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Chapter 105 Return with honor(1/2)

"I'm sorry for not letting the audience see the grand occasion of me jumping into the sea. Maybe next time I should say 'If I win, go jump into the sea' would be better?"

Tang En was broadcast on LCD TVs everywhere in the airport lobby. He was interviewed by BBC reporters.

This was already in the morning, and it was now afternoon. The special plane of the Forest team was about to arrive at London Heathrow Airport.

In an exclusive interview in the morning, Tang En promised to hand over the live broadcast rights of the Forests to bbc to celebrate the team's championship tonight as compensation.

As for other media... he just ignored it.

The contract is clearly stated that the premise for this contract to take effect is that Forest team loses, and he does not need to bear any responsibility for it. The right to broadcast the celebration party to BBC is just because Tang En once cooperated with BBC TV at the World Cup in Germany, and the relationship between the two sides is pretty good.

"...Well, I now regret selling the live broadcast report rights to the English media." Don Eun on the TV screen was dressed brightly, radiant, and smiled. "Maybe I should be better off selling it to the Italian media? Then I watched them sell all the advertisements and swear to live broadcast my live broadcast... Ha! I will learn this lesson next time."

There were bursts of laughter from the crowd watching TV.

Almost all of these people were fans who rushed over from Nottingham. They came to the airport in advance to welcome the Forest team and also pulled up a red banner with the words: "Welcome to the European champion - Nottingham Forest!"

Not just pulling banners, all of them held a newspaper.   This matter was outside the Championship Cup final of the Nottingham Evening Post.                                                                                                             

The front page is printed in color. In addition to their own registration, the whole page is red, with a golden number "3" on it, and a row of golden letters "Champion - Nottingham Forest" above and below the number. This is the commemorative T-shirt where the Forest team wore a trophy after winning the championship.

In addition, there is no extra word on the front page. As newspapers sold in the Nottingham area only, they face all Nottingham people, and there is no need for too many prophetic explanations. Fans of Nottingham Forest naturally know what this means.

Pierce Bruce sent this to the editorial department as a front page idea and immediately passed it.

The Forest fans who are coming to pick up the plane now even hold the newspaper as a connector code and identity mark. When they see someone, they raise the newspaper in their hands, and then everyone smiles at each other - they are all Forest fans!

About twenty media outlets surrounded the group and waited with them for a special plane to arrive.

A season ago, it was also this time. When Donn and his team flew back from Paris, France, besides these hardcore fans, there were only a few local media in Nottingham and the Sun, which was waiting to mock Donn. People were always interested in a loser. No one wanted to be a loser, but no one cared whether the loser wanted to be a loser.

Through the porthole, Donn could already see the mouth of the Thames River under the clouds. The water surface reflected the sun's light, sparkling silver. He turned his head to look at the Champions League next to him. He also shone with dazzling silver light.

"It's so beautiful..." he murmured, reaching out to touch the curve on the trophy, as if caressing his wife's body - of course, if he had a wife...

After a night of carnival, the players were exhausted. They had been sleeping since they got on the plane, and only a few people were still awake at this time.

Tang En and Tang are one of them. Tang did not sit with Tang En, he went to the economy class behind and was said to be an exclusive interview with Tang Jing. Tang En snorted when he heard this. What kind of interview will take from last night to this afternoon?

There was a bumpy sound from the fuselage, and the sound of a stewardess appeared on the radio: "Dear passengers, our plane is descending. The fuselage is now bumpy. Please return to your seat and fasten your seat belts."

Some of the players woke up one after another, and they looked blankly. They found that they had arrived over the UK.

Tang En didn't listen to the flight attendant's command. He stood up with the trophy, then took out a loud voice to direct the game and shouted: "Get up, lazy people!"

A serene sound came from the cabin. After a while, everyone poked their heads out of their respective positions. Most of them were sleepy and confused, not knowing what was going on.

