Godfather Of Champions

The transfer market will not open until July 1. Before that, even if a contract has been signed with the Forest team, Arshavin could not report to the Forest team. He will continue to stay in Russia.

After Arshavin signed, Dunn's heart was settled.

The arrival of the Russians let Anelka know that his life in the Forest is over, although Dunn did not call his agent brother directly and said: "Your brother is not in my plan for next season." It’s also because he doesn’t want to talk to Anelka anymore—this season, Dunn really didn’t say a word to Anelka, whether it was during training or during the game, when he needed to explain tactics. All told Tang to talk to Anelka, standing aside, completely treating the French forward as air.

He is such a person. When the relationship is good, it is okay to make jokes. Once the relationship breaks, he can easily do any unfeeling things.

He knew that Arshavin was here, and Anelka's two brothers should also have results.

Sure enough, the next day, the sports news reported that several clubs were interested in Anelka. But here, most of them are mid-lower teams, such as Fulham in the Premier League, Bolton... and Villarreal in La Liga.

Dunn is happy to throw Anelka into these teams that can only participate in the UEFA Cup, so that he can experience the warmth and warmth of human relationships and harsh society. But Anelka is probably not willing to go. Maybe Villarreal is not bad?

When the reporters went to interview Dunn, Dunn made a statement. "As long as the price is right, we are happy to sell Anelka."

As the day went down, Nottingham Forest Club received offers from both Fulham and Bolton. Bolton offered eight million pounds. Dunn refused without even thinking about it. It cost 8 million to buy Anelka. Dunn didn't think that he had spent three years in the team and won a European Champions Cup striker.

Fulham was slightly more generous, ten million. Dunn agreed to the offer, and then the Forest Club notified Anelka's agent that he could go and negotiate terms with Fulham.

Of course Anelka knows what Dunn is thinking-he wants to let himself go to the middle and lower teams to fight. He must not be able to do what he wants, so this time Anelka directly refused without even thinking about it. In an interview with the media, he said that he likes Nottingham Forest very much, his teammates here, the fans here, and the life here. In order to prove, he also took out his purchase of a house here as evidence of a protracted battle. . In addition, he also said that there is no contradiction between himself and Coach Tony Dunn, and that he is happy to continue to play under this coach.

Anyone who knows some stories about these two people will sneer at this answer, and Dun En, too, but he has no choice but to take Anelka.

If Anelka doesn't want to leave, he himself can't force him away. He knows that Anelka is waiting for the stronger teams to take action. Of course, the French forward does not want to stay on the bench for the Forest team. He is not the kind of person who is willing to take a salary on the bench.

After waiting for another day, it is estimated that Anelka’s agent has negotiated with Villarreal, and the Spanish club made an official offer to the Forest team-eight million pounds.

This price made Dunn furious. He thought it was a collusion between Anelka’s two agent brothers and the opposing club. They used private contact with players, inquired about players’ intentions, and then partnered to pressure the forest team. In order to buy Anelka at the cheapest price.

Dunn directly rejected Villarreal again. In the fax of rejection, he told the Spaniard straightforwardly: "Please don't talk about it for less than ten million pounds."

Anelka knows to use the media to put pressure on him, but how can Dunn not know to use the media to put pressure on him?

He took advantage of Anelka's remarks, and turned the other side into the army.

"...Yes, I have a very good relationship with Nicolas (Anelka). There is no contradiction between us. I hope he will stay in the forest team. As everyone knows, we lack a speed forward." Poor Al Shavin was "forgotten" by Dunn. "However, as a good friend of Nicholas, I will not hinder his idea of ​​pursuing new challenges. If he wants to seek new excitement, I will let go. But... There is a condition here. He is a player from Nottingham Forest. To take the European Champions Cup striker, he must have an offer that fits his identity. I don’t think that the price of eight million pounds to send a beggar is a respect for my players and my team. If you really want it. Nelka, please show enough sincerity."

These are pretty words, what is enough sincerity? Just enough pounds.

