Chapter 700: Volume 6: Crimson
No guessing, no even thinking. The person who came to look for Dunn and hoped to talk to him must be Alan Adams.
His nose is more sensitive than a wolfhound's when it comes to money.
Tang En also knew that he would come to find him sooner or later. This summer, he broke two great things in his mind. One is Franck Ribery, and the other is Ruud van Nistelrooy's "blank check gate" that just ended. Even if these two deals are completed, the club's financial situation will be greatly improved.
This time, if Alan didn't look for him, he wouldn't be the marketing manager of the club.
"I know you're coming to see me, look." Tang En pointed to the table, on which there were two steaming cups of coffee. "I have been preparing two cups these days."
Allen was very helpless. There were not many ways to deal with a rogue like Tang En.
"Okay, Tony. Since you know I'm coming to you, you obviously know why. I'll stop talking nonsense, can you hear my opinion?"
Tang En made a gesture of invitation, and sat on the boss chair by himself.
"To be honest, I don't know much about the internal affairs of the team, so I don't know what you think of Bendtner. But I think selling him now is the best choice."
Tang En nodded and motioned for him to continue.
"On the one hand, Bendtner doesn't want to stay in the team at all. For such a player, it's not wise to force him to stay. It may also cause turmoil in the locker room." Having said that, Allen glanced at Dunn, He was found with his head down, as if in deep thought. After all, this talked about Tang En's field, and he was afraid that Tang En would have some bad reactions. Now it seems that he was a little relieved, so he continued: "On the other hand, I won't hide it from you, Tony. The club needs money very much now. After you promised to raise Ribery's salary, the rest of the team also meant it. , we must meet their requirements. In addition, the actual cost of the new stadium is more than our budget, and some expenses are completely out of control..."
At this point, Allen had to admit that it was caused by his own inexperience. After all, he didn't do engineering projects before, and he didn't know many ways inside. It wasn't until after the construction of the new stadium started that he realized that he hadn't thought about many things before. So I can only fill it with money...
"The third point... the current global economic environment is not very good."
Dunn didn't know anything about what Allen said. He was an economic idiot. The term "global economic environment" sounded like something from another world.
"We need money to deal with some emergencies." After speaking, Allen spread his hands. He had already told Tang En everything he could say. After working with Tang En for several years, he has long been familiar with this person's character. Tang En's personality is very tough, sometimes a bit arrogant and unreasonable, but he is not a rock. There are only two ways to get him to accept something he doesn't want to do: 1. Persuade him with kind words and discuss his interests clearly. He is a smart person, so he naturally knows which is the best choice; practice. Bypassing Tang En directly, without letting him know, and telling him after the matter is decided and put into practice, the so-called "cooking raw rice into mature rice".
Of course, the second method will permanently damage the care between the two people, and Alan will not choose to do this unless it is absolutely necessary. What about the first method... The only risk is that you don't know whether Tang En will be persuaded every time.
Like this time.
After quietly listening to Allen's statement, Tang En was silent for a while before raising his head to look at him. "By the way, Ellen. I have to apologize to you."
"Huh?" Alan Adams was at a loss.
"About Ruud van Nistelrooy. I haven't discussed with you what I'm going to do before, so you must be very angry?" Dunn said to Allen seriously.
Allen quickly waved his hand: "I know what you are going to do, but I really don't know what you will do. Also, don't take me so badly as I think. Although I am a businessman, I am also a person with a temper. The kind of Manchester City I can't accept the approach of insulting either. Businessmen pay attention to the relationship of equality, everyone is the same, and no one is more noble than the other."
Seeing Allen explaining seriously, Tang En first laughed.
"About Bendtner, can you give me time to think about it?"
Allen knew that he couldn't ask Dunn to make a decision now, and he was willing to think about it instead of directly rejecting it, which was already a great way to save face. So he stood up and nodded: "Remember you are running out of time, Tony."
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Yes, time is running out. It is now August 27, less than four days before the transfer window closes.
Dunn didn't talk to Bendtner again, Bendtner's father didn't call Dunn again, and Manchester City didn't make another offer. Did they give up? This matter was solved quietly like this?
Of course it is impossible.
