Chapter 281: Volume 3: The Red Forest: The New Goalkeeper (Part 2)

Fulham analyzed the situation and agreed to negotiate with the Forest team on Van der Sar. The Forest team offered 2 million pounds for the first time, but Fulham rejected it without even thinking about it. They believed that if the Forest team really wanted to get Van der Sar, they should at least show enough sincerity. So the Forest team raised their offer to 2.5 million. This time Fulham hesitated for a while and did not give a timely answer.

Just when they were hesitating, an interview article with Twain was published in the "Nottingham Evening Post". In the article, Twain talked about some things about the team, including the goalkeeper issue. He did not deny the Forest team and Fulham negotiations, but he did not admit that Van der Sar will definitely come. As for the goalkeeper, he mentioned Frey in Parma, expressing his appreciation for a goalkeeper like Frey. Considering the current number of goals conceded by the Forest team and Parma's recent poor economic situation, everyone believed that Tony Twain had taken a fancy to Frey and hoped to bring him to England.

The Forest team is now looking for a goalkeeper everywhere, just like Manchester United looking for a goalkeeper all over the world. It is not news. After all, the Forest team ranked first in the number of goals conceded in the first half of the season. Everyone can see that Darren Ward is dead.

After thinking about it for a long time, Fulham finally agreed to the Forest team's offer of 2.5 million pounds. Now Dunn can talk directly with Van der Sar.

If it was half a season ago, the Forest team was almost unattractive to Van der Sar, but the situation is different now. Nottingham Forest successfully broke into the UEFA Cup rematch and ranked in the top of the Premier League. Except for losing to Liverpool, the Forest team, which competed with strong teams, had the upper hand. They have fully demonstrated their strength that does not match their status as newly promoted. Van der Sar is a smart man. Manchester United's promise has not yet disappeared, but there is a ready-made opportunity. He also wanted to leave the half-dead Fulham for a long time. Isn't it good that he can still go to a club that has something to pursue at the end of his career?

Now he doesn't know that after he transferred to Manchester United next summer, he also helped Manchester United win a league championship and became the most stable member of the Manchester United team.

The Forest team promised that Van der Sar's salary will remain unchanged, with a weekly salary of 40,000, and other bonuses if he performs well. The contract period is two and a half years, and it will be decided whether to renew the contract depending on his status. After all, Van der Sar will be thirty-six two years later, and no one knows how he can perform at that time.

Van der Sar was happy with the contract and he put his name on it.

Before Christmas, Nottingham Forest's official website and several media reported that Fulham's Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar signed with the Forest team. The contract began on January 1, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2007. announced.

Tang En was very happy that Van der Sar finally chose Forest. For him, the Dutch veteran is not the future plan of the Forest team, but his arrival can ensure that the Forest will have a smooth transition for at least two years. This time is enough for Twain to continue to find young and outstanding goalkeepers in the transfer market. Moreover, Van der Sar's experience is also what Forest's defense needs most. After all, Hierro is 36 years old. Due to his age and injuries, he will not play too many games.

The goalkeeper is a position that will not be easily changed once it is fixed. With Van der Sar behind him directing the defense, Twain is very relieved.

Tony Twain once again snatched the person he was looking for from Alex Ferguson, and the relationship between the two of them would only get bigger and bigger. He took away the main goalkeeper who should have belonged to Manchester United, so who will Manchester United choose to reproduce their glory in the future? Dunn couldn't think of it either... Besides, he didn't know what expression Sir Ferguson would have after hearing the news that Van der Sar had been snatched away by the Forest team.

It's just that he vaguely felt that between himself and this godfather-level head coach of the Premier League, he probably wouldn't say "I admire him very much" in front of the media.

Why? It wasn't that Ferguson looked down on Tang En, nor was it that Tang En was proud of his talents. It's because the two of them will become very fierce rivals in the future.

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Before Christmas, there were a total of 18 rounds in the league. Nottingham Forest ranked eighth with seven wins, six draws, five losses and 27 points. At their best, they were ranked fourth. If it weren't for the recent rounds of league teams losing consecutive games, their ranking can be stabilized at fifth.

It was a pity for Twain to lose two consecutive games to teams in the middle and lower reaches. Now they have signed Van der Sar, hoping to improve the team's poor conceded goals.

December 26 is the match day of the nineteenth round of the league. Nottingham Forest, which has lost two games in a row, will face Southampton, which is ranked second to last, at home. Great opportunity.

The day before the game, the team only had half a day of training. When Tang En saw another Christmas tree in the lobby of Building No. 1 and presents piled up under the tree, he remembered that Christmas had arrived.

A year has passed in the blink of an eye...

He stood under the tree and watched the players rummaging through the gift piles with interest for the boxes with their own names on them. All of this felt so familiar, except that some people had changed, and there was almost no difference from a year ago.

Seeing that Wood didn't join in the fun, but came towards him, he knew what was going on again.

"Merry Christmas, George."

"Merry Christmas, sir."

"Is your mother okay?"

"Very well, she asked me to ask you to go home for dinner together." When he said this, Wood looked around, seeming a little embarrassed.

"us?"

"You and that..." Wood frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Don, Chinese."

Tang En scratched his head, he actually forgot that there was Tang... Could it be that he subconsciously didn't want an extra light bulb? It's really hard to make this question clear.

"No problem, when the training is over, you and I will go to the youth team base first, I have to call him."

Wood nodded, but he didn't turn around and leave right away. Instead, he took out a small box from his coat pocket and stuffed it into Tang En's hand. Then he turned and went back under the Christmas tree to find his own present.

Tang En opened the outer package, and inside lay a bright Zippo lighter. This thing is not expensive, not worth a few dollars. Under the lighter was a small greeting card, on which was written crookedly:

Thank you and Merry Christmas to you.

Tang En smiled.

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