Chapter 78: The Future

Nottingham Forest announced the transfer budget last summer was 3.5 million pounds. Collimore bought some people, but only Gunnarson, Rebrov and Gareth Taylor. As winter comes, the Forest team has not announced how much their transfer budget is. The media tells readers that coach Tony Donn’s actual investment in the transfer market has exceeded the summer budget, and most of them are young players. So is the spending of 3.6 million this time worth it? The media gave Tang An a big question mark on his actions in the transfer market in January. Almost all of them are young people who have not proved their abilities in the adult team. What will they bring to this team? Vigor and healthy competition, or impulsive and reckless?

At the press conference, Tang En told the media and those fans who were also puzzled that these people were the future of the Forest team. 3.6 million seems to be a lot, but we are investing in the future. A few years later, compared with their value at that time, the current 3.6 million is not worth mentioning at all.

During the winter transfer period, the existing lineup is basically supplemented, and it is a forced one to adjust the lineup like Don En. Considering the stability of the team, Don En told Evan that he no longer needs to introduce anyone from the transfer market.

Next, he will seriously deal with Premier League teams. On January 22, in the first leg of the League Cup semi-finals, Nottingham Forest will face Bolton at home.

Bolton is a very special team in English football because they are very international. Although internationalization has been nothing new after the start of the Premier League, Chelsea has set a record of none of the eleven Premier League starters, but Bolton's internationalization is not very similar to Chelsea.

Let's see what international players are in this Bolton team today: Brazilian forward Jardel, Danish forward Henrik Petersen, Nigerian midfielder Jay_jay_okocha, French midfielder Ibrahim_ba, French midfielder Youri_djorkaeff, Greek midfielder Stelios_giannakopoulos, Danish midfielder Per Frandsen, French defender Bruno Ngotty, Spanish defender Ivan_campo.

These people are not very famous, but the youngest among them is the substitute forward, the 28-year-old Henrik Peterson. The biggest is the former world champion French team landlord midfielder Djokkaf, who is already thirty-five years old... Most of these people are outdated stars. They only switched to Bolton when the original team could not play in the game. In addition, Kevin Davies, the current main scorer in the team, was only 26 years old, but he became burdened because of his premature fame. Now he has been displaced and free transfer from Southampton to join Bolton.

This is a very interesting phenomenon. In the Premier League, few clubs are keen to buy outdated veterans as the main players of the team. These people are not worth a lot of money, but their salary requirements are not low and their fame is still there. But their strength is no longer as good as before. Logically speaking, with the qualification of Premier League teams, although Bolton has little money and cannot buy foreign superstars, it is still no problem to buy excellent domestic players.

There is a historical origin behind this and it has a lot to do with Manchester United. In 1958, after the Munich air crash, Manchester United's team almost disintegrated in the golden age. Sir Busby, who survived death, reorganized the team and continued to participate in the game with Manchester United youth team and second-team players. Manchester United's misfortune and arduous struggle after the disaster aroused the sympathy and appreciation of the entire football world - whether in the past or present, for most English people. Football is the sport of the brave, and even if he broke his legs, he had to insist on playing the game before going to the hospital. Therefore, the fighting spirit shown by Manchester United won everyone's respect - and then three months after the air crash, Manchester United and Bolton both reached the FA Cup final. In this game, Manchester United, which had lost troops and lost to Bolton, not only was he extremely humiliated by Bolton fans.

They made an incredible move on the scene: Nearly a thousand Bolton fans danced with their hands, making whimpering sounds in their mouths, humiliating Manchester United by imitating the plane crash. This lack of basic sympathy has made Bolton isolated from then on, and people have more sympathy for Manchester United.

From then on, Manchester United and Bolton became mortal enemies. Bolton has been rising and falling between the Premier League and the League One for the past decade. It is said that one of the reasons is that teams in the northwest of England tried their best when playing Bolton. Moreover, it is difficult for Bolton to buy excellent players in England. They had to turn their attention to the international market and find these old people who are out of date or about to out of date to help the team relegate.

It sounds very pitiful. The fans have to pay back the evils they have done... This is part of the tradition of English football. Clubs and fans are inseparable. Fans follow the team enthusiastically, and the team will never abandon their supporters.