Tang En was trying his best to calm down his heart, and then sorted it out. Although the interview with Bendtner ended unhappy, Twain was still unwilling to let the Dane go just like that. Mainly...he didn't want to sell him to Manchester City, the thought of the face of the Arab made him sick.
When Dunn was standing alone on the edge of the training ground and distracted, he heard a sudden commotion on the training ground.
Got into a fight?
Since the incident between Chimbonda and Bendtner, Twain has been very sensitive about this. He hurriedly collected his attention and looked intently.
A group of people were running towards one point, and through the crowd, he saw Ruud van Nistelrooy, the team's number one center, rubbing his thighs and sitting helplessly on the ground.
injured?
He ran over to see what happened.
When the team members saw the boss coming, they all consciously stepped aside. He went straight to Van Nistelrooy and asked Fleming, who was busy. "what happened?"
"Thigh muscle strain." Fleming heard Tang En's voice and looked up at him. Perhaps the other party's frown gave him another understanding, so he added: "It's not a big deal, but this weekend He will definitely not be able to play in the game."
Hearing what he said, Van Nistelrooy comforted Dunn with a smile: "I'm fine, boss."
Tang En nodded, and then withdrew. Tang saw him chasing him from the side: "The starting roster is about to be adjusted. Bendtner..."
Tang En shook his head: "We will play 451 in the match the day after tomorrow."
"What is that '1'?"
"Eastwood."
Tang looked at Tang En strangely.
Tang En didn't respond to his doubts, just turned around and left.
So Tang had no choice but to look back at Bendtner in the crowd. He was standing on the side drinking water, and his teammates were talking about Ruud van Nistelrooy's accidental injury. Lennon seemed to be talking to him, but it was obvious that Bendtner was absent-minded.
Does he want the game to play, or not to play?
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The opponent Nottingham Forest will face in the third round of the league is definitely not easy to deal with - it is their old enemy Chelsea who have been entangled with them in the past few seasons.
It's just that Chelsea's head coach is neither Mourinho nor Grant, but "Big Phil" Scolari.
Although the new season has only started two rounds, this is still a focus battle. The media began to hype up the match, and they asked Scolari about the Forest team that Chelsea had not yet defeated Tony Twain.
The Brazilian is very smart, he didn't fall for that. Just say that it is someone else's achievement and has nothing to do with yourself. Then do not answer such questions again.
Twain was busy fighting with Manchester City during this time, and he didn't have time to cooperate with the media in the spat with Scolari. Looking at how busy he is now, it really makes people worry whether he is well prepared for the game against Chelsea...
The day before the match, Twain announced the roster for the next day's match in Wilford, and Niklas Bendtner's name was not included.
No one is surprised now that the players are neither blind nor deaf, nor are they fools. Everyone knew that Bendtner and Twain had fallen out, and that this person was determined to leave the team. Some people understood his reasons for going here, while others scoffed at it.
So when Bendtner didn't appear on the roster, everyone knew it must be the boss's intention. Is it punishment? Yes, it must be the punishment and warning for the traitor.
Bendtner stood in the line with a very bad expression on his face. When Tang En said "Dismiss", he was the first to turn around and stride away.
He knew he was going to leave for sure, but he couldn't accept being treated like this before he left. In his heart, he no longer has the slightest nostalgia for this team. He has already decided that if the team does not let him go, he will return to Denmark to stop training!
"Tony, can you explain to me a little bit, the purpose of your arrangement?" Tang asked on the way home. He noticed Bendtner's performance just now, and he was a little worried.
"Someone is pointing fingers in front of me and questioning my tactical thinking. I want to let him know who is the boss of this team." Tang En's voice was cold.
Tang sighed, he knew that Tang En was really angry.
"But... what do you decide to do with this matter?" He was referring to the transfer of Bendtner.
This time Tang En shook his head, his tone was a bit confused: "I don't know..."
I really don't know. On the one hand, he was angry at Bendtner's betrayal, but on the other hand, he couldn't easily let go of the four years and the hard work he had poured into him. Just throw in the towel and let him go? Or forcefully stay in the team and lose both sides?
When Tang En was helpless, the phone in his pocket rang.
Tang En took out his mobile phone and looked at it. Tang En smiled: "Bentner's father called. He must know that his son is not on the squad list for tomorrow's game. I can't tell that Bendtner is still a good boy. What's the matter?" Tell my father everything right away, tsk tsk..."
