Chapter 39: Shankly's original decision
Tang En obviously noticed where his eyes were. So he shook the car keys: "Yes, Xianya is still waiting for me at home."
"Ah..." Evan was a little regretful, "It seems that now is not a good time to talk."
Tang En found it strange and asked, "Is there anything you have to do? Evan."
"Uh..." Evan hesitated for a moment. Still didn't say it. "When will you have time? I want to talk to you alone, Tony."
Donn thought about the near future arrangements and then gave Evan a reply: "I will have time after the away game this weekend."
Evan nodded: "Then I'll go to your room to find you. Goodbye, Tony, I don't dare to delay you for too long, otherwise your wife will definitely blame me."
He was quite self-aware. He knew that he had a bad impression of Xianya.
Tang En watched the club's top leader leave without further expression. This 60-year-old man seemed to have lost his arrogant and domineering four years ago, and in front of him, he was like an ordinary old man. And the relationship between the two of them was restored in time and could not return to the original past. Once there were cracks on the smooth and clean mirror, how could he think nothing had happened?
Evan rarely jokes with him now, and he will not just sit and chat in his office without any trouble. The relationship between the two of them still looks very harmonious on the surface, but from some small details, it can still be seen that it is different from before.
That was an indescribable feeling. You can only understand it.
Actually they all know it.
Nottingham Forest challenged Manchester City away on the weekend. Both sides sent out the strongest lineup of the main players. In the end, the Forest defeated the home team with a controversial ball. After the game, the home team media thought it was an offside and chatted at the press conference. And Tang En pushed all the responsibility to the referee: "...I was in a bad position at the time. I was not sure what happened at the moment when Chen Jian passed the ball. But since the referee believed that the goal was effective, it was the goal effective... What mattered was not these processes, but the result. The result was that we won, and I was very happy."
The home team media had no way to use this rogue Tang En, and could only watch him "stole" the victory that belonged to them. Of course, after the game, the media criticized and sarcastic was indispensable. However, Tang En didn't care about these things. For fifteen years, it was basically a period of fifteen years when he and the media attacked and mocked each other. He wouldn't blame him for such things.
The highlight of this weekend is not this game, but in the hotel where the Forest team stayed after the game. To be precise, it was Room 1102 where Tang En is located.
This scene will definitely make people feel a little familiar. Four and a half years ago, in a hotel in Madrid, a similar show was also performed in the room where Don En was in. But today there was one less starring role. And the scenes they acted were also different.
If the place I played four and a half years ago was a power struggle drama, then today I will be a sad drama.
The protagonist of the bitter love is Evan Dogette.
"You have something to ask me to say, I just advise me to stay in the forest team, Evan?" Donn sat beside the bed and looked at Evan Dogette sitting on the sofa opposite.
"What else can it be? Tony, don't you believe me?"
Evan Dogette's expression is very bitter now. He just spent a lot of saliva to express his willingness to stay in the Forest Team, but in response to him it was Tang En's rebuttal question, can this not make him feel bitter?
Once the crack is present, it is indeed irreversible...
"Of course I believe in you, Evan, otherwise I wouldn't have accepted your invitation to return to the team to coach." Don said to Evan with his head tilted.
However, this attitude only made Evan feel even more unsure. In his opinion, Tang En was perfunctory to him in such words.
So looking at Evan's expression, Tang En smiled helplessly: "How do you want me to prove it to you? Evan? I'm really not perfunctory..."
"Then stay, Tony."
Evan Doggetty looked at Done, but he could not see anything from Done's eyes.
"That's impossible. Evan. I have my family, and my body doesn't allow me to continue working in this position anymore." Don Ng shook his head and refused Evan's plea again.
"But... you have never had any health problems in the past few months..."
Tang En reached out to interrupt Evan. “I know my body myself, Evan. I feel that my energy is not as strong as before… Besides, can I only faint on the side of the field and be sent to the hospital for 48 hours to rescue? Is there any physical problem? I think as my friend, you don’t want me and my family to experience that kind of thing again?”
Evan Dogette was speechless when he asked. He was eager to keep Tang En, but he had never considered this. If he was really good for Tang En, then his health should not be put in a dangerous situation.
No one spoke in the room for a while. Evan Dogette lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking. Done turned his eyes to the TV, where the evening sports news was being played, and it happened to be the match between Forest and Manchester City that ended earlier. The focus of the news was naturally on whether the ball in Mitcher was offside.
At the press conference, Don Eun said that he did not see the situation at that time, and now he has the opportunity to take a closer look. The footage of Mitcher before scoring on TV was replayed. At that time, he and Manchester City's defense line remained parallel, and then the moment Chen Jian came out, the game was frozen. Don Eun saw it clearly this time. Mitcher's upper body stretched out...
