"Is this true? Has the boss really decided to come back? ”

Before the start of training, the players waited on the training ground while waiting for the coach while gathering in groups to chat. The topic is, of course, the news that was just announced yesterday - Tony. Isn't it clear that Don will be back in charge? The news also reported. Bell shrugged, but a smile on his face couldn't be suppressed. "This time it's real!"

"Hah! I knew the boss wasn't going to look at it! Now that the team's results are so poor, who can change it? Only the head! Mattok danced with joy.

"Shhhh Be quiet! Defender Nkuru hurriedly put his index finger to his mouth and made a silent gesture. "Don't let Freddie hear me!"

"Don't be afraid, I see that the leader is coming back, and he is the happiest person. Mattok shook his head.

In front of his teammates, Mitchell put his elbow on Wood's shoulder and said to him with a smile: "Are you relieved, George?" The boss is finally back. ”

"It's only been a little over half a season. Wood replied with a blank face.

"Don't be greedy, George. I'm very happy if he's back, and look at the guys, I think even if we play against Manchester United in the next game, we can win, even away from home. ”

While many people are happy about Donn's return, others are unimpressed. For example, the Italian Balotelli. Now he has no time to pay attention to the return of a former manager. His agent told him that leaving in the winter was not a good option, and if he could delay the transfer until the summer, he could get more in terms of treatment. Now Balotelli's mind is full of the idea of moving away from Forest, and he doesn't care about the team's results next. He was twenty-eight years old. There are not a few golden years that can be spent on such a team.

With the announcement of Donne's imminent return, the team was obviously divided into two factions, one faction was naturally Tang's original disciples, waiting for Tang's return with joy. On the other hand, there are players who have nothing to do with Donn, who have only come to the Forest team one after another in the past few seasons, and they don't know how the new manager will treat them. Will the fate of the former marginal of the team change in the future? These questions haunted them and made them uneasy. Some have even notified their agents in advance. If the new manager doesn't fit in with him, then leave immediately.

Before Donn officially became the head coach of Forest, there was already an undercurrent within the team. I don't know all this, did Donn, who is far away in Spain, think of it?

The sun in Spain is much brighter than in England, and the salty sea breeze on your face is very pleasant. Donn sits in an open-air café with a cup of coffee in front of him and a view of the beach and sea in front of him. Even though today is not the weekend. It's not a holiday, but you can still see a lot of tourists frolicking on the beach. The wind blows the waves and hits the beach, drowning out the frolicking sounds.

However, he did not have the leisure to go down to play in the water. He came to Barcelona, Spain, not for a vacation. Now he is waiting for someone.

It is not bad to describe today's football agent Xia Yang with a proud and ambitious spring breeze. Four years ago, he was just a slightly well-known agent in China, making a living by introducing young players to clubs in Eastern Europe and South America. Don't look at the Chinese media, he seems to know the European clubs well. But in fact, those relationships were just grinding his face in a low voice. Those agent giants can directly talk to the head coach and chairman of the giant club on the phone, and if they want to meet the head coach of the Dutch second team, they have to make an appointment in advance to see if the other party has time. Or is there no mood for it...... If it weren't for his thick skin, he would basically not be able to mix in this industry.

But now it's different, although in Europe it's not as big as Mendes, but there is no need to ask grandpa to sell his players, every year he can get a lot of calls from European clubs, hoping that he will recommend some cheap East Asian players, or help match up with China. In China, he also became a household name gold broker. The goal of introducing young Chinese players to foreign clubs for trials and play football every year is not limited to Eastern Europe and South America, where there is no money. He even set up a sports industry development company, introducing some foreign clubs interested in the Chinese market to come to China to play commercial competitions, and take a cut of it, which can also make a lot of money.

All these changes are thanks to the blessing of a young man he had set his eye on.

When Chen Jian was recalled to England by the Forest team for the second time and offered him a place in the youth team, the matter was not reported in any media in China. However, Xia Yang used his long-term channels in European football to hear the news, and the keen sense of smell of a professional agent made him feel that this might be an opportunity - in fact, he was not looking at Chen Jian's future at the beginning. Instead, it was possible to tie up with Nottingham Forest, the strongest club in Europe at the time, through Chen Jian. Long-term cooperation in the future is not a luxury. It's like Mendes gave Pepe to Don cheaply.

During Chen Jian's years in the Forest team, his relationship with the Forest team did not go as smoothly as he imagined. Although the domestic media because of Chen Jian's relationship with the Forest team. made himself famous. Later Tony. Tang En even more amazingly announced his resignation after winning the Triple Crown, and Chen Jian's future and his own wishes were all disappointed. In desperation, he accepted Chen Jian's suggestion and did not talk to Nottingham Forest about renewing his contract, but asked the Forest team to loan him out again, while slowly looking for a suitable team to receive. As a player under his own command, or a player who brought him a lot of fame at the beginning, Xia Yang really hopes that Chen Jian can have a good home. Eventually, Forest found him a team in the Dutch First Division and loaned him out again.

