Chapter 20 Mr. Xia

"Is this true? Did the boss really decide to come back?"

Before the training began, the players were waiting for the coach on the training ground while gathering together in groups of three or five to chat. The topic was of course the news announced yesterday - Tony Don't they all wrote it clearly in the literature? The news was also reported. "Bell shrugged, but there was an uncontrollable smile on his face. "This time it's true!"

"Ha! I knew the boss wouldn't care! Now the team's performance is so poor, who can change it? Only the boss!" Matok danced happily.

"Shh! Sigh down!" defender Nkuru quickly put his index finger beside his mouth and made a gesture of silence. "Don't let Freddy hear it!"

"Not afraid, I see that the boss is coming back, he is the happiest person." Matok said with a shaking head.

In front of the discussions between his teammates so enthusiastically, Mitcher put his elbow on Wood's shoulder and said to him with a smile: "You're relieved, George? The boss is finally back."

"It's only been more than half a season." Wood replied expressionlessly.

"Don't be greedy, George. I'm very content if he can come back. Look at everyone, I think we can win even if we meet Manchester United in the next game, even if we are away."

Although many people expressed their happiness for Don En's return, some people disagree with it. For example, Italian Balotelli. Now he has no time to pay attention to the return of a former head coach. His agent told him that leaving in winter is not a good choice. If he can delay the transfer to the summer, he can win more for him. Now Balotelli is full of the idea of ​​transferring to the Forest team. He doesn't care about how the team will perform next. He is already twenty-eight years old. In just a few years, golden years can be spent on such a team.

With the announcement of Tang En's coming back, the team was clearly divided into two factions. One was naturally the disciples of Tang En, who were happy to wait for Tang En's return. The other faction was those who had nothing to do with Tang En. They had only come to the Forest team one after another in recent seasons. They didn't know how the new head coach would treat them. Can they continue to play in the future with the main force assured that the main force would continue to play in the future? Will the fate of the team's marginal people change? These questions lingered in their hearts and made them feel restless. Some people have even notified their agents in advance. If the new head coach is not in line with him, then leave quickly.

Before Tang En officially became the head coach of the Forest team, there was already undercurrents within the team. I wonder if Tang En, who is far away in Spain, had he thought of it?

The sunshine in Spain is much brighter than that in the UK, and the wet and salty sea breeze blows on your face, which makes you feel very comfortable. Done sat in an open-air cafe with a cup of coffee in front of him, and the beach is viewed in front of him. Although it is not a weekend and not a holiday, you can still see many tourists coming here to play on the beach. The wind blows the waves and uses the beach to make a rustling sound that drowns out the sounds of playing.

But he didn't have the time to play in the water. This time he came to Barcelona, ​​Spain, was not a place to come on vacation. He is now waiting for someone.

He used the pride and confidence to describe today's football agent Xia Yang, which is not bad at all. Four years ago, he was just a slightly famous agent in China, and made a living by introducing young players to some Eastern European and South American clubs. Although he seemed to be familiar with those European clubs in Chinese media. But in fact, those relationships were just a whisper. Those agents, Giant Crocodile, can directly talk to the head coach and chairman of wealthy clubs. If he wants to meet the head coach of the Dutch League team, he has to make an appointment in advance to see if the other party has time. Or whether he is in the mood... If he is not thick-skinned, he will basically not be able to stay in this industry.

But now it is different. Although it is not as good as a giant like Mendes in Europe, there is no need to ask his grandfather to sell his players. Every year, he receives many calls from European clubs, hoping that he will recommend some cheap East Asian players, or help build a bridge to cooperate with China. In China, he has also become a household name gold medal agent. Every year, young Chinese players are introduced to try out for foreign clubs, and the goal of playing football is no longer limited to the lack of money Eastern Europe and South America. He even opened a sports industry development company and introduced some foreign clubs who are interested in the Chinese market to come to China to play commercial competitions. He can earn a lot of money.

All these changes are all thanks to the blessing of a young man he had fallen in love with at the beginning.

When Chen Jian was recalled to the UK by the Forest team for the second time and gave him a youth team place, no media reported this incident in China. But Xia Yang used his long-term channels to get involved in European football and heard the news. The keen sense of professional agents made him feel that this might be an opportunity - in fact, what he was interested in at the beginning was not Chen Jian's future. Instead, he could go online through Chen Jian and Nottingham Forest, the most powerful club in Europe at that time. Long-term cooperation in the future will not be a luxury. Just like Mendes gave Pepe to Don En.

