Don still remember a season and a half ago, when he met Roy Keane. He thought that that thing would be a perfect ending - something like the princess and the prince lived happily together: Roy Keane announced his free joining Nottingham Forest and became a member of Don.

But unfortunately, not all stories are like fairy tales. Roy Keane's stubbornness and loyalty are beyond his imagination. In the end, the two met and separated in the vast crowd, and no story happened.

The only gain from Don En is that he has the friendship of this tough Irish guy. They got along very happily. When Keane resumed training at the Forest Team, he asked Don En for some questions about coaching a team. Of course, the arrogant Keane only asked questions about some questions, and Don En answered. In addition, Keane was not too enthusiastic or curious about the performance of the head coach. At that time, Keane had not decided to retire, and becoming a coach was just a dream.

But Keane has indeed told Don more than once that after his retirement, he hopes to become a head coach as good as Ferguson and Crowe, which can influence the new generation of players to embark on the right career path.

Later he joined the Celtics and left England. When he left, he published a touching open letter, thanking everyone, including the old man Ferguson who drove him out of the house. The only person he did not mention was Tony Donne. He said he would not make someone feel too good, and he did what he said.

Now, a year and a half later, he is back, bringing his dreams to the stage that once belonged to him.

He is no longer the captain of the "Red Devils" Manchester United, nor is he the down-and-out player who is already in the late stage of his career kicked out by Manchester United club. He is wearing a straight suit and shiny leather shoes. He is wearing a dark red tie with a tie clip with the Sunderland team logo on it.

He is now the head coach of Sunderland, a newly promoted Premier League team in the new season.

"Do you like to hear me call you Mr. Keane? Or Coach Keane?" At the regular press conference the day before the game, Don Eun met his long-lost old friend Roy Keane.

"Everything is fine.     "

In front of the reporters' camera, two personalized coaches held their hands together, with smiles on their faces, but this was not a show in front of the public. Don Eun has few friends in the coaching world - some people may not be enemies of Don Eun, but they cannot be considered friends - Luckily, Roy Keane is one of them.

"Then I'd better call you Roy.    I heard about your results in the English Championship. I have to say that I did a pretty job!" As the two shook hands and hugged each other, Don Eun whispered in Keen's ear.

"No matter how beautiful it is, it can only be 'Tony Donn's Nottingham Forest Miracle 2'." Roy Keane shrugged and curled his lips.

Roy Keane played for half a season with the Celtics before deciding to retire completely, and then he took a break. At the end of December last year, Sunderland came to him, hoping to hire him as the head coach of the "Black Cats". At that time, Sunderland was already ranked last in the Championship, and they only had the goal of relegation this season. Nothing else was considered.

Before Roy Keane, Sunderland had found many other well-known or unknown head coaches, but none of them were willing to take over the mess. At that time, some people were discussing this issue in the coaching association. Many people thought that going to Sunderland to coach was a disaster, or to put it bluntly, "a very risky gambling". Maybe they would be buried with Sunderland and relegated to the First Division. That was England's third-tier league, equivalent to the previous second Division.

Which coach is willing to do this?

This incident aroused Don En's interest. Of course, he didn't want to coach. Instead, he had a suitable candidate to recommend to Sunderland.

His advanced memories came to an abrupt end in the first half of 2007, and it has no effect yet. Despite this, he still vaguely remembered that Roy Keane did coach Sunderland. As for when he started coaching this team and whether he would lead the team to successfully relegate or upgrade in the end, he didn't know. And he didn't know the story behind Sunderland's coaching Roy.

But now, he has the opportunity to make it happen.

Will Roy Keane become an excellent head coach and then threaten Tony Don't's results? Will he become a big shot in the future to compete with Don't in league and European courts?

Tang En didn't know, nor did he want to know. That was the future. It was Keen's own business. Now he just felt that Roy had told him about his head coaching dream more than once before, so now that the opportunity has come, he can use his little reputation in football to help Roy. After all, the two are friends.

He then found Sunderland Club president Danny Quinn and recommended him the former Irish international's national teammate.

Speaking of the young chairman of the Sunderland Club, there are some well-known "grudges" between him and Keane.

