Dunn's life had taken two turns in just a year and a half. This change was not something his parents' divorce could compare to. After a year and a half, he had long since stopped thinking about nonsensical questions like "Who am I?", "Where did I come from?", and "Where am I going?" He felt that he had nothing to lose by going to China for no apparent reason.
Yes, he loved football. It used to be his everything. But compared to having a warm home, football was not something he could not give up.
He even thought it was good. He should have been an ordinary person born in the countryside of China. There must have been something wrong with God that had sent him to England. He did not like … everything there. What did his time in England leave for him? A nightmare.
So he decided to leave everything in England and live a new life in China. I am Dunn, the Chinese Dunn. I am not the British Tony Twain. His past, present and future have nothing to do with me!
This situation continued until he and Twain accidentally met on the streets of Chengdu.
Could this be called "fate"?
Now he sat in the chairman's office of the Nottingham Forest Football Club, silently watching Twain and Evan argue about him. He did not care about the content and results of their argument. Instead, he looked at the furnishings in the room.
He remembered this place very clearly. Paul Hart, his teacher, recommended him to the club chairman, Mr. Nigel Doughty when he was about to leave the Forest team. This proposal was not opposed by the board of directors. As a result, he, the young manager groomed by the Forest team, naturally became the caretaker manager of Nottingham Forest.
But his career as a manager only lasted for a short half of a match before it ended.
From their daily chats, he also knew how Nottingham Forest's Twain was doing after him.
Now, there were many new facilities in this room that he had not seen before. It looked like the century-old team had lost a lot of its weight in history, but had a more modern feel.
The original chairman, Nigel Doughty, was also willing to resign due to his health. The current Forest team made him feel a little unfamiliar. For example, the new chairman seemed to be very casual in front of Tang En, unlike Mr. Nigel Doughty who was serious and serious.
Now he sat at the corner of the table, facing Twain's unceasing narration, and could only keep shaking his head.
"Tony. I know you don't play by the book, but you've gone overboard this time … You let a person who has no coaching experience, has never been in contact with professional football, and is still studying to take the England coaching license to be the assistant manager of the Forest team?! Nottingham Forest is now a Premier League team. We can't play like this. "
"You think I'm playing? Evan. Do you think I'm the kind of person who would play around with that? Yes, I admit that Dunn has nothing now, but we can give him a chance to prove himself. It won't take too much time … "
"Tony!" Evan raised his voice slightly. "Using the results of the First Team to prove to a newcomer that we're a newly promoted team. How can we be so extravagant?"
Tang En froze for a moment when he saw Evan's rare expression. Then he pursed his lips and said, "You said I'm in charge of the team."
Evan sighed. "Tony. I don't know how you got to know that Chinese man … "He glanced at Dunn and realized that the man's attention was not on his conversation with Tang En. He was not as nervous and anxious as most people would be at a time like this. "… Alright, maybe he has something to do with that beautiful Chinese teacher of yours. If you plan to give him a position in the club, there's no problem. You can let him be a turf builder, an equipment manager, a restaurant waiter … something like that, but not an assistant manager of the First Team. That's a very important position … "
"Since you know that position is important, why did you agree to let Walker go back then?" Tang En snorted.
"Uh …" Knowing that he was in the wrong, Evan did not know what to say. He scratched his head and jumped down from the table. He turned to the huge floor-to-ceiling window behind his seat and looked down at the busy training ground. The workers were making use of their time to prepare for the upcoming training. "Tony, letting Walker go was my problem. At that time, I didn't understand a lot of things about the team. I thought that as long as the team had an outstanding manager, all problems would be solved … After my father found out about this, he also told me how important it was to have an outstanding assistant manager in a team. It's because I know now that he can't be the team's assistant manager … "
Tang En looked at Evan and did not say a word. He just looked at him like that. Evan looked at Tang En's eyes and added, "Maybe he can in the future … But not now. Regardless of whether he has the ability or not, find someone else, Tony. "
The two of them looked at each other for a while. Then, Tang En shook his head and poured out his grievances. "I spent a summer in China to find the most suitable assistant manager for the team. Now you're telling me that the club doesn't agree to this appointment and want me to find someone else … Evan, do you know what time it is now? The team will start the season's pre-season training the day after tomorrow. All the plans have to be made by then. How do you solve the problem of the team's familiarity with the team at the last minute? "
Evan shrugged and spread his hands. "You can get someone from within the team. I remember that you were also directly promoted from the position of the youth team manager to the First Team manager … "
The fish had taken the bait.
