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Godfather Of Champions Chapter 325

Chapter 325 - Forward Line Problems Part 2

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

After rejecting Liverpool, Tang En was not worried that Benítez would simply let things go; he knew that Liverpool badly needed a forward like Crouch.

As expected, Liverpool’s second offer swiftly appeared before Tang En and Evan. This time, their offer was irresistible to Forest: 11.5 million pounds!

Upon seeing the offer, Tang En looked up at Evan with a grin. “The new Euro Champions are indeed generous.”

Evan nodded. “What about Crouch’s side?”

“I haven’t asked, but I don’t think Crouch and his agent would refuse Liverpool’s offer. Their terms of contract are much better than what we currently offer.”

As they started discussing wages, their attention moved from Crouch’s transfer to an adjustment of the pay structure of the team.

“What’s restricting the growth of the team now is no longer the question of whether their transfer fee is enough, but their wages. Evan, if we can’t offer a higher salary to the players, we won’t be able to attract them to join us no matter how many promises I make about becoming champions. The football world is very practical. I’m sure you know this better than I do. For professional footballers, playing football is their work. It’s for earning a wage to feed their families.”

“Yes… I have been thinking about that too. The club approves raising the salary ceiling. Regarding players who have already signed, we’ll slowly adjust when we renew their contracts.”

After coming to an agreement on an appropriate rate for the highest pay, they also agreed to sell off Crouch.

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The next day, Nottingham Forest replied to Liverpool Club, agreeing to their offer. Now, Benítez could speak with Crouch and his agent regarding the details of their contract. There was nothing else more to do with Forest and Tang En.

Crouch’s departure from Forest had become set. Benítez’s expenditure of 11.5 million pounds resolved Liverpool’s issue with their forward line. Meanwhile, Tang En continued to be troubled over his forward. He now had lots of funds, but nowhere to spend them.

Forwards were closely related to the scoring of goals of a team and their results. It is a critically important position. As a result, Tang En’s requirements for it were equally harsh. They could not just bring in any second-rate player from the domestic leagues. Since Forest’s intention for this season was to battle in the UEFA Champions League, it was best for them to find a forward who had experience playing in Europe. The player could not be too young, as Forest team was not lacking in youth forwards. What the current Forest team wanted was a forward who was in his prime and did not need additional grooming from the team. He needed to come ready for battle.

There were plenty of forwards within the European and international football scene. However, not many would be left after sifting them through with Tang En’s requirements.

If the Forest Team was not fighting in the Champions League, Tang En could even buy Harewood back from West Ham United. He was, after all, also a speed-type forward. Furthermore, if it was the Forest team who called him back, he would be more than happy to return to City Ground and work under Tang En.

Yet, in Tang En’s view, Harewood was still lacking a little compared to his requirements.

Just as Tang En was at his wit’s end about the signing of a forward for the team, Nottingham Forest Club received a phone call. The man on the phone claimed to be the agent of French forward Nicolas Anelka. He hoped to speak with Tony Twain about Anelka’s interest in transferring to Forest.

Tang En was stumped for half a day after hearing that news. In his initial search for a suitable forward, he had cast his gaze all around the international soccer scene but had not for a moment thought about the name Anelka. The Frenchman, who had been estranged from European’s football mainstream circle, seemed to already have been forgotten by the world.

He vaguely remembered that Anelka had transferred from Man City to Fenerbahçe S.K., a team in Turkey, just last season in the final moments of the winter transfer window.

It had only been half a season. Could Anelka’s older brothers, his managers, no longer stand the loneliness?

