Godfather Of Champions

After Dunn gave Anelka's reply that he agreed to leave, Anelka's two brothers became busy again. Although the threshold of 25 million pounds sounds a bit high, they believe that with their brother's outstanding performance last season, they can definitely find a club that is willing to pay the money.

Dunn ignored their affairs and focused on the team's summer training and other transfers.

First, he called Manchester City coach Stuart Pierce and asked about Kasper Schmeichel's transfer possibility. The Manchester City club really wants to give this generally optimistic young goalkeeper a chance to exercise, but it is unrealistic for him to get the main force or even the first substitute position in the Manchester City first team. Pierce is more inclined to rent out Schmeichel Jr. to exercise for a season. After all, the son of the famous Pete Schmeichel is not yet twenty years old and the future is boundless.

No matter how good the relationship is, Pierce doesn't want Dunn to be so cheap.

Rent a goalkeeper to come over as a substitute, Dunn will not do this, the Forest team is now not a processing factory to help others train stars.

He still hopes Pierce will think about it and sell Schmeichel to the Forest team. Pierce is very determined this time. After selling Sun Jihai to Nottingham Forest, he does not want to lose the team's future main goalkeeper. He agreed to loan Schmeichel to the Forest for one or two seasons, but Dunn disagreed.

In this way, the candidate for the substitute goalkeeper fell into a deadlock.

Dunn originally valued Casper Schmeichel very much, but he was not the only one who valued this young goalkeeper. He knew it was a soft nail this time, and Pierce couldn't let go.

Just when he was upset that the deal was not successful, Tang recommended another player for him. The name of this person was familiar to him, but now he has forgotten it. If it weren’t for Tang to mention it again, he’d probably I can't remember it at all.

Igor Akinfeyev (Igor_Akinfeyev), the main goalkeeper of the Russian Premier League team CSKA Moscow, was an important contributor to CSKA's UEFA Cup victory last season.

Dunn's mind suddenly became clear. This is indeed an excellent goalkeeper who can carry the forest team's future.

The head coach was fine, and Nottingham Forest immediately issued a purchase request for Akinfeev to Russia's CSKA.

As a Russian team, CSKA is very aware of the fact that the outstanding players they have cultivated will definitely leave here and move on to a broader stage.

In fact, Nottingham Forest is not the first European club interested in this young goalkeeper. Many giants including Manchester United, Arsenal and AC Milan have more or less reported that they want to buy him. But the club that made a transfer application for the young goalkeeper for the first time was Nottingham Forest.

Other teams are still on the sidelines, and Ferguson directly rejected people's expectations that Manchester United will introduce Akinfeev-he said the Russian goalkeeper is not in his future plans.

Although in the FM07 that Dunn has played, the goalkeeper known as "AK" is a famous monster, but the goalkeeper is a position that values ​​age and experience more. Young goalkeepers often need to be investigated for a longer time. No giant club dares to place all bets on a goalkeeper who is just 20 years old. They also hope to "observe."

Dunn is fighting this time difference. His transfer transactions have always appeared as a "daring gambler" in people's eyes. This time is no exception. When other clubs are still waiting or hesitant, Forest The team submitted a transfer application to the Russian Central Army, and their offer was five million pounds.

Feedback came quickly. CSKA was not surprised by Akinfeev’s departure, but they could not accept the price. They increased the offer to 7.5 million pounds, or about 10 million euros.

10 million euros to buy a goalkeeper who is only 20 years old!

This is really crazy in the eyes of many people. Although Buffon set a world record of 20 million euro worth of goalkeeper when he transferred from Parma to Juventus, Buffon has long been in the domestic league and national team after all. He proved his ability in the game, and unlike Akinfeev, Buffon is from a world strong team like Italy. The strength of the national team and the national league level are not at the same level as Russia.

"If the Russians want to scare us away with this offer, then they have made the wrong idea. We are not the Nottingham Forest two years ago." Dunn's response was to mention the first offer of six million. The pound sterling, with additional terms, allows Akinfeev to be leased back to CSKA for one season at zero loan fee.

