Chapter 66 The new coach of the Three Lions
The media have a very sensitive nose. Although the FA has not officially announced the news that they reached an agreement with Tony Donn, the Sun has already shaken the news out in advance.
But they used a question: "The new leader of the Three Lions?"
Next to the large title is a photo of Tony Donn.
When Tang En saw this news, the first thing he did was to turn off his phone. Otherwise, he would be harassed to death by countless phone calls this day.
Anyway, the FA will hold a press conference the next day, so I will ask if you have any questions.
The next day in London Soho Square, England FA headquarters building, the FA and Don Eun held a press conference here, and the meeting will officially announce the inauguration of Don Eun.
Media from all over the world gathered together to testify.
Although he has been the club head coach for eleven years, it is the first time that he is a big girl is wearing a sedan chair as the head coach of the national team. Today he wears a new suit and rarely wears a tie.
When he walked into the venue and said nothing, the venue had already flashed. He shook the FA executive Sean Barclay, who followed him in.
After the two sat down, Barclays announced in the name of the official Football Association that Tony Donn officially took office as head coach of the England national team.
"We are very happy to hire Mr. Tony Donne as the head coach of England. Among the many candidates, Tony Donne's team leadership is the key to his success. The achievements he has achieved in Nottingham Forest make us satisfied and relieved, and we also believe that England can usher in a new situation under the leadership of Mr. Tony Donne."
Tang En signed a contract with the FA for two years, with the goal of the European Cup, and then decide whether to renew the contract to the World Cup.
Next, Don En made a brief inauguration declaration.
“Training England is a brand new challenge for me. And I like the challenge.”
After saying this, Tang En leaned back and signaled that the reporters could ask questions freely.
It's indeed very short...
The first reporter to stand up and ask a question comes from the Times. His question is pretty normal: "Mr. Done. Your former coach Capello led the team's best result is fourth in the World Cup. Do you have a specific goal?"
Don Ng was about to answer, but Barclay suddenly interrupted: "Our goal is the European Cup champion."
Tang En glanced at him and nodded: "Yes, the nearest goal is the European Cup."
The subsequent problems are getting further and further.
The reporters are obviously more interested in why Don En resigned from Nottingham Forest, and Tony Don En has not given an explanation so far. The Forest Club has not disclosed any more news.
The Sun reporter stood up and asked, "Mr. Tony Donne, what motive did you do when you chose to resign from Nottingham Forest at the most glorious time?"
Donn looked at Barclays. The FA executive was also embarrassed.
So Donn spread his hands: "Sorry, this is the press conference of the FA's England coach on the candidates for England, not the press conference of Nottingham Forest Club. You have gone to the wrong place, Mr. Sun reporter."
This scene finally came. The reporters were extremely excited. After not seeing each other for more than a month, Tang En still didn't give a good look when facing the reporters. When he was in the club, his relationship with the media was not very good, so don't expect him to come to the England national team, and they can understand and cooperate with each other sincerely.
The media gain more attention and readers by provoking Tang En. And Tang En regards confronting the media as a great pleasure. The coach is under great pressure and always has a way to vent, and it is also a way to scold the media.
The Sun's reporter was still reluctant to give in, and Barclay finally interrupted: "Mr. reporter, you'd better ask questions related to this topic. Otherwise, we have the right to refuse to answer."
"Okay, Mr. Barclay. I happen to have a question to ask you." The reporter nodded with a smile, "As the FA, I chose Mr. Tony Donn as the coach of the England team. Naturally, I was attracted by his team-leading performance. So is the FA worried that Mr. Tony Donn's big mouth will cause some unnecessary trouble to the team and the FA?"
"This..." Barclay cursed his mother in secret, "We believe Mr. Tony Donne will pay attention to his words and deeds."
Don En snatched the conversation: "Don't worry about this, I will never cause any trouble to the FA or England. In fact, I will only make some counterattacks when others provoke. I also hope that in the future, we can all be at peace." Speaking of this, he looked at the Sun reporter meaningfully.