Of course. Don En did not intend to use this past as the motivation for the team to defeat Bolton. Manchester United has nothing to do with Forests, not to mention that Manchester United once slaughtered Forests 8-1 away in the Premier League. The relationship between the two teams is not close. On the contrary, Manchester United's archenemy Arsenal is closer to Forests - because Arsenal was established by Forests.

Don En doesn't want to care about the grudges between Manchester United and Bolton, but thanks to this grudge, he has given him a chance to take advantage. Because Bolton has never been able to buy any high-level players, although he is in the Super League, his strength is not strong. Most of the team are older players. Although they are experienced, they are much worse than the young Forest team in terms of physical condition.

With continuous competitions, Bolton's team has already suffered injuries. For example, their main scorer Kevin Davis was injured in the last league against Portsmouth. If he wants to play in the semi-finals of the League Cup, he can only play with injuries, which will greatly reduce his power.

Another striker Jadel, this Brazilian seems to have been born in the wrong place. He should not be in Brazil, 1.89 meters tall. But in which country in Europe... The rough technology is the main reason why he is ignored by the giants. Although Bolton did not score in his first seven games and was placed on the bench by the club, his height and header are still a big threat to Don En. No one knows when such a player will suddenly happen.

Breaking out, biting the enemy. Don En doesn't want to be the one bitten. Just one day after the last Premier League round, news came from the transfer market that made him happy - the 29-year-old Brazilian scorer was loaned to the last-match Serie A team Ancona to help the team relegate. His departure made Don En breathe a sigh of relief. If this Black Tower appears in the League Cup semi-finals, his impact will be a severe test for Forest's new defense.

As for Djokav, he will be 36 years old in more than a month and can only play as a substitute in the team, and his chances of playing are getting fewer and fewer. In addition to his experience, other things are losing their energy from his body.

The biggest threat to the team is Nigerian Okocha, who has excellent dribbling and can pass and assist. He is Bolton's current midfield core. The initiator of the offensive site of the entire team.

If it were before the last League One game, Don Eun might have a headache about how to defend this African, but now he has a clear idea.

George Wood's defensive position still has problems. There is no way to do it. He can only make up for it through continuous competition. Accumulating experience, but his talent in one-on-one-man-gazing has been maximized. At that time, the difficult Okocha will find that his opponent is even more difficult.

In the early morning of January 22, the atmosphere of the battle had not yet enveloped Nottingham, and it was rare to have a clear weather today. Don Eun got up very early and came to the training base of the Forest Team again.

According to the team's regulations, before each home game, players who enter the roster must come to Wilford in the morning, then take the team bus to a hotel very close to the stadium, have dinner, have lunch, and then take a bus to the stadium to play.

Now Don't like to come earlier than others before home games, and then in the empty training base. Talk to Eastwood, who is warming up on horseback. This is a rare relaxation time before the game. When the team gets together, Don't stops himself in the hotel room with Walker and study their opponents.

"Good morning, sir." Eastwood appeared in front of Donne on horseback, and he greeted Donne loudly.

Every time I see this young man, a smile will appear on Don Eun's face unconsciously. Eastwood is such a person who is cheerful and optimistic and can make the people next to him cheerful and optimistic.

"Good morning. Freddy. How do you feel today?" He looked up at the Gypsy on the horse.

Eastwood jumped off the horse. “It’s great, sir. I think I can score in the afternoon game.”

Tang En laughed.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

If you succeed, everyone will naturally shut up.

Looking at fondling Love Eastwood, Donn nodded and said, "Very good, Freddy. You start in this game today, and you may have a new partner at that time."

"That 'power pole'?" Eastwood pointed to Crouch, which was the nickname he gave to his new teammates. Crouch quickly accepted this nickname because everyone in the team called him that. He was really the name "power pole".

Donn discovered a problem. It seems that all taller people will be dull or honest, such as Robert Hutt, and Crouch, who just joined the team. Although Crouch is not dull, he is honest and has a good temper and personality. Eastwood calls him nickname, but he is not angry. When everyone calls him, he is still very happy. Because Walker told the new player that the players have called you new nickname, it means they have accepted you.

