Chapter 148 Volume 2 The Sky of Nottingham Winter Transfer (Part 2) (It's the Last Day, Stay Third! Ask for Monthly Ticket Support!)
Having won two players in a row as midfielders, the left side of the Forest team was not a problem. Now it was the turn of the right side to make Tang En feel a headache. Originally, he envisioned successfully persuading Lennon to switch to Nottingham Forest, which could just solve the problem of confirmation on the right. But I didn't expect this plan to fail. The performance of Brian Cash in the team disappointed Tang En very much. This kid seemed to be totally obsessed with dribbling the ball, regardless of the team's overall tactics. It's been a year and no progress at all. Tang En also deleted his name from his future plans.
So he led the team for a month, and Nottingham Forest's right has never found a suitable candidate.
The team's offense is now seriously left-leaning, which is not a good thing. Such a Forest team is walking with a limp.
At this time, the old scout Moore helped him again. He recommended a young player to Twain. Even though this person has only played one game for the first team, just hearing his name, Twain decided to buy him no matter how much he spent.
The person Moore recommended to Twain was Ashley Young (Ashley_Young), an 18-year-old midfielder who had just been transferred to the first team by Watford.
This little guy is a calf in the game, and he is not bad in reality. In the 06-07 season, Aston Villa spent 8 million pounds to take him away from Watford. He can play both sides of the midfield, passing and dribbling are excellent, and he also has a beautiful free kick and shooting skills.
A player who could be favored by Forest's chief scout Moore, the opposing club clearly knew his value. If he didn't pay any price, Twain would not be able to bring this young player to the city stadium. However, Dunn believed that the attitude of the opposing club was not a problem for this transfer transaction. It cost 300,000 to buy Clinton Hill, 300,000 to buy Chris Commons, 600,000 in total, and Tang En has 8 million pounds in transfer funds at his disposal! There are seven million four hundred thousand! This amount of money is huge for a first-tier club. Twain does not believe that Watford can withstand the money offensive. The only uncertain factor is the attitude of the players themselves. If Ashley Young is the second Lennon, then no matter how much money is spent, as long as the players are identified Tang En will know how to spend the money.
Of course, bypassing the club and contacting players in private is a violation of relevant FIFA regulations. But... everyone knows some things in this circle, as long as you don't do it too blatantly, so that everyone knows it.
If Ashley Young can handle it, then the problem of the Forest team's right wing can be solved to some extent.
In addition to the good news coming from the transfer market, there was another thing that put Tang En in a good mood.
Because he scored two goals in the game against Sunderland and became the number one contributor to the team's victory. In addition to getting the goal bonus according to the contract, Eastwood's evaluation of him in the media also changed overnight. .
No matter how harsh the media was, in the face of that beautiful long-range shot and two goals, they had to put away their discriminatory faces and admit that Eastwood's performance surprised them.
Of course, for a long season, two goals are insignificant, and there is no guarantee that Eastwood will continue to score such consecutive goals in the following games. But at least it gave him a good start in the Forest team, so that the Forest team fans accepted the new player in the first place. For a striker, there is nothing like scoring goals to please the fans.
Eastwood became famous, and so did his horse. The pet store where he was fostered not only decided to help Eastwood raise horses for free, but even advertised in the newspaper. The full text of the advertisement is as follows:
Home for Pets provides the best service for Freddie Eastwood's beloved horses!
Just such a sentence made the store lively, and there was an endless stream of people who came to see the horse every day. The store took advantage of the opportunity to launch the "Photograph with the Star Horse Love" activity, which only costs one pound to stand outside the railing and take a photo with the horse.
It is not uncommon to take pictures with stars, but the horse photos with stars have attracted the interest of countless fans.
Eastwood is not jealous of his horses. He just negotiated with the "Pet Home" to ensure the health of the horses, set working hours, and the time to "pick up customers" should not exceed five hours a day, and a minimum percentage of income must be provided. Thirty, to improve the daily treatment of horses. He really believes in the "professional ethics" of his horse, and there will be no accidents of crazy biting and kicking. After all, he used to walk with him on the side of the A127 highway where cars come and go. What scene has he never seen?
