champion godfather

Chapter 88 Volume Two

The young reporter Pierce Bruce was assigned by the newspaper to the City Stadium, where a high-profile press conference was about to be held.This is a press conference that excited all Nottingham Forest supporters in the transfer market this summer. Almost all the local media in Nottingham went, and other media in London also sent people to attend this conference.

Sitting at the table where the microphones of the media have been slowed down, the new Forest team coach Stan Collymore is proud of himself.The club's new chairman, Evan Dougherty, sat to his right and looked equally happy.Between the two, a small Ukrainian sat. He is the protagonist of this press conference. The former Tottenham Hotspur striker who no one expected to play in League One before - Sergey Ray Sergiy`Rebrov.

This is by far the biggest player to appear in the League One transfer market!Maybe the new head coach Collymore, who missed the training session, is really hunting for players...

£200 million is what the Ukrainian is currently worth, although he was worth as much as £2000 million when he moved from Dynamo Kiev to north London powerhouse Tottenham Hotspur FC in 100 GBP.But after three years, the former Shevchenko partner has long become the big burden that Tottenham most hope to get rid of.

In the first season, he played 29 times, but only scored nine goals, which was seriously inconsistent with his worth.Then the Ukrainian striker was frequently entangled in injuries, scoring only twelve goals for the team in two and a half years.Such a result obviously cannot satisfy the team and fans.Rebrov was a signing under George` Graham at Tottenham, but with Glenn` Hoddle taking over as Tottenham manager, he began to fade away substitute.

Tottenham's eagerness to sell the Ukrainian striker who has done nothing and is paid a high salary just hits it off with Nottingham Forest, which needs to introduce a player with high level, reputation and charisma.Although the transfer fee of 200 million pounds is a bit low, compared with letting this person stay in the team and continue to receive a salary, and then leave on a free transfer when the contract expires, the Tottenham team will not get a penny. Sterling is still acceptable.

The Forest team would also like to thank Tottenham for their generosity-after Abramovich took over Chelsea, the transfer fees of almost all players have doubled, and they are lucky to be able to buy players from Tottenham so "cheaply".

After serious consideration, Rebrov felt that instead of being loaned to a place like Turkey, it would be better to transfer to Nottingham Forest directly.

Collymore assured him that the team would definitely return to the Super League at the end of the season, promised him the position of the main striker, and showed him the grand plan of his team. These things moved Rebrov, he Decided to "deign" to come to England's second tier league and prove himself again.

Of course, his salary is also the highest in the team.

Collymore smiled into the microphone: "I promised you that we will be in the Premier League next season, now you believe it?"

Rebrov also took up the conversation with a smile and said to everyone: "Nottingham Forest is a great team with a glorious history. I hope my arrival can help the team return to the top." His words It won the favor of many local Nottingham reporters present. The Foresters like to be mentioned by others about their glorious past, but this history is too long and not everyone knows about it.Even if they are professional players, they often don't understand what kind of impressive achievements this team that hangs out in the second-tier league has achieved.

So Rebrov was able to take the initiative to bring up this past incident, which immediately changed the attitude of the local media, which had not had much favor with this "parallel import of the Premier League". They believed that this Ukrainian could really contribute to the team.But... has no one thought that this Ukrainian is just memorizing materials?

Only Pierce Bruce looked at the three people above and fell into deep thought.The Ukrainian striker has not proved himself in the Premier League, can he prove his ability in the lower-level League One?In his view, Rebrov's failed Tottenham career is not a matter of strength, but the result of a mismatch between his personal style and the style of English football.

In his eyes, Collymore was far worse than Tang En.What Tony Twain failed to do, could Stan Collymore do it?

Although he was often ridiculed by Tang En, that person is capable if he is capable, and he will not deny a person because of his personal likes and dislikes.Like Tang En, he couldn't understand the appointment of the new forest team chairman.In his opinion, the failure in the playoffs was not the responsibility of Tang En alone - even though he took all the responsibility on himself after the failure.He raised his hand suddenly, and Collymore nodded at him, motioning him to get up and ask questions.