In other words, Nottingham Forest paid Akinfeev a year’s salary, and at the same time gave it to the CSKA to use it for a season free of charge, and the CSKA also made a net profit of 6 million pounds.

This condition was very good. The Central Army did not refuse any more, but agreed to the Forest Team and Akinfeev to discuss a personal contract.

The Forest team may not have this strength a year ago, but now Nottingham Forest is very attractive for Russian goalkeeper Igor Akinfeev. After all, it is the runner-up of the Premier League and the runner-up of the Champions League, and the strength is recognized by the world, there is no doubt.

Coupled with the addition of world-class striker Van Nistelrooy, it has greatly improved the team's appeal.

Akinfeev knew that the Russian Premier League was not the stage he wanted, and the Premier League of Europe’s top league was his future. Although there were many rumors about big teams interested in him this year, none of them became true. Now that the opportunity came, he didn't want to miss it.

The negotiation between the two parties went smoothly.

Akinfeev and Nottingham Forest signed a five-year permanent transfer contract, with an annual salary of 1.5 million pounds after tax. The first season was rented back to the CSKA Moscow who trained him.

When the two parties announced the news, Dunn smiled in front of the reporters. He can already see that the future of the team is becoming clear day by day.

The media naturally have opinions about this transfer transaction. Some people praised the forest team for buying the full security of future goals, while others claimed that it was so reckless (the transaction lasted a short time, and everything was done in four days). It is really not a wise move to join a young goalkeeper who does not know whether he can adapt to the Premier League. They even wonder if there is any shady “insider trading” behind this transfer...

Dunn ignored the nonsense of these media... If there is no insider trading, he himself first disagreed. In order to make the transfer process more smoothly, Nottingham Forest gave Akinfeev’s agent a little "red envelope" ... But Dunn himself did not get any benefits from it. In terms of economic income, Dunn is a contented and happy person, he does not lack this little money, and he is unwilling to make money in this way. Brian Clough’s lessons are still vivid.

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"Well, we have solved the team's goalkeeper for the next ten years. This is good news to celebrate." After the transfer was made, Dunn said to his men in the office, "But...I found out We went around but still did not solve the original problem-where is our substitute goalkeeper?"

Chris Lak and Dunn looked at the goalkeeper coach Andy Beasley (Andy_Beasley), hoping that he could answer this question.

"Uh, actually... I think Paul is enough as a substitute goalkeeper." This was Beasley's answer, obviously not satisfying Dunn, he frowned.

At this moment, someone spoke for him.

"I think Paul Gerrard is a very qualified substitute goalkeeper." Tang, the Chinese assistant coach said in fluent English.

Dunn looked at him: "Reason."

"The mentality is good and does not require the main position. In addition, I have watched the Champions League final video many times. I think it is not his responsibility to concede two goals. Under such circumstances, he suddenly played, and his performance is already very good." Tang After talking about his reasons, he fell silent again.

Dunn held his chin in thought.

He was reminiscing about the final, carefully recalling every detail. He was very impressed by that game. It has only been two months and he will not forget it.

"If it weren't for Paul's outstanding performance, we should have been equalized by Barcelona in the first half. I know he is not qualified to be the main goalkeeper, and Paul himself knows this very well. So I think let him be our number one substitute The goalkeeper is the most suitable candidate." Goalkeeper coach Beasley also helped.

Dunn withdrew from the memory, he shrugged: "Andy, you are the goalkeeper coach. You are more authoritative than me in this respect. If you think he is capable of serving as a qualified substitute, then we don't have to bother to find a substitute goalkeeper... …To be honest, this position is as difficult to find as Wood’s substitute."

Everyone laughed. What Dunn said is not bad at all. The goalkeeper is unique in his position and requires stability, so he never changes candidates easily, and he never rotates. The substitute goalkeeper must have enough patience and peace of mind to face the endless bench career, and always be prepared for the opportunity to play at any time.

