290 The English Premier League’s Footsteps Part 2 (1/2)

Chapter 290: The English Premier League’s Footsteps Part 2

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

”Des.” Walker waved at Walker, signaling for him to come forward. ”Shall you say a few words?”

Walker did not decline, and walked forward. As the assistant manager, he was the main executor of Tang En's plans during the daily trainings. All the plans devised by the coaching staff were executed by him. The other coaches were in charge of their respective training plans, and Walker was the person in command of all these people. Most of the time, he was fully in charge of all matters related to the team's trainings. Most of the time, Tang En would take his hands off the training-related matters once he confirmed the training plans.

”I…” Walker cleared his throat and continued, ”I am very happy that I am able to bid farewell to everyone under this kind of situation. Very happy that in our last match, we won our opponents. You all made me see that moment, which I very much wanted to see once again. What I want to say is… no matter where I am, what I'm doing, I will never forget the second half of the 03-04 season for the rest of my life. As the manager that was able to lead all of you, I… feel proud from the bottom of my heart! You guys are the best players I have met, and the same can be said for the staff from the coaching team. You guys are the best colleagues I've ever met, and I thank all of you for the help and support you have rendered me all these years! Thank you!”

Another wave of claps and whistling exploded on site.

”Additionally! I would like to add on that... Tony, is the best manager amongst all those that I've ever worked with! I'm not lying!”

This kind of raw, genius praise was accepted by Tang En happily. The players also showed their agreement with Walker's comment by whistling excitedly.

”Of course we know that Des doesn't lie…” As he walked up, Tang En smiled and said, ”Just like him, I would like to thank all of you, lads. To be honest, the manager is a role that just moves his mouth outside the field. If not for your spectacular performance, we would also not be able to get this kind of results. Frankly speaking, the difficulties of some trainings would have made me raise my hand and surrender a long time if I were in your shoes. But you guys persisted, and what was your reward?”

”Champions! Victory!” Everyone answered in unison. This had already become a kind of mentality Tang En had infused into the players: He, Tony Twain, existed for the sake of pursuing victory and championship titles, and his team would also work hard towards this goal.

”Looks like you guys haven't got carried away from the victory.” Tang En clapped his hands and continued, ”That's right. We attained the qualifications to be promoted directly to the Premier League, and you guys will have an additional two weeks of holidays. Look, what a beautiful thing. I'm very happy that you guys didn't give up at any point in time, and didn't give up on this idea. I also feel extremely proud for being able to coach all of you, for winning the EFL Cup championship title and for our promotion to the Premier League! You guys are not one of the best! You guys are the best! Of course, me too…”

”Hahahaha!” Everyone started laughing.

”That's all the nonsense that I'm going to say. We've worked hard for one entire season, so just enjoy this holiday to the fullest. Wish all of you an enjoyable one! Dismissed!”

When Tang En passed down the order to dismiss, the players did not turn around and leave immediately. Instead, they lined up to hug Walker, who was about to leave the team.

At that moment, this assistant manager who was extremely strict during trainings fully experienced the players' respect for him.

Tang En quietly stood at the side as he witnessed everything, unable to hide the smile on his face.

After waiting for everything to end, when everyone that should have left was gone, Walker looked at and said to Tang En, who was still standing beside him, ”Tony, you said you wanted to give me the best farewell, and you did it. Thank you…”

Tang En shook his head and replied, ”No, 'we' did it. You think I could have achieved this on my own?”

Walker smiled, but did not answer his question.

”Actually, I really want you to stay. You've help me with a lot, a lot of things… Still remember the first match I directed here?”