Pierce Bruce is no longer the stuttering intern reporter who was mocked by Tang En back then. He stared at Collymore and said his question word by word: "Mr. God, you only signed one striker. May I ask what kind of lineup you plan to use to hit the Super League spot?"

When this question was uttered, there was a small commotion at the press conference.Some looked back at Bruce, who was standing in the back row with a microphone in hand, while others glanced at Collymore with a smirk, wanting to see how he planned to deal with it, and others discussed the issue in whispers.The English media has always been known for being difficult, tricky and merciless.It is not their style that everyone sings praises around one person. Standing up and singing the opposite tune like Pierce Bruce is the fine tradition of the media.

The smile froze on Collymore's face, then slowly faded away.And Rebrov, who was sitting next to him, was also a little embarrassed-because the person who bought him was Collymore, questioning Collymore's ability was tantamount to questioning his ability.Only Evan Dalgety sat with his chest folded, with a puzzling smile on his face.As if he was a spectator who had nothing to do with the matter.

Bruce glanced at him, then returned his attention to Collymore.If this rookie newcomer today—yes, although Bruce has just become a full-time member for only two or three months, facing Stan Collymore, who is coaching for the first time, he can unceremoniously call him "rookie." ""Recruit"-he will not give up until he gives himself a satisfactory statement.

"This..." Collymore slowly opened his mouth, his eyes wandering around, and he was still thinking about how to answer the reporter's question. "...As you said, pre-season training has only started for ten days, and we still have more time to improve the team. In the future, I think you will see more high-level players appearing in the city stadium , the team's transfer work is far from over..." After he finished speaking, he glanced at Evan Dalgety, hoping that he would come out and speak for himself.

Evan took the topic very cooperatively: "Yes, the Forest team's transfer work is not over yet. We believe in Mr. Collymore's ability."

Bruce obviously had no intention of letting them go just like that. He asked, "Mr. Chairman. Coach Tony Twain led his team to defeat in the play-offs last season, and his head coaching position was stripped. Then I would like to ask, if this season ends We are still in Class A..." When he said this, Bruce turned his head to stare at Collymore, "Will Mr. Stan Collymore still sit here for an interview?"

These words were very offensive, and the press conference was filled with the smell of gunpowder.

Collymore's bad temper seemed to come up again. He opened his mouth to accuse the ignorant reporter in front of him, but Evan took the conversation away: "I'm sorry, I never comment on things that haven't happened in the future. You Ask if Mr. Collymore will be fired, and I will have to wait until that day shows up before I can answer you. Okay, everyone.” Evan stood up and clapped his hands, “Let’s go to the stadium, hundreds of faithful Forest fans are waiting anxiously."

Collymore and Rebrov, surrounded by reporters, rose to their feet and walked toward the stadium behind the press conference.

Pierce Bruce didn't get close to the front, he waited for everyone to leave before following from afar.But he found that there was another person who was also deliberately left behind.

Evan Dalgety looked back at Bruce, who was also looking at him.The eyes of the two collided in the air, and they both knew what the other meant, but they finally said nothing and continued walking towards the court.

When Collymore was making things difficult for Bruce at the press conference, and when Rebrov's arrival attracted the attention of half of Nottingham City, Twain wasn't at the youth team training base, he wasn't even here. City.

Collymore left the team training alone, saying that he was searching all over the world for the players the team needed.Tang En is also doing the same thing as him, the difference between the two is that Tang En is not just talking.

The sea breeze blows the hair and skirts, and there is a slight salty smell in the air, which is the characteristic of seaside port cities.

Tang En took a breath of the humid seaside air, and continued to focus on the court in front of him.Beside him, there are quite a few people, some of them are just ordinary fans, and some of them stand here with different purposes like him to watch a training match of the under-14 youth team.

(End of this chapter)