Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Without having to guess or even think about it, the person who looked for Twain and wanted to talk to him must be Allan Adams.
His nose was even more sensitive than a hound when it came to money.
Twain also knew that sooner or later he would seek him out. He had ruined two of what he had considered as good deals this summer. One deal involved Ribéry, and the other was the just-concluded van Nistelrooy's "blank check-gate." The club's financial situation would be greatly improved if one of these two deals was clinched.
This time if Allan did not e looking for him, he would no longer be the club's marketing manager.
"I know you would e looking for me. Look." Twain pointed to the table with two cups of steaming coffee on it. "I've been preparing two cups these few days."
Allan felt helpless and had very few ways of dealing with a hooligan like Twain.
"Well, Tony. Since you know I would e look for you, you obviously know why. I'm not going to talk nonsense. Can you listen to my opinion?"
Twain gestured for him to go ahead and sat in his chair.
"Honestly I don't know much about what's going on within the team, so I don't know what you think of Bendtner. But I think selling him will be the best option now."
Twain nodded to indicate to him to continue.
"On the one hand, Bendtner pletely does not want to stay in the team now. It would be unwise to force such a player to stay. It can also cause unrest in the locker room." At this point, Allan glanced at Twain and found that he had his head down, as if he was in deep thought. After all, this touched on Twain's domain and he was afraid that Twain would react badly. Now, he was able to breathe a sigh of relief from the looks of it. So, he continued, "On the other hand, I'm not going to hide from you, Tony. The club is in great need of money now. After you promised to increase Ribéry's pay, the rest of the team also had the same idea. We have to meet their demands. In addition, the actual cost of building a new stadium is more than we have budgeted. Some of the expenditure is pletely out of control..."
In this regard, Allan must admit that his inexperience caused it. After all, he had not undertaken any engineering projects before, and did not know a lot of inside knacks. He only discovered that a lot of things had not been fully considered before until the new stadium started construction. Consequently, he could only use money to fill in...
"Thirdly ... the global economic environment is not very good."
Twain did not understand what Allan said. He was an idiot when it came to economics. The term "global economic environment" sounded alien to him.
"We need money to deal with some emergencies." After that, Allan spread his hands. He had already said everything he could say to Twain. After working with Twain for several years, he became familiar with this man's character. Twain's character was very tough and could sometimes be a little outrageous, but he was not made of stone. There were only two ways to get him to accept what he was unwilling to do: the first was to persuade him with kind words and discuss the stakes clearly. He was a smart man and naturally knew which was the best choice; the second was to bypass Twain directly and keep him out of the loop which was simple and rough. He would only be informed once the matter was decided and began to be implemented, which was the so-called "the rice is cooked."
The second approach would certainly permanently damage the relationship between the two people. Allan would not choose to do so unless it was his last resort. As for the first approach... the only risk was not knowing if Twain would be persuaded each time.
Such as this time.
After quietly listening to Allan's speech, Twain was silent for a moment before he looked up at the other side. "That's right, Allan. I have to apologize to you."
"Huh?" Allan Adams was baffled.
"About the matter with van Nistelrooy. I did not have any discussion with you about what I was going to do. You must be angry, aren't you?" Twain said to Allan seriously.
Allan hurriedly waved and said, "I knew what you wanted to do, but I really didn't know how you were going to do. Besides, don't think of me as weak. Although I am a businessman, I am also a man of temper. That kind of nearly insulting behavior from Manchester City was unacceptable to me. A businessman values equal relationship when doing business. Everyone is equal, no one is more precious than the other."
Seeing Allan's earnest explanation, Twain smiled first.
"Can you give me some time to think about the matter with Bendtner?"
Allan knew he could not ask Twain to make a decision now. He was already giving him face by being willing to consider it, rather than rebuffing him right away. So, he stood up and nodded, "Remember you don't have much time, Tony."
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Indeed, time was running out. It was August 27th now, less than four days before the transfer window closed.
Twain did not speak to Bendtner again and Bendtner's father did not call Twain again. Manchester City did not make another new offer. Did they perhaps give up? Was this matter going to be quietly resolved just like that?
It was obviously impossible.
Twain was trying to calm his heart, and then sort things out. Despite parting on bad terms with Bendtner during that face to face talk, Twain was still reluctant to let the Dane go. It was mainly... he did not want to sell him to Manchester City. The thought of those Arabs' faces made him feel sick.
As Twain stood alone on the sidelines of the training ground, he heard a sudden motion ing from the training ground.
A fight?
Since the incident with Chimbonda and Bendtner, Twain had been very sensitive to this. He hurriedly came out of his reverie and stared over.
A group of people ran towards a point. Through the seams of the crowd, he saw the team's number one center forward, van Nistelrooy, kneading his thighs as he sat helplessly on the ground.
Was he hurt?
He ran over to see what happened.
The team members consciously cleared a path when they saw the boss came. He went straight to van Nistelrooy's side and asked Fleming, who was busy, "What's going on?"
"He pulled his thigh muscle." Fleming heard Twain's voice and glanced up at him. Perhaps he prehended something else in the other man's frown, so he added, "It's not a big deal, but he certainly can't appear in this weekend's game."
Hearing him say so, van Nistelrooy smiled and forted Twain, "I'm all right, boss."
Twain nodded and then withdrew. Dunn saw what happened on the side and rushed up to say, "The starting list needs to be adjusted. Bendtner..."
Twain shook his head and said, "We're playing 4-5-1 for the game the day after."
"And who's going to be the '1?'"
"Eastwood."
Dunn looked strangely at Twain.
Twain did not respond to his doubts and just turned to walk away.
As a result, Dunn looked back at Bendtner in the crowd. He stood on the side and drank water while his teammates chatted about van Nistelrooy's unexpected injury. Lennon seemed to be talking to him about something, but it was clear that Bendtner was distracted.
Did he hope to play in this game or not?
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In the third round of the league tournament, Nottingham Forest definitely faced a tough rival---it was Chelsea, their long-time rival which they had been entangled with for these few seasons.
It was just that Chelsea's manager was not Mourinho or Grant, but "Big Phil" Scolari.
Although only two rounds had been started for the new season, this was also a focal match. The media started to hype the game, and they came up to ask Scolari on how Chelsea had not beaten Tony Twain's Forest team.
The Brazilian was very clever. He did not fall for it. He simply said it was another person's results which had nothing to do with him. Then he refused to answer such questions again.
Twain had been busy fighting with Manchester City during the period and did not have the energy to act in concert with the media and start a war of words with Scolari. Looking at how he was currently so busy, it was real worrying whether he was ready for the game against Chelsea...
The day before the game, Twain announced the squad list of the next day's match in Wilford. Nicklas Bendtner's name was not on it.
No one was shocked by this now. The players were not blind or deaf, much less fools. They all knew of the news that Bendtner and Twain had a falling out and were aware that this player was already determined to leave the team. Some people understood the reasons for his leaving, while the others scoffed at it.
Therefore, when Bendtner did not appear on the squad list, everyone knew the boss intentionally did this. It is punishment, isn't it? Yes, it must be a punishment and warning to a traitor.
Bendtner looked terrible standing among the team. When Twain gave the word "dismissed
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