"I want to leave."
This was Derwig's first words after returning to the ward.
George Li was the only one who heard this.
Nottingham Forest coaches and players left after seeing Derwig apologize.
Jan Arnesen took the initiative to go out, leaving George Li and Derwig in the ward.
"I don't want to stay in the Premier League anymore." Derwig spoke again.
"Going back to Norway?"
"No, I'm not willing to go back like this."
"Why?" George Li stared at this player who had great ideas, trying to see something from his face.
"I know that my knee is useless. Even after it recovers, it will definitely not be able to bring any help to the team."
"Don't..." George Li also wanted to comfort Derwig and didn't want him to be so pessimistic.
"Boss, listen to me." Derwig interrupted George Li.
"I've been at Leeds United for two years and I really like it here..."
Derwig told George Lee stories about what happened to him in the past two years.
At first, when he and Arneson came to Leeds United, they didn’t know anyone else. But John Sheridan, the director of youth training at the time, cared about them very much and helped them arrange a place to live and arranged for them to attend English training classes so that they could adapt here in a short time. Later, Derwig joined the first team and met fellow Norwegian Pedersen, as well as first-team coach Alf Haaland. They even sometimes went to Pedersen's apartment to eat canned herrings.
Later, Derwig had the opportunity to play in the first team, but most of the time he would play in the reserve team. After a while, Arneson was also transferred to the reserve team, and the two of them could participate in the game together.
Then there are various trainings and competitions, both for the first team and the reserve team. It is very busy but very fulfilling.
Then, he suffered his first injury and had to rest for most of the season. Due to limited mobility, the club's general manager arranged for Derwig's parents to be brought to England for a vacation this summer.
Since the start of the new season, Derwig has been looking forward to his comeback, but he was not allowed to come back until Christmas.
After that, he has been playing first-team games and occasionally going to the reserve team to maintain his condition.
This season is quite busy. There are not only domestic leagues and cups, but also UEFA Cup games to play. I followed the team to Germany, Italy, and Switzerland. I could still go to Romania, but now I may not be able to go.
After the game against Roma, I was educated by the head coach. Because I only wanted to help the team at the time, I thought a lot about it afterwards and felt that I should listen to the coach.
Later, the coaching staff also gave him a lot of advice, especially technical director Casper and physical coach McGee, who have been helping him arrange new training plans, and coach Harland has also been encouraging him.
However, now that he is injured again, he is still in that position, and he understands what this means.
"I don't want to stay in the team and be a waste, and I don't want to play for other English teams. I can't tolerate myself standing opposite Leeds United and becoming Leeds United's opponent."
"But you are a professional player, and we will have a chance to play against each other again if we go to other places." George Li was angry and funny when he saw this childish player.
"Then at least I don't have to play against each other all the time. I can choose to go to the United States or South America. Even if I go to Saudi Arabia to play football, I don't care."
“Is this really what you want?” George Li wanted to try to persuade him again.
"Yes, I have never had an agent, and I don't want to use an agent. I originally wanted to be a coach like you, but I am only 21 years old. I still want to work hard and play a few more games. Years, and then become a football coach. I can't live without football, just like...just like..." Derwig thought for a long time, but couldn't think of any metaphor.
"Just like the West cannot live without Jerusalem." George Li said a famous sentence.
"You can say that."
Hearing what George Li said, Derwig couldn't help but shed tears anymore.
He doesn't know how long he can play, but he really can't bear to leave football.
"Uuuuuuuuu~" The Norwegian boy finally came out of pain.
George Li could only keep patting him on the back to comfort him.
Arnesen outside the corridor heard the crying, opened the door and came in to check the situation.
Also coming in was Helen, who happened to be interning here. She heard that George Li was coming, so she came over to take a look.
"Yang, stay with Nath."
"Okay, boss."
Then, George Li left the ward with Helen.
^^^
"How is it going?"
Helen asked her boyfriend as soon as she came out.
But George Li did not answer her, but was thinking about other things.
Derwig is leaving, and Derwig is destined not to be the only one leaving Leeds United this summer.
Tony Wilson, the team's general manager, had greeted Li George before, saying that Leeds United is now doing well and many players are being targeted by other teams.
Not only the main players are being targeted by other wealthy teams, but also some other substitute players are being targeted by some other teams. It is difficult to stay in Leeds United if they are promised the main position.
Robin van Persie, Smith, Graveson, and Matthiessen have all received numerous offers. Among them, captain Smith has announced that he will not leave Leeds United, and several others have completed contract extensions with Leeds United.
But there are also some who are determined to leave.
For example, Edgar Davis, the Dutch "Wild Boar" has gradually faded out of the team's starting lineup this season due to injuries and age. He will not renew his contract with Leeds United after this season and plans to return to Ajax. Spend the last days of his career.
For example, Ian Hart, because of Baines' excellent performance last season, Hart can only serve as a substitute at Leeds United. However, this outstanding left-back from Leeds United's youth training is only 29 years old this year and is unwilling to accept it. As a substitute, he chose to be the main player in a mid-to-lower Premier League team.
For example, at Glenshall, Leeds United has agreed to Bayern's offer of 10 million pounds. The two parties are already negotiating the details of the contract, but it will not be officially announced until after the season.
For example, Daniel Braaten is a Norwegian winger with a single function but extremely practicality. Leeds United had long agreed to allow him to leave after the season. Although the Premier League team did not show any interest, they received several offers from foreign teams. .
These are why Lee needs to make preparations for signings this summer in advance, because if someone wants to leave, someone will come. It is definitely better to act earlier than to act later.
George Li didn't want to have a certain nickname of "Professor" attached to his head when he was mentioned in the future, and "Temperature Difference Sign" would become "Li Difference Sign".
"what's on your mind?"
When Helen saw that Li was not paying attention to her, she gave George Li a kiss and asked him.
"Well, Nath wants to leave and I'm wondering where he would be better suited."
"Doesn't he have an agent?" Helen was curious, because these things should be the agent's concern, not the head coach's.
"Yeah, he didn't."
Then George Li told Helen about Derwig.
After hearing this, Helen gave George Li a suggestion.
"What do you think of Ajax?"