After learning that Done was attending the press conference, Pierce Bruce was sent to London by the editor-in-chief, hoping to obtain some heavy information through his personal relationship with Done. Unfortunately, Done turned off his phone. He could only attend the press conference honestly.
He was called by the host and stood up to ask questions. Actually, he really wanted to ask the Sun reporter why Tang En left the forest, but he knew that he would not get any answer except to destroy the connection between him and Tang En.
"Can you reveal your team-building policy, Mr. Tang En?"
"All England players may be selected for the national team. I don't look at their fame, or even their name, I just look at their status and attitude. The lazy people have no place for me. "Donald's answer was very "iron-fisted", which was expected by everyone. He is such a head coach. This is true in Nottingham Forest. No one can object to question his opinion.
Bruce did not continue to ask questions. He sat down. Another man stood up: "Mr. Donne, when you were in Nottingham Forest, you thought the Forest was the best team in England. So will you form a team around the English players in the Forest?"
Of course, Tang En knew that this person was tactfully questioning whether he might be more partial to the English players of Nottingham Forest. He would not explain: "No, I won't do this, I choose every player fairly and justly." This does not conform to his personality and style.
He nodded: "If they act well, why not?"
Nepotism is a derogatory term, but there is also the fact that he is not evading relatives. Compared with other team players, he is more familiar with Nottingham Forest players, so the English players in the Forest team will naturally have to find some cheaper ones. Don Eun does not shy away from talking about this topic, but in fact he is also planning to do that.
If the media wants to scold him, then the fundamental reason must not be because he chose too many Forest players, but because he lost the game. So the national team is the same as the club. As long as you can win, there is no problem.
If you grasp the essence of the problem, things will be much simpler.
The reporters took turns to ask questions, and Tang En handled it with no flaws. After resting for more than a month, it seemed that it did not affect his condition. After the press conference, Barclays was very satisfied with Tang En's performance - he did not make any mistakes at the press conference.
He just hopes this is not a flash in the pan.
After this press conference, news that Tony Donn officially became the head coach of England appeared in major newspapers, television, radio, and the Internet. Donnn became the focus of the news.
Photos of him were everywhere in the newspapers.
BBC is planning to invite him to do an exclusive interview with the characters.
Chris Lack was watching the freshly baked newspaper while eating breakfast. He flipped directly to the sports page.
What caught my eye was a large photo of Tang En. In the photo, he was in a straight suit, tied with a serious expression.
When he saw him, Chris Lack remembered the incident when he left the Forest Team. There was no doubt that Donne deceived him. He told him that he would be the first to know. As a result, the media outside spread, and he received a postcard from Donne's bikini beauty with a tropical style from Brazil, telling him that he would not do it anymore.
The news was very sudden. Chris Lack was not mentally prepared at all. Tang En had a bad relationship with Allen, and he knew very well as an assistant coach. But he didn't expect that Tang En was willing to leave behind the team he had worked hard for 11 years for this reason. This person is indeed very individual and cannot be judged by common sense in his work...
In Chris Lack's opinion, choosing to leave at such a brilliant time was a difficult decision, but he didn't know that Donne had considered this decision for a whole year and was still hesitant until the last moment. If Evan's performance had not completely disappointed him, he might have stayed in Wilford. At first, he just wanted to retreat because of the conflict with Allen, and finally he found that Evan was actually standing opposite to him. Then he had no struggle, so he could just quit.
Holding the newspaper, Chris Lack sighed his fate, put the newspaper aside and continued to eat. At this time, his cell phone rang.
Looking at the phone number, it turned out to be called by Tony Donn!
"Tony, you finally called me. Are you here to apologize to me?"
"I'm so sorry, David. I didn't expect the club to hold a press conference so soon... I wrote a postcard to you as soon as I arrived in Brazil. "Donn knew what Chris Lack said was about the "apology". He really needed to apologize to his partner. In addition, he also asked him for it.
