The victory over Everton also made Jewell, as the team's manager, also breathe a sigh of relief.

He's been worried about the league.

This is the League Cup, and it has nothing to do with the league, but Zhang Tiehan's performance in this game is extremely good, Jewell sees his performance, and he also has a new idea in his heart, he thinks that if Zhang Tiehan can be used well, the team's offensive problems can be solved.

With that in mind, he went to the post-match press conference.

'The win came hard, but my players have been working hard, they have strong belief, they have a strong fighting spirit, I think there is nothing to fault with their performance, I am very satisfied.' Jewell was pleased with his players, "But the opposition is tenacious, Everton's youngster Wayne Rooney has caused a lot of problems for our defence, he is too good. ”

Don't forget to praise the opposing players.

Jewell is coaching a team in the lower leagues, but he can be considered an old fritter in the face of reporters, he knows what reporters like to hear, as long as he doesn't touch his bottom line, it doesn't matter if he says something against his will and inconsequential.

For example, praise for Rooney.

Wayne Rooney is England's talent, and England fans love to hear other people praise Rooney, whatever it is, as long as it's praise, they like it, so journalists like it too, and despite Everton's loss, Rooney's performance still needs to be praised.

Hearing Jewell say this, the Everton reporters in the audience were very happy.

They lost, but the coach of the opposing side also told the 'truth', and they secretly lamented that there was a reason why Jewell was able to lead a League Two team to such a point.

But thinking of what Zhang Tiehan said in the mixed area, they were immediately in a bad mood again.

"Mr. Jewell, what do you think of Zhang's comment?" A reporter asked, still afraid that Jewell would not know what to say, and then briefly recounted Zhang Tiehan's criticism of Moyes in an interview.

Moyes, who was sitting with his head down, almost vomited blood in anger.

Losing to an English One team, he was already depressed enough, and now there are reporters on the spot saying that the opposing player is so sarcastic about himself, Moyes feels that his face is on fire, and he is extremely angry, but in front of so many reporters, he is not easy to attack.

After all, Everton's results are not good right now.

Everton's poor results and Moyes, as manager, cannot escape the blame, and he does not want to offend journalists and let them use their reports to fuel the team's volcano.

Jewell had a headache when he heard the reporter's statement.

Thinking about that honest and sincere disciple, Jewell felt very relieved, no one doesn't like honest people, but in European football now, there are few honest people, including such a newly debuted young player, who knows what to say in the face of reporters, and everyone has a hypocritical face.

They're used to it, and so are journalists.

Zhang Tiehan told the truth, he became an alternative in the football world, and then the reporters felt annoyed and angry, the thing is actually like this, no matter how arrogant Zhang Tiehan is, how provocative he is, it is not aimed at reporters, but opponents, Everton, so what does it have to do with reporters? But they were still annoyed.

Jewell knows this, he appreciates Zhang Tiehan's character, he likes this disciple, so of course he has to defend his disciple, "Every player should have a positive fighting spirit, as long as this is the way to improve themselves and defeat the opponent, football is like this, when it is denied by others, anyone will be annoyed." ”

He said and glanced at Moyes, who glared at him fiercely.

However, Jewell didn't have time to deal with his defeated generals, so he just said, "That's what Zhang thinks, and he says so, he's very sincere, and we should appreciate his character." Of course, there are people who don't like it, but that's none of my business. ”

After listening for a long time, the reporters finally figured it out.

What this guy is saying is that I appreciate Zhang Tiehan, he is my player, and I appreciate everything he does.

As for what you guys think, I have a yarn relationship!

Then Jewell refused to answer questions about Zhang Tiehan, the topic was without Zhang Tiehan, the reporters felt bored, someone asked a few questions about Wigan Athletic's league, as well as Ridell, Barnes and a few players, and then Jewell left the scene.

When Jewell left, the reporters remembered that there was another protagonist here, Moyes.

As the tragic protagonist of Zhang Tiehan's 'arrogant arguments', Moyes also has tragedy on his face, he wants to force a smile, but he can't be happy when he thinks that he was ridiculed by the opposing players just now and ignored by so many reporters.

In response to the reporter's question, Moyes said a lot.

Most of them are about Zhang Tiehan's 'work ethic', 'personal qualities' and other aspects, and when it comes to Everton and the Premier League, Moyes is silent.

Actually, he didn't have much to say.

Everton's results are there, the league table is on the verge of falling into the promotion zone, what can he say but 'we'll try to improve'?

……

Any game is great after the game.

There was a lot of discussion in the media about the game, especially Zhang Tiehan, who had the best performance in the game, and what he said after the game was the mainstream of media reports, compared to this, Wigan Athletic's win against Everton became unimportant.

However, this is also normal, after all, Wigan Athletic is not a focus team in England, and the fourth round of the League Cup is not even as much attention as an ordinary Premier League game.

Everyone is still concerned about the players who are doing well.

Zhang Tiehan clearly fit the bill, and his performance and post-match remarks gave David Moyes a slap in the face, and the crisp sound was heard throughout England.

"When we saw David Moyes talk about the game, he said, 'I've found a way to defend Zhang', and he said, 'As long as he's not a striker, there's no threat', then we thought he was very confident, but after watching the results, especially after listening to Zhang, we think Moyes is stupid and naïve...... He was a 'no threat' player and had three shots on goal to knock Everton out of the Carabao Cup. ”

This is a neutral media, and they completely tell the story of Moyes and Zhang Tiehan to the fans as a joke.

