These shining "new stars" were already taken. In that case, what would Nottingham Forest, the new Premier League team that was not as influential as the powerhouses and could not offer a higher salary budget, rely on to attract people? Perhaps the only thing they could bring out was the "next season's UEFA Europa League team" … But who would care about the qualification to participate in the UEFA Europa League for the players that were being coveted by the powerhouses? The Champions League should be their battlefield, right?
This was really a paradox: the people Tang En liked did not like Forest Team, and the people who would be interested in Forest Team's invitation, Tang En did not like them.
Greece's main center back, Dellas, was a good candidate for the newly promoted Forest team. His performance in the UEFA European Championship was unanimously recognized, and he was regarded as the only remaining traditional sweeper in Europe. But the problem was that if Tang En had made an offer to AS Roma a month ago, then AS Roma, who had already planned to give up on the Greek player, might have given it away for nothing. Now, that opportunity was gone. If the Forest team wanted, Roma could use Dellas's outstanding performance in the UEFA European Championship to ask for a sky-high price. Anyway, there were a lot of teams outside interested in the Greek big man, and Nottingham Forest was not one of them.
As the UEFA European Championship progressed, the busier Twain and Gerrard became. At the end of the game, there were only a few teams left. Most of the people who needed to be inspected had already been inspected, and the rest were people who didn't fancy them or who definitely couldn't buy them at the moment.
The Greek team played well, subverting the traditional concept of European football time and time again, making the fans gnash their teeth in hatred. But in Tang En's eyes, no matter how much he said good things about the Greek team in his column, there were not many Greek players that caught his eye. Because he knew very well that even if the Greek team really won the championship in the end, it did not mean that their players were the top players in Europe and could be on an equal footing with the star players of those traditional strong teams.
It could only be said that the Greek team performed the best out of all 16 teams in the UEFA European Championship over the past 20 days. Their players were also the best, but that was all. After the big match, when the dust settled, it would be meaningless to discuss whether the Greek team would be one of the top teams in Europe and whether the Greek players would become popular.
Perhaps others would not agree, but it had to be known that Tang En had transmigrated here from 2007. How many of those Greek players managed to do well after that? You could almost say — not a single one.
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When the Greek team defeated France, the Czech Republic, and other powerhouses to advance to the finals and meet the host team again, the whole world favored Scolari. He believed that Portugal should be the winner tonight no matter how one looked at it. They were the host, they were a world champion coach, and their opponent was the weakest, Greece …
Even the staff at the hotel where Twain was staying was brimming with a more enthusiastic smile than usual, taking the initiative to chat with Twain about the finals that night. The Portuguese lad was very confident in his national team. Out of sympathy, Tang En did not shatter his dreams.
After sending away the chattering waiter, Tang En stood at the hotel window and looked at the Portuguese fans gathered downstairs. They wore red and green Portuguese jerseys and waved the Portuguese national flag. They formed groups and sang loudly as they passed below.
"I wonder what their expressions will be like in a few hours. Aren't they afraid of angering the Greeks by celebrating so much before the game? "Twain shrugged and turned to look at Dunn, who was still taking notes at the table.
"Come on, Don." He walked over and closed the notebook. "You have to know how to enjoy life … You have to enjoy life before you can enjoy work. Haven't you heard this before? It's often used in many advertisements. You have to admit that this sentence is very reasonable. Come on, let's go out for a drink. "
Dunn looked up at Twain, who shrugged at him. "You can't succeed as a coach by lying in a pile of information all day long. Go relax and have a chat. Maybe you can find some inspiration. Come on, let's go … "
Dunn still did not move.
"Well, I don't care what you were like before. In short, you're with me now, so you have to be consistent with me. That way, we can cultivate a tacit understanding." With that, Twain directly dragged Dunn out of the hotel room.
On the street outside, Twain randomly found the busiest bar and squeezed in with Dunn. Most of the people in the bar were Portuguese, but of course, there were a few Greeks. It was easy to distinguish them by the jerseys they wore. Before the game, everyone could still coexist peacefully, raising their glasses and taking pictures as a memento. In general, the Greek fans themselves were relatively low-key. In front of the Portuguese, who were elated as if they had won the championship, they did not feel insulted.