"Well, but I don't know when he will be there." Tang En shook his head. Who can tell the things in the game clearly? If you only talk about the football game, think about it in your head, follow the tactics. If you can know the result by deduction in one round and one round, not so many people will like it.

The suspense of not knowing how fate will be in the future is the most exciting.

"In addition, Freddy. I think your relationship with George is not very good..." They will cooperate on the court many times in the future. If the relationship is not good, it may drag down the team. This is not what Tang En hopes to see. No matter how powerful the team is, it will fall apart due to the locker room problem. He has to strangle this sign directly into the "possibility".

Speaking of this issue, Eastwood was silent for a while. Optimistic and cheerful people also had past events that they were unwilling to mention. Originally, he had a promising future at West Ham United. If he continued to play like this, he might have played in the first team of West Ham United now. But that serious injury ended everything. He was laid off by West Ham United Youth Team. After he recovered from the injury, he could not find a team willing to accept him everywhere, and finally he had to go to the amateur league to play. The training time for amateur games was basically not guaranteed, which was very different from the training he received at West Ham United. When there was no training, he helped buy a car in his father's second-hand car shop and became a salesman.

Sometimes when I am free, I will stare at the distance in a daze. Will such a life last for a lifetime? When my father gets old, I will take over the car dealer by myself. I sell used cars, raise a few children with my wife, and then I will send them to play football when they grow up. I go down to the club to pick them up every day, and watch my former dream come back to life on my son...

Is this your future?

And who caused all this? It was the silent George Wood who always likes to look at others with unfriendly eyes!

Although they are in a team now, this does not mean that they should be as friendly as brothers.

Seeing that Eastwood didn't say anything, Done must have thought of the past that made him unbearable to look back on. So he suddenly asked, "The Gypsies should be descendants of the Indians, right?"

This question jumped a lot from the previous question, which made Eastwood stunned for a moment before nodding and replied: "Yes. Everyone said that."

"Then do you believe in Buddhism?"

Eastwood shook his head: "No, I am not religious."

This surprised Tang En. He felt that such a wandering nation should always believe in some religions, such as Christianity. But the topic needs to continue. He said: "There is a saying in Buddhism called: 'cause and effect'. Do you know what it means?"

The word is easy to understand from the word surface, "cause and result". Eastwood nodded, but soon he shook his head again.

"Well, simply put it.   It's…things in this world are all related, seemingly irrelevant to reality.   If... if you weren't hurt at the beginning, do you know where you live now?"

This question made Eastwood think for a while, then shook his head and said, "I don't know, that didn't happen."

"We can use common sense to speculate that if there is no accident, you should have been transferred from West Ham's youth team to the first team and then represent the team in the League One this season. We will be opponents." Done pointed at him. He pointed at himself again, "But you are right. That didn't happen. We are in a team now, and I sign, and you use goals to prove that my decision is correct. Why can we chat here easily instead of spitting at each other before the game?"

"Because...that injury?" Eastwood thought for a while and then asked back.

Don Eun nodded: "George's foul mistake was indeed with him, but he didn't mean it. In fact, he had just been in football for less than three months. I wanted him to play as a forward, but he was completely at a loss on the court. He was a little nervous, his mind was blank, and then he saw you run over from him..." Needless to say, what happened next, Eastwood occasionally feels pain in his right leg when he thinks about it occasionally.

"I don't want to explain anything to him, because it is indeed his responsibility. It is a very immoral foul, which almost ruins your future. But what I want to say next may make you feel unhappy after hearing it, but I must tell you honestly... Freddy, sometimes I also think, 'I should thank George, if it weren't for his foul, how could I have such an excellent striker as Freddy Eastwood'. Maybe I'll attack because of you.

Break my team's goal and get furious on the sidelines. Maybe you will eliminate my team from an important game. Let me taste the bitter fruit of failure, and then maybe I will be dismissed from get out of class and continue to be my youth team head coach, or do not know what to do... Just like the future you once imagined. But now, nothing happened, they only exist in another future. You," Don said, pointing to Eastwood.
Chapter completed!