What no one expected was that Chen Jian, the kid who was not favored later, would actually come out of the Eredivisie all the way. After the end of the first season, Xia Yang received no transfer inquiries from different National League clubs. This includes a fax from Espanyol in the Spanish Primera Division.

After further contact and communication, Xia Yang was even more surprised to find that it was definitely not a whim for the Spaniards to buy Chen Jian, when Chen Jian was still playing in Warrendam. Their scouts had already taken notice of him. After observing him for three seasons, he finally decided to make a move. At that time, Chen Jian's contract with the Forest team also expired, and the Forest team did not intend to continue to offer the worthless Chinese player a contract, if Chen Jian was transferred at this time, it would not cost a penny of transfer fees, which was a very tempting condition. Xia Yang also took the opportunity to play the cheap card, saying that Chen Jian was a model of "good quality and low price", and invested in a profitable way. There is absolutely no risk.

The Eredivisie team that loaned Chen Jian at that time also wanted to sign a contract with Chen Jian, but after discussing with Chen Jian, Xia Yang felt that it was time to go to a bigger stage. In this way, Chen Jian freely joined Espanyol, who was in the middle of the La Liga rankings at that time.

Garcia, then Espanyol's director of football. Gonzalez likened Chen Jian to "George Jorge. Wood", believes that Chen Jian's tenacious fighting spirit and clear mind in central field are exactly what Espanyol needs.

Therefore, if Chinese players want to make a name for themselves in European football, it is not enough to rely on their own strength, but also luck and opportunities. Chen Jian's opportunity is quite good. First by Nottingham Forest, and then by Espanyol's director of football. Without these opportunities, even if he has the strength, I am afraid that he can only continue to fight in the lower leagues.

Chen Jian has gone through about half a season of adaptation in the Espanyol team, and gradually showed his strength. In midfield, the Spaniards' attack and defense were well organized. He gradually established himself as the main starter in the middle of this La Liga team.

For a Chinese player, being able to play in a team in the big four leagues is already a great achievement. Players who only make occasional substitutes in lower league teams are covered and followed by a steady stream of Chinese media coverage. Not to mention Chen Jian, who has completely relied on his own strength, rather than a Chinese sponsor to play the main role in the mid-table team of La Liga, and has been fully trusted and loved by his teammates, coaches and fans.

In fact, Chinese fans are very self-aware, and they don't want Chen Jian to become a world-class star, as long as they can sit in the main position in a team, it is enough.

With La Liga broadcast live every weekend, Espanyol attracts even more attention than Barcelona and Real Madrid, two traditional La Liga giants.

Although he initially wanted to start his professional football career at Nottingham Forest, he did not expect to achieve this dream at the Spaniard.

Now. The five-year contract is still one and a half seasons away. Xia Yang is not in a hurry to negotiate a contract with the Spaniard.

These four seasons have not only improved Chen Jian's reputation and strength, but also enhanced Xia Yang's vision. In any case, the Spaniards can't even guarantee participation in the Europa League (former UEFA Cup) every season, and Xia Yang is now a little disgusted that the level of others is not high enough. Chen Jian is 28 years old this year, which is the golden age of a professional footballer. He also doesn't want his ace to die in such a team, if there is a better choice, why not leave?

So from a season ago, Xia Yang was asking for a sky-high price in negotiations with Espanyol, not only asking Chen Jian to get the highest standard salary in the team. It also requires a large signing fee. Espanyol are only a small team after all. It was impossible to meet Xia Yang's request, so the two sides froze. It dragged on until this summer. Still unresolved. Espanyol seems to have figured it out now, that Chinese player obviously wants to play in a higher level team, and selling those players that other clubs are interested in to make money is the way of survival for clubs like Espanyol, although Chen Jian is the core of the team's midfield, but if there is a club that can offer the right price, he is definitely not for sale.

The Spaniard simply did not talk to Xia Yang about renewing his contract, and waited for other clubs to make an offer. Of course, on the surface, everyone still has to declare that "we are still working hard to keep Chen", "Of course Chen Jian wants to stay at Espanyol, but he needs to get a contract worthy of his contribution", etc......

Xia Yang was not worried at all about the end of the bamboo basket for nothing. Chen Jian's performance in the past three seasons with Espanyol is obvious to all, and many teams in Europe have contacted him as an agent in private, so he knows that there is still a lot of potential to be tapped in Chen Jian.