"Do you mean for me to find David Kerslake? We worked together for a long time in the youth team. He knows the team very well … "Tang En said in a low voice.
Hearing his words, Evan nodded at the side. "You're very smart, Tony. That's what I mean. Isn't Walker also a member of our Forest team? Why must we find an assistant manager from outside? "
Tang En turned his head to look at Dunn, who was still looking around the office, and pretended to be deep in thought. "If Kerslake comes to the First Team to be my assistant, then who's going to manage the youth team? Evan, you have to know that youth training is the tradition that Forest values the most. "
"That's not a problem. We can promote a manager from the youth team up …" Tang En shook his head and rejected Evan's suggestion.
Tang En shook his head and rejected Evan's suggestion. "I've worked in the youth team for a long time. I know my colleagues very well. They're all pretty good. But to let them manage the youth team, I don't think it's beneficial for them to bring out their strengths. " This was a euphemistic way of putting it. To put it bluntly, Tang En was telling Evan that the youth team managers would do well when they were put in charge of a certain training. But to let them be the youth team manager because of that, there was no way.
"This …" Tang En had worked with those people before. If he said that those people were not good, it would definitely be more convincing than what Evan was thinking. For a moment, Evan was also out of ideas.
Tang En felt that it was time to reveal his true motive. "Alright, we seem to have overlooked someone," he said as he looked at Dunn, who was sitting on the sofa.
"That 25-year-old Chinese?" Evan frowned.
"Are you going to exercise your veto again, Evan?"
"Uh, Tony. You definitely know better than me that without a coaching certificate, he has no way of managing our youth team. The Football Association will not agree … "
"He'll have one soon, even though it's the lowest level." Tang En shrugged. "You know, Evan, there's a saying … no matter how small a mosquito is, it's still meat …"
"Where's that saying from?" Evan Doughty felt that the saying sounded new.
"Who knows? Maybe it's … uh, a saying from a country I've traveled to before … Alright, that's not the point. The point is that we have to decide on a candidate to manage the youth team after David Kerslake is transferred to the First Team. I definitely won't let the First Team manager be the youth team manager, and I don't want to touch the youth team's coaching team either. "
Evan nodded. "I understand what you mean, Tony. But have you ever thought, Dunn, whether it's appropriate for your China friend to be the youth team manager? "
Tang En had not thought of this question before, because he had also been the manager of the youth team and First Team at a young age. He had gotten along well with the coaches in the coaching team and had never met a situation where they did not trust him. But his situation was indeed different from Dunn's. He was able to gain the acceptance of his colleagues the moment he was promoted because of the person before him, Dunn, who had worked in the Forest team for seven years and climbed up step by step. Dunn, on the other hand, had become a newcomer with nothing, a blank slate. What right did he have to be the manager of the youth team?
Tang En realized that he had thought of the problem too simply. He knew Dunn's ability, but would others believe him?
Evan trusted him very much. If he could not believe his evaluation of Dunn, then he could not expect others to believe him.
He suddenly felt that his impulsive invitation to Dunn back to Nottingham was a very stupid thing to do. Not only did it cause Dunn to lose his job, but he could also face the fate of being sent back after coming all the way here.
Just as Tang En was feeling a little depressed for a moment, Dunn, who had been sitting on the sofa silently as if he was an outsider, stood up. "I can start from the lowest level as a manager, Mr. Chairman."
Hearing him say this, Evan looked at Tang En, and Tang En looked at Dunn, trying to figure out what this person was thinking. He had originally brought him to England to be his assistant manager. Tang En believed that they would be able to work well together because they had the scent of each other on them. They knew what each other was thinking. This kind of tacit understanding was innate. If Dunn were to become an ordinary youth team manager now, what would be the point?
But he could not see the answer to this question from Dunn's face.
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