196 The Disruption of Tony Twain Part 1 (2/2)

Therefore, Twain told him a tale about a big club, and trotted out the example of Barcelona's young center back Gerard Piqué. Barcelona was also a big club, but Piqué tried every possible way of leaving. Now that he was a player for Nottingham Forest, he had no need to worry about not playing in matches.

The negotiations with Bendtner lasted three to four days, and the golden-haired Danish guy was finally convinced. He agreed to reject Arsène Wenger's call, and joined the Nottingham Forest team.

Then, just like the situation faced by the Manchester United's Manager, Ferguson, Wenger received a call from his scout in Denmark informing him that Arsenal's must-have Danish genius forward, known as the ”Danish Ibrahimović,” Nicklas Bendtner, had given them the brush.

Wenger's first thought was that Ferguson had gone behind his back. He did not expect the scout to tell him that it was the manager of Nottingham Forest, Tony Twain, who had gone to Copenhagen in person and secured Bendtner.

When he heard the name, Wenger stared blankly for a while and he thought of the battle in the rain.

He realized the words which he had said before were fast becoming true.

The next time they met, it would be at the English Premier League.

”In addition, Sir, there's something very interesting that I think you would like to hear.”

”What is it?”

”Do you still recall the young Barcelonian center back, Gerard Piqué, whom we competed against Manchester United for some time ago?”

Wenger nodded, ”Of course, I was very sorry when he chose Manchester United.”

The scout at the other end of the line burst into laughter. ”Sir! Piqué did not go to Manchester United. He, like our other target, Bendtner, was taken away by someone else halfway. Although the news has not been announced yet, it is certain. Piqué is now a player for Nottingham Forest!”

Wenger was stunned for a moment and then laughed as well.

This season's Premier League is getting interesting, isn't it?

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After settling the matters with Piqué and Bendtner, Tang En no longer needed to personally go anywhere to recruit players. They had a perfect system; the transfers could be arranged through the telephone or fax. If Tang En was required to appear in person each time, how could he do other things?

Evan Doughty was still in the United States with his wife and children. He had just become the new chairman of the team, and the Forest team had already won a cup title and the qualification to the English Premier League. He was in a very good mood, and was not concerned about the team's general affairs. After all, Tony was overseeing the team and Allan was in charge of operations. He did not have to do anything.

They could just discuss one thing through the fax or phone and it would be decided.

During this period, Twain hired three new scouts for the team. Together with the two current scouts for the club, the Forest team now had five scouts, which was not considered small for a team that had just been promoted to the English Premier League. Obviously, compared to Manchester United and Arsenal, which had football scouts all over the world, it was still not considered enough.

However, the construction of the team was a very long process, and could not be rushed; it must be built step by step.

There were still a few days before the team ended its vacation and returned for their assembly. Tang En became busier. There were a lot of issues he needed to consider such as which players the Forest team needed in the transfer market and who could be bought, and who would have to be given up after their promotion to the Premier League. Not to mention the warm-up match arrangements, the production of the team's newsletter, and the media interviews.

The most troubling thing for him was how to introduce and place a young, seemingly inexperienced, and unknown Chinese man on the Forest coaching team. Evan did not know the new assistant manager's identity. But when he did, what would the expression on his face be?

Tang En did not think Evan would smile, pat him on the shoulder and say, ”Young people are great.”

He also did not think the players would believe him based on what he said. ”Even though this assistant manager looks very young, has no coaching certificate, and is unknown, he is actually very powerful!”

He also thought that the coaching staff, the team doctors in the medical team, the football scouts, the turf maintenance workers, the chefs at the club restaurant ... and even Ian MacDonald, who opened the gate, would not easily believe that Dunn was a qualified assistant manager who could help him a lot.