He shook his head and picked up the phone.
"Mr. Thomas Bendtner, hello. I'm so glad you still remembered to call me. I waited all day yesterday, but I didn't get your call. I thought you gave up."
Tang En spoke enthusiastically and respectfully, but Thomas Bendtner over there couldn't smile at all. What he was most worried about was making his son the target of Tony Twain's revenge. Now it seemed that his worry had become a reality.
"I think it's time for a showdown, Mr. Dunn."
"What is this?" Tang En pretended to be surprised. "Haven't we already had a showdown?"
"..."
"Your son insists on leaving, but I won't let him go. Isn't that the way it is?"
While walking, Dunn held up his phone to deal with Thomas Bendtner.
"I think I need to remind you, Mr. Dunn. My son's contract with the Forest Club will expire in July next year, and my son's agent, Mr. Ulrich, has already negotiated with Forest Club. Any contract renewal negotiations with the team. I suggest it out of good intentions, let my son go now, and you still have money to make. If you wait a year..."
Tang En slammed the phone, then threw it out with a flick of his hand. The quality of the new phone is better than the last one, it jumped on the ground and only knocked off a corner.
Tang who was next to him was surprised to see this scene happening in front of his eyes. He didn't know what Bendtner's father said to Tang En on the other end of the phone, which made him so angry. He turned his face to look over, and found that Tang En was full of anger.
"Son of a bitch, threaten me!"
Tang ran to the front to pick up the phone, found the corner that had been knocked off, and handed it to Tang En: "The problem of dropping the phone when you are angry... need to be corrected."
"I only have this thing on hand to throw away... Give me the phone, yours... don't worry, I won't throw it away." Tang En didn't answer his own cell phone, but asked Tang for his.
Tang En gave Tang En his own, and Tang En dialed Alan Adams' cell phone number.
"Alan, call Manchester City back. Just say less than 30 million pounds, don't even think about buying Niklas Bendtner!"
"Tony..." Hearing what he said, Tang was a little worried, "Is the price too high?"
Tang En, who hung up the phone, returned the phone to Tang, and said to him at the same time: "Don't Manchester City really like being a Kaizi? I'll let him do it all!"
His face was ferocious, scaring Tang even more... "What did Thomas Bendtner tell you?"
"He told me that Bendtner's contract expires in one year, and they don't plan to discuss contract renewal with the club." Tang En glanced at Tang, "I've always forgotten about this before."
Tang: "..."
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On the morning of the match against Chelsea, the media in Nottingham were still arguing with Manchester City. The offer of 30 million pounds made Mark Hughes scold Tony Twain for being greedy. Pierce Bruce helped Twain fight back in the Evening Post, saying that Nottingham Forest's star of tomorrow, the top scorer in the next ten years, has a bright future, is valued by Twain as the successor of Ruud van Nistelrooy, and is very handsome. The handsome Nicholas Bendtner only sold for 30 million, which is already very fair...
Alan Adams insisted on a price of 30 million pounds and he would not let go. He was not afraid that Manchester City would not want it. Because now the whole of England knows that Manchester City's striker problem has reached the point where it has to be solved.
Manchester City earlier contacted Jo, a young Brazilian striker who scored 30 goals in 53 games for CSKA Moscow. Although Jo wanted to play in the Premier League, the transfer was very complicated. Ruo's ownership is not in the hands of CSKA, but in the hands of MSI, just like Mascherano and Tevez back then. Due to the unhappiness of Tevez's transfer to Manchester United that year, MSI did not agree to release him this time, and the English Football Association also stated that they would block the transfer. In addition to the old club's reluctance to let people go, there is another factor that troubles Ruo joining Manchester City-he is not eligible for a labor certification.
If things drag on like this, depending on how the transfer window is about to close, MSI still has no intention of letting go. Helpless, Manchester City had no choice but to attack Bendtner with all their strength.
It is precisely because of knowing these backgrounds that Allen dared to talk to Manchester City.
On this side, Allen and the Manchester City club asked for the price secretly. Over there, Tang En's team encountered a tough battle.
What is gained is bound to be lost. Nottingham Forest, which is about to usher in a major victory in the transfer market, is likely to face the end of a small record...