Dunn slightly changed what Anelka used to block him in the media, so that Anelka and his agent brother became dumbs who eat Huanglian—there is hard to tell. They can’t say publicly: “We and Villarreal have reached an agreement privately. We promised players to help them put pressure on the Forest team to ensure that they can buy Anelka at the lowest price. You can get discounts from it."

In that case, Dunn is happy to sue Villarreal and Anelka's two brothers to FIFA.

It is precisely because they know that what they do are ugly things, so Anelka's two brothers are so crazy. They wanted to use Anelka's remarks to pressure the Forest Club and demonstrate to Dunn. . I didn't expect to be played by Dunn.

Villarreal thought it would be enough to give the Forest team a £8 million for a player who has been sitting on the bench for a year in the Forest team. He did not expect the opposing coach to be so "unsatisfied". I think eight million pounds is a beggar! He doesn't even look at who Anelka has become, no one cares about it in the transfer market! He is not the main player of the team, and he wrote something like "less than ten million please don't talk about it again"!

Villarreal was annoyed and stopped asking the price.

At this time, Anelka and his two brothers were caught in the middle, neither leaving nor staying.

Dunn didn't care about them, let them toss aside, and he was busy contacting signings from other positions.

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Anelka is eager to sell himself to those big clubs, but he played too few games last season, which made many teams that were interested in him hesitate now.

The rest of the Forest team is different from him. Those who have proved their ability in the Forest team, as the Forest team won the Champions League, their worth has risen. Many clubs have expressed interest in the players of the Forest team.

A few years ago, when the Forest team was not well-known, these people were almost uninterested. Now the various transfer requests flying to the Nottingham Forest Club have made Dunn a little bit anxious.

Looking at the purchase list of these teams, almost all of the forest team will be emptied.

Ribery and George Wood are the two most popular in the transfer market, and many clubs have taken a fancy to them. The most substantial thing so far is Real Madrid's offer to Wood-20 million pounds.

Real Madrid's pursuit of Wood is not a matter of one or two days. Although the news has not been made public, some people in the media have sniffed it.

George Wood is the captain of the Forest team and the future flag and core. Even if Real Madrid offered 200 million pounds, Dunn would not sell it.

Ribery's situation is similar to that of Wood. Ribery was dug out from the French low-level league by Dunn himself and brought to England to give him the opportunity to become a world-class star. There are many teams that look at him now, but Dunn does not plan to talk to the clubs who are waving checks.

Nottingham Forest is not a small team that needs to sell its star to survive, nor does it say that it will fall apart after winning the championship.

And this is only a champion, if it is satisfied, Dunn would not be Dunn.

Although Dunn still doesn't want to sell any player that is still useful to the team, he seems a bit too wishful thinking in this context.

On the morning of June 27th, Dunn received a call from Mikel Arteta's agent.

During the call, the agent told Dunn that Everton, the Premier League team, is very interested in Arteta. Moyes hopes to introduce this midfielder who is not the main player in the Forest. The agent wants to listen to the club’s opinions. .

Dunn originally wanted to reflexively answer "No", but he instantly calmed down.

He knew Arteta’s current situation in the team, hesitated about Van der Vaart’s arrival and George Wood’s maturity, as well as Ribery’s talent discovery in the midfield. The Spaniard could no longer find a place in the midfield of the Forest. The main strength is slightly lacking, and the substitute is really wasted...

Dunn once felt a headache for this man's chance to play, but he was a little reluctant to sell, because Arteta could form an effective supplement to the team's lineup. But this is from the point of view of Dunn, the head coach, after all, he did not see from the point of view of Arteta himself.

"My opinion? I want to hear Mikel's thoughts first." He didn't want to answer the other party directly.

The agent told Dunn that Arteta also hopes to leave the Forest team and promise Everton, who is his main position.

"Mickel likes you very much, Mr. Dunn. He thinks you are the best head coach he has ever seen, but..." the agent changed the front, "He doesn't have a stable chance to play in the Forest. At the age of twenty-five, he still has a lot of room for development, but if he can't play the game, these are all empty talks. Of course he hopes to stay in the forest team. After all, he has been here for three years and has become accustomed to life here. , But Mr. Dunn, can you promise him a stable playing position?"