There are also pro-Everton media outlets who are angry --

"He's so arrogant! Even if he performs well in a game, it doesn't mean anything, he is not a big star, he is already like this, it is hard to imagine that if one day, he really becomes a big star, maybe the world football will usher in a disaster. ”

"But obviously, we won't see that day, whether a player can succeed or not is related to strength, but also related to character, some results just say that, no one will like him, he can't succeed!"

There are some comments from supporters, but most of them are from Wigan's local media, such as the Wigan --

'Zhang is still very young, he's not even 19, he's the youngest player at Wigan Athletic, he's just saying what's in his heart and I think we should appreciate him.

"Impulses should belong to young people."

“…… What's more, Zhang is arrogant, isn't Moyes arrogant? He said before the game that Zhang was no threat to Everton, in fact, it was much more arrogant than Zhang. ”

The Wigan newspaper told the truth.

Especially the last paragraph, which has been supported by the entire Wigan and the surrounding area, Zhang Tiehan is arrogant, Moyes is not arrogant? On the other hand, if Everton can be arrogant, Wigan Athletic can't be arrogant?

There is no such thing in the world.

In addition to the controversy about Zhang Tiehan's 'arrogant remarks', many media also reported on Zhang Tiehan's goal, scoring two goals against Everton, Zhang Tiehan performed quite well, but this performance also reminded the media of the difficulties in the Wigan Athletic League.

Zhang Tiehan hasn't scored in five consecutive rounds!

This result also caused some media outlets that do not have a favorable opinion of Wigan Athletic to throw out other remarks, such as Zhang Tiehan can only score in the cup but not in the league, for example, when explaining this situation, they use 'curse' to explain it.

This is a somewhat mysterious statement, which sounds strange, but it is very marketable when it comes to football, after all, football games are mostly unpredictable.

Many people think it makes sense.

Otherwise, why did Zhang Tiehan not score in the five rounds of the league, but when it came to the cup, he was as murderous as chicken blood?

……

There is a lot of noise about Zhang Tiehan outside, and there are many people in Wigan Athletic Club who care about Zhang Tiehan, such as Nelson, who negotiated a contract with Zhang Zhenren last month.

After playing against Chelsea, Zhang Tiehan managed to get his new contract.

The new contract was very high, and the club paid a lot of money to sign him, and it was Nelson who made the decision, but in the following month, Zhang Tiehan's performance in the league can only be said to be barely good, but it does not meet the value of this contract at all.

Nelson secretly regretted it, and he also complained to Whelan Sr. about it, "I said a long time ago that we should wait and see for a while, and we shouldn't be in a hurry to sign him." ”

At the time, Nielsen said so.

After the match with Everton, Nelson looked at the one-handed figure in the TV broadcast, and felt a little complacent, "Sure enough, it was right to sign him early!" ”

"What's right?" Old Whelan walked in through the doorway.

Nelson hurriedly stood up, welcomed Whelan into the office, and said respectfully, "Mr. Whelan." "He has to respect the people who pay him.

Whelan is older, with a lot of wrinkles on his face, but his smile looks very kind, "I watched yesterday's football game, the team's performance was really good, Nelson, I said a long time ago, you are right to sign Zhang, you have to believe my vision, you must know that I was also a football player when I was young." ”

Nelson rolled her eyes secretly.

What is he or this old guy here for, it turns out that he is here to show him? Didn't you just complain a few words before, and you need to come over?

But Nelson didn't dare to say anything, after all, he had complained before.

Whelan chatted with Nelson for a few words and spoke again, "Nelson, how are the club's finances?" How much money do we have left? ”

Nelson's face was full of bitterness, "Recently, the east side of the stadium has been renovated, and a commercial area has to be built, but fortunately, Enbao's sponsorship arrived in time, otherwise I would have to owe the players' salaries." ”

Whelan nodded, Nelson has been at the club for so long, he still believes in Nelson, this is the old hero of the team's development.

But that's not what he wants to ask, "I heard that Zhang's signing fee hasn't been paid yet?" Even if the club's finances are in trouble, the money that should be paid to the players must be paid, otherwise if the players are dissatisfied, it will affect the team's results. ”

Nelson was stunned, his face full of helplessness.

For small clubs, cash flow is very important. When a contract is finalized with a player, it is often in the summer when transfers are frequent, and the signing fee is also the norm to sign a new contract, which is the money for the agent and the player, but that is the treatment of the big stars.

For a small club like Wigan Athletic, the players signed are often not well-known, so the practice is only one signing fee, whether it is for the player or the agent, and it is all negotiated between the two people.

Even so, it is not possible to pay the signing fee directly at the time of signing the contract.

Especially a contract like Zhang Tiehan's is a very large contract at Wigan Athletic, and 100,000 pounds is not a small amount, and for the club's capital turnover, it is normal for the signing fee to drag on for one or two months, or even half a year.

Signing a contract directly gets a signing fee, which is a treatment only for big stars.

Zhang Tiehan's new contract has only been signed for only one month, and Nelson originally planned to pay it off when the funds turn over, but old Whelan came over at this time and said that he could only nod and agree.

Looking at Nelson's bitter face, the elder Wheland said, "If there are any difficulties in the club's funding, you can tell me that if the club can achieve good results this year, I will increase my investment in the club tomorrow summer." ”

Nelson was comforted at this point.