Quinn was the main center of the Irish national team and a loyal supporter of Irish head coach McCarthy. At the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, Keane and McCarthy turned against each other. Quinn stood firmly behind the head coach. That season, when Manchester United challenged Sunderland away. Kein also elbowed Irish compatriot McCarthy on the field and had an argument with Quinn. The relationship between the two was not good, so Quinn did not choose Keen, who was idle at home when the club could not find a head coach.

At first, Quinn wanted to be the head coach of the club as the club, but he did not win in the first five games of coaching the team, which made the Irish high center sober. He could rely on the strength of his hometown consortium to acquire Sunderland, which was in an economic crisis, and then take the high position of the chairman, but he might not be able to lead a team to victory. Then he found his mentor McCarthy, who was in the Irish national team.

As a result, one of Keane's most hated head coaches did not succeed in Sunderland. Sunderland's last result was a large part of his contribution. Two months later, the unbearable Sunderland board of directors decided to fire McCarthy. Then until before Christmas, Sunderland's head coach was a temporary guest appearance by their youth team head coach, and the team's morale was depressed. He lost consecutive games and finally slipped to the 20th place in the Championship - the last.

This situation looks familiar? It looks very similar to the situation where Tang En took over the Forest team. The only situation in which Sunderland is better than the Forest team is that they have no economic crisis. But if the team continues to lose like this and loses to the third-level league, no one dares to guarantee whether there will be an economic crisis.

At this moment, Don recommended Roy Keane to Quinn.

The reason for Don En's recommendation is very simple: "...I think what your team needs is not financial stimulation or a star player, but to help the players get rid of the gloomy mentality brought by successive losses. In this regard, I believe Roy will be the leader who brings the victory back to the locker room and back to the court."

Later, when attending the press conference for the new coach's appointment, someone asked why he chose Roy Keane, and Quinn repeated Tang En's words to the media intact.

After listening to Don't En's recommendation, Quinn weighed the profits and believed that under the current circumstances, personal grievances were not worth mentioning compared to the current situation of the club, so he took the initiative to find Keen and sincerely hoped that Keen would be the head coach of Sunderland. At the same time, Don't also called Keen. He suggested that he should accept this opportunity: "If you are worried about inexperienced and have poor results in leading the team... Look at Sunderland now, do they have any more to lose? Anyway, you are just a rookie coach, and no one will have unrealistic expectations for you. I think Sunderland is the best team to start your coaching career."

Roy Keane became the head coach of "Black Cats" Sunderland after Christmas.

The next story is simply a replica of Don Eun's first full season. Kean injected strong spiritual power into the team. As Don Eun said, Sunderland, who has got rid of the dark mentality, burst out their strong combat power. It was supplemented by the financial support of the club's board of directors and Kean's former club Manchester United loaned a young player to Sunderland. After half a season, Sunderland, the last one, became the first. They not only succeeded in relegation, but also qualified for the Premier League next season.

Head coach Roy Keane's debut was so amazing that it could not be more amazing. No wonder some media linked this miracle created by him who was equally young to Tony Don, believing that Keane has the potential to become "Tony Don't Second".

But for the arrogant Keane, this is probably not a good word, even if the partner is his own good friend.

Don Eun knew that Keen said, "No matter how beautiful he is, he can only be 'Tony. Don Eun's Nottingham Forest Miracle Second'." This was a bit unwilling and unwilling to accept it. He smiled and patted Keen on the shoulder, saying nothing.

After the two head coaches sat down, they began to answer questions from reporters, mainly focusing on the local competition tomorrow. Some people would also ask more gossip whether the friendship between the two would affect the results of tomorrow's game.

Tang En fully demonstrated the host's momentum at this time. He glared at the reporter who asked such a stupid question: "Are you suggesting that there may be injustice in the game between our two teams?"

In fact, it cannot be said that this reporter is completely aimless.

Because after Sunderland became the top player, he bought people everywhere to enhance his strength. Keane used two means to complete this work. One was to rely on the strong financial resources of the club's board of directors to directly purchase players he liked from the transfer market; the other was to loan talented young players from teams with good relationships to increase the thickness of the team's bench. For example, he loaned central defenders Evans and Simpson from Manchester United. Nottingham Forest is naturally his target. Don was also willing to let some outstanding players from the youth team go out to see the world, accumulate game experience, and improve his own level. So at the beginning of the new season, he loaned Adriano Mok of the youth team to Sunderland. He also recommended central defenders Aaron Mitcher and several other young players to Keane, but Keane didn't like it.

