The team trains on the training ground, led by assistant coach David ? Chris Rac leads the team. Don and the club's president, Evan? Together, in the chairman's office, through the huge floor-to-ceiling windows, Dogotti watched the training.

"Tony, is there a problem with the team right now?"

Evan asked this purely knowingly, the team is currently losing two consecutive league games, and Don took the initiative to come to him, and fools know that there must be a problem. Perhaps knowing that he was silly to ask, Evan added, "Well, I'm asking what's wrong." ”

Don looked at the training ground below, hesitated for a moment, and nodded, "Well, Evan, I may have to ask you to pay again." There is a position that needs to be replenished. Eighteen rounds of league play have been played, and the team has conceded almost every goal. Take a look at recent games...... I must say, Darren? Ward is no longer up to my request. ”

"Darren? Ward? Are you planning to buy a new goalkeeper when the winter transfer window opens? ”

"Yes, I already have the right person. But we may face competition from somewhere...... "Actually, Donn knows, the competition that the Forest team has to face is Jean George? Wood made a name for himself in Manchester United. "So financially I need the full support of the club."

Evan didn't answer right away, but lowered his head and pondered for a moment.

Don didn't rush, standing aside and pretending to watch the training. He understands Evan's struggles.

After all, he spends money a little crazy in the summer. The Premier League is not the same as Serie A and La Liga, a non-giant club spends millions of pounds on transfer fees is not a small expense, like La Liga, which spends more than 100 million dollars on people in a summer, it is almost impossible to appear in Premier League clubs before.

This summer, because Abub-run Chelsea welcomed a championship-level coach Jose Mourinho, the expenses are naturally also championship-level. Roman Abramovich has led a spending boom in English football, with Premier League clubs spending heavily on player transfers this summer.

According to the usual practice, Nottingham Forest, as a promoted horse, has just passed the economic crisis, and it would be good to come up with a transfer budget of five or six million pounds in the new season, but Donn spent 12 million in one go, basically squeezing out the team's finances. He also knew that if he made an economic request now, Evan would definitely not agree to it as simply as it was in the summer.

"I'm interested in your goals, Tony." As a result of his reflection, Evan still did not nod his head, but instead asked questions.

Donn said: "Fulham and the Dutch national team's main goalkeeper Van der Sar. ”

Evan thought back in his mind and seemed to have an impression: "That tall and thin man? He's good, but I've heard Manchester United are interested in him as well......"

Don smiled bitterly: "So we need to prepare more money...... The only thing we can do is raise the transfer fee and meet the Dutchman's wage needs. ”

"How much does he get paid a week in Fulham?"

"Forty thousand pounds." Donn held out four fingers.

Hearing this number, Evan frowned. If the Netherlands is to be brought to the country, at least the salary level must not be lower than this amount, which will inevitably destroy the existing salary structure of the Forest team. At present, the highest salary in the Forest team is Viduka, and the weekly salary is only 40,000. To George, who has just become famous? Wood's weekly salary is still the same as last season's contract - two thousand five hundred pounds.

"How much do you expect to need, Tony?" Evan asked again.

"I want to ......," Donn recalled, Manchester United signed Van der Sar on July 1 next year, how much did it cost at that time? Three hundred? Five hundred? It seems to be a rather special number...... Come to think of it! "At least that's more than two and a half million pounds......"

"Why two and a half million?"

"Well, if it goes any lower, Fulham won't agree, right? They brought the Dutch from Juventus for more than £5 million. Van der Sar is almost thirty-four years old, and it is impossible to sell more than at the beginning, but it cannot be too low, after all, it is not our family who is interested in Van der Sar now. ”

Hearing Donn's explanation, Evan nodded, "You're right, Tony. But I don't think there's just one name on your shortlist, right? ”

Evan was right, Don certainly wouldn't put all his eggs in one basket. "Of course...... I have many names, but probably the best one is Van der Sar. Evan, do you know French goalkeeper Frey? He is Parma's main goalkeeper and although they are in a financial crisis right now, we are afraid that the transfer fee will be higher if we want to get him. And, too, face competition from Manchester United...... Their goalkeeper problems this season have been as prominent as ours. In order to save money, we could also consider asking Inter Milan to sign Toldo on loan - but I don't think that would be a wise choice, as the old Italian goalkeeper's form has dropped dramatically...... Also, I have a lot of young goalkeeper names, but they are too small, they belong to the future and they don't solve our problems now. ”

After listening to Donn's analysis, Evan also had to admit that his proposal was well thought out.

