Chapter 154 Volume 2 The Sky of Nottingham The Future of 3.6 Million (Part 2)
George Wood has signed his name on an eight-year deal, and Nottingham Forest fans are delighted to see young players committing their future to Forest, rather than going elsewhere for the money.
After securing Wood's contract, Twain also won another very important player acquisition.
It's about Ashley Young. The Forest team offered £500,000 for the first time, and Watford was unmoved. The second offer rose to 600,000, but Watford remained unmoved.
At this time, the 100,000 pounds that Alan Adams gave Ashley Young before played a role. Ashley Young made it clear to Watford that he wanted the club to let him go to Forest. Because now he can't play here at all, he is already eighteen years old, if he can't get enough playing time, it will not be good for the growth of his own ability.
Then Tang En made a call to Yang. He promised Yang the main position on the phone. At the same time, he hoped that Yang would continue to cooperate with the Forest team, accept interviews from one or two media, disclose his idea of coming to the Forest team, and give it to Watford. The German club creates pressure.
Ashley Yang, who was guaranteed the main position, was naturally happy to do what Tang En asked. A day later, he was interviewed by "Nottingham Evening Post" reporter Pierce Bruce in front of his house. The topics of the interviews were almost all about Nottingham Forest and Tony Twain.
In the interview, Ashley Young expressed his yearning for playing under Coach Twain. By the way, he talked about Forest's five-game winning streak in the league. He believed that a lot of credit for this achievement should be credited to Tony Twain. En head. He was already praising Nottingham Forest's illustrious history when he was still wearing a Watford shirt.
"... Nottingham Forest has a very glorious history. It would be like a dream to play in such a team! You know, young players at my age are the fastest growing at the level, very You need to play games to gain experience. Since I didn't have many opportunities to play at Watford, why didn't I change my environment?"
When such an interview hit the media, the Watford club already knew that they could not keep the star of hope in the team. The only thing they can do now is to let the team earn more through the transfer of Ashley Young, and make up for the loss in personnel with money.
But Allen was unwilling to be taken advantage of, and he offered Watford the last time-700,000 pounds, not even a dime more. Anyway, the attitude of the players is there, you can decide for yourself. The big deal is that our forest team can change their pursuit, and 700,000 can buy very good players in the first division.
Just after the forest team made an offer, Ashley Young called the team's head coach to inform the team's head coach that he was injured and could not go to the team to report for training, so he needed to take a day off.
Things have come to this point, what else does the Watford club have to say? They knew in their hearts how could such a coincidence happen? It must be that the Forest team colluded with the players in private. But even if they knew it in their hearts, there was no evidence at hand that could make them trouble the FA and FIFA.
In this way, Nottingham Forest bought Watford's rising star Ashley Young for a transfer fee of 700,000 pounds.
But Twain's footsteps in the transfer market did not stop there. The team's left and right full backs still had big problems. At the same time, after Rebrov switched to midfield, the team's forwards only had three players. Obviously, It is not enough to meet the requirements of the remaining half of the season, the two-line battle of the League and the League Cup.
Last season, the team had problems with the right back. Later, Tang En asked John Thompson to play right back, which proved to be very successful. Now it is the left back's turn to become the weak link of the Forest team. Although Gareth Bell has good talent, he is only fourteen years old after all, and he can't quench his thirst far away. The team also needs to search for a qualified left back in the market.
Dunn didn't know much about League One, but he had experts in this area. He told old scout Moore that the team now needs a young left back with potential, who can be cultivated, and has a lot of room for appreciation. After listening to the question, Moore wrote the answer: Leighton_Baines. The young player of the Wigan team can only play as a substitute for the team at present. If Tony Twain needs it, he only needs to promise him the main position like he did when he bought Ashley Young. I believe Wigan and Barnes himself No offer will be rejected.
Tang En stared at this name for a long time, and finally remembered who this person is... In the 2006-07 Premier League season, the captain of Wigan team and the main left-back of the England U21 national team made Manchester United coach Sir Alex Ferguson A rookie who has publicly expressed his desire to bring in.
At this time, Barnes was still serving as a substitute for the Wigan team, and Tang En knew that he had made money again. Don't buy at this time... When the Wigan team discovers his value, it will be difficult for the Forest team to buy him again.
So without further ado, he made a request to the Wigan team to buy Leighton Barnes, asking for 400,000 pounds. This price is not low for a young defender who has just played in the first team, and Wigan has no reason to refuse. make a deal! The future captain of the Wigan team was intercepted and killed by Twain.
With Leighton Barnes and the Norwegian David Oye, Dunn can finally feel relieved at the left back position of the Forest team.
Twain already had a suitable candidate for the striker position.
Later, Peter Crouch, the tall killer of Liverpool and England, who liked to dance with robots after scoring goals, was very unhappy in Aston Villa at this time. Crouch made his debut in Tottenham Hotspur, but it was in Portsmouth that he began to be noticed by other teams. He scored 18 goals in 37 games in one season, and then he was taken by Ah Stone Villa bought it at a price of 5 million pounds and has played so far, but it has never reproduced the glory of Portsmouth.
He joined Aston Villa in the second half of the 01-02 season and scored two goals in seven games. Then in the 02-03 season, he played 14 times on behalf of the team and failed to score a single goal. Finished the first half of the 03-04 season, played 16 times, started almost every game, but only scored four goals...
Such a result is really appalling for the main striker.
Aston Villa began to regret their original impulse, and they are now eager to get rid of this tall guy like a bamboo pole. So Nottingham Forest appeared in time, and they proposed a rent-and-buy plan to Aston Villa, that is, to rent Crouch until the end of the season, and if he performed well, they would buy him for 1.8 million pounds broken.
The Premier League team Aston Villa agreed to this plan, and the rest is to discuss personal treatment with Crouch. Twain was originally worried that Crouch, who played as the main striker in the Premier League team, might not be willing to play in League One, but he didn't expect that this was not a problem at all. Crouch also wanted to play football in a different environment, and the league that made him famous was also League One.
The players don't have an opinion, it's very simple. The Forest team and Aston Villa reached a rent-to-buy agreement, and Crouch did not make things difficult for Forest in terms of personal treatment. Twain got the tallest striker in the history of the England national team in the future, Peter Crouch (Peter_Crouch) with a height of 2.01 meters.
Two days before the first round of the League Cup semi-finals, Twain attended a press conference with all the players who joined the team during the winter transfer period, and simply introduced these new players to the public.
Freddie Eastwood (£100,000 to Grace Athletic), Clint Hill (£300,000 to Oldham), Robert Huth (loan from Chelsea), Chris Commons (£300,000 transfer from Stoke City), George Wood (transfer to the first team, new contract), Stephen McPhail (loan from Leeds United), Ashley Young (700,000 to Watford), Leighton Barnes (400,000 to Wigan Athletic), Pete Crouch (1.8 million on loan from Aston Vera).
Tang En stood among the players with a smile and asked the media to take pictures. The Forest team spent 3.6 million in the transfer market this winter, and he had already promised Evan that the 3.6 million would never be spent in vain. These people are the future of the Forest team. Under the flashing lights, a new Nottingham Forest team is gradually taking shape.
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