Godfather Of Champions

July 1st is the day when players and coaches return to the team after their holiday.

Tang returned to Nottingham with Tang Jing the day before. He said that he ran into Tang Jing at the Beijing airport. Tang En didn’t believe him. He used his fangs and teeth to make fun of Tang. He blushed like a monkey **** before he stopped.

The Premier League started earlier than other leagues, and it kicked off in mid-August, so the Premier League team training started earlier than the teams in other national leagues.

On the first day of training, only physical recovery subjects were arranged. Considering that everyone had just spent a one-month holiday, all skills were not good, and the training intensity on this day was not very strong. The physical fitness is not under the control of Tang En, and a dedicated physical fitness coach is in charge, so he doesn't have to worry about it.

But he still has to go to the team, because in addition to leading the team training, there are things that need him to come forward.

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After a month of vacation, the players seem to have just woken up from their dreams, sleepy eyes, yawning, mentally and physically not adjusted to their best condition.

To Dunn's satisfaction, after a wonderful holiday, no one was absent on this day. In addition to Arteta and Ashley Young who have announced their departure, even Anelka, who is in conflict with Dunn, drove to train. He is still negotiating a personal contract with Juventus, and the two sides have some problems. there is controversy.

When these players, who were still unable to take their mental state from vacation for a while, drove and appeared outside the Vilford training base, they were shocked by the media waiting here.

To say "scare" may underestimate their insights, but it is actually the case-these Nottingham Forest players have never seen such multimedia at the training base on the first day of pre-season training.

Not only the media, but also countless fans who look like fans, holding banners on both sides of the narrow alleys, chanting slogans vigorously.

If you only look at the media, you may not know why it is so lively here. But looking at the avid fans, everything becomes clear.

Some of them are wearing red Manchester United jerseys, and some are wearing white Real Madrid jerseys. These people have one thing in common, that is, they all hold a poster.

Ribery, who drove over, parked his car in the parking lot inside the training base, and whistled to several teammates who arrived at the same time: "How was your vacation?"

"Fortunately, I went to Hawaii." Eastwood, who was almost black, pointed to his floral shirt. He also came by car. Now that he has become famous, he no longer lives in the caravan in the training base. He bought a small farm outside and lived there with his wife and children. Of course, he still warms up on horseback every morning of the home game day-riding on his own farm, but no one can think he is obstructing traffic.

Ribery pointed to the gate of the training base, from where we could see hordes of media and fans.

"It's so lively, isn't it? It looks like a big man is coming today."

"Don't you know who is coming?" Eastwood was a little surprised.

"Tsk, it's boring to say it is broken." Ribery gave Eastwood a roll of eyes.

The two of them were not in a hurry to go to the locker room, and they chatted while looking at the direction of the gate in the parking lot. As more and more cars stopped beside them, more and more people participated in the chat beside them. This formed a strange phenomenon-the players of the Forest team didn't even have a cash locker room to change clothes and went to the training ground. Instead, they greeted each other and chatted in the parking lot.

The holiday feels like it has not passed.

Wood did not drive here. His home is very close to the training base. He usually trains by running, and he just did the most basic warm-up here. Everyone is not surprised at this weird person.

Albertini has retired, and now the official captain of the team is him. He decided to enter the role as soon as possible. When Albertini is there, he only needs to be a captain on the field, and he will basically do nothing when he is off the field. The trivial things are done by the real captain Albertini. Now it's a completely different new experience.

Wood stood outside the crowd, hesitated for a while, coughed a few times, and cleared his throat.

His unusual behavior aroused some people's ideas.

"Hey, George, have you caught a cold?" Van Nistelrooy asked caringly. As soon as he spoke, the Dutch people who had been chatting with him all turned to look at him. These three took the lead, and the others also turned their attention to Wood.

"Ah, uh... no, I don't have a cold." Wood was embarrassed. "What are you talking about?"

Ribery smiled and pointed to the door: "Talk about the big people who came today."

Wood knows who they are talking about. In fact, he is not interested in participating in such topics. If he turns around before changing to the locker room, he changes his clothes and goes to the training ground to warm up. But not now. He is the captain. He is the captain no matter whether he is on or off the court. Is there such an uncomfortable captain?

Wood still remembers what Albertini said when he hugged him before leaving. "It's up to you next."

This is a kind of trust, Wood is not stupid, he understands it very well.

He moved a few steps, and instead of backing away, he squeezed into the crowd.

"Do you... like him coming?" After thinking about it for a long time, he asked a question that made everyone laugh.

"George, if you are a reporter, ask me this and I bet you will eat a lot of closed doors." Van Nistelrooy smiled. "We will interpret this issue as a provocation and separation of the locker room relationship."