During the years Chen Jian was in the Forest team, his relationship with Forest team did not progress as smoothly as he imagined. Although the domestic media also made him famous because of Chen Jian's relationship with Forest team. Later, Tony Tang En announced his resignation after winning the triple-tall title, and Chen Jian's future and his own wishes were all disappointed. In desperation, he accepted Chen Jian's opinion and did not discuss the renewal of Nottingham Forest, but asked Forest to loan him out and slowly find a suitable team to accept it. As a player under his command, he was still a player who brought him a lot of reputation. Xia Yang really hoped that Chen Jian could have a good destination. In the end, the Forest team found a team for him in the Dutch First Division and rented him out again.

No one expected that Chen Jian, the boy who was not favored later, actually came out of the Eredivisie League. After the first season, Xia Yang received no intention to transfer from clubs in different national leagues. This included a fax from the Espanyol team in the Espanyol League.

After contact and communication, Xia Yang was even more surprised to find that Espanyol wanted to buy Chen Jian, which was definitely not a whim. When Chen Jian was still playing football at Warrendam, their scouts had already paid attention to him. After observing him for three seasons, they finally decided to take action. At that time, Chen Jian's contract with Forest was also expired. Forest did not intend to continue to provide contracts to this worthless Chinese player. If Chen Jian was transferred at this time, there would be no need to spend a penny of transfer fees, which was a very attractive condition. Xia Yang also took the opportunity to play the cheap card and described Chen Jian as a model of "good quality and low price", and invested with great profit. There was absolutely no risk.

The Eredivisie team that had loaned Chen Jian at that time originally wanted to sign with Chen Jian, but after discussing with Chen Jian, Xia Yang felt that it was time to go to a bigger stage. In this way, Chen Jian freely joined the Espanyol, who was ranked in the middle of the La Liga at that time.

Garcia Gonzalez, the football director of Espanyol, compared Chen Jian to "the number one George Wood", believing that Chen Jian's tenacious fighting spirit and clear mind in the midfield were exactly what the Espanyol needed.

Therefore, if Chinese players want to make a name for themselves in European football, relying on their own strength alone is far from enough, and they also need luck and opportunities. Chen Jian's opportunities are quite good. He was first spotted by Nottingham Forest, and then favored by the Espanyol football director. If there were no such opportunities, even if he had the strength, he would have to continue to hang out in the low-level leagues.

After about half a season of adaptation with the Espanyol, Chen Jian gradually showed his strength. He sorted out Espanyol's offense and defense in an orderly manner in the midfield. He gradually established his position as the starting position of the main player in this La Liga team.

For a Chinese player, being able to play as a main player in a team of four major leagues is already a great achievement. Those players who only occasionally appear on the bench in low-level league teams can receive a lot of reports and continuous attention from the Chinese media. Not to mention that they rely entirely on their own strength, rather than Chinese sponsors playing as a main player in the La Liga mid-range team, have completely gained the trust and love of Chen Jian, whom they are in charge of.

In fact, Chinese fans are very self-aware and do not want Chen Jian to become a world-class star. As long as they can firmly take the main position in a team, it is enough.

Every weekend's La Liga live broadcast, Espanyol even gains more attention than Barcelona and Real Madrid, the two traditional La Liga giants.

Although I initially wanted to start my professional football journey in Nottingham Forest, I didn't expect that I would finally fulfill this dream in Espanyol.

Now, the five-year contract will expire in one and a half seasons. Xia Yang is not in a hurry to negotiate a contract with Espanyol.

These four seasons have improved not only Chen Jian's reputation and strength, but also Xia Yang's vision. No matter what, Espanyol cannot even ensure participation in the European League (former League Cup) every season. Xia Yang now feels that his level is not high enough. Chen Jian is 28 years old this year, which is the golden age of a professional player. He doesn't want the ace in his hands to live forever in such a team. If there is a better choice, why not leave?

So a season ago, Xia Yang asked for a huge price in negotiations with Espanyol, not only asking Chen Jian to get the highest standard salary in the team.   It is also required to have a large number of signing fees.   Espanyol is just a small team after all.  It is impossible to meet Xia Yang's requirements, so the two sides froze.   It has been delayed until this summer.   The Spanish seems to have figured it out now. The Chinese player obviously wants to play football in a higher-level team. It was originally a way to make money by selling players interested in other clubs. Although Chen Jian is the core of the team's midfielder, if a club can offer a suitable price, he is definitely not a non-selling product.

The Spaniard simply didn't talk to Xia Yang about the contract renewal, and just waited for other clubs to offer. Of course, on the surface, everyone still wanted to announce that "we are still working hard to keep Chen", "Chen Jian certainly hopes to stay with Espanyol, but he needs to get a contract worthy of his contribution" and so on...

Xia Yang is not worried about the end of the game. Chen Jian’s performance at Espanyol in the past three seasons is obvious to all. Many European teams have contacted him as an agent in private, so he knows that Chen Jian still has great potential to tap.

