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Chapter 185 About Anelka

Regarding French shooter Nicholas; Anelka's two agent brothers - Claudi; Anelka and Didier; Anelka, everyone may not finish their bad comments about them for three days and three nights.

Almost all head coaches and club presidents and managers hate them deeply. Officials of the French Football Association treat these two Anelka as if they are looking at fraudsters and thieves, full of contempt and disdain.

The English media are more direct, calling them "a parasite living by Anelka".

In world football, it is common for players to make their relatives and family agents, such as French superstars Zidane, Djokaf, Brazilian stars Ronaldinho, Kaka, Dutch "Peter Pan" Robben... etc., all chose to let their brothers or fathers be their agents, handle contracts with the club, and negotiate various endorsements.

If you do this, you will naturally have the idea of ​​saving costs. After all, "the water will not flow to outsiders' fields". Although there is no such proverb abroad, the meaning is the same.

However, compared with those professional agents, the lack of experience and theory of the players' families often leads players to go astray and their future is ruined.

For example, there is a living example in front of you.

From the transfer from Arsenal to Real Madrid in 1999 to 2005, he transferred five times in six years, Arsenal, Real Madrid, Paris Saint-Germain, Liverpool... Four of the few giants in the European continent have his footprints.

However, joining so many big clubs has no help to Anelka's career. His football resume is full of glorious names, but the only honor he has won is a Premier League double champion and a Champions League champion.

The lack of personal honor is not the most deadly. The most deadly thing is that with frequent transfers, the greed of his two agent brothers has gradually been exposed. Now almost no club dares to ask Anelka.

After having a conflict with Keegan last season, no team dares to take in such a person during the winter transfer period.

At the end, when the transfer window was closed, Turkish Premier League team Fenerbahce announced the introduction of Anelka by 7 million pounds.

Seven million! Sounds a lot? No, look at the price of Anelka's transfers: when he decided to leave Arsenal and mentor Wenger, Real Madrid gave him £23 million, the most expensive of the young players at the time.

He was shining at that time, who else could be the only striker who was hailed as Ronaldo in terms of talent, and was the most talented genius in French football in ten years. Later, he commented on his compatriot Henry: "He is now working in Arsenal.

I, Anelka, did it when I was nineteen.”

Later, he went to Paris Saint-Germain, and with a high salary, he became a "cancer" that would only cause trouble for the team. He went to Liverpool and recovered briefly, but because of his two brothers' insatiable greed, he was abandoned by Hollier.

Later, he settled in Manchester City for 13 million pounds, and thought that this time he finally found his roots.

Unexpectedly, one season later, he had a conflict with the head coach again. This time when he was about to leave, his two brothers jumped out and tied him to Arsenal, hoping to use this hype to make his younger brother high value.

But this time it didn't work. Wenger and Arsenal Chairman both stood up to refute the rumors and had no intention of buying the French. In the end, they had to go to Türkiye in shame and stay away from the center of European football.

It is also far from people's sight, and the price is just seven million pounds.

"...Now, after spending half a season in Türkiye, have they finally found something was wrong?" After getting this phone record, Don said disdainfully, looking at the caller's name - Claude; Anelka.

"Their dear brother is far from the center of attention, so they can't make more money? I remember that just five days ago, the Fenerbahce club seemed to have rejected Newcastle's offer for him."

Evan Dogette sat in his seat. He reminded: "It's not a rejection, Newcastle asked for the price. They priced the Frenchman 20 million pounds, which scared Newcastle away."

Tang En shrugged: "It's just a disguised rejection, just like us. When you say that a certain player is not a product, everyone has to keep trying to inquire. You are so tired of asking, so you have to give a price that the buyer is destined to be unable to afford or unwilling to pay.

This will make the flies retreat. Didn’t we also give George two trillion pounds?"

Speaking of this, Evan laughed: "Tony, do you know? In the latest FM series game released by Si, our team is George; Wood's value column is worth two trillion."

Upon hearing this news, Tang En was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "Is this a special care for his partners?"

Evan brought the conversation back to the topic: "What do you think, Tony? You are the head coach and the team's signings. Allen and I still have to listen to you." He said this, looking at Allen who was silent.

Tang En put the phone record back on the table and leaned against the back of the chair and answered very simply: "I have no idea, refuse. I don't want to deal with this kind of greedy vampire."