"I can’t talk about what I like or dislike. I used to know about him through the media, but I basically don’t believe what the media says, good or bad. Now I have the opportunity to get in touch with him. I see." Pepe's words were nodded in agreement by most people.

I guess this is the attitude of the Forest team towards this new teammate... If you let the media know, I don’t know how they feel?

Next, there were groups of people chatting together, some chatting about the players who were about to join, some chatting with friends about their vacation, and a few others chatting about the two teammates Al Terta and Ashley Young.

It's just a few words of emotion that they won the championship together more than a month ago, and now they will become opponents. But other than that, they didn't express their indignation at the two people's departure. They are professional players. There are many things that separate and combine. It's no big deal. If they are friends, they are all friends everywhere. You can make an appointment to have a meal together with a call.

Anelka was the last to come. He did not join the teammates chatting, but went straight to the locker room. Similarly, no one kept him, let him stay and chat. Everyone knows that this French striker is a person who has gone, and since his heart is not here, the people here must do something to stay.

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Dunn and Tang are walking training bases, so they arrive later than the players.

Seeing the media and enthusiastic fan groups along the way, Dunn and Tang were also slightly surprised.

"Look, see. The king of popularity is different. Nottingham Forest has been so lively on the first day of pre-season training for so many years?" Dunn pointed to the fans on both sides and said to Tang, talking about his interest. , He also waved to those infatuated fans.

If all the **** fans of Nottingham Forest gathered here, Dunn’s wave of his hand will definitely get a tsunami-like response, which can greatly satisfy Dunn’s vanity. But this time, his wave of his hand received no response.

These people just held up the posters and set their sights at the end of the alley-that is the direction the players were driving-completely treating Dunn and Tang as air.

"Well..." Tang En was a little embarrassed as Tang silently watched. "At least it proves that they are not fans of Nottingham Forest...but it doesn't matter!" Then he raised his volume again, grinning. "They will be there soon."

When Dun En and Tang walked to the gate of the training base, they found that the iron gate that had been open before was closed.

The security inside the house saw that it was the head coach and the assistant coach, and quickly came out to open the door.

"What's going on?" Dunn asked strangely.

"Uh..." the young security guard hesitated, pointing to the noisy crowd outside the gate and said, "The reporters and fans are too enthusiastic. I was afraid they would rush in, so I closed the gate..."

Dunn turned his head and looked at those people. There were some sports reporters he knew, as well as completely strange faces. The reporters he knew saw Dun En turning around and waved at him.

But Dunn did not respond with a stern face, and they all asked themselves to be boring.

The young security guard thought that the straight-faced head coach would teach him.

Unexpectedly, turning his face away, Dunn smiled and patted him on the shoulder: "You are doing well."

After the two walked in, Tang, who had been silent, suddenly said, "It seems that he has already realized the essence of your closed training."

In front of the media, Dunn squatted on the ground with a rather unmannered smile.

"Bye...please, Don. Can you come up with a program preview before you tell a joke next time?"

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After Dunn finally got up, the two continued to walk in, and they saw the team members gathered in the parking lot.

Dun En and Tang looked at each other, and their doubts were seen in each other's eyes.

This is a scene they have never seen before.

Did it fight?

Dunn walked over quickly, only to find a false alarm. Ribery waved to him a long way away: "Boss, long time no see!" With a big smile, where is the fight?

"Hey, don't you change your clothes in the locker room, what are you standing here for?" Dunn asked when standing in front of the crowd, everyone stopped chatting.

"We all want to see with our own eyes the wonderful scene outside when he comes here." Ribery pointed to the people behind him, and pointed to the door.

Dunn tilted his head and found George Wood standing in the crowd, and he smiled.

"Then you might as well go to the gate and check it out. What can you see here?"

"This can't work, we used to be happy in the media, so just let it go." Ribery shook his head like a rattle.

"You also let the media see you here, don't think that the reporters can't see it? Okay, there is nothing to look at. Go back and change your clothes. I don't want him to be inspected like the Queen when he comes." Dunn blasted the group of people back to the locker room like a chicken.

Watching Wood leave in the crowd, Dunn turned his head and smiled at Tang: "It's really a group of funny boys. They are not people who have never seen a big star. They are all big stars."

"I just think it's fun to gather here." Tang nodded.

The group had gone, and now it was Dun En and Tang's turn to wait outside the parking lot.

Assistant coach Chris Lak waited on the training ground for a long time and saw only one Anelka. He found it very strange that Anelka would not be so active normally. He looked at his watch and realized that it was not Anelka who had come early, but that the others had not come at all!

