Chapter 156 Goodbye, friend

A week after the Champions League final, TV stations, radio stations, newspapers, magazines, the Internet... major media are talking about Ferguson's retirement. This is indeed the most sensational thing in the world football world recently. Although Ferguson has announced his retirement time in advance, when this day really comes, it still makes people feel reluctant.

Even Wenger, a stalemate for many years, sent blessings to Ferguson's retirement: "He created an era. This may be the only time I praise him. He did a really good job in the twenty-five years at Manchester United. League champion? You know, life always needs to have one kind of flaws to be beautiful, right?" Wenger smiled cunningly.

Even Klinsmann, who was defeated by Ferguson in the Champions League final, did not make any bad comments because Manchester United snatched his championship: "He is a role model worth learning from and a goal to catch up. I am happy that he can win another European Cup before retirement. Manchester United performed better and they deserved this championship."

In an interview with the TV station, Ferguson once again talked about his successor, which everyone is concerned about.

"There are many outstanding coaches in the world. I believe the board of directors will choose the most suitable coach for Manchester United. Note that what I said is 'the most suitable' rather than 'the best'. I will no longer make any comments on the club's personnel work. Now I just want to go home and enjoy a relaxing time with my wife. You know... It's actually a very pleasant thing to not consider tomorrow's training plan and weekend lineup arrangements for the first time in so many years."

He didn't say the specific candidate, obviously he didn't want to cause trouble for the club's coach selection work. Because what he wanted to say must be "Tony Done", but Tony Done definitely couldn't come to Manchester United. It would be better not to say such words that would embarrass everyone. He called Done in private, and after confirming that Done did not want to take over Old Trafford, he sighed with regret.

When Donn was tired of the overwhelming commemorative articles about Ferguson in the media, he finally heard a different news.

After the league ended, the Forest team disbanded on the spot and entered the holiday.

Tang En also plans to take advantage of this holiday to fly to the United States and spend a few nights with his wife to continue their great "artificial man project".

Tang was going to take Tang Jing back to his hometown, probably this time he would meet his parents...

Before leaving, he suddenly called Tang En and offered to meet alone.

Tang En found it very strange. If Tang had something to look for him, if he was not together, he would say it on the phone. No matter how big the matter is, there is no need to make an appointment for a time and place to call him out of facial paralysis.

No matter how strange it was, Tang En still went to the appointment. He had not forgotten to make Tang's joke on the phone: "Are we the kind of date?"

The place where Tang made an appointment is actually nothing to do with the "date" that Tang En said, and it is in the Wilford training base.

When Tang En drove here, there were always many reporters at the door, people coming and going, and the bustling training base entrance. At this time, you could quietly hear the sound of birds singing from the woods in the distance.

The doorman was surprised that the head coach suddenly came, and Tang En smiled and said hello to them and was released.

Tang En parked his car in the parking lot. When he got off the car, he saw Tang waiting at the entrance of the building.

He raised his hand and said hello, but instead walked over in a hurry, he walked a few steps in the parking lot under the sun.

"The weather is good today. It's quite sunny." He was saying things like only Tang and him could know where the laughter was.

But this time Tang Ke was not amused by Tang En. He stood in the shadows in the building with a expressionless face.

Tang En waved to him: "The sun is so bright today, you are standing there. Don't you feel the wind is everywhere around you? If you have anything to say, let's talk while walking, how about going around the training ground?"

Don nodded in agreement.

But none of them spoke before, just walked and walked. Until they accidentally walked to the training ground of No. 3. Don En laughed when he saw the training ground, which was still like a vegetable field: "If Guardiola saw this training ground, I wonder if he would have a piece of it in Barcelona's training base?"

Tang didn't answer, so Tang En turned his head and asked, "Do you have any worries? Tang? Did Tang Jing force you to get married?"

Tang gave him a blank look: "I do have something to say to you, but I don't know how to speak."

"Hey, who is the two of us? We are brothers who are worshipping a husband in our hometown in Sichuan. You can just say anything. You don't have to worry about wedding gifts."

