Chapter 939: Volume 7: Heart of the Lion King, Farce

The head coaches of the club can already enjoy a short vacation at this time, only the coaches of those wealthy teams need to appear in the media from time to time. The players who have the task of the national team can't rest yet, because when the league ends, the national team game is still waiting for them.

On June 11, England played a warm-up match at home against the former South American powerhouse Uruguay. Four days later, at the new Wembley Stadium, they face qualifying rivals Serbia.

After this game, those international players can go on vacation.

And Uruguay, England won 2:1, Gerrard and Rooney contributed goals. The Uruguayan came back with Palermo striker Edinson Cavani only in the 90th minute.

When playing against Serbia at home, the process was a little bit difficult. After Mitchell opened the scoring for the team in the opening 11 minutes, Serbia launched a crazy counterattack, which once made the tired England team only parry, unable to fight back. With a 1:0 lead, the Serbs can always see hope, so they launched an offensive without stopping for a moment.

Until the last minute of stoppage time, Abanglaho, who came off the bench in the second half, grasped Serbia's full pressure, hoping to equalize the score. In the space left, he dribbled the ball for a long distance and scored the decisive goal. England defeated Serbia 2-0 at home, continued to sit firmly at the top of the group, and took a solid step towards Spain.

Next, European football entered the summer transfer period.

Numerous scenes that made fans look forward to and excited were staged in front of the world.

But for Nottingham Forest fans, there were not many fond memories of this summer.

No matter what kind of banners they played outside the club, no matter how they protested, they did not leave the team's main goalkeeper, Russian goalkeeper Akinfeev. The Russian goalkeeper, who once won back many honors for the team with his own hands and became Peter Hilton's best successor in the Forest team, went to Manchester United at a price of 25 million pounds.

Mourinho finally got the consistent goalkeeper he craved, and Forest fans staged yet another protest march against the club's top brass.

Although the club subsequently introduced Schmeichel Jr., Kaspar Schmeichel could not be compared with Igor Akinfeev in terms of strength or fame.

Not long after that, Woodgate also left the Forest team at a price of 13 million pounds and returned to Middlesbrough.

Of course, the most popular Forest players in the transfer market are George Wood, Gareth Bell and Mitchell. If Evan Dalgety is willing, these three people will bring him at least 130 million pounds in transfer fee income.

However, Evan Dalgety is still a little sane. He said more than once that George Wood is not for sale of the team, and it is a flag that no amount of money can take away.

As for the others... as long as the other party can come up with a crazy offer that makes his heart beat, then no one can't leave.

Of course, some people suspect that if a club makes an offer for George Wood that makes the world crazy, then Evan Dalgety will definitely push the Forest team's banner to the transfer market without hesitation.

It's a pity that Wood was born as a midfielder, and those clubs that are willing to spend a lot of money on attacking players are not willing to waste too much euro on a defensive player.

Instead, Mitchell and Gareth Bell received a lot of exciting offers.

Barcelona made an offer of 30 million pounds plus Germany's "Super Mario" Gomez for Mitchell, which made the Forest team a little excited.

Even Mitchell wondered if he should play in a different environment. He was very dissatisfied with the sale of Akinfeev by the top management, and Barcelona is a wealthy family, so it is not a loss to go there.

But Tang En didn't want the team he built to fall apart so quickly. He very euphemistically told Hesitant Mitchell in the column that the scope of his inspection of players is mainly in the domestic league. After all, the foreign league is too far away, and it is impossible for him to grasp the status of the players playing abroad in time. And he also took Lennon as an example, telling Mitchell that going to a wealthy foreign country may not necessarily mean smooth sailing.

The Barcelona people must hate Twain deeply, because even though he is no longer the head coach of the Forest team, he still tries to fight against Barcelona.

No one could have more influence and status than Twain in the hearts of the veteran players of the Forest team.

Since Tang En euphemistically expressed that he did not want Mitchell to play abroad, Mitchell obediently chose to stay. His agent was disappointed, but there was nothing he could do, because the player's personal wishes were decisive anyway. Unless he can persuade Mitchell to accept the conditions offered by Barcelona, ​​even if the Forest team agrees to Barcelona's offer, the transfer will not be realized. But obviously, he, the manager who stayed by Mitchell's side for a long time, was no match for his mentor Tony Twain in terms of influence on Mitchell.

With another huge income missing, Mitchell's manager must hate Tang En to the core. Even when he was having sex with his lover, he might curse Tang En in his heart.

Gareth Bell's situation is more complicated.

Like his teammates, he has received many clubs' interested offers. But he is not an England international, and Tang En has no right to obliquely interfere with his stay or stay.

To go or stay, only he can decide.

A left-back with both offense and defense is very popular, especially this left-back can also have an excellent set kick.

Bayern Munich, Juventus and AC Milan all hope to get such an excellent left back.