"We should really give each of you a mirror. Let you see for yourself - do European champions look like this?" Tang En looked like he was not awake. His strange appearance made the players laugh and his sleepiness was driven away.

"Rubb your face. The plane is about to land. I am so excited. There are many fans and reporters waiting outside. Don't let them see you now." After saying that, Tang En turned around and sat down.

After a while, Tang also walked back from behind and sat next to Tang En.

"The interview is over?"

"Um. "

"Extra long interview, I suddenly look forward to it." Tang En whistled.

Tang didn't say anything. He knew that his verbal skills were not as good as Tang En. If he kept talking about this topic, he would soon be defeated.

There was a noise behind him, and Tang turned his head to look, and then touched Tang En: "Mr. Chairman."

When Donn heard this, he quickly stood up. Sure enough, he saw Evan Dogerty and Allen Adams walking towards him while greeting the players.

"It seems that I'm looking for you." Tang said, and then reached the empty space across the aisle.

"Players! You did a good job, I'm proud of your performance! The championship bonus will be fulfilled when you return to Nottingham!" Evan made a promise about money with a smile. This is what the players want to hear the most now. Everyone whistled and applauded and cheered.

These were three rows of seats. Tang En was by the window, and the championship trophy was placed in the middle seat, leaving an open space near the aisle. Tang originally planned to give another one, but Evan raised his hand to stop it.

He reached out to Don En, "Can I let me hug that?" He refers to the Champions League.

"Of course." Tang En handed him the Champions League.

Evan held it in his hand. He rubbed it gently, and then he sat in the middle seat and continued to hold the trophy in his arms.

Alan Adams sat in a position outside.

"She is so beautiful, isn't she?" Evan asked, looking at the trophy in his arms.

"Like a beautiful woman with big breasts and big buttocks." Tang En replied.

Both of them laughed.

"Beautiful job, Tony." Alan next to him stretched out his hand to Donn across Evan and the trophy.

Done shook hands with him: "Thank you, Alan, without your financial support, we wouldn't have been able to get to this point."

Evan was very happy to see his two subordinates living in harmony. This shows that there is no crack inside the club, and he can also look forward to a better future and more moments.

"Tony.  You have brought such great glory to the team, and the club should do something.  " Evan put down the trophy and handed it to Allen.   "What do you want?"

Tang En thought for a while: "I want the club to increase investment in the construction of the youth team."

When Evan heard him say this, he glanced at Alan next to him, and then stretched out his hand: "Ten pounds."

"Oh, hell..." Allen complained, freeing his hand to touch ten pounds from his pocket and slapped Evan Dogette's palm in his palm.

"you……"

"Before I came, I bet with Allen. He said you would definitely ask for personal treatment such as salary increase, but I said you would consider team building. Thank you, Tony, you helped me win him ten pounds." Evan laughed happily.

"Hey……"

Evan didn't let Don't continue, and he put his hand on Don't's shoulder: "Hasn't our youth training always been at the top of England?"

"That was before. It's not now." Don N wanted to shrugge and found that Evan's hand was on it. He felt it was not good, so he just shook his head. "The new Chelsea boss has invested a lot of money in the team's youth training. They poached people everywhere, and some of us were poached. Look at the big clubs in the league now, which one does not have an outstanding youth team? Arsenal, Manchester United, Chelsea, Liverpool... Only us, our youth training system is like a hillbilly compared with theirs. There is a reality that makes me very upset. Since Bale and Wood, our youth team has never had any player I can look at..."

"Maybe you have a higher vision, Tony. Nowadays, there are big stars in the adult team. It is normal for you to look down on the youth team to come out..." Evan comforted.

Tang En shook his head: "Maybe. But in the war with those teams for youth genius, we are already at a disadvantage, which is a fact."

Evan nodded in agreement. “But, Tony…I have something to tell you.”

Now that more and more players are waking up in the cabin, Evan bows down and lowers his voice. Obviously, he doesn't want more people to hear what he wants to say next.