Tang coughed: "It has nothing to do with marriage. Tony...well." He stopped talking.

Tang En frowned. He still rarely saw Tang like a mother-in-law. “Is it bad news?”

"No...I don't know." Tang shook his head. "I...I plan to end the contract with the club in advance.

Tang En was startled. He thought he had heard it wrong.                                                        �

Tang He Club's assistant coach contract will expire in two years. Tang En originally planned to give Tang a new contract after the start of next season, and extend it to a longer time. Maybe it will be eight years like himself, which is the best.

Seeing Tang En looking at him with incredible eyes, Tang explained: "I have been thinking about this for a long time. I...uh..." He rubbed his hands. He didn't know where to put it. "I don't want to be an assistant coach anymore."

"Why?" Tang En asked. He didn't want to express any opinions now, he just wanted to hear Tang's explanation.

"Tony. You may not know... At first, we... I never thought about being a head coach before. Later, when you found me, I also thought it would be enough to be an assistant coach. But after you have been with you for so many years, I suddenly felt... I really wanted to try being a head coach."

Tang En looked at him: "Continue talking."

"Well..." Tang Qinghua for a while, thinking about where to start. He rarely said so much in one breath, but this time it was related to his future life path choice, so he had to say more.

"To be honest, Tony. I was acting head coach during the time when you left the team due to a heart attack. I was also me during the time when you were suspended... but this is your team, not mine. I hope to be an ‘agent’ head coach. I hope to be a real head coach, but in the current Nottingham Forest, I don’t have this opportunity."

"I'm not complaining about anything, Tony. But the Nottingham Forest is your Nottingham Forest, and you have a deep mark. I can't change this mark, so it's very difficult for me to be an acting head coach. Do you know. Tony? Sometimes I have to tell the players where I have to borrow your identity to make it effective."

Tang En just raised his eyebrows and said nothing.

"I told them--Tony thinks... what, what, what, what should Tony say. They will listen. The title of king is not an exaggeration at all. You are so awesome, Tony."

"Is this a compliment to me?" Tang En didn't laugh. "Simply put, you want to be the head coach, but you can only be the assistant coach in Nottingham Forest. Right?"

Tang nodded.

Tang En was silent for a while, then said, "I really... haven't considered your feelings. I left you by my side just because I just felt that you can help me a lot as an assistant coach... Should I say to you generously at this time: 'Go, go and pursue your life ideals'? But I still don't want you to leave. I am a little selfish, but I can't do it. You are leaving, my job is not easy to do."

Tang shook his head: "You are looking for reasons for being lazy."

"Okay. I want to be lazy." Tang En nodded and admitted Tang Di's "accusation". "But for whatever reason, don't you think we are golden partners? We are invincible together! I hope you stay, Tang."

When Tang En asked Tang to do something in the past, he would always agree, regardless of whether he wanted it or not. But this time Tang En's move didn't work, and Tang seemed to have made up his mind: "It's useless, Tony. I thought about it for a long time and felt that I should leave the forest and try to take another path."

"Has a club invited you?"

Tang did not deny it, he nodded: "There is a family."

"Ha!" Tang En smiled dryly.

"The English League Two team."

Tang En really laughed this time. He seemed to hear a funny joke. Tang did not stop him and looked at Tang En quietly and laughed until he squatted on the ground.

"Ha...to be honest. Don. Do you really think that leaving Nottingham Forest to go to a team like that will be of any benefit to your future? England Second Division, huh? The fourth-level team is equivalent to the previous Class C! Are you really going?"

Tang said seriously: "I really want to go."

"Are you sure?" Tang En, who was squatting on the ground, stopped smiling and looked at him squintly.

"I'm sure."

"Is that good for you?" Tang En stood up and asked angrily. He really couldn't understand Tang's choice, so he would rather think that was an excuse for Tang to deliberately escape from him.

"I don't know. Tony. I don't know if it's good for me. But I want to try it... Maybe I'm still bad. I can't even lead a second-tier team well and I was fired. Who knows?" He said with a calm expression on his face, saying this terrible future. "But this idea is in my mind every day. I just want to try it... Even if it doesn't work, at least I've tried it."