It is true to describe that horse as calm and well-informed.
Naturally, it made it into the newspapers and became a new joke about the Gypsies within the team.
Everyone in the team likes Eastwood. Although those two goals accounted for a large part of the reason, it was not just because of the goals. Eastwood has a good personality, warm and cheerful, and can get along well with everyone. In addition, he is low-key. Even Gareth Taylor, who has been threatened by him as the main force, can't find a reason to hate him.
Of course, Eastwood, who has such a good popularity, only has an exception for one teammate.
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George Wood, like Eastwood, was one of the players Tang En paid the most attention to during training. After Christmas, he was transferred to the first team and has been training with the team for half a month, but he has not yet had the chance to represent the first team. The contract is still the one signed in the youth team.
But Dunn didn't let Wood stop playing. In the past few weeks, he asked Wood to train with the first team, familiarize himself with his teammates, play reserve team games, and maintain his form. And he will go to the scene to watch every game, and personally inspect Wood's state. To his relief, this kid is still improving.
However, many times he still appears to be inexperienced, rough, unable to calmly judge the situation on the court. The momentum is more than enough, but the composure is not enough.
Young people, Tang En doesn't ask too much. For his peers, he's good enough.
Twain decided to forego the match against Reading in the twenty-eighth round of the league, just to use it to train young players and reserve team players. The main lineup of the first team, which has played for half a season, will be rested to avoid the chance of injury and prepare for the League Cup with all its strength.
On January 16th, after the training the day before the league ended, Twain announced the roster of players for the next day's game on the training ground as usual. As for the starting lineup... usually it will be announced in the locker room after the game. .
Whenever this happens, the competition that is usually hidden under the friendly smile will surface. Except for a few players who are almost certain to be included in the big list because of their outstanding performance or special position, they will not worry about anything. Everyone else will Waiting nervously for the moment when Tang En read his name out of his mouth.
There is only one exception.
George Wood, who was standing in the last row of the team, didn't care what Dunn was doing. What he was thinking about now was how to play well for tomorrow's reserve team game. Mom is very happy that he can be transferred to the first team. Although he can only play in the reserve team now, it is enough to make her proud of her son. In her heart, since the reserve team is considered the second team, it must be better than the youth team. The level of the team is higher, which shows that the son is stronger than before. He doesn't want to disappoint his mother, so every game he will ask himself not to make mistakes.
Money and his mother's expectations were the only two reasons for him to go down this path.
He suddenly heard someone calling his name, and the teammates in front all turned around to look over. He raised his head strangely, and saw Tang En standing in front through the crowd, and he was also looking at himself.
"Wood, you stay, the others...disband!."
The players dispersed and walked to the locker room with their own thoughts. After the announcement of the big list, some people are happy and some are worried.
Wood stood where he was, and most of his teammates turned to look at him when they left, but he didn't understand what was so good about him.
When everyone was gone and there were only two people left on the training ground, Tang En walked over, took out a ticket from his pocket, and handed it to Wood. "Go back to your mother."
Wood didn't answer because he didn't understand what was going on.
Seeing his doubts, Tang En asked, "Did you just get distracted? Didn't you hear me call your name?"
Wood nodded.
"Well... This is a ticket for the VIP box at the city stadium. Go back and give it to your mother and ask her to go to the stadium to watch the game tomorrow. Then someone from the club will receive her. You don't have to worry about anything."
Wood still didn't understand.
Tang En smiled: "George, go home and tell your mother to let her take this ticket to the city stadium to watch your game tomorrow afternoon. Remember that it is tomorrow afternoon, not morning. You start the league." After finishing speaking, He stuffed the ticket into Wood's hand, then turned and waved to his office.
"Good-bye, George. Get a good night's rest and be here on time at nine o'clock in the morning."
Holding the ticket, Wood stood in the training ground, staring blankly at Tang En's back.
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