Just as Evan was about to nod, Allen suddenly stretched out his hand: "Wait."

In the office of Evange, he was the only one, now, Donn and Allen. Alan, who had been frowning and thinking about his worries since he came in, suddenly spoke, attracting the attention of the other two people.

"Why not try?" Allen looked up at the two of them, with three pairs of eyes looking at each other.

"What to try?" After looking at each other for a while, Tang En withdrew his gaze first.

"Talk to Anelka's agent brother."

Tang En waved his hand, his movements a little exaggerated: "Do you think this is a Turkish barbecue delivered to your door for free, Allen? Do you know what kind of people are Anelka's two agent brothers?"

Allen nodded: "I know, I've studied them specifically before coming."

This answer was a bit beyond Tang En's expectations. When he received the news, he refused in his heart without thinking. Unexpectedly, Allen would study Anelka's two brothers specifically for this matter.

After opening his mouth for a while, Tang En could only use his dry smile to dispel the embarrassing silence in the room.

Allen asked back: "Tony, do you have any suitable candidates for the team's ground forward signings?"

Tang En shook his head helplessly: "No, I don't like anyone who can come. I don't like anyone who can come."

"Since that's the case, why don't we try it? The new season is getting closer and closer. Instead of wasting time in the transfer market, it's better to try to get in touch with Anelka's agent.

I think... they just arrived in Türkiye for half a season and took the initiative to contact us, hoping that there must be something going on. Maybe... this is more beneficial to us?"

"What can be done? Disagree with head coach Dom? Disagree with club president? But Anelka, who had just shown to be a Turkish president of Fenerbahce, is very close to him..."

"Tony, do you know Figo and Redondo?" Allen asked again beyond Don't expectation.

"Yes... Of course I know them. The former is a player from Real Madrid now, while the latter is recovering from injury in AC Milan."

"Then why did they go from their original owner to their new owner?"

This question stopped Don En. He frowned and searched carefully in his mind, and then asked in a not-quite affirmative tone: "It seems that Figori drove Barcelona to Real Madrid because he had promised Real Madrid chairman Florentino before that if he was elected, he would transfer to Real Madrid himself.

Redondo, I heard that it was because he was in the wrong team in the Real Madrid presidential election and chose to support Sans instead of Florentino?”

Allen laughed and said, "No, I'm not talking about this. I mean, do you still know the attitudes that those people, those clubs have shown before and after the transfer, and the remarks they made?"

This time, Tang En shook his head straightforwardly: "How can I remember this?"

"What a coincidence. Yesterday, when I was checking the information about Anelka's agent, I found these old past events.

On July 14, 2000, Figo, who had just performed well in the European Championship, publicly stated to Barcelona fans that he would not transfer to Barcelona and would not be able to go to Real Madrid.

His original words were like this-"Allen searched through his own folder. Then he said, "I have made a decision that cannot be changed. I will not be a member of Real Madrid.

If fans are disappointed and upset by the rumors about me, then I ask them to forgive. But they should believe what I said.

After reading, Allen looked up at Tang En. There was no need to say anything later. He believed that Tang En, as a professional football coach, would know the ending of the matter better than himself.

"Ten days later, Figo and Real Madrid signed a transfer contract worth 56.1 million US dollars..." Don continued Allen's words and then sighed: "Okay. I know what you mean.

The club and the players are good at lying. The thing is this - the chairman of the Fenerbahce club said Anelka now likes living in Turkey, perhaps just to create reasons for their price increase.

They really wanted to drive the troublemaker and the two greedy agents out of the club, but the Turks just wanted to make more money from the sucker Newcastle, but they didn't expect to backfire and scare the timid Shepard (Chairman of Newcastle) away.



After hearing Don Eun's "story", Allen smiled and was very happy: "This is a possibility.

It could also be that the two greedy agent brothers are fighting for higher salaries for their money tree and then using us as a guise - all Europe knows that Nottingham Forest is looking for strikers everywhere - so that they can use them as their bargaining chips when negotiating with Fenerbahce.



Evan; Doggetty's applause rang after Allen's words: "Two wonderful stories. So which one is closer to the truth?"

"There are other possibilities, too. But that's not the point." Allen looked at the club's chairman, his old partner. "The point is that since they come to contact us, we will talk to them, no matter what their purpose is.