These words made Dunn's question speechless.

He didn't want Arteta to go, but he never thought about giving Arteta a main position-he has always used this Spaniard as a substitute player. In this regard, he must have different opinions with Arteta.

There was silence for a while, and Dunn shook his head: "No, I can't make such a promise. I choose players to play based on their status, not their names..."

His "excuse" was interrupted by the other party before he finished speaking.

"Yes, you see, Mr. Dunn, that's it. So Mikel will have to leave his favorite Forest team and go to a team that can guarantee him a major position, such as... Everton."

Dunn was silent for a while, and he decided to accept this reality-the barracks of iron beating, the soldiers of running water. There will always be people on a team and some people will go. Whether it is Anelka or Arteta, their departure is nothing more than normal in this circle.

"Well, just like men and women who broke up after a passionate love, we should be friendly. As long as Everton's offer is not too low, I will allow him to transfer." Dunn sighed. "I still said that, my players, must leave Vilford at a decent price."

"Thank you, Mr. Dunn. I believe Everton's offer will not disappoint you."

The agent was right. As Dunn’s old friend, Moyes also gave the Forest team a lot of face. Nottingham Forest does not want Manchester United and Liverpool to sell their players to their direct competitors in the same league. As long as you estimate Dunn's face and club's interests, Dunn will be happy to do business with you.

Moyes knew his friend. In Dunn's words, the price offered by Everton was "very sincere."

Ten million pounds to buy Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta.

Dunn had no obstruction, he nodded and agreed to the deal. For a substitute player, 10 million is not a small amount. Everyone's economic situation is not good now, and it is not the era when transfer fees soared. You must know that when the Forest team bought Arteta from Real Sociedad, it only spent 3 million euros, which is about two million pounds. Now two and a half years have passed and they have made nearly eight million pounds after changing hands. Allen knows this. After the news, I will be very happy that Dunn has completed this transaction, and did not reject Everton as he rejected the previous AC Milan.

Dunn agrees so readily. There is another reason. Everton has been out of Rooney. Who knows if there will be other geniuses in their youth training? At that time... the youth academy of the forest team just added fresh seedlings. Now, the Forest team has expanded its scouts for youth players. They are searching for Dunn's outstanding seedlings all over the UK.

The matter between the clubs was settled, and Dunn no longer cared about the trivial matter of the player negotiating with the club. From the conversation between the agent and him, he could know that Arteta's agent must also contact the people of Everton in advance. After that, and maybe the agreement has been privately initialed, just wait for him as the head coach on behalf of the Forest Club to nod and complete the transaction.

Nowadays, in football, there are too many things to bypass the club and contact the opposing players first. Doesn't Dunn do that often? It's just that everyone is tacit understanding to each other.

The speed of the negotiations between Arteta and Everton verified Dunn’s guess. The next day Everton could not wait to announce their first deal this summer-10 million pounds from Nottingham on their official website. Forest buys midfield organizer Mikel Arteta.

Moyes excitedly announced at the press conference that he would make Arteta the core of Everton's midfield. He finally got his dream player, although it was two and a half years late.

The departure of Arteta has also become the most significant transfer of the Forest team in recent years, and it seems to have broken Dunn’s previous statement that the “Forest team does not sell people”.

Many clubs that have been interested in Forest players seem to have been encouraged, and they have stepped up their pursuit of these players.

On June 29, two days before the opening of the summer transfer market, two transfer applications from different clubs for two different players were put on Tony Dunn's desk.

The one on the left is from Italy. Because of the "phone gate" incident, Juventus, who was ordered to enter the second division and then upgraded in advance, offered the Forest team 12 million pounds to buy Anelka.

The one on the right is from England. Former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has entered Manchester City strongly, and he also wants to dominate the Premier League strongly, just like Abramovich at the beginning. For this reason, he spared no effort to improve the competitiveness of his team, except for hiring Eriksson. In addition to coaching the team, he also searched for talent. This time his goal is Ashley Young, the main right midfielder of the new European Championship. (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com, there are more chapters, authors are supported, and genuine reading is supported!)

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