Leaving Anelka aside, Chris Lak walked to the locker room. There was no one in the locker room. He exited and saw a large group of players hula la at the exit.

"Are you all here in a bus? So neat?" Chris Lak was not as good as Dunn, and he asked with an eyebrow.

"Sorry, sorry, sir. We talked outside for a while..." Since Ribery had the idea of ​​standing outside waiting at first, now he must also bear the anger from the coach. Fair and reasonable.

"Stop talking nonsense, hurry up and change clothes, wait for me on the training ground, you all know the punishment for being late!" Chris Lak waved impatiently.

Upon hearing the "punishment for being late," a large crowd rushed to the locker room. This is not a joke. Even if they are European champions, it is still a special tradition of the Forest team to be penalized for running late.

Ribery ran ahead, but was stopped by Chris Lakra: "Where are Tony and Don?"

"They're outside..." Ribery hurriedly pointed out his mouth, and jumped out of Chris Lak's hand, as if he was jumping into a loach.

Chris Lak didn't have time to take care of these boys, he went upstream and walked towards the exit.

Assistant coach Chris Lak kept walking, and finally found two Dunn and Tang who were chatting together in the parking lot.

"What are you doing here?" Chris Lak's loud voice started, and a group of birds on the tree flew away.

"Ah, David, come here." Dunn turned his head to see the visitor and waved to him.

"What are you here? You just arrived? Why didn't you go to the training ground? The other coaches are here."

Dunn patted his forehead, and it seemed that it was not the only players who hadn't entered the working state. He gave Tang a push: "I forgot about this. I'm only enough to introduce new players. Go, Tang."

Tang followed Chris Lak obediently, and Dunn no longer waited in the parking lot. He walked back to his office and began to make preparations.

Today Arshavin and Akinfeev did not come to the team because they were not used. The forest team will head to Russia for pre-season training in four days. They will join the team directly in Moscow.

As for why he chose Russia for training, Dunn said when answering a reporter’s question that all his opponents felt owed: “Adapt to the venue in advance for this season’s Champions League finals and do a warm-up.” European champions in the 07-08 season. The cup final was placed at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.

In fact, the real reason is that the Forest team was invited to participate in the Russian Railway Cup. As the new European champion, Dunn’s desk was filled with invitations for various pre-season warm-up matches. Dunn chose this event in the end. The reason is simple. Dunn values ​​the quality of the warm-up match rather than where to play, even if it is far away in Moscow, Russia. This time the railway cup has gathered masters. In addition to the weak strength of the host Lokomotiv Moscow, the other two participating teams are Real Madrid, which has hired a gold coach to take a pragmatic route, and... just lost in the final. To AC Milan in Nottingham Forest.

What a coincidence!

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Dunn didn't wait long in his office. About ten minutes later he received a call from the guard.

"Sir, he is here!" The young doorman's voice was a little excited. Through the telephone line, Dunn could hear the noise outside, and women's screams one after another.

Is it a young man after all?

Dunn simply responded and hung up the phone. He didn't get up and went out to meet him at the gate. He didn't want everyone to think that this person was special, so he even asked Evan and Allen not to leave his office to join in the fun.

Dunn turned his chair half a circle and looked at the training ground outside the huge French windows. The players were training in laps—or punishment. Because the team was late, they were penalized to run the lap.

However, since the training subjects these days are all about physical recovery, it is not a problem to say that this is training.

As for how to introduce this highly anticipated new teammate to them, Dunn had already had a spectrum in his heart.

Five minutes later, there was a knock on the door behind him.

Dunn stood up, turned around and looked at the door: "Please come in."

The man who loved so much came in with an apologetic look: "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry... I'm not very familiar with the traffic in Nottingham, I almost got lost..." Next to him is his agent Simon Fu. Le, a well-dressed, smart-looking middle-aged man.

"You have to drive by yourself. If you call the club to pick you up, it will be fine, David." Dunn said to Beckham before him, and then he simply shook hands with Fuller's agent. No deep conversation. Because of the series of contract negotiations, he got acquainted with this agent half a year ago, and he doesn't need to greet him warmly. The agent is not the protagonist in his office.

"Ha, after living in Spain for four years, I thought it would be the same in Britain...what should I call you, from now on?"

"In private—Tony. In front of his teammates, it's—the boss, so kind." Dunn walked around the table and stepped forward. "Go, I'll take you to meet them." He pointed to the French window behind him.

Beckham cast his gaze over, then nodded, and walked out with Dunn. Fuller continued to follow the two of them without saying a word, deliberately keeping a certain distance, so that Beckham and Dunn could communicate freely without worrying about the embarrassment of having a third party present.