"Okay, Tony. We are talking to the bank about refinancing, and I think if it goes well, you won't be short of money in January next year. "Evan? Dogetty finally nodded.

Hearing that the money was used, the stone in Tang En's heart fell to the ground. The Forest team is now in the stage of transformation and change, and needs money everywhere, and Donn is still a little grateful that Evan can cooperate with him so much. After all, there are fewer and fewer such club presidents now. Perhaps it is because of Evan's status as an American who does not understand football that he is able to delegate more power to himself, and does not ask about the team, as long as Donn has a reasonable reason, he will not object.

Although none of us Russians are rich, but thinking about some of the dirty disputes between Mourinho and Abramovich in the future, Donn is still very content.

Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief, Evan suddenly added, "Of course, Tony." If you invest more, you need to get a return. What are our goals for this season? ”

Don understood what Evan meant by asking, as the president of the team, Evan? It's impossible for Dogetty not to know the team's goals for the season, which were set before the season. He nodded: "We are definitely not aiming for relegation, I think at the end of this season we will be in the list of teams that can play in next season's European competitions." ”

Evan laughed out loud in satisfaction, "I'll just say it, we can work together, Tony!" ”

Don scratched his head and smiled.

※※※ The league is still going on and Nottingham Forest have already made contact with Fulham. For Donne, the advantage he has is that he knows United's hole cards. Although it has not been a day or two since Ferguson secretly sent Van der Sar, it has been reported in the media for a long time. But there are still plenty of candidates for United to choose from, so they don't have any real contact.

Frei, who is not very happy in Parma right now, Juventus goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon, and even Real Madrid goalkeeper Casillas. As a giant, Manchester United has a sense of superiority over the Forest team, they must be interested in players with weight, although Van der Sar was once the world's best goalkeeper, after all, he is now thirty-four years old, if Manchester United spends too much money to buy an old man who will retire after two years, first of all, Manchester United general manager David? Jill can't get past that level.

In the end, Manchester United bought Edwin van der Sar for only £2.5 million after unsuccessful attempts to bring in Gianluigi Buffon and Iker Casillas. When Van der Sar came to Manchester United, not many people were still optimistic about him, after all, he was a 34-year-old veteran, everyone thought that Ferguson bought Van der Sar just for a moment, Manchester United will not stop looking for a good goalkeeper in the transfer market, and the fact is that the rumors between them and Casillas have not stopped.

Fulham's current financial situation is not good, and Van der Sar, a 34-year-old man, still has to pay 40,000 pounds a week, which makes them a little unbearable. Someone asked for the price, and naturally they were willing to reply, of course, the reserve of face still has to be done.

In the face of Forest's inquiry, Fulham initially put on a posture of "Van der Sar is the team's main goalkeeper, although it is not for sale, but it is impossible to buy it cheaply".

Nottingham Forest replied at Donn's behest: "We certainly won't spend another five million pounds for a thirty-four-year-old fellow!" ”

Fulham also knows that buyers are not fools. So they brought out Manchester United: "Manchester United are also interested in Van der Sar now......

Nottingham Forest asked rhetorically: "Did they make an offer?" ”

The answer is definitely "no". There are only three clubs that can still be interested in Van der Sar, one is the rumored Manchester United - note the "rumored"; One is the Dutch team Ajax, but Van der Sar, who has lived in England for four years, is used to football and life here, and does not plan to return to the Netherlands, after all, the Premier League is also a top league; The third is Nottingham Forest.

Of the three clubs, the only one to make an offer was Forest.

(To be continued)