Twain squeezed to the front of the bar and asked for two glasses in English. He then pushed one glass in front of Dunn. "Drink it, it's not poison."
Dunn shook his head. "I vowed never to drink."
Tang En did not want to embarrass him, so he brought the glass of wine in front of him. "Just nice, I was worried that you'd want to drink it … Gulp … Feels good!"
After taking a big gulp of iced beer, Twain felt so good that his hair was about to stand on end. He could not help but shiver.
Seeing him so infatuated, Dunn was unmoved. At this moment, a voice sounded behind him, "What a coincidence! Hi, Tony! "
Twain opened his eyes and saw Pierce Brosnan standing behind Dunn, waving to him.
"Hey, Mr. Reporter." He waved and Dunn turned his head to look behind him.
"It's incredible. We were all in Portugal, but we didn't meet until the finals …" Brosnan was stunned when he saw Dunn turn around. An Asian face appeared in front of him.
"Hello." Dunn took the initiative to greet him.
"You … good."
"I forgot to introduce you." Tang En waved to the waiter and ordered another glass of beer. He then pointed at Dunn and said to Brosnan, "Dunn, a Chinese. Hmm … From today onwards, you will see him often. "
"A Chinese? Your second Chinese teacher? "Brosnan laughed. "He looks so young … How do you guys know each other?"
"No, Mr. Reporter." What Tang En said next left Brosnan dumbfounded and in disbelief. "He's Nottingham Forest's new assistant manager. My assistant, partner, and colleague."
Brosnan turned his head to look at the calm Dunn. His mouth opened so wide that a beer mug could be stuffed directly into it.
Tang En was happy to see Brosnan so shocked. He only chuckled at the side, unable to pour the beer into the mug.
Brosnan, who had finally recovered, shook his head and said to Tang En, "Tony, even though we all know that you don't play by the rules … I can guarantee that this time, you're definitely the most exaggerated! Do you know? There has never been a British Premier League team that would hire a Chinese as an assistant manager. Furthermore, he's so young … "
Tang En pointed to Dunn behind him and said, "Be careful, Mr. Reporter. Dunn can completely understand what you just said. He probably knows more about English football than you and me. "
Brosnan still found it hard to believe. "An Indian football fan who reads the news every day probably knows more about English football than us! But what's the point? Does he … Does he have a coaching license? "
"I'll let him take the test. It'll be this summer," Tang En said casually as he drank his beer.
"So you're saying he doesn't have any coaching experience?"
"From a certain point of view … You could say that, but it's not entirely correct …" Tang En thought to himself that Dunn had more experience working in the youth team than he did.
"No fame, no qualifications, no … nothing. You're planning to let such a person be Forest's assistant manager?! "
Tang En suddenly hated Brosnan's tone and attitude, even though he knew it was human nature to doubt Dunn. After all, he had yet to show his ability to others. But Brosnan's shouting at his assistant manager was tantamount to questioning Tang En, because he had chosen this person himself.
"I don't think there's any problem. What judges a coach's standard is not something as boring as qualifications or reputation. Whether he can be an assistant manager or not, won't it be clear when the time comes to look at his actual work? But you, Mr. Reporter, I think you must be drunk. You should go to the toilet and dig at your throat so you can sober up, "Tang En said bluntly with a straight face.
Realizing that he had lost his composure, Brosnan froze for a moment, then awkwardly apologized to Tang En and Dunn. "I'm really sorry. You're right … I don't even know how many glasses I drank just now. Alright, let me go to the toilet to sober up … "
Watching Brosnan's back disappear into the crowd, Tang En said to Dunn, who had been silent all this while, "Dunn, you're being suspected. Also, you have to get used to it. This summer, that kind of scene will happen more than once. "
Dunn said calmly, "It's very normal. I haven't done anything yet."
Looking at that calm face, Tang En felt that it was really not the face he used to have. "Don't you feel insulted and get angry?"
"I'm different from you. I'm not used to arguing with people." Dunn drained the water in his glass, then turned and walked out. "I'll go back first."
Tang En, who was holding his glass, grinned behind him. For some reason, he thought of the red note pasted on the refrigerator door.
"Must win" and the three big exclamation marks.
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