However, none of these three teams are generous local rich men. The highest offer was £18 million from Bayern Munich.

For Evan Dalgetty and Allen Adams, this top offer is an insult to them. So they rejected the offers from the three clubs, but did not completely close the door to transfer negotiations. Again - no one is for sale as long as there is a crazy offer that satisfies them.

When Gareth Bale didn't know where he would play in the future, another well-known Forest player chose to leave.

Mathias Fernandez left Forest with a £20 million move to Atletico Madrid in La Liga.

Evan Dalgety is not worried that his departure will affect the strength of the team, because he has a grown-up Niklas Milan. However, for those fans who have followed the team through the most glorious years, the departure of each player is like saying goodbye to an old friend, which makes them reluctant to part.

There are also angry fans who put up protest signs in Wilford: "Mr. Daugherty, how much more do you have to sell before you are willing?"

Before the words were finished here, Jonio Shelvey was sold for another eight million pounds.

Until the start of the new Premier League season, Gareth Bale was still in the transfer whirlpool.

Although Bayern, Juventus, and AC Milan chose to retreat in front of Evan Dalgety's lion's big opening, new buyers came up to fill the vacancy left by them.

In football, Real Madrid, the best club in the last century, which has always been wealthy and spends frequently creating world transfer fee records, made an offer to Nottingham Forest, and proposed an asking price of 27 million pounds to Bale.

Evan Dalgety very much hoped to establish a good relationship with Real Madrid through this deal, but Allen told him that if he sold it for 27 million, it would make them think we were too easy to deal with and couldn't bring it up. interest. So the Forest team counter-offered 34 million pounds.

For a defender, this price is not low...but it is not an outrageous price. With Real Madrid's deep pockets, this amount of money is nothing.

So the fans of the Forest team panicked, knowing that they might lose another favorite player. They realize that going to the club to protest now doesn't work because no one cares about the fans, especially when the club is his own.

This time they turned to the players themselves.

Outside the apartment where Bell lived, the fans began to gather spontaneously, and then sang the team anthem of the Forest team, as well as the hymn written for Bell, holding signs asking Bell to stay and Bell's head portrait.

Real Madrid have accepted Forest's offer.

This is a bad sign.

Because this shows that Real Madrid can already negotiate a contract with Bell's agent. As long as Bell signs the contract, he will leave Nottingham Forest forever, leaving the team he has been in for twelve years.

The voices asking Bell not to leave have become louder. Many Forest fans are using various channels, hoping that their favorite "little monkey" will listen to the fans' aspirations and not choose to leave. Although they know that Nottingham Forest is now, there is no capital to attract people to stay.

"The contract text came from Real Madrid." Bale's agent, who was also his father, told him.

Bell used to live alone in Nottingham, with his father and mother. But this summer, his dad had to be with him.

The singing and shouting of the fans continued to be heard outside the closed window.

"Gareth! Gareth! Gareth!"

Bell sat on the sofa, listening to these voices, a little confused.

"The conditions offered by Real Madrid are very attractive." As a father and agent, he always has to think about his son, so he read the contract.

The father turned his head to look at his son, obviously he didn't hear what he said just now. He sighed: "If you can't make a decision, I think you can call Mr. Tang En."

Bell finally raised his head and looked at his father.

"Uh...I thought maybe he had some advice, better advice than me as a dad." He winked at his son.

Gareth Bell also seemed to have a bright light in his mind. When the boss was in the team before, he would ask him if he was in doubt, why is he forgotten now?

Tang En was sitting obliquely on the bed, reading a book by the lamp on the bedside table. He has black-framed eyes and a slight frown. That looks much older than his actual age.

At this time, he and Bell were in the same city, and he had also heard a lot of rumors about Bell's transfer, but he did not expect to receive a call from Bell.

"Boss, I need help." These were Bell's first words after the phone call.

"What's the matter, Gareth?" Dunn asked knowingly.

"I'm at a loss right now... I don't know what choice I should make." Bell's voice was low and his emotions were low.

Tang En didn't answer in a hurry. He listened carefully and found a faint noise coming from the other end of the phone.

"Haven't those fans left yet?" He turned over and took the watch on the bedside table, it was almost eleven o'clock at night.

Apparently Bell also checked the time, and he replied, "They'll be gone in half an hour." It's been like this for days, and Bell is used to it.

Tang En laughed silently. "Gareth, would you like to stay in the forest team?"

Bell shook his head and replied: "I don't know. I used to be very determined to stay...but after a season, I hesitated..."

"You want to hear my opinion?"

"Yes, I think."

Tang En was silent for a while, removed his eyes from the bridge of his nose and put them aside, then closed his eyes.

He seemed to be reminiscing about his time with Bell, how he met the Welsh kid by accident, and how he brought him back to Nottingham... and his funny talking dad.

"Gareth..."

"I'm listening, boss."

