226 The Chief Part 2 (1/2)

Chapter 226: The Chief Part 2

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

The Chief's dead? How can that be? Back in May, we were still drinking and chatting... how can he die just like that?

He was roused by the whistle, looked at the team still in training, and walked over.

”David.” He waved to his assistant manager.

Kerslake ran over. ”Tony, what did Mr. Chairman want you for?”

Twain did not answer Kerslake's question. He just looked at his assistant manager and looked at the players, who were still in training and knew nothing. His eyes were unfocused.

Kerslake noticed that his partner was acting abnormally. He followed Twain's gaze and turned his head. The training was progressing normally.

”Tony, what's the matter with you?”

”Uh… David, tomorrow… tomorrow's training, you'll be in charge. I won't be here.”

”What happened, Tony?” asked Kerslake; he sensed that something strange was going on.

”I'm going to attend a private funeral, and I think I have to go.”

”A funeral? Whose?”

”The Chief... the Chief's funeral.”

When he heard Twain said this, Kerslake also froze.

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Just an hour later, with the help of an advanced Internet and television news network, the news of Manager Brian Clough's death spread throughout the United Kingdom.

Pierce Brosnan stood in the midst of the crowd, surrounded by fellow journalists. The Derby City General Hospital had just finished the press conference, and now the scene was slightly hectic. At the press conference, in addition to releasing a statement on Clough's cause of death, a spokesman for Derby City General Hospital praised the hospitals work on behalf of Mrs. Barbara Clough. ”She is very grateful to all the doctors, nurses, and hospital personnel for their work and accompanying Clough in his last moments.”

But these were not the things that the reporters were concerned about.

Clough's recent bad health was not news. A year ago, he had undergone a liver transplant surgery and was hospitalized numerous times. But no one had thought that this time, it would really be farewell.

”…He was diagnosed with stomach cancer after his liver transplant surgery, but he had refused to operate. We did not know what Mr. Clough's thoughts were. He is still one of the most special characters in English football. He did a lot of things, and said a lot of things, which were difficult for people to understand. But his position here was never in doubt, and now it's a pity that he has left us forever…”

The BBC reporter next to Brosnan was holding a microphone and doing live coverage in front of the camera.