Chapter 156: New Contract? New Player (Part 2)

"Mr. Done, I think we can talk about George Wood's new contract now?"

When Tang En heard this arrogant voice, he felt unhappy.

"But now there are seven years before the contract expires..."

"Mr. Done, you should know how unfair this contract is to George Wood now!"

Donn grinned. Of course he knew that the contract was too low for Wood... But why was the person who proposed to amend the contract was not Wood himself, or another agent, but Billy Wood? He always felt that Wood was threatening him to submit to Wood...

Taking a deep breath and calming down, Tang En said, "Put your conditions, Mr. Agent."

"Increase salary to 40,000 pounds and shorten the contract years to four years."

"This is impossible!" After no consideration at all, Tang En refused as soon as Wuks finished speaking.   No one among the young players can get a weekly salary of 40,000. Forty thousand is the highest salary for the Forest team now. No matter how outstanding George Wood performs, he cannot get such treatment, otherwise the Forest team's salary balance will be completely disrupted.    "Are you talking to Chelsea coach Mourinho about his new contract for his players, Mr. Agent?" Tang En ridiculed Wuks' request was completely unconsidered.

"Of course not, Mr. Tang En. Otherwise I will ask for a salary of 100,000 yuan." Wux was not showing any weakness and reminded Tang En that he had fully considered the Forest Team.

Tang En grinded his teeth in anger, "Since that's the case, I don't think there is anything to talk about between us. Anyway, the contract has expired in seven years, and Wood is a member of the Forest team before that. Want to negotiate a new contract? Come and find me again in six years!" Tang En hung up the phone after saying that.

He has fully understood the power of this agent, but... I believe that Billy Woods, who was stunned with his cell phone, also knows how difficult it is to deal with the landlord coach many times in the future?

As the end of January, Don Ever got busier. Not only did he have to deal with Wood's agent, but he also had to search for targets in the transfer market. The Forest's midfield lacked a player who could organize, or a versatile player. After all, Albertini still focused on the midfielder, and Ribery prefers to act on the wing. The Forest's main tactic is defensive counterattack, which is very useful when others position them as a "weak team". Ribery and Ashley Young's speed is guaranteed to fight back, while Albertini's long pass is fundamental.

But as the Forest team's performance climbs, not many teams treat them as weak teams. Many times they have to face the opponent's intensive defense, and at this time the defensive counterattack becomes a positional battle. No player who is good at organizing the midfield is indeed a headache.

In this case, Donn turned his attention to Spain. He fell in love with the Spanish midfielder Mikel Arteta whom he planned to introduce last summer, and of course he had to face Everton's competition.

Although his relationship with Moyes is pretty good, when it comes to the stadium competition, Don Everton threw all the messy things to the horizon. It was precisely because of the Arteta issue that Forest's competitor was Everton. Don Everton had to win it.

He knew that Everton would finally be fourth in the league this season and qualified for the European Champions League because of Arteta. If Arteta can be grabbed from Everton, it will not only enhance its own strength, but also weaken the strength of its direct competitors. This will lay the foundation for persistence for the European Champions League dream next season.

Now the European Champions League is just a dream for Don Eun, but if he can get Arteta, then this dream will likely become a reality.

Moyes proposed a loan to Real Sociedad because it took him half a season to test Arteta's ability to adapt to the Premier League. In this regard, Donn took the lead and directly made a offer to Real Sociedad - three million euros.

Arteta played for the Scottish Premier League team Glasgow Rangers last season and was an important contributor to the team's crowning league championship. Therefore, after the season ended, Real Sociedad in Spain spent 4 million euros to bring him back from the cold Scotland. Unexpectedly, Arteta, who had been wandering outside since childhood, is no longer adapting to the Spanish football style. He played fifteen games for Real Sociedad in half a season, with only one goal. And he was constantly injured and his condition was very sluggish. Real Sociedad now regrets death, bought a waste for four million...

There were many teams interested in Arteta last summer, but after watching his performance for half a season, there were only two clubs left - Everton and Nottingham Forest.

However, Everton's condition is to spend half a season on loan, and then decide whether to buy after the end of the season depending on his performance. Nottingham Forest directly quoted 3 million euros to introduce Arteta.

From the club's perspective, the conditions for the Forest team's offer are even more attractive. The cash you get directly and the transfer fee may not be unknown after half a season. Do you still need to choose?

Real Sociedad rejected Everton's loan request.    Agreed to the Forest's land offer.   The next thing is to discuss personal contract matters between Forest and Arteta and Forest.

It has reached this point. Basically, Arteta has come to the Forest team. At this time, Arteta and Everton cannot have a relationship, and the conditions for playing on the side are higher. He will go wherever he goes.

Moyes hopes that the Everton board will give him more money to intervene in the transfer deal, but the Everton club, which just sold Graveson, reacted slowly. They were always thinking about whether it was worth spending such a large sum of money to buy a player in a sluggish state. Thinking about this history in Donn's memory, Everton successfully loaned Arteta on January 31st at the last moment before the winter transfer window closed.

Compared with Everton, who was half a beat slower, Donn had more power. He could directly decide everything. With his style, he could never delay the matters that could be negotiated in one afternoon until the next morning.

After Real Sociedad replied that Forest could negotiate personal contracts with Arteta, Donn directly called Arteta's agent. After bargaining and both parties made concessions, Arteta agreed to come to the UK to sign the contract. The Forest immediately booked the next morning's air ticket for Arteta and his agent in Spain.

The next morning, the two arrived at London Heathrow Airport, and the Nottingham Forest's special car had already parked at the exit.

Everything has been negotiated on yesterday's phone and fax. What both parties have to do is very simple, including physical examination and signing the contract.

All of this is in a confidential state. When Moyes finally convinced the board of directors to give him a lot of money to join the Piaotian Astronomy Station and announced the second player to join the winter transfer period. His name is Mikel Arteta, a Spanish midfielder. He will wear the No. 14 jersey to compete in the Premier League.

Everton knew that Forest had made a offer to Real Sociedad, but they didn't know what the private negotiations between Forest and Arteta were, which made them completely unable to deal with them. Moyes suffered a big loss in Donn's "blitz" but who made them both like the same player...

At the press conference, Donn and Arteta stood together, holding a red Forest jersey with Arteta's name and number. Facing the reporters, Donn said with a smile: "I know someone will ask their questions about the transfer, but I can guarantee that Mikel will succeed here."

At Liverpool, Moyes is expressing his dissatisfaction to the Everton club chairman: "If we spend the time and saliva we waste on board meetings in Spain, now he should be standing by us in a blue jersey! Mr. Chairman, you should know what kind of excellent player the board has let go!"

That's right, they let out an excellent player and let out more... but Moyes doesn't know now.
Chapter completed!