrist for these people." ”

Tang En pouted: "I'm not a master key, I can do any job." ”

Barcelona's new head coach Pep Guardiola is being interviewed by TV while standing on the edge of the grassy training ground. He has talked a lot about the outlook for the new season and is now talking about the revamp of the backline: "...... Gabriel is adapting and he's doing a good job. I don't think it's a good idea to always play at centre-back...... I know where Barcelona's frailty lies at the back and we need a centre-back with a good header, height, body and bounce to make up for it......"

"Barcelona are rumored to have been in contact with Nottingham Forest's Pique, is that true?"

"I don't want to deceive you, the truth is that our guys did make an offer to Nottingham Forest. But so far no response has been received from them. Guardiola shook his head.

They certainly haven't heard a response from Nottingham Forest, who are struggling internally with the offer.

Barcelona paid £10 million for Pique. That's not a low price for a centre-back. The point is that Don is not willing to let Piquis go. For three seasons, his partnership with Pepe has long been the main configuration of Nottingham Forest, and both are tall, excellent in air defense and physically strong, and they are really at home in a stadium as physical strength as the Premier League. With his impressive performances for Forest, Piquee has also been selected for the Spanish national team and won this summer's European Championship with the team. As a player, at the age of 21, he has already won the league title, the Champions Cup and the European Cup, so what more could he ask for?

What Don fears now is that he doesn't have the luxury. Because that would mean that the reasons he is best at attracting people are not convincing.

Barcelona's offer had been in the hands for two days and Pique finally found him today.

"Boss, can I talk to you after training?" On the sidelines of the training ground, taking advantage of the training break, he walked up to Don and whispered.

Donne, who was discussing his plans for the new season with other coaches, glanced at everyone, then turned to Piqui and smiled, "It's weird, you never take the initiative to talk to me." ”

Pi Qui was a little embarrassed, he scratched his head: "It's good to have the first time, there will be a second ...... later"

Don laughed when he heard him say that, but he didn't say anything, he nodded.

※※※ At the same time, in another crowd.

"I bet that kid from Khrad is leaving." The person who said this was another Zhong Pepe.

Everyone was amazed. The surprise was not the fact that Pique was leaving, but that it was coming from his centre-back partner. Shouldn't they be very emotional, shouldn't they be reluctant to let their partner go?

Pepe found that everyone was looking at her and knew what these people were thinking, and smiled on her face, which looked a little innocent: "What are you doing?" It's not like I'm going to let him go. ”

"I don't think there's a reason to go, it's good here, why do you have to go?" As a member of the back line, Bale naturally hopes that everyone will be together next season, and consistency is the first requirement of the backline.

"Little monkey, he came out of Barcelona and now Barcelona calls him. You think he can resist it? "Pepe sees it through.

"I still can't understand ......," Bell muttered.

"Some people are more fanatical about money...... "Pepe glanced at Ribery who was sitting outside the crowd, "Some people are more concerned about fame; Some people are loyal; Some people dream of playing for their hometown team...... Actually, it's quite normal. Everyone looked at Pepe differently, as if he were a profound philosopher.

"If he has to go, no one can stop him. I think the boss knows that......"

Pepe stopped talking, as Piqué had finished talking to Don and was heading this way.

Sitting outside, Ribery looked at Piqui who was approaching him and fell into deep thought.

※※※Seeing that Pique was gone, the coaches re-surrounded him.

"It must be because of Barcelona, right?" Someone asked.

"Definitely." Don shrugged. 'We've beaten them twice on the pitch and now they've finally got a chance to pull a goal back......

Everyone looked at Piqui's back, and they didn't know what to say for a while.

※※※After the training, everyone showered and changed in the locker room and went back. Piqué knocked on Donn's office door.

Don sat alone in front of the computer and bored playing minesweeping, when he saw Pi Kui push the door in, stood up, and turned off the minesweeper game.

"I know what you've come to me for." Although he stood up, he did not step out to greet him, but pointed to the sofa next to him and motioned for Piqué to sit on his own.

"Barcelona is ...... you" he wanted to say "it makes you very distressed", but when it came to his lips, it felt wrong, things were not so simple. Because whether it made Piqué "distressed" or not, Don doesn't know at all now. So he coughed, "What do you think?" ”

"I ......" Piquee was silent for a while, then finally made up his mind, looked up and said, "I don't want to deceive the boss, Barcelona's invitation is very attractive to me." ”

"Is it bigger than staying at Nottingham Forest to win the title?" Don asked rhetorically.

Piqué was silent again. He knows what kind of temper the head coach of this team is, and it is not okay to tell lies. Let's be honest...... I wonder if the head will be more angry when it stops?

In the end, he decided to tell the truth. After all, the head of telling the truth can only be angry, and he will definitely be angry if he tells a lie - as for why he knew that Pique was telling a lie, the media had already poked the truth out...... Damn the media!