"If I were an ordinary Forest team fan, I think maybe tonight I would sing at your window to keep you..."

"So you want me to stay?" Bell's tone was filled with faint expectation.

"Listen to me, Gareth. But I'm a football coach, and some things can't be completely left to the emotions. Of course, reason doesn't mean that you go to Real Madrid is definitely better than Forest, but there are better things than being here. Possibly, and possibly worse than here. There are many possibilities in the future, and I can't tell you which one is better. If I let you stay and the Forest team performs badly, then I will kill you .If you let me go and you lose yourself in the locker room of a rich man, then I am killing you too."

Bell listened patiently.

"So I think you should follow your own original idea. But you are only twenty-five years old, and it is normal to want to go out and make a living."

Dunn didn't give him a choice, because it wasn't his business in the first place.

After listening to him, Bell asked: "Boss, emotionally speaking, don't you want me to leave?"

This question reached Tang En's heart. In fact, since the first forest player he was familiar with was sold, his feelings could not accept this reality. So he tried not to pay attention to the transfer rumors related to the Forest team.

Kompany, Pepe, Akinfeev... These people are all heroes who followed him to fight the world. As a coach who devotes all his efforts to the team, he values ​​this feeling.

"If it's possible, Gareth, I mean if it's possible... I'd rather none of you leave." Dunn said this with great affection, without any unnaturalness, because this was exactly what he really thought deep in his heart. "But..." He emphasized his tone and made a turning point.

Just as he was about to continue speaking, he was interrupted by Bell's quick words: "There is nothing left, boss, I know what to choose!"

Then he hung up the phone.

Tang En stared blankly at the phone in his hand, he thought he had already guessed what decision Bell would make. It was selfish to think so, but he was happy.

Yes, very happy.

He laughed.

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One night later, at the same place, when the lights first came on, when the night wind had not blown away the heat of the day, a team of no less than a hundred people had already gathered here. They held up banners and portraits of Bell, sang and shouted that they wanted to use the feelings of the fans to restore Bell's heart.

Today's daytime sports news and the media reported that the negotiations between Real Madrid and Bale have entered a critical stage, and it may be announced by the weekend that Bale will join the team.

As the current vice-captain of the Forest team, Gareth Bell enjoys a high reputation among the fans. He came out of the forest team's youth training camp and is as iconic as George Wood. He is optimistic and cheerful, and he never gave up football even though he was seriously injured. He was the main player in Tony Twain's glory days. The nickname "Little Monkey" reflects everyone's love for him. What kind of confidence can the team give the fans?

When the fans gathered more and more and the singing became louder, someone noticed that the windows that had been closed for the past few days were opened.

More and more people noticed this change, they stopped singing and shouting, looked up at the window quietly.

"Are you sure, son?"

Bell's father asked while standing inside the house, cell phone in hand.

Bell stood at the window, and the night wind blew the curtains, his hair, and his heart. There was a crowd of people down there, it seemed that there were more people than there were in the sky, and they all looked up at themselves.

"Well, Dad. I've decided." Bell nodded.

He walked to the window and shook out what he was holding, and immediately there was a burst of cheers from below.

Because what he was holding in his hand was a red jersey of Nottingham Forest.

Behind him, the father dialed Valdano: "... Mr. Valdano? I am... yes, I bring his answer... my son..." He turned to look at the station Bale at the window, he was waving to the fans below, and there was another round of cheers.

"He appreciates the interest from Real Madrid, it's any professional player's dream to play for a team as great as Real Madrid...but my son has reaffirmed his love for Nottingham Forest to me, he won't Sign the contract and he will stay at Nottingham Forest."

Bell put the team emblem on the Forest team jersey to his lips and kissed, and the cheers below grew louder.

"Gareth! Gareth! Gareth!"

"Forest Forest, Nottingham Forest!!"

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The next day, Bell's father contacted the media and announced Bell's decision to stay in the team, which completely shook the hearts of Nottingham Forest fans.

Perhaps the most disappointed person was Real Madrid chairman Florentino, because his favorite player turned down his invitation.

The most unhappy person is probably Evan Daugherty.

Bell swore allegiance to the Forest team, but the leader of the Forest team didn't appreciate it in his heart. His refusal made him lose the opportunity to establish a good relationship with Real Madrid, and also lost a lot of money...

But on the surface he also made a speech, expressing his pleasure that Bale finally chose to stay, which proves that loyalty is still priceless. He guaranteed that Bell would return to glory with the Forest team.

But everyone is probably booing him in their hearts...

Chris Lack also said afterwards that he was very happy to see Gareth Bale's name in the list for the new season. Compared with the chairman's hypocrisy, the head coach's happiness comes from the heart. Bell is definitely an irreplaceable player for the team. With him, the left side can be reassuring.

The most lively transfer farce of the Forest team in the summer is over, and the new season has begun...