Chapter 143: New goalkeeper (Part 2)

Fulham analyzed the situation and agreed to negotiate with Forests on Van der Sar. Forests made a offer of 2 million pounds for the first time, but Fulham refused without thinking. They believed that if Forests really wanted to get Van der Sar, they should at least show enough sincerity. So Forests raised their offer to 2.5 million. This time, Fulham hesitated for a while and did not give a timely reply.

Just when they were hesitating, an interview with Done was published in the Nottingham Evening Post. In the article, Done talked about some things about the team, including the goalkeeper issue. He did not deny the negotiations between Forest and Fulham, but he did not admit that Van der Sar would definitely come. Regarding the goalkeeper, he mentioned Frey in Parma, saying that he admired goalkeepers like Frey. Recalling the current number of goals conceded by Forests and looking at Parma's recent poor economic situation, everyone thinks that Tony Done has fallen in love with Frey and hopes to bring him to England.

The Forests are now looking for goalkeepers everywhere and Manchester United are looking for goalkeepers all over the world. It is not news. After all, the Forests ranks among the top goals conceded in the first half of the season. Everyone can see that Darren Ward is not good.

After thinking for a long time, Fulham finally agreed to the Forests' offer, 2.5 million pounds. Now Don can talk to Van der Sar directly.

If it was half a season ago, Forests were almost unattractive to Van der Sar, but now the situation is different. Nottingham Forest successfully entered the League Cup rematch and ranked first in the Premier League. In addition to losing to Liverpool, Forests, which competed with strong teams, have the upper hand. It fully demonstrated its strength that was inconsistent with their status as a newly promoted team. Van der Sar is a smart man, and Manchester United's promise has not yet been seen, which is a ready-made opportunity. He has long wanted to leave the half-dead Fulham. Isn't it good to be able to go to a club with some pursuits at the end of his career?

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

The Forests promised that Van der Sar's salary remained unchanged, with a weekly salary of 40,000 yuan. If he performed well, there would be other bonuses. The contract term was two and a half years old, and it was finally decided whether to renew the contract based on his condition. After all, Van der Sar was already 36 years old two years later, and no one knew how he could perform at that time.

Van der Sar was very satisfied with the contract. He signed his name on it.

Before Christmas, Piao Astronomy Station and several media reported that Fulham's Dutch goalkeeper Van der Sar signed with the Forest team. The contract started on January 1, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2007, and the specific salary was not announced.

Don't En was very happy that Van der Sar chose Forest in the end. For him, the Dutch veteran is not the future plan of the Forest team, but his arrival can ensure that Forest can transition smoothly for at least two years. This time is enough for Don't En to continue to discover young and excellent goalkeepers in the transfer market. And Van der Sar's experience is also what the Forest team's defense needs most. After all, Yero is 36 years old. Due to his age and injuries, he will not play too many times.

The goalkeeper is a position that will not change easily once it is fixed. With Van der Sar in the back commanding the defense, Tang En is very relieved.

Tony Donn once again snatched the person he liked from Alex Ferguson. The two of them probably had a bigger and bigger relationship. He snatched away the main goalkeeper who should have belonged to Manchester United. So who will Manchester United choose to recreate their glory in the future? Donnn couldn't think of it... In addition, as for Sir Ferguson's expression after hearing the news that Van der Sar was snatched away by the Forest in advance, he doesn't know.

But he vaguely felt that between him and this Premier League godfather head coach, he would probably not say anything like "I admire him very much" in front of the media.

Why? It’s not that Ferguson looks down on Tang En, nor that Tang En is arrogant because of his talent. But it’s because in the future, the two of them will become very fierce rivals with each other.

Before Christmas, the league held a total of 18 rounds, and Nottingham Forest ranked eighth with seven wins, six draws, five losses and twenty-seven points. When they were the best, they had ranked fourth. If the teams had not lost consecutively in recent rounds of the league, their ranking could be stable at fifth.

It was a pity that Tang En felt that it had lost to the middle and lower-level teams in two consecutive games. Now they have signed Van der Sar, hoping to improve the team's poor goals conceded.

December 26th is the 19th round of the league. Nottingham Forest, who has lost two consecutive games, will face Southampton, the second-last at home, which is a great opportunity to get the team out of the current situation.

The day before the game, the team only conducted half a day of training. When Tang En saw another Christmas tree in the hall of Building 1 and piled up gifts under the trees, he remembered that Christmas was coming.

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

He stood under the tree and watched the players rummaging through the gift pile with interest, looking for packaging boxes with his own names. All of this felt so familiar except for some people. It was almost no different from a year ago.

Seeing that Wood did not join in the fun, but walked towards him, he knew what was going on again.

“Merry Christmas, George.”

“Merry Christmas, sir.”

"Is your mother in good health?"

"Very good, she asked me to ask you to go home for dinner together in the evening." When Wood said this, he looked around, and seemed a little embarrassed.

"us?"

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

Tang En scratched his head, but he actually forgot that there was Tang... He didn't want to have another light bulb in his subconscious mind? This question is really hard to explain.

"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 did not turn around and leave immediately. Instead, he took out a small box from his coat pocket and stuffed it into Donn's hand, then turned around and returned to the Christmas tree to find his own gift.

Tang En unpacked the outer packaging and quietly lay a shiny zippo lighter inside. This thing is not expensive and not worth much money. A small greeting card was pressed under the lighter, and it reads crookedly:

Thank you, and wish you a Merry Christmas.
Chapter completed!