"Honestly, sir. It's hard for me to turn down an invitation from Barcelona. ”

Don nodded. That's what the media says. Pique's affection for Barcelona is still very strong, and after he made a name for himself at Forest, Real Madrid once announced that they wanted to buy him, and at that time he expressed his loyalty to the team. He said: "I'm not going to leave Nottingham Forest, I'm fine here. Finally, when the media took the trouble to ask him about the hypothesis, he said: "If I have to go, I will only go back to Barcelona." ”

Nowadays, it is a prophecy.

"Go on." Seeing that Pi Qui was silent after saying this, Don En could only signal him to continue, "Tell me everything you think, I'm not unsympathetic." ”

So Piqué spoke up. The idea was that he was raised by La Masia anyway, although Barcelona did not give him a chance at the beginning, so he was forced to leave England. But his heart will always belong to Catalonia, and as long as Barcelona needs him, he can abandon everything and cross thousands of mountains and rivers to die in the soup and die - well, although he didn't say that, Donn thinks that's what he meant - and, now that he deserves his personal accolades, he's still young, he's more like taking on a new challenge in Barcelona. In addition, there is a lot of pressure on the family, his family is a loyal Barcelona fan, and his grandfather used to be the vice president of the Barcelona club, can he not be loyal? The family wanted Piqué to return to his hometown.

"That is...... Your dream is to play for Barcelona and play there until you retire? Don asked.

"If possible, so."

Donn sighed: "So, I have helped Barcelona spend a lot of effort to develop a good central defender and solve their problems at the back at a critical moment?" ”

Piqué didn't know what to say, he felt the boss angry.

Of course, Don will be angry, the player he has worked so hard to cultivate, the old club "needs to strengthen the defense", and the hope star will be "called by the master...... If you don't have a little gas, you're not an ordinary person. He was not generous enough to wave his hand and say, "Brother Piqui, please be free to pursue your dreams."

"I don't want you to go, Hrad. You're important in our team, you and Pepe are very good together, and you know what it means to me defensively? ”

"Champion. Chief. Pique was quick to react.

"So, I want you to stay here." Don sat in the boss's chair, covered his lower abdomen with his hands, and lifted Erlang's legs.

Piqué was silent for a moment, then shook his head: "Boss, it's hard. ”

He didn't wait for Donn's storm, Don just watched him silent.

In fact, Don knew in his heart that Piqu would definitely not be able to keep it. Piquet is completely different from Ribery, who is simply in pursuit of money, and this kind of goal is easy to achieve. And what Piqué pursues is ten million times more illusory than money - loyalty. Not loyalty to Nottingham Forest, but loyalty to Barcelona.

He came from La Masia, he was trained in La Masia since he was a child, his family has been the most die-hard Barcelona fan for generations, he has been taught this since he was sensible: Barcelona is the best club in the world, Barcelona is the only team he loves to follow, it is a great honor to play for such a great team, even if he does not win a championship, there will be no complaints. Even if one day Barcelona is relegated and on the verge of bankruptcy, he will not change his love for this team...... That's where Donn gets the most headache. Dealing with Ribery can be a combination of grace and power, raising his salary, and then inspiring him with a sense of honor and loyalty. It's completely useless to deal with Piqui. His loyalty is dedicated to Barcelona, for which he can even accept a reduction in his annual salary. In another place, people say that this is cheap, but in the football world, this is loyalty, and you can feel the moon!

Donn frowned, it's true that he didn't want to let Piqua go - it's not that the team can't do without Pique, La Masia Kid and Ribery are still in the same position - and the reason is actually this: What manager doesn't want more and more awesome players under his hands, not fewer and fewer?

Truth be told, there is now one person in the team who can replace Pique. Belgium's star of hope, Vincent. Kompany. But just letting Piquy go for nothing, Don was a little painful.

After thinking about it for a long time, Don chose to accept his fate. He has also been retained, the so-called exhaustion, An Tian's destiny is what it means. Some things are not said to be able to be done if you work hard, and in Pi Kui, the "Mandate of Heaven" obviously overwhelms the "personnel", or the advantage of the surname.

Don finally nodded, slowly and lightly. "Well, I understand your thoughts. I don't think it's appropriate to force you to keep you, and I don't want to ruin my relationship with you. So...... So be it. He spread his hands and said helplessly.

Piqué didn't laugh, he straightened his back, sat on the soft sofa, and said to Donn, "Boss, I like you and your teammates, and I like this team and those fans. And even though I'm a La Masia person, I also know that without you and Nottingham Forest, there would never be the current Gerard. Pique. ”

Don was stunned by his inexplicable words, and he was stunned, not knowing what was happening. Could it be that Pi Kui suddenly "found his conscience" and changed his mind and didn't want to leave? Where is this?