“It may be difficult for us to meet your request…”

"What?"

"I mean, we may not be able to spend much money on youth team building in the near future. At least I can't be as generous as that Abramovich. Because...uh. Allen and I are planning to build a new large-capacity stadium for the team."

Don Evan opened his mouth and looked at Evan with some surprise.

He really didn't expect that he would hear such news.

In the game he plays, he can make various requirements to the club's board of directors as the head coach, such as improving training facilities, improving the construction of youth training systems, finding satellite clubs, giving higher salary caps and transfer fees budgets, as well as expanding or even building new stadiums.

Among these requirements, the last one is the most difficult. When Tang En played the game, he asked the club more than once to expand the new stadium, and the answers he received were basically "no". He even threatened to resign, and the result was the same - he led the team to win all the championships in the world, ranked first in the world's reputation rankings, and abandoned the board's multiple-choice questions about "new stadium or new head coach".

Just because there are not enough seats on the court, he can be dismissed from the board of directors of those damn clubs without hesitation.

Because he was deeply impressed by such a ridiculous thing, Tang En never thought that he would propose to the team to expand his body and just build a new stadium. Although he also felt that the city stadium, which can accommodate up to 30,000 people, was a bit outrageous, and was not commensurate with the status of the Forest team...

Evan looked at Tang En's expression and thought he was angry that the club would not give money to improve youth team construction. He was angry that he went to build a new stadium construction plan, and he planned to explain. He didn't want to have a fight with his head coach the day after winning the Champions League.

"Uh, Tony...this is actually the case..."

Don Evan raised his hand and interrupted him: "You really have a plan to build a new stadium?" He looked at Evan and then at Allen.

Allen came out and nodded: "Yes, Tony. We started planning this idea in the semi-finals. Evan and I both think that the city stadium now does not accommodate too many fans, which is very incompatible with our team's current performance in European stadiums and domestic leagues. You know. The new stadium requires a lot of money. Just look at the dilemma of Arsenal in the past few years. So if this plan starts to be implemented, we really don't have much money to give to your youth team, and I'm afraid there is not much money to give to you to operate in the transfer market..."

Evan is always unwilling to do such offending things, and only Alan comes forward.

Don Evan is not a fool. He looked at Evan's head lowered and said nothing, then looked at Alan's expression. Then he laughed: "Wait, do you think I'll be furious and lash out at this plan?"

Hearing him say this, Evan looked up at him.

"I have long thoughts in my heart like you. I also think that the city stadium that can accommodate up to 30,000 people is too small... I agree with the new stadium plan."

The other two men's expressions became relaxed and felt relieved.

Any discordant sounds inside the club were not what Evan wanted to hear.

"But..." Tang En's tone changed. "Youth team can take it slowly. I hope there is at least one plan, how much money is invested every year, and not more. But we have to continue to invest in it. In terms of transfer fees... Anyway, I have been used to saving money for the club in the transfer negotiations in recent years, and it doesn't matter if it's less. Our current lineup is very strong, and we don't need a large number of transfer fees to replace the entire team. We just need to add some personnel in a few positions."

Hearing Don N's words, Evan and Allen looked at each other and the stone in their hearts was completely put down.

"There is no problem in building the youth team. I also know that any wealthy family must have a youth training base that matches their identities. In addition, Tony. In the past few years, our transfer situation is generally more in and less out..."

Tang En knew what he meant.

"When the transfer market reopens, someone will definitely leave."

Evan and Allen didn't ask him who that person was because everyone knew it.

"However," Tang En changed his mind, "from that person, we may not make that much money. He is not as easy to sell as last year."

"Who asked you to refrigerate someone for a season?" Evan smiled.

"I won't let those who oppose me leave the forest so easily." Tang En shrugged. "He has to suffer a little. Now I'm sure he has suffered enough..."

Allen interrupted him: "What if this champion suddenly changes his mind and wants to stay in Nottingham Forest?"
To be continued...
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