"Forget it. Let's go over the past. Are there anything you want to ask me for?" Chris Lark didn't want to continue to get involved in this issue, it was meaningless.
"It's like this. David. You should know, right? I became the English coach."
"I'm reading a newspaper, and your photos are taken too seriously."
"Ha!" Tang En laughed, "I am a bare commander, not even a helper... I plan to invite you to join the coaching staff in England. We will cooperate well together, absolutely no problem!"
Chris Lark stopped eating and he was silent for a moment.
Tang En didn't urge him, he knew the news was a bit sudden. He had to give the other party some time to consider. "You don't have to rush to reply to me, David. You can think carefully about how many days you'll call me..."
"No, I refuse, Tony."
"You can really think about a few days, David."
"I just thought about it." Chris Lack said firmly, without any room for negotiation.
"Okay... can you tell me your reason?" Donn knew he couldn't convince Chris Lark because he didn't like to force others to do things they didn't want to do.
"I love the Forest, Tony. The Forest team is in a mess after you leave. New coach Martin O'Neal has no idea about this team. I, who knows the team, must stay and help him adapt to the team as soon as possible. You leave, I will leave again, I don't know what this team will become..."
Tang En's face turned a little red when he said this. He kept forcing himself not to care about the news about the Forests, because he was afraid that he would feel heartbroken when he thought about it. The champion team he built had already sold two people, and it is said that he would continue to sell it. When the new season begins, how many elderly people can be left in the Triple Crown Nottingham Forest?
"If Tang was still there, I might promise you. By the way, why don't you ask Tang?"
Tang Enxin said it was useless to ask, the answer must be the same as you. He wants to be the head coach, and he does a good job in Nords County. Why should he abandon the team he led and follow him to England as an assistant coach?
"I'm sorry I can't help you, Tony. I wish you good luck."
After hanging up the phone call from Don En, Chris Lack picked up the newspaper again. Looking at Don En's photo above, he was stunned for a while.
"Whose phone number is early in the morning?" The wife came out of the bathroom with her hands wiping her hands. She had just taken a shower for her younger son.
"An old friend." Chris Lack put the newspaper down again and continued to eat his breakfast.
Don Eun is now worried that he does not coach the team properly - although his team in the club is great, unfortunately they are not willing to come to England. When Capello took office, he brought a complete Italian coaching team, from assistant coaches to goalkeeper coaches, all physical coaches are Italians. These Italians left England with Capello's resignation. Nothing was left for Don Eun. He had to form his own coaching team before forming the team.
He called Roy Keane again. He hoped to invite him to be the assistant coach in England. Without any suspense, Keane rejected him.
"I'm an Irishman, Tony." Keen smiled strangely, maybe because he thought Don't have an invitation that was too inexplicable. "How could I go to England to be an assistant coach? Have you ever seen the Argentine as an assistant coach in the Brazilian national team?"
At this time, Tang En found that his popularity was not very good. Apart from a few friends with good relationships, he could not find more partners. And those people with good relationships were all head coaches, so they were asked to leave their existing jobs to be assistant coaches for themselves? Unless they were crazy.
Although the FA recommended some candidates for him, Tang En still hoped to find them himself. Because only then can the coach he found is what he needs, and he can understand tacitly at work. He achieved twice the result with half the effort.
Now he needs an assistant coach, a goalkeeper coach, a physical coach, and a psychologist. The most important thing here is the assistant coach. Tang Endi's coaching style determines that he must have a capable assistant coach to assist him. He does not need to worry too much during training, and he can focus more energy on tactical design and research on opponents.
This assistant coach does not need to be very famous, as long as he is capable and obedient, it is enough to suppress the locker room, Tang En is enough, and the assistant coach has a mediocre personality, but can play a more positive role.
Chapter completed!