"I know the club's finances are not in a good position right now...... Actually, I like to play here at Tou'er, I don't know why, but it feels very relaxed. I want to give you a parting gift, you won't want it, will you? ”

Don's mouth opened wide, and he became more and more confused.

"With my cooperation, Barcelona may need to raise their offer one more time." Speaking of this, Piqué finally smiled. But the smile was a little thief, and a little embarrassed.

Don didn't laugh, he looked directly at the central defender in front of him, who was soon no longer his subordinate and could no longer call him "Boss".

A day later, Nottingham Forest officially responded to Barcelona's offer of 10 million – and they refused!

Don said angrily in an interview: "After winning two Champions League championships and one Premier League championship, the absolute main force and core defender in my team is only worth 10 million? I don't believe Barcelona can't be sincere enough. People in the circle know that Don is used to calling "money" "sincerity". "You know, they've already spent almost 100 million euros this summer." In fact, it is still a bit far from 100 million, and so far Barcelona has spent 73 million euros.

Then I don't know what Pique asked his agent to tell Barcelona. Actually, you can guess the general meaning - Pique's desire to return to Barcelona is for sure! But! Nottingham Forest will never let go of their main centre-backs so easily, let alone Tony. Who is Donne? There is nothing in European football that is not known, it is simply not enough to use all the negative words created by all mankind to describe him...... And in a rational analysis, where is the reluctance to let go of the main central defender? It's clear that Nottingham Forest is short of money, haven't you heard that they are building a new stadium now? The stadium, which is said to have a capacity of 60,000 people, must have cost a lot of money...... Barcelona's second offer was not long in coming, sixteen million pounds! That's about 20 million euros!

Bidding a centre-back for this is not only because Piquet is really a defender who has proven his ability, but also because his status as a Catalans is also an important reason. Pep Guardiola is an authentic Barcelona product, and he cares a lot more about keeping his Barcelona pedigree true than his predecessor Rijkaard. So one reason why he purged a large number of meritorious people from the previous dynasty was because he believed that as long as he was not a real Catalan Barcelona, he could not really give 100% effort and loyalty to this team, and this group of people was actually unreliable. Look at what Ronaldinho, Deco and Samuel Eto'o have done in those two seasons...... Nottingham Forest didn't care what Guardiola thought, anyway, the price made them feel very good, and nodded and agreed.

That's it, by Tony. Donn abducted the boy Herard from La Masia. Pique's ordeal and success led to his death, and when he was tired, he wanted to return to his roots, so he returned to his native Barcelona. How's that going, isn't it?

What a cliché adventure inspirational story...... There was no ceremony at the time of the farewell, the whole Nottingham Forest squad was training at Wilford, and for these professional players, it was as simple as walking alone. This kind of drama is repeated every summer, and some people will feel sad at first, but now after the experience of professional football, they are used to it.

Piqué finished packing up the little things he kept in his locker in the locker room and came to the training ground with his bag on his back to say goodbye to Donn.

"I didn't expect you to come specifically to ......," Donn was a little surprised.

"Just wanted to take another look. Chief. Piqué stood beside him, looking at the grassy training ground. His former teammates are training it, and assistant coach David Brown. Chrislac's ever-energetic voice kept ringing out, reminding these people not to be lazy.

"When I came here from La Masia, I never thought I would be here. I thought I wouldn't have that similar feeling to the second training ground apart from La Masia and Barcelona. Thank you, sir. ”

"I'm not your coach anymore. The next time we meet, we're enemies, and everyone here is ......," Donn pointed to the training ground. "You know, Nottingham Forest has always been ...... to the enemy"

"Unceremoniously." Piquet helped him finish the conversation.

"If you know, it's good."

"Then I'm leaving, sir."

Don turned his head to look at him, and he opened his mouth: "I mean if, if, if, maybe...... If you can't stay in Barcelona if you can't stay in Barcelona, you can come here. ”

"I must have been too old to play football then."

"Didn't you listen to what the outside is saying?" Nottingham Forest is a retirement home'! Donn laughed.

"I'm Catalans."

"I really hate that fact."

"If I wasn't Cataloa, I would have retired at Forest. Chief. ”

The reality that "there is no if ...... in reality" made him very helpless. Demi had said something similar to him in the same tone.

"Goodbye, Gherard, good luck." He turned his face back and continued to look at the court.

"Goodbye, Chief." Piquet turned and strode away from sunny Wilford. His agent is already waiting for him in the parking lot, from where they will go directly to Heathrow and fly back to their homeland.

The wanderer who left his hometown finally returned to his roots. In this dense Nottingham forest, after more than a hundred years of precipitation and accumulation, it has long been impossible to see the true face of the soil below, and the ground is covered with layers of thick fallen leaves, but none of them are called "Gerard. Piqui".

(To be continued)