Godfather Of Champions

Godfather Of Champions

冠军教父
Score 8.3
Status: Completed Type: Author: , Released: 2007 Native Language: Chinese
This is a story about the pursuit of victory. — “I subscribe only to the theory of victory. I only pursue victory. As long as I am able to obtain victory, I don’t care if it’s total football or counterattack. What is the ultimate goal of professional soccer? In my opinion, it is victory, and the pinnacle of victory is to become the champions. I am a manager. If I don’t wish to lose my job or be forgotten by the people, there’s only one path for me to take, and that is to lead the team in obtaining victories, in obtaining championship titles!” The main character was not well-liked by people. — “⋯We conducted a survey which had been deemed by Manager Tony Twain as extremely meaningless. In a random street survey conducted, ninety-three percent of those surveyed chose the option ‘I hate Tony Twain’, while only seven percent chose the option ‘This person is rather decent, I like him’. It is worth noting that nobody chose the option ‘Who is Tony Twain? I don’t know him’. Mark, do you know why Manager Twain felt that our survey was very meaningless?” Parker, a reporter from laughed loudly and said when he was being interviewed by BBC. But there were also people who were madly in love with him. — When Tony Twain was forced to talk about the survey conducted by during an interview, his reply was : “I am happy, because Nottingham Forest’s fans make up seven percent of England’s population.” And he did not seem to care about how the others saw him. — “What are you all trying to make me say? Admit that I am not popular, and everywhere I go will be filled with jeers and middle fingers. You all think I will be afraid? Wrong! Because I am able to bring victory to my team and its supporters. I don’t care how many people hate me and can’t wait to kill me, and I also won’t change myself to accommodate the mood of these losers. You want to improve your mood? Very simple, come and defeat me.” His love story had garnered widespread attention. — “Our reporters took these pictures at Manager Tony Twain’s doorsteps. It clearly shows that Shania entered his house at 8.34pm and she did not leave the house throughout the night at all. But Manager Tony Twain firmly denies, and insists that that was merely the newest-model inflatable doll which he had ordered. He was the number one star of the team. — “⋯ Became the spokesperson of world-wide famous clothing brands, shot advertisements, frequented the fashion industry’s award ceremonies, endorsed electronic games, has a supermodel girlfriend. His earnings from advertisements exceed his club salary by seventeen times, owns a special column in various print medias, publishing his autobiography (in progress), and is even said that he is planning to shoot an inspirational film based off his own person experiences! Who can tell me which part of his life experiences is worthy of being called ‘inspirational’? Hold on⋯. Are you all thinking that I’m referring to David Beckham? You’re sorely mistaken! I’m talking about Manager Tony Twain⋯.” He was very knowledgeable about Chinese soccer. — “⋯ I’ve heard about it, that Bora gifted four books to his manager Mr. Zhu before your country’s national team’s warm up match. After which, the team lost 1:3 to a nameless American team from Major League Soccer. The new excuse that Mr. Zhu gave for losing the match, was that Bora gifted “books” (‘books’ and ‘lose’ are homophones in the Chinese language). Here, I recommend that you guys find out what that one specific book is. Which book? Of course the one that caused you all to score a goal. After that, tell me the title of the book. Before every match, I will gift ten copies of that same book to you. In that case, won’t you all be able to get a triumphant 10:0 win over your opponents every time?” An excerpt taken from Tony Twain’s special column in a certain famous Chinese sports newspaper. He was loved and hated by the press. — “He has a special column in at least four renowned print media, and he is able to get a considerable amount of remuneration just by scolding people or writing a few hundred words of nonsense weekly. While we have to contemplate hard about our drafts for three days before our boss is pleased with it. In an article inside his special column, he scolded and called all of the media ‘son of a bitch’, announcing that he hated the media the most. But every time he publishes an article, we flock towards him like flies which had spotted butter. Why? Because the readers like to read his news and see him scold people. I dare to bet with you, and Manager Tony Twain knows clearly in his heart as well, that even though he says that he hates us, he knows that the present him cannot do without us. Similarly, we also cannot do without him. Is this ultimately considered a good or a bad thing?” Bruce Pearce, a reporter from said with a face of helplessness when talking about Tony Twain. But no matter the case, his players were his most loyal believers. — Gareth Bale, “No no, we never had any pressure when playing on our home grounds. Because the pressure is all on the manager. As long as we see him standing by the side of the field, all of us will feel that we will be able to win that match. Even the football hooligans are like meek lambs in front of him!” (After saying this, he began to laugh out loudly) The reply from George Wood, the team captain of Nottingham Forest, was the most straightforward. “We follow him because he can bring us victory.” The legendary experience of Tony Twain, the richest, most successful, most controversial manager with the most unique personality! Debuting this summer. Thank you for reading.

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