Chapter 24: The Past and the Present Tang En

"Do you want to change to a bigger stage?"

Tang Jing had asked himself a question like this before. But the question was more straightforward, asking him if he wanted to work in a small team like Nordsshire for the rest of his life.

Don also considered that if Nordsshire could get a large amount of financial support and have the ambition to gain a foothold in the Premier League, it would be fine to stay here, after all, he coached in this team for seven years and had feelings.

But if Nords County has been as satisfied with being stable in the Championship like now... Is it necessary for me to continue to hang out with Nords County?

Is he an ambitious person?

Some people will definitely say, "No, Coach Tang is a person who is content with the status quo", but he himself knows that deep down he loves football and how much he desires to challenge. After all, he and Tony Tang En, who was sitting opposite him, were all the people.

"Do you want me to be an assistant coach for you, Tony?" Tang asked with a smile.

"No. Look at your results in the past seven seasons in Nordsshire, and letting you become an assistant coach for me is really insignificant. How can you use a knives to kill a chicken?" Tang En shook his head.

"Then you..." Tang was confused. To be honest, since he received a call from Tang En last night, Tang thought that Tang En must have come to persuade him to be his assistant coach. He thought for a night and thought that he could no longer be an assistant coach, even if he was for Tony, if Tang En really wanted to invite him to be an assistant coach, he would definitely refuse no matter what.

Unexpectedly, Tang En's purpose was not this.

Tang En looked around and saw that the waiters closest to him were ten meters away. Obviously, several waiters had no good feelings for this British man who openly criticized their unauthentic food and were too lazy to come to serve. Tang En wanted this effect, and he continued to lean forward. He lowered his voice and said to Tang: "There is something I have never told others except you. You know, I actually coached for half a season."

Tang nodded. He knew that this was not only him, but everyone else knew that it had been reported in the news media.

"So what should I do if I leave the Forest? Will I continue to become like this? I can't always come out to be a firefighting coach when the team is in danger, right?"

Tang had guessed what he would say, but he still thought there was another solution: "You can continue coaching. Tony."

Tang En shook his head: "I don't say polite words in front of you. I know my body myself. I have been very busy these days. I went to Spain to find Chen Jian and came to find you again. When I was free, I still have to study the team reports David gave me... Do you know what I found?"

Tang Fuming looked at the other person.

"I actually fell asleep halfway through reading the report twice! I feel that my energy is indeed not as good as before. This may be related to my four-month rest... I have always been holding back my energy. I have to do the same with the whole world. But since I won the World Cup, when the thought of retirement flashed in my mind, the energy was vented. It is impossible to gather now."

Tang En clenched his fists and spread them out again.

"Half a season is the time limit I have seriously considered. I will try to keep the Forests in the Super League, and then I will truly retire. This time I will definitely not make a comeback..."

Hearing him say this, Tang smiled: "I always think that's impossible, Tony."

"Yes, it might not be possible before coming to you. But now it's different." Tang En nodded, not refuting Tang's words. "In the next season and further in the future, I hope you can replace me as the head coach of Nottingham Forest."

Tang did not show any surprise expression, because he had guessed the result just now.

"Neither Freddy nor David are the materials for being the head coach. And after these seven years of training, you are already fully qualified for the head coach."

Tang frowned and thought for a while, and said his own consideration: "We are different, Tony. I am not a master of encouragement like you, nor am I a madman. I can't share the media's attention for the players..."

"But you still led a group of young people to the Championship."

"Nords County and Nottingham Forest are two completely different teams, with different types and different applicable head coaches."

"I don't think you can make the team regain your glory as soon as you take over.  There should be a few years of adaptation period, and players who are familiar with my style should retire. In the past few years, you will slowly build your team, slowly adapt to your coaching style and ideas, and slowly turn Nottingham Forest into a team that belongs entirely to you.   Just like you did in Nordsshire.  " Tang Neng looked at Tang opposite him.

Tang did not respond to Tang Endi's words, and he lowered his head and remained silent.

It was not until the waiter brought the dishes to the table that the two of them put aside the topic. While eating the dishes, they talked about their respective lives.

But most of the time it was Tang En who was talking. Tang En was listening. Tang was not a talker either. During the days he and Tang En were together, he had always been a listener to this person and was very qualified.

Teresa is very well-behaved and obedient. Teresa's English has improved rapidly. Teresa must be very beautiful when she grows up. Trouble is worried that Teresa is now very interested in film performances. What if she wants to enter the entertainment industry in the future, what should she do as a father?

More than two-thirds of the topics were circulating on Don Eundi's daughter Teresa.

As Tang listened, the corners of his mouth curled up. The man in front of him was such a typical image of a happy father.

He suddenly realized that he understood why Tang En said that he was unwilling to be the head coach for a long time now. He had a beautiful wife who loved him and a beautiful, cute, obedient and smart daughter. His life was so beautiful that he felt happy, but it gradually eroded his ambitions.

Think about the Tony Tangen fifteen years ago, who studied football matches with him all night long, studied tactics, and studied opponents. He had no idea what fatigue was. His mind was against the whole world. When he wanted to win all the championships he could win, he must first touch his own passion, otherwise how could the players be infected by him? In the past, he thought that football matches were a war, either you die or I died. In order to survive, he had more fighting spirit than anyone else, in order to defeat those opponents who looked down on him, and in order to slap those ignorant spectators. He rolled up his sleeves and successfully played a devil and a bastard.

When did I like Tony Don better?

Tony Donn overlapped in front of him and became a little blurred.