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"It's not as good as Real Madrid's Valdebybas Sports City, but the facilities are complete and everything you need." Along the way, Dunn told David Beckham about the situation of the Vilford training base.

Beckham is naturally also very good at complimenting himself. He has stepped out of the European championship in such a training base, and the head coach Dunn is very amazing...

When the players of the Forest team finally finished their running laps and were out of breath and were resting on the sidelines, sharp-eyed people saw three people coming in from the outside. One of them was their familiar boss Tony Tang. Well, the other middle-aged man had no impression and was automatically ignored. Everyone's attention quickly focused on one person-David Beckham who walked beside Dunn and talked to him happily.

He was no longer dressed in casual clothes. Dunn took him to the locker room of the training base and assigned him a cabinet for him to use. He changed into training clothes and went straight here.

The players who rested on the sidelines didn't stand up and lined up. They should sit and rest and continue to sit, and those who should lie down and continue to lie down. Those who should be standing and chatting just turn around and stop chatting and look at their new teammates.

Dunn is very satisfied with the performance of the players, it seems that his men have no blind star chasers.

Only Wood deliberately stepped out from the crowd and stood at the forefront, which was showing his identity. He learned from Albertini. When the Forest team had new teammates, Dunn brought him and Albertini accepted.

Beckham knows Wood. He still remembers the cute boy who comforted him when he was replaced and crying on the sidelines in the World Cup against Portugal. He smiled friendly at Wood.

Seeing that everyone was focusing on his side, Dunn pointed to Beckham next to him.

"Your new teammate, professional player David Beckham." He specifically emphasized the word "professional player".

This is the way he came up with the introduction. He doesn't say that this is the famous star or the darling in the eyes of advertisers. Regardless of your achievements outside, he entered Vilford, his turf, is his player, is a professional player.

After speaking, he turned his head to observe Beckham's reaction. Beckham did not show any dissatisfaction. He smiled and greeted everyone: "Hey, guys, I'm glad we can play together in the future."

In fact, he was very grateful to Dunn for introducing him like this. Why did he come to the forest team? Isn’t it just to prove to the world that his true identity is a player, not an advertising model or an actor...

Everyone on the training ground gathered here, and the players and coaches gathered around Beckham.

Chris Lak introduced all the coaches of the Forest team coaching staff to Beckham to help him get to know the team and know who to ask if there is any question.

Next...

"George." Dunn reminded Wood who was a little hesitant standing beside him.

Wood finally stood up, and he said to Beckham in as usual a tone as possible: "I'm here to introduce you... teammates." The result sounded a little indifferent.

Fortunately, Beckham and Wood spent a summer in the England national team. He knew the character and temper of this man, and he didn't take it seriously. He gladly let Wood lead him to know the players of the Forest team one by one.

Everyone was very enthusiastic and did not show any unhappiness.

After the mutual understanding phase was over, Dunn spoke.

"The break is over, guys, go back to the training ground."

The players got up and walked towards the training ground.

Beckham was also going to follow, but was stopped by Dunn: "Wait, David."

"Huh? What's the matter, boss?" Beckham quickly entered the role he was under Dunn.

"Yeah..." Dunn scratched his head, and he had been thinking about what he wanted to say from the time he introduced the coach to Beckham. He is a little worried, but he must say, because this is team discipline. In terms of discipline, Dunn is very important. It cannot be ignored just because the offender is Beckham, so that he has no prestige in the team.

He looked up at the players who were standing not far away. Obviously these people knew about it and were waiting to see the show. A bunch of cunning brats!

"That's it, David. The Forest team has a tradition that emerged after I became the head coach of this team. That is, all players who are late in training will be penalized to run the lap." Dunn watched Looking into Beckham's eyes, he made his eyes appear sincere. "You just watched them panting out of exhaustion?" He pointed to the players who were watching the show over there. "They were just fined to run the lap and rest here. They were late to wait for you in the parking lot."

He was telling the truth, and the only one who survived was Anelka, who was indifferent to Beckham and was already determined to leave.

Beckham turned his head to look at the players, then looked at Dunn.

"You're late too, so...you have to go laps, eight laps." Dunn finished speaking and looked at Beckham quietly.

This made the agent Fuller who was on the side dissatisfied. His player was the famous David Beckham. Besides, being late was not intentional. They didn't know it beforehand... He thought Dunn had done something. A little too much. what is this? Do you give my players a chance?

He just took a step forward when he saw Beckham winking at him.

"No problem, Boss." Beckham shrugged. "I also have this rule when I play in Real Madrid, but we don't penalize laps."