With the winter transfer window about to open, he has recently received calls from several clubs. Among them are teams from the Premier League. There are also teams from Serie A, of course, most of them are from La Liga, after all, they have to play Espanyol twice a season, and they are most familiar with Chen Jian's level. Now Xia Yang doesn't look down on those teams in the lower leagues at all, except for the three major leagues, he doesn't think about other destinations at all, even if it is a team in the French league and the Bundesliga. I can't get into his eyes.

Just when Xia Yang was about to sell Chen Jian's land at a high price, he and Chen Jian received a long-lost phone call.

The call was made to Chen Jian, but when a Chinese with a British country accent appeared on the phone, Chen Jian immediately knew who was coming.

Tony. Donne's phone call as Nottingham Forest manager immediately reminded him of the four years ago that had been sleeping in the back of Chen's mind. With Donne's departure, he originally thought that he would never have a chance to intersect with that red team in his life, but he didn't expect fate to be so magical. Tony. Don was reinstated!

So, there was the scene where Xia Yang and Tang En met......

"I'm so sorry. I've kept you waiting, Mr. Donn. There was some traffic jam on the road...... "Xia Yang appeared in front of Don with an apologetic face in an Armani casual suit. In fact, he was deliberately late, so how could there be any traffic jams? Today is not the weekend, and the appointment time is not the rush hour. He drove his car like a snail on the highway, just to come later and make Dondo wait. How difficult it was for me to see this man at the beginning, and people didn't care about me at all. At that time, I really whispered and begged. It's different now, it's not me who begs you, it's you who beg me, Mr. Donne! If you don't put up a fight, how can you regain your lost self-esteem? I'm sure you wouldn't mind, right?

Sure enough, Don shook his head with a smile: "It's okay, the scenery here is beautiful, I just want to enjoy it." ”

"I haven't seen you for so many years. I didn't expect that Mr. Don En, you still speak Chinese so fluently, ha! Xia Yang's tone made people think that he and Tang En must have known each other for a long time. This should also be Xia Yang's deliberate contrivedness. How to say that Donn is also a famous coach in Europe, just led LinkedIn Gran to complete the national team Grand Slam, if you are friends with him, won't your status also improve?

Don didn't mind the deliberate affection of the Chinese agent.

"Let's get straight to the point, Mr. Xia. How did Chen Jian react to the invitation from the Forest team? Don asked straight to the point.

"Uh......" As soon as he got to the point, Xia Yang hesitated. "You know, Mr. Donne. Ajian is enjoying being in the RCD Espanyol squad at the moment. He is the core workhorse. He also has a good relationship with his teammates and coaches, and the fans love him very much. Hopefully he will continue to play at Espanyol...... You know, just this summer, we turned down an invitation from Kaiserslautern......"

Don sneered inwardly. Now who doesn't know that Xia Yang wants Chen Jian to leave the Spaniards, who don't have much development prospects? What are the reasons why renewal negotiations always go poorly? Isn't it just that the person in front of you is asking for a price? The conditions put forward were simply not satisfied by the Spaniards, and he didn't want Chen Jian to stay here at all, and said that "Chen Jian is having a good time with the Spaniards now"...... It's okay to bluff a three-year-old child with this kind of, but it's too naïve to use it to prevaricate him.

"Kaiserslautern is a team that just returned to the Bundesliga last season, and they are barely relegated, so it's normal that you don't look at it. Tang En quietly sarcastically mocked Xia Yang, reminding him that he was not an idiot, and that he should not perfunctory himself with the same reasons as idiots.

How could Xia Yang not hear the meaning of Tang En's words? He suddenly felt a little embarrassed, but fortunately he was thick-skinned, and a smile immediately appeared on his face. "Of course, of course. As Akente's agent, I also hope that he can have a better stage...... You must know that he is only twenty-eight years old now, and it is time for him to make a big difference...... I hope he can go to a team that can play regularly in European competitions every year, whether it's the Champions League or the Europa League...... Ah Jian himself thinks so. ”

This agent has also been trained after years of ups and downs, and Donn is sarcastic about him, and he also satirizes Nottingham Forest's current situation, which may not even be able to participate in next season's Europa League......

Don looked at the agent in front of him again, the person dressed like a dog, his temperament has changed a lot compared to four years ago, and the most important thing is that he is more confident. He found that this Mr. Xia was a little more difficult to deal with than he was four years ago...... The agent four years ago, in front of him, had no part to speak at all. Now, I can still go toe-to-toe with myself.

Nottingham Forest are now 16th in the league and one step away from the relegation zone, and it will not be easy to compete in Europe next season.

Obviously, this agent threw out a condition that could attract them - qualification for next season's European competition, if you want Chen Jian to join Nottingham Forest, then you can lead the team back to Europe, Mr. Donn!