And Wood's bench is another peculiarity-the midfielder position is not impossible to rotate, it is that Wood is too stable, never injured, there is no ups and downs in the state, and there is no problem with physical fitness. For such a player, why does the coach have to rotate him? As a result, his substitute has no chance to play. Think about the poor Gunnerson last season... Dunn left him as a precaution, but he didn't expect that there would be no such "just in case" opportunity for the entire season.

Now Gunnarsson has left the team and turned to the Wolves, the championship team.

After laughing, Tang suddenly said: "I don't think we need to look for Wood's substitute deliberately. If Wood's substitute is a full-time midfielder, it would be a waste. And Sun is all-powerful in the backcourt..."

Dunn nodded to show that he understood what he meant.

Instead of finding a defensive midfielder for Wood as a substitute, it is better to find a backcourt, not only as a substitute for Wood, but also as a substitute for others. Central defenders, full backs, midfielders...all do. For example, Pepe and Pique both have experience in playing midfielders, and Sun Jihai is even more so. In this way, George Wood's bench problem is solved.

It’s just a different angle of thinking. This problem that has plagued the team’s coaching staff for more than a year has been solved in this way. The colleagues in the coaching staff gave this Chinese who had been promoted directly from the youth team’s assistant coach to the assistant coach of the team. A deeper understanding-he is indeed capable, rather than relying solely on a good personal relationship with the head coach.

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After Bayern Munich failed to buy Van Nistelrooy, they set their sights on Frank Ribery, who shined in the World Cup, but Nottingham Forest marked Ribery as a "not for sale" and not only rejected Bayern Munich. One family’s offer even rejected all those buyers interested in Ribery.

The Forest team wants to create better results. Dunn hopes that the team will become an important force that cannot be ignored in European football, so now is not the time to sell.

Not only Ribery, but Ashley Young and Alan Lennon, Arteta, George Wood, Pique, Pepe, Barnes, Bell, Zimbanda... etc. Last season the Forest team Almost all of his main lineup was hollowed out by those buyers, and Dunn refused.

For a team with lofty ideals, the most important thing is a stable lineup. These players have been working together for one or two seasons, and the tacit understanding between them has been completely established. Now if this combination is taken apart for the sake of some money, Dunn is really the biggest fool in the world.

"Nottingham Forest does not rely on betraying the star to make money to survive. We are not such a team. We are not the star processing base of any big club. Even if someone really puts out two trillion pounds, my players will not sell. "

This is the promise that Dunn wrote in his personal column.

Then Lineker commented on Dunn’s remarks in his personal column: "...He is a head coach with lofty ideals. Note that I am talking about'lofty ideals.' This ideal is not about relegation or relegation. The team enters the European arena in the coming year and so on... This ideal is the'championship'. With such a head coach, it is not difficult to understand why Nottingham Forest has undergone earth-shaking changes under his leadership. The three-level triple jump. And it is constantly expanding its own strength. Because this team, like their head coach, has the same'great ideals'."

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Dun En's rejection of those quotation applications that are about to fill the desk is tantamount to stabilizing the military's mind. Now the forest team players are very clear, follow their boss, there is a future (money) way, no one wants to leave this team to choose a new adventure. This is also the intention of Dunn's public speech. To stabilize the army before the season, and the generals of the three services are all working hard, the new season will have a good sign.

After that, he continued to take action in the transfer market.

In Dunn’s words to Tang, "How to make the club make money is the job of the guy Alan, and my job is how to spend the money Alan made."

Although Mikel Arteta performed well last season, Dunn was still annoyed that the team did not have a real midfielder, and this midfield combination must have been thoroughly studied by opponents. It is tantamount to idiotic dreams to want to fight the world unchanged.

He must introduce more fresh blood into the midfield, not only to bring more tactical changes, but also to keep the current group of boys in a sense of crisis at all times, and let them know that there is no major position that can not be afforded.

This time, after comparing multiple candidates, he set his sights on the Netherlands.

He was very happy to see that the development of things was different from what he remembered, because there was an ideal candidate in his mind. (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit WWW.QIDIAN.COM, there are more chapters, authors are supported, and genuine reading is supported!)

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