"Go and try to bring out a team with your mark?"

"Yes. I envy you, Tony. I hope to achieve this one day."

Tang En did not express any joy to Tang's praise. He was still stern and was in a very bad mood.

"I decided to start from scratch. I was confident that I learned a lot from you and should be able to help. But I don't have to be the head coach like you. I'm still not good at talking to people."

"That kind of team... is unfamous and unfair..." Tang En still wanted to persuade Tang to give up this fantasy idea.

"I don't care much about fame and fortune, Tony. I just want to see if I have the ability to be a head coach."

Tang En still frowned and had a bad expression.

Seeing him like this, Tang sighed: "Do you still remember Chen Jian, Tony?"

Tang En was stunned for a moment, he didn't realize why Tang suddenly mentioned the Chinese boy. "Remember, what's wrong? He is still practicing in the youth team and the reserve team. I haven't seen him for a long time..."

"Do you remember how you talked to him on the phone and asked him to play football in England? Do you remember how excited you were after talking to him? Do you remember how you answered when you decided to use the Wood training plan to train him in the face of my question?"

Tang En was speechless by Tang's three consecutive questions.

"You ask me if I have any dreams, and you ask me if I have the impulse to do something. You also told me: 'Men, there will be something in my life that they want to complete no matter what.' Thank you, Tony. Now I have a dream. With the impulse to do something, I have something in my life that I want to complete no matter what.

Tang En was completely out of temper when he used what he had said to rebel against the generals.

He looked at Mr. Tang Baitian and then laughed: "You are getting more and more slick."

When Tang saw him laughing, he felt relieved: "Where is it?"

"If you are so determined to go, I can't stop you. After all, you don't belong to my personal belongings and I have no right to interfere in your life. What kind of path you want to take and what you can do in the end has nothing to do with me." Tang En waved his hand. He admitted defeat. He was indeed stubborn, but he was not unreasonable.

When Tang heard him say this, he suddenly smiled: "You are so heartless."

"You hurt me, of course I have to be a little more heartless." Tang En glared at him. "But... I said if, if. If you really can't make it, come back. Wilford's door will always be open to you."

"Like Queroz?"

Tang En smiled: "I think it is incorrect to not turn back if you don't want to go back. If you want to come back, call me and make the assistant coach's position be freed up for you."

Tang didn't say anything. After telling Tang En what he thoughts in his heart, he felt much more relaxed. From today on, he can pursue his ideals. Although this is a bit cruel for Tang En, after all, they were together day and night and cooperated with each other tacitly at work. When he left so suddenly, Tang En was caught off guard. But in fact, if it weren't for the consideration of minimizing this impact, he might have left the season when Tang En came back. This season, the Forest team got on track, and a new group of young players such as Mitcher also made their mark, making him feel that the time was ripe. He could leave with confidence.

"Tony. Since I'm leaving, there's something I want to tell you... Actually, my departure is a good thing for you."

"What's good about this? I'm missing a right-hand assistant."

"You always used the excuse of not being familiar with the team training, and I arranged everything. But you have been in the team for eight years now, so you should be able to watch it, right? But I have been here all the time, and you will leave everything to me. I am leaving, you can't find anyone, you can only do it yourself. I think this can further improve your own level. Don't underestimate yourself, Tony. You have potential but don't play it out. It's waste. Waste is shameful."

Tang En continued to laugh: "You are the one who is about to leave, are your words good?"

Tang did not continue to tangle with Tang En on this topic. He believed that Tang En had listened. "If you explain the matter clearly, I have nothing else to say." He planned to say goodbye.

"By the way, can you tell me which team invited you to be the head coach?"

When Tang heard Tang En's question, he suddenly qualified and couldn't hold back the smile that leaked out.

Tang En was even more curious: "Which team is it? If you want to help, I can rent the players of the Forest Youth Team to you. You can choose whatever you want and you won't charge you for the rental fee..."

Don couldn't help laughing and said, "Nords County."
To be continued...