Strictly speaking, this is really an offside, but whether the judge is judged or not depends on the standard that the referee has mastered. If he feels that the upper body is protruding out of the situation, then he can not judge the offside. If he strictly follows the rules and judges offside... it is estimated that it will be Tang En's turn to chatter after the game.
The statement of voiceover in local TV is different from that of Don Eun. They believe that Manchester City lost at the referee this time and strongly condemned and protested the referee on duty. Don Eun paid attention to the Taiwan bidding and found that it was the local media in Manchester. No wonder...
Tang En was not interested in listening to the following words. He turned his attention from the TV screen to Evan and found that Evan was also watching TV.
Tang En thought about it and laughed: "Even if you want the referee to help you win the game, look at me, I'm really old."
When Evan heard him say this, he shook his head: "What does the referee's mistake have to do with you? Besides, although our game is lower than Manchester City in terms of ball possession, he has the advantage in the number of threatening shots. It is natural to win, but we are not lucky. We have not scored several times of threatening shots..."
Don N't interrupt Evan, he tilted his head and listened to Evan's talk quietly, and then his lips slowly curled up without realizing it.
Evan Dogette also noticed the change in Tangen's expression, and then he realized that he was talking too much. He quickly stopped and looked at Tangen.
"Ha!" Tang En laughed, "When I think of the person who couldn't even distinguish between the 'coach' and 'manager', I can now analyze it very well. I think it's really interesting. Look, we are all changing. I don't want to continue working for a few more years now. I'm fifty years old, Evan, and I'm still a guy with a heart problem. I have a sense of crisis. I will definitely die in front of Shania, so I want to cherish the time I'm still alive and spend more time with her and Teresa... You are also a man with family. Can you understand my idea?"
Evan nodded. Could he still shake his head?
"But..." But he was still unwilling to be persuaded by Tang En.
"I'm sure now that you are really considering the club, really, I've always believed in you, Evan. But I'm really not suitable for Nottingham Forest anymore. We're all changing, Nottingham Forest is changing," Tang En advised, "There are no teams in this world that are unbeaten, and there are no teams that always win championships. Those teams that have created an era and dynasty. There are ups and downs. The same is true for Nottingham Forest..."
Tang En left as he spoke.
Chapman led Arsenal to rampage in English football. Sir Busby, who led Manchester United to the first European Champions League, has long passed away. Shankley, who has portrayed Liverpool as a powerful generation and has profoundly influenced the development of Liverpool football in the future, has also become a noun. In the era of Liverpool's strongest, he has joined forces to create the "Red Era of England" in European football. Now he is just a bronze statue standing in the center of Nottingham Municipal Square. After entering the Premier League era, Ferguson, who is now a 70-year-old man who basked in the sun in his home yard every day and couldn't even see his favorite horse racing. And Arsenal godfather Wenger is already seventy years old this year, and retirement is right in front of him...
Those once glorious names are buried in the dust of time one after another. The past can only be recalled. I believe that in a few years, I will be the same with the former Nottingham Forest. Just like the child born now will not know how great Michael Jackson is when he grows up, and fans of Ronaldo will not know how powerful Maradona is. The fans of Maradona cannot see Pele play with their own eyes. Pele's fans are so unfamiliar with Distefano... the same. The past will eventually pass,
After so many things, what else is there to be a place where you can’t be indifferent?
"I can't sit in this position all the time, nor should I do this. What Nottingham Forest needs is a long-term plan, which is to develop slowly. An arrogant person like me is eager for quick success and instant benefits, which is not suitable for the future development of Nottingham Forest."
Evan seemed to want to stop Don't be so self-deprecating, but Don't take the lead and said: "Don't you understand yet? Evan? Why did the Forest's performance begin to decline as soon as I left the Forest team. No matter how many skilled head coaches you have, it would be useless? I don't want Nottingham Forest to become 'Tony Don't's Nottingham Forest'. That way, no matter how many championships you win, it's a castle in the air. Ordinary people can't even live a hundred years old in their lifetime, but now there are many teams in the world football world for a century. If a team is really strong, it's not possible to rely on one person. Why is Liverpool a giant? They were nothing before Shankley, but this is not the important thing. But after Shankley, they won five European Champions Leagues."
Tang En poked his body out. Looking at Evan.
"There are media that compare me to Shankley of Nottingham Forest, but do you know what the most correct thing Shankley has done in his life?"
Seeing Evan's expression go from doubt to suddenness to distress, helpless, Tang En laughed.
"It was him who suddenly announced his resignation and left Liverpool from then on."
When Donne was still a fan, he was not unfamiliar with Shankley's story, and he also knew Shankley's successor Passley's story. But he had never known why Shankley suddenly resigned when Liverpool was doing well and left Liverpool club. Logically speaking, he should continue to do things and do earth-shaking careers, such as leading Liverpool to the first European Champions League in club history - Donne and everyone else believe that as long as Shankley can do it, he will definitely do this.
Now he knew it, completely.
Chapter completed!