With two midfielders in a row, Forest had no problem playing on the left side, and now it was Donne's turn to be on the right side. Originally, he envisaged that he would succeed in convincing Lennon to switch to Nottingham Forest, which would solve the problem of confirmation on the right flank. But I didn't expect this plan to be unsuccessful. And the team of Brian. Cash's performance disappointed Donn, who seemed to be completely obsessed with dribbling the ball regardless of the team's overall tactics. It's been a year, and there has been no progress at all. Don also removed his name from his future plans.

So he led the team for a month, and Nottingham Forest never found the right man.

The team's offense is now heavily left-leaning, which is not a good thing, and such a Forest team is walking with a limp.

At this time, the old scout Moore helped him again. He recommended a young player to Donne, who had only played one game for the first team now, but just hearing the name made him decide to buy him no matter how much it would cost.

Moore's recommendation to Done was an 18-year-old midfielder who had just been transferred to the first team by Watford - Ashley. Yang (ashley_young).

This little guy is a calf in the game, and it's not bad in reality. In the 06-07 season, Aston Villa spent eight million pounds to take him away from Watford. He can play on both the left and right flanks of midfield, passing and dribbling well, as well as a good free-kick and shooting.

The opposing club is clearly aware of his value as a player who can be eyed by Forest's chief scout Moore, and Done will not be able to bring the young player to the City Stadium without paying any price. However, Donn believes the attitude of the opposing club is not an issue with this transfer deal. Buy Clinton. Hill spent 300,000 on Chris. Commons spent 300,000, adding up to 600,000, and Donn's discretionary transfer funds were 8 million pounds! And 7.4 million more! This amount of money is a huge amount of money for a first-division club. Done doesn't believe Watford can resist the money attack, the only uncertain factor is the attitude of the players themselves. If Yang is the second Lennon, then it doesn't matter how much money is spent, as long as the player's idea is clear, Don will know how to spend the money.

Of course, it is against FIFA rules to bypass the club and contact players privately. But...... Everyone knows some of the things in this circle, as long as you don't do it too blatantly and make it known to everyone.

If Ashley. If Young can do it, then the problem on the right side of the Forest team can be solved somewhat.

In addition to the good news coming from the transfer market, there is another thing that makes Donn feel good.

Because he scored two goals against Sunderland and became the number one contributor to the team's victory, Eastwood can not only get a goal bonus according to the contract, but the media's evaluation of him has also changed overnight.

Even the most demanding media, in the face of that beautiful long-range shot and two goals, had to put away their discriminatory face and admit that Eastwood's performance surprised them.

Of course, two goals are insignificant for a long season and don't guarantee that Eastwood will score in such a back-to-back for the rest of the game. But at least it gave him a good start in the Forest team, so that the Forest fans accepted the new player in the first place. For strikers, there's nothing better than scoring goals to please the fans.

Eastwood became famous, and so did his foal. The pet store he fostered in the past not only decided to help Eastwood raise horses for free, but also simply advertised them in the newspapers. The full text of the advertisement is as follows:

"Pet House" for Freddie. Eastwood's Horses offer the best service!

Just one sentence made the shop lively, and there was an endless stream of people who came to see the horse every day. The store has launched a "Horse with a Football Player" campaign, where you can stand outside the railing and take a photo with the horse for just one pound.

It is not uncommon to take photos with football stars, but the opposite of horse photos with football stars has attracted the interest of countless fans.

Eastwood was not jealous of his horses, but agreed with the "pet house" that the horses must be healthy, that they should work no more than five hours a day to "pick up customers", and that they must give at least 30 percent of their income to improve the horse's normal salary. He believes in the "work ethic" of his horse, and there will be no crazy biting and kicking accidents, after all, he used to walk with him on the side of the A127 highway with cars, what scene has he never seen?

It's really right to describe that horse as calm and well-informed.

Naturally, it made the newspapers and became the new joke about the Gypsies within the team.

Eastwood was loved up and down the team, and while those two goals were largely to blame, it wasn't just the goals. Eastwood's surname is very good, warm and cheerful, he can get along well with anyone, and he is low-key, even if he threatens Gareth in the main position. Taylor couldn't even find a reason to hate this man.

Of course, Eastwood, who has such a good popularity, only has an exception for one team-mate.

※※※ George. Wood, along with Eastwood, is one of the players that Donn has focused most on in training. Since Christmas, he has been transferred to the first team, trained with the team for half a month, and has not yet been given the opportunity to represent the first team. The contract is still the same as the one signed in the youth team.

But Donn didn't stop Wood, who has been training with the first team for weeks, getting to know his team-mates, playing in the reserves, and staying fit. And he'd go to every game to see for himself how Wood was doing. To his relief, the kid is still improving.

It's just that many times he still seems inexperienced, rough, and unable to calmly judge the situation on the field. The momentum is more than enough, but the composure is insufficient.

Young man, Don doesn't ask for too much. He's good enough for his peers.

Donne's decision to forgo the 28th round of the league against Reading was just in time to train the young players and reserve players. The main squad of the first team, who have played for half a season, will be rested to avoid injuries and prepare for the Carabao Cup.

On January 16, after the training session of the day before the league, Donn announced the squad for the next day's game on the training ground, as is customary...... Generally, it is announced in the locker room when it arrives at the playing field.

Whenever this happens, the competition that is usually hidden beneath the friendly smile comes up, and except for a few players who are almost certain to be included in the squad because of their excellent performances or special positions, everyone else will wait with nervousness for the moment when their names are read out of Donn's mouth.

Only one person is an exception.

Standing in the last row of the team, George. Wood doesn't care what Donn is up to, he's thinking about how to play tomorrow's reserve game well. Mom is very happy that he can be transferred to the first team, although he can only play in the reserve team now, but it is enough to make her proud of her son, in her heart, since the reserve team is a second-tier team, then it must be higher than the youth team, which shows that her son is better than before. He doesn't want to disappoint his mother, so he demands that he can't make mistakes in every game.

Money and his mother's expectations were the only two reasons for him to continue on this path.

Suddenly, he heard someone calling his name, and his teammates in front of him all turned their heads to look back. He looked up strangely, and saw Don standing in front of him through the crack, and he was also looking at himself.

"Wood, you stay, the others ...... Disband!. ”

The players dispersed and walked towards the dressing room with their own minds. After the announcement of the list, some people are happy and some are worried.

Wood stood still, and most of his teammates turned their heads to look at him as they left, but he didn't understand what he had to look at.

When everyone was gone, and there were only two people left on the training ground, Donn walked over, took a ticket from his arms, and handed it to Wood. "Go back to your mother."

Wood didn't answer because he didn't understand what was going on.

Seeing his doubts, Don asked, "Did you just get distracted?" Didn't you hear me call you? ”

Wood nodded.

"Hmm...... This is a ticket to the VIP box of the city stadium, go back to your mother, let her go to the stadium tomorrow to watch the game, then the club will have someone to receive her, you don't have to worry about anything. ”

Wood still didn't get it.

Donn smiled: "George, go home and tell your mom that she can take this ticket to City Stadium tomorrow afternoon to watch your game." Remember it's tomorrow afternoon, not morning. League, you start. With that, he slipped the ticket into Wood's hand, then turned and waved towards his office.

"Goodbye, George. Have a good night's rest and come here at 9 o'clock in the morning. ”

Wood pinched the ticket and stood in the middle of the training ground, staring at Donn's back in a daze.

(To be continued)