We lack speed forwards now, is Anelka?” He turned to Don again.

Tang En nodded.

"Since Anelka is the type of striker we need..."

Donn interrupted Allen: "It may not be what we need. Players like Anelka are very difficult to manage. He has a perverse personality and is indifferent. There is no way for coaches like Wenger and Boske to deal with him. I think the coach who can train him in this world may not be born yet.

He is an irregular time bomb in the locker room. He is a bad example and a negative factor on the training ground. It is a venture capital in the club's finances that does not know whether to make a profit or lose money..."

Alan interrupted Tang En again: "But we have you, Do you still remember Tony Rebrov? How do you evaluate him before you took office? Parallel! Then?" He looked at Tang En with a smile.

Tang En scratched his head: "You just trust me so much?"

Evan also spoke: "Tony, to be honest, Allen and I admire your team's style.

There have been no scandals or disputes in our locker room so far. The atmosphere on our team is so good, and the relationship between us and the fans is so harmonious... I think it's all thanks to you."

Faced with this naked flattery, Tang En had long been accustomed to it. He was so thick-skinned that he didn't even change his expression, so he accepted it with gaze. "That's because the players of the team have so far all have good personalities and tempers..."

"George; Wood is not a good boy. He may not even accept me except you." Evan saw through Tang En's plan.

Allen coughed, “Look, we have reached a consensus on your level.

Well, since Anelka is the type of striker we need, why don’t we try to contact his agent once? I think aside his personality and those two brothers, Anelka is still a very powerful player.”

"It's a huge difference compared to him five years ago..." Tang En muttered.

"But now he just meets your requirements - he can come and be respectful." Although Alan still had a smile on his face, his attitude was already very tough - he didn't plan to give in.

Tang En curled his lips: "I don't want to deal with those two damn agents."

"Don't worry about this, Tony. I'll do the things I'm in contact with Anelka's agent. I'm in charge. But you have to give me a promise, that is, if I can successfully sign the Frenchman, I hope you won't refuse."

Tang En gave up and sighed: "Okay. Since you are going to cause trouble for yourself, I won't stop you, Allen. I'll give you this promise. As long as you can sign, there will be his position in the team, and I won't do anything that makes you difficult.

But... there is a Chinese proverb called "Ugly words are ahead". Whether you can play the main position depends on yourself. Whether you can be the core depends on yourself."

Alan smiled and nodded: "Of course." Then he turned to Evan.

Evan; Doggetty considered it: "Selling Crouch allows us to earn 10 million yuan. The standard I give you is that the transfer fee cannot be higher than this number."

"Buy for seven million, sell for ten million in half a season. The Turks are already very profitable." Tang En complained next to him. "I still want to remind you to be careful of those two agents... I have a headache when I think about it."

Allen smiled: "It's just two greedy pigs, but still an amateur."

The intention to contact Anelka's agent was determined, and Don left all the trouble to Allen. He was busy leading the team training and continuing to supplement the recruitment work in other positions. No matter how Alan's progress is.

He had already made a plan to support Eastwood after he had recovered from injury. Anyway, he had no hope for Anelka, even if he came. With those two agent brothers, Don Eun could not count on anything.

Allen just returned from the United States and brought good news to the Forest team. He has agreed to a sponsorship contract with Nike. In the next five years, the famous sports brand Nike will become the Forest team's jersey sponsor.

Allen believes that it is the Forest team that has entered the European Champions League arena. If you still wear the British domestic sports brand umbro, it is not international enough, and on the other hand, the money that Enbao can give is not as much as Nike.

In fact, Don En prefers to sign a jersey sponsorship contract with a well-known German sports brand Adidas, but Adidas responds mediocrely to the cooperation with the Forest team. Don En is unwilling to touch others' butts with a warm face.

Both Evan and Allen came from the United States and had a higher like and acceptance of American local sports brands.

This contract has brought Forests a £25 million income in five years, which will undoubtedly make them much harder in the transfer market for Forests who need to challenge higher honors and thus invest in a large manner.

There may be small differences like the treatment of Anelka, but Donn feels that the cooperation between the three of them is obviously successful.

Allen brought him a lot of money, and Evan coordinated the operation of the club, playing various roles between him and Allen - mediators, friends, listeners... Of course, the most important thing is the decision makers.
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