Everyone has their own benefits.

Tony was happy at that time because he was fighting for the ideal in his heart. Tony is also happy now because he has a brand new life.

After dinner, Tang wanted to go home, take a break, and prepare for the second training class today at 5 pm. Tang En also wanted to go home to prepare for his official takeover of the Forest Team.

"You can think about my invitation carefully. Tang..." Tang En said as he said goodbye to Tang at the door.

Unexpectedly, Tang shook his head. “I accept your invitation, Tony.”

Tang En was surprised that he made the decision so quickly. He felt that Tang was not a decisive person. He always had to think about whether to do something or not before he could make up his mind. Has the past seven years changed his personality?

"You've thought about it so quickly? Don't you go back and discuss it with Tang Jing?"

"I have the final say about football." Tang said this and was a little masculine.

Tang En smiled at him. His eyes narrowed into a slit.

"Nottingham Forest is also where I first started, and I want to... prove myself there again." He was also worried about his experience of failing to coach at Nottingham Forest...

Hearing him say this, Tang En is convinced that Tang took over his invitation.

He breathed a sigh of relief, and the last thing was done. He could go to Nottingham Forest to coach with peace of mind.

"Good luck, Tony. The Nottingham Forest is not the Nottingham Forest you used to be." Before leaving, Tang did not forget to bless Tang En kindly.

Tang En was opening the car door. When he heard Tang's words, he turned around and looked at him and said seriously: "They will soon find out that Tony Tang En is still the Tony Tang En from the past."

In an instant, only this moment, Tang suddenly saw the former Tony Tang En's spirit from the old man in front of him.

"Tony Don is going to make a comeback? Ha!" Carl Spike showed a disdainful expression on his face in his own show. He asked back. "I think he should stay in the United States for retirement. Today's Nottingham Forest is no longer the Nottingham Forest before, and he is not a superman. He thought he could be a savior? I think he is fifty years old and should have a clear mind, but I didn't expect that I was wrong again..."

He sarcastically mocked Tang En's comeback plan in the show, and seemed to not want Tang En to comeback. But in fact, the opposite is true. He hoped that Tang En would comeback. Tang En had just retired for more than four months, and he felt that he was about to be forgotten, and even the ratings of his show began to fall.

When Tang En encountered a crisis of trust in the national team, he was one of the most fierce people attacking Tang En. His program naturally attracted much attention. At that time, he was the peak of his career. But since the World Cup ended in July, Tang En announced his retirement, and his program suddenly lost its focus.

Now it's OK. After hearing that Tang En reached an agreement with the Forest Club to re-support the team, he immediately wanted to change his personalities, appearing in front of everyone every day with a radiant look, preparing for his new episode, which is the ongoing episode of the show. The theme is whether Tang En is wrong or right when he comes back?

The three guests invited were actually foilings. No matter what their views they held, Spike was the protagonist. The audience who watched his show came for his eloquence and liked to hear him satirize the things and people in the football world. Of course, Tang En is a person who is often satirized.

"Now that Tony Donn returns to the Nottingham Forest coaching seat has become a fact, then I can assert that he will suffer a crushing defeat and a Waterloo-like crush in the position he is most familiar with and on the team he is most proud of. The reputation he has built up with great effort will be completely defeated in this season!"

Finally, Spike gave such an attribution.

At the same time, bbc's "Today's Tournament" also talked about the topic of Don En's upcoming return after the league ended.

"Things of the world are unpredictable. I really didn't expect that Tang En would choose to make a comeback after retirement, and he was the firefighting coach of the Forest Team. I feel that it is a bit inconsistent with his achievements..." said Alan Hiller, the guest invited.

"This shows that he has a deep affection for the Forests." Mark Laurenson continued.

Leinker pinched his chin and smiled: "I think it's pretty good. Now I suddenly have a lot of expectations for the second half of the Premier League..."

"...I am full of expectations for the next Premier League season, and we can see the wild side of Tony Donne, a madman. To be honest, the more than four months he retired and rested at home was the most difficult four months I have as a football reporter... I don't know what to do every day. Now, I don't have to rack my brain every weekend to think about how to write the commentator article this week. With Tony Donne here, I will definitely create countless topics for us. For example, now, although he just said that he was going to make a comeback, he had not really coached the Forest team, which has already sparked heated discussions among the media. You should know that Tony Donne's return is the headline news in the past half month!" Mark Husky, who wrote football comments for The Sun, was excited about Donne's return.

"Tony Done is the British news figure of the year. Although this year has not ended, I don't think anyone can steal his limelight anymore. Just returning to coach can make countless news media crazy. There are few such people in the world. ...I think Tony Done's return is not just a football problem, but also a social problem worthy of our study..." The Times also wrote a special editorial for a football coach to work again.

"... Lost Tony. Don't have the Premier League, like a stagnant pool. Sponsors must not want to see such a Premier League. Now that he is back, he has brought countless topics and attention, newspaper sales have increased, TV program ratings have increased, and many people can eat and wear food and clothing by scolding Don't just by scolding Don't. It's a miracle. Now the miracle is back." Sky TV's website also commented on Don't return to coaching the Forests.

"The most correct thing Evan Dogerty has done in recent years is to invite Tony Donne back.   Look at the attention of the media around the world to this down-and-out team, he has already won.    No matter how the Forest team's final performance is, at least they will return to the center of the media..."

The media are all looking forward to Tang En's return, but they are just looking forward to the various benefits his extremely exaggerated personality brings to them: sales increase, ratings are high, sponsors increase...
Chapter completed!