"What's the penalty?" Chris Lak, who was interested in the insider of the rich, asked first.

"Free kick." Beckham blinked and smiled slyly.

A group of people laughed loudly, and the awkward atmosphere just now eased.

Amidst the laughter, Beckham turned and ran the lap. His agent waited for Beckham to run away, and walked to Dunn to question him.

Dunn spoke first: "I know what you are going to ask me, Mr. Fuller. But I hope you understand that David is still a professional player, and he also wants people to think so. I'm just being a head coach for professional players. It’s just something you do. Do you hope that the next day there will be negative news about'David Beckham playing big and special' in the media?"

"Uh……"

"Of course I won't chew my tongue to the media, but you can't guarantee that none of these people will not understand what David Beckham has obtained..." He snorted, "You have to be clear, Mr. Fuller. , I’m helping David Beckham. If David is a wise man, he can understand... and obviously he is a wise man. He did a good job, so that people can’t pick out any problems. By the way, I won the support and trust of my teammates. What else can you worry about, Mr. Fuller?"

Simon Fuller was speechless when he said this, and he had to admit that Dunn was justified in doing so.

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Beckham ran a lap outside the training ground, Eastwood followed, pretending to run with him, and then approached him.

"David?"

"Ah, you are... Freddie Eastwood?" Beckham has a very good memory. Wood only reports everyone's name once, and he can quickly match the name and face in his heart.

"Just call me Freddie." Eastwood blinked. "They still call me Gypsy kid, but I'm never angry!"

Beckham smiled.

"Are you free tonight, David?"

"Hmm...Yes." Beckham thought for a while. There really is nothing else for him to be busy, and... even if he is busy, he has to push it away. He is very smart and already knows what the signal is.

"That's good." Eastwood snapped his fingers. "Everyone has prepared a welcome party for you, drink and chat together, have fun."

"for me?"

"It's like a penalty run, this is our tradition." Eastwood smiled happily. "Any new player will come in...Of course, that new player must be recognized by all of us."

This is the truth, such a welcome party must have been prepared long ago. However, it is usually at the last moment before the summer transfer market closes during the pre-season training camp. At that time, the Forest team generally will not introduce new players. After a period of time and familiarity with each other, the welcome party will be considered. If the newcomer is not welcome, he won't be invited to participate. Fortunately, Anelka was the only one who was not invited in the past few years. When he first came, he was really not very popular.

"Boss... are they going?" Beckham glanced at Dunn, who was talking to his agent.

"No, neither the coach nor the staff will go. If we don't invite them, they won't be allowed to go. This is a gathering of our players. Are you looking for some leaders?"

Beckham nodded: "Okay! I'm very happy to be invited to participate. Does this mean I was...accepted? Like a green forest hero?"

"Yes! We are in a group now!"

Both laughed.

Chris Lak’s loud voice sounded in the distance: "Freddy Eastwood! What are you doing? Training here, here!" He waved his arms vigorously, looking aggressive.

Eastwood is not afraid of him. He screamed in response: "Ah! I remembered that I was lazy and ran a lap less just now when I was penalized, and now I make it up! Can't let David act alone, I Also a professional player!"

Everyone on and off the training ground laughed. Even Chris Lak, who had a fierce look just now, couldn’t help but grinned, still muttering: "This little bastard!"

Looking at these smiling players, Beckham remembered that on the way to the Forest team training base, his agent Simon Fuller asked him if he knew what was going on in the Forest team? He shook his head and said that he didn't know. He really didn't know much about the internals of this team. His impression of this team came from his good friend Tony Dunn. Before he officially became a member of the forest team, Dunn never told him the story of the team. He can only use his four-year experience in Real Madrid to imagine his life in Nottingham in the next two years. After all, it is the closest life to him now.

Now he feels... it must be a completely different feeling to get along with in Real Madrid.

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Dunn is still talking with Fuller, he wants to let the agent understand his thoughts and ensure that there will be no misunderstandings. After all, this agent can influence not only David Beckham, but also Beckham's wife, the unstable factor Victoria Beckham. Because he used to be the agent of the "Spice Girl" group and had a good personal relationship with Victoria.

"Mr. Fuller, I know you have just returned from Spain. But this is not Real Madrid with a strong aristocratic atmosphere. This is Nottingham. It is the Sherwood Forest of Robin Hood." Dunn grinned at the agent. , Showing a big white tooth. "You have the strength and you are honest with others, and you will get sincere support. Eating a large piece of meat and drinking a large bowl will never treat you badly." (To be continued, if you want to know what happened, please visit www. qidian.com, more chapters, support authors, support genuine reading!)

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