After the two teams have this relationship, it is inevitable that they will be imaginative.

Keane also clarified with a stern face: "Private friendship is private friendship, and competition is competition. I will drink with Don after the competition, but we are enemies before that."

Tang En looked at Keen with tacit understanding and nodded, "When you leave, I will start fighting with him immediately. These are inside stories that you will not know."

His serious expression caused laughter from the reporters below, and the problem that made the two head coaches feel embarrassed was skipped.

Then everyone asked some very conventional questions, such as "Can you look forward to the game?" "Mr. Done (Mr. Keane). What do you think of the team Sunderland (Nottingham Forest)?"... The answers of the two head coaches were fair and did not allow sensitive media to seize any handle.

After the routine press conference, Keane went to the stadium to watch the team's adaptation training, and Tang En had to go home to prepare for the next day's game. As Keane said at the press conference, the two people needed to put their personal friendship aside before the game ended and concentrate on playing the role of "enemy". So Tang En did not enthusiastically invite Keane to have dinner together, and Keane did not take the initiative to talk to Tang En.

After the two shook hands and said goodbye at the press conference, they separated.

When he got home. Tang, who had been waiting at home for a long time, asked him: "How do you feel?"

"How does it feel?" Tang En was confused when asked.

"Old friends reunite." Tang's words were as simple as ever.

Don En knew that he felt after asking about meeting Keen. The routine press conference was boring, and I believe the reporters would feel that there was no story at all. However, he remembered the whispering conversation between him and Keen before, and a small detail re-entered his memory.

"Ah, you said Roy. Fortunately, Keen, wearing a suit and tie, made me a little unfamiliar. I am still used to seeing him crazily blocking his opponent's knees on the court in a Manchester United jersey. "Tang Neng shrugged. "His results in the Championship last season were amazing. To be honest, when I recommended him to Quinn, I never thought he could do so well."

Tang smiled slightly: "So do you feel the threat from him now?"

Tang En, who was pouring tea for himself, looked back at Tang sitting on the sofa, and shook his head: "No. No, far from it."

"The water is about to overflow." Tang pointed to the teapot in Tang En's hand.

Tang En put down the teapot. He picked up the teacup and walked over. He handed it to Tang and enjoy the other one.

"For Roy..." He took a big sip of tea before he continued, "That start is so amazing. It may not be a good thing. Destiny is really wonderful, I think about it occasionally now..." He looked up at the red sky outside the window. The fire clouds at dusk will be a good weather tomorrow.

"If Gavin had nothing to do with it, the team was in high morale, and I was in excellent form. I led the team to the Premier League at the end of the first season, and then I was not dismissed and returned to the youth team. Michael would not have gone far away to the United States... Now four years later, can I still appear in public as a head coach who won the Champions League and Super Cup?" Tang En murmured as he looked out the window, "I don't know... I really don't know."

"Some things seemed abrupt and accidental at the time, but after a long time, I have to admit that... they are related to the present. 'Therefore, God will give a great responsibility to this person, he must first suffer his mind and mind, exhaust his muscles and bones, and starve his body. He is empty and exhausted. He acts and chaotics his actions, so he is moved and endures his nature. He has been unable to do anything.'" Tang En memorized a passage of "Mencius", and anyone who has received nine-year compulsory education in China will know

Dao this passage. “It was said by the ancestors of China again. To be honest, I hate this kind of rhetoric—why should you accept failure first? Why should you fail first? Why should you succeed? But... it’s a pity, whether I like it or not, this statement makes sense. It can be passed down for more than two thousand years, which means it is a famous saying, and it has reasons for existence and continuation. This is a natural law, and people cannot compete with it. Do you understand, Tang?"

Tang nodded. Although he was not an authentic Chinese, he also understood the meaning of this statement.

"I... have experienced many things, good and bad... so I can achieve what I have today. This is a causal relationship. And Roy... succeeded too quickly, which is not very beneficial to his future coaching career." Speaking of this, Tang En took his eyes from the sky outside the window, turned to look at Tang, and he smiled. "If God wants to make a person great achievements, he must first hone him and let him experience failures, setbacks, and hardships. But Roy has not experienced these things now. He came to the Premier League with the hat of a 'genius coach'. This is wrong, unreasonable, there is something wrong with God." He pointed to the sky outside the window.

"So, I decided...I will do my best to do the way for heaven."
Chapter completed!