Seeing that the winter transfer window is about to open, he has received calls from several clubs recently. Among them are teams from the Premier League, and there are also teams from Serie A. Of course, most of them are teams from La Liga. After all, they have to fight with Espanyol twice a season, and they are most familiar with Chen Jian's level. Now Xia Yang looks down on those teams in the low-level league showdowns. Except for the three major leagues, he does not consider other places, even the teams in the Ligue 1 and Bundesliga. He cannot catch his eye.

Just when Xia Yang was about to buy Chen Jian for a price, he and Chen Jian received a long-lost call.

The phone call was called Chen Jian, but when a Chinese language with a British country accent appeared on the phone, Chen Jian immediately knew who was coming.

Tony Tangen called him as the head coach of Nottingham Forest, which suddenly caught the time four years ago that had been sleeping deep in Chen Jian's mind. With Tangen's resignation, he originally thought that he would never have the chance to interfere with the red team in his life, but he didn't expect that fate was so magical. Tony Tangen was actually reinstated!

So, the scene of Xia Yang and Tang En meeting...

"I'm so sorry. I've been waiting for you for a long time, Mr. Tang En. There were some traffic jams on the road..." Xia Yang appeared in front of Tang En apologetically in a casual Armani suit. Actually, he was deliberately late, so why was there any traffic jam? Today is not a weekend, and the appointment is not a rush hour. He drove the car on the road like a snail, just to come late and make Tang En wait. How difficult it was for him to meet this man at the beginning, but he ignored him at all. At that time, he really whispered to beg. Now it's different. Now it's not me to beg you, but you beg me, Mr. Tang En! If you don't show off your airs, how can you get back your lost self-esteem? I believe you won't mind, right?

Sure enough, Tang En smiled and shook his head: "It's okay, the scenery here is beautiful, I just happened to appreciate it."

"I haven't seen each other for so many years. I didn't expect that Mr. Tang En's Chinese is still so fluent, ha!" Xia Yang's tone made people think that he and Tang En must be old friends who have known each other for a long time. This is also Xia Yang's deliberate behavior. After all, Tang En is also a famous European coach. He just led the England team to complete the national team Grand Slam. If he is friends with him, wouldn't his identity improve as well?

Tang En didn't mind the deliberate intimacy of this Chinese agent.

"Let's get to the point, Mr. Xia. What's Chen Jian's reaction to the invitation of the Forest Team?" Tang En asked straight to the point.

"Uh..." As soon as the topic was mentioned, Xia Yang hesitated. "You also know, Mr. Tang En. Ajian is very happy with the Espanyol team now. He is the core main force. He has a good relationship with his teammates and coaches, and fans like him very much. I hope he will continue to play football for Espanyol... You know, just this summer, we rejected the invitation from Kaiserslautern..."

Tang En sneered in his heart. Now who doesn't know that Xia Yang wants Chen Jian to leave the Spaniard who has no great future? The contract renewal negotiations are always unsuccessful. What is the reason? Isn't it just that the person in front of him asking for a price? The conditions proposed are simply that the Spanish cannot meet. He didn't want Chen Jian to stay here at all. He said, "Chen Jian is having a happy life in the Spaniard now."... This kind of nonsense is okay to fool a three-year-old child, and it is too naive to use it to excuse him.

"Kaisslautern is a team that just returned to the Bundesliga last season. It is normal for you to be despised by it if you barely relegated." Tang En sarcastically sarcasticated Xia Yang, reminding him that he is not an idiot and not to use idiots as an idiot to perfunctory himself.

How could Xia Yang not hear what Tang En meant? He felt a little embarrassed, but fortunately he was thick-skinned and a smile immediately appeared on his face. "Of course, of course. As Ajiandi's agent, I also hope that he can have a better stage... You must know that he is only twenty-eight years old now, and it is a time when he should make great achievements... I hope he can go to a team that can participate in European competitions stably every year, whether it is the Champions League, or the European League, etc.... Ajian himself also thinks so."

This agent has also been trained through years of fall and rolling. Done mocked him, and he also mocked Nottingham Forest's current situation. I'm afraid he can't even participate in the European League next season...

Tang En looked at the agent in front of him again. He looked like a man in a good manner, and his temperament had changed a lot compared to four years ago. The most important thing is that he is more confident. He found that Mr. Xia was a little harder to deal with than four years ago... The agent four years ago had no say in front of him. Now, he can still confront him.

Nottingham Forest is now ranked 16th in the league, just one step away from the relegation zone. It is indeed not easy to participate in European competitions next season.

Obviously, this agent has put forward a condition that can attract them - qualification for next season's European competition. If you want Chen Jian to join Nottingham Forest, then you should lead the team back to Europe, Mr. Tang En!
Chapter completed!