Chapter 5. negotiation

The next day, until noon, Li Lin still had no intention of waking up, but his phone had been ringing for almost 10 minutes.

"Hello? O Mr. Raiola, I am in the apartment, come up and wait for me to wash up. ”

Li Lin struggled to get up from the bed, washed up efficiently, and then tidied up the bed, after doing all this, Li Lin breathed a sigh of relief, at this time, the doorbell rang.

"Mr. Raiola!"

"Oh, Lee, it looks like you haven't woken up yet."

Indeed, Li Lin still feels a little groggy now.

"I hope you come to your senses and look at the contract I gave you." Raiola is in color.

That's right, Raiola rushed over in such a hurry today just to bring the signed contract over. As soon as the contract is signed, he can officially start operating the new club for Li Lin as Li Lin's agent.

Li Lin picked up the contract, looked at some key points for a short time, and then signed the contract.

"This contract is exactly the same as Paul's, I don't have any opinion!"

Li Lin kept one of the two contracts for himself and returned the other to Raiola.

"Actually, I thought it might be a bit difficult to take this first step, after all, you are a player who has been abandoned by the Academy of Manchester United, and it will take a lot of effort to convince other clubs." Raiola put the contract away, with an inexplicable smile on his face, and continued, "I don't think you would be willing to leave England at this time, to be honest, it gives me a bit of a headache. ”

"However, I received news today that a team is asking for your or your agent's contact information, and I think your performance that day still impressed some people!"

Li Lin couldn't help but admire the other party's eyes and ears in his heart, he got this kind of news in time the next day, and he really deserved to be an agent predator.

"Which team is it?"

"That was your opponent that day, Sunderland. I've heard that Coach Martin O'Neal is bullish on you. ”

Li Lin didn't speak, he wanted to hear the other party's opinion.

"At present, Sunderland is basically fighting for relegation every season, and this season is already a rare season for Sunderland with a good ranking, and it is only 13th. And Sunderland don't have a strong striker in the team. The striker he has relied on the most this season is Danish centre-forward Nicolas Bendtner, who has been loaned by Arsenal. However, the Dane will return to Arsenal at the end of the season, and Sunderland will have no player in the squad who can make a difference. ”

"Now it seems that if you join Sunderland, if the club doesn't bring in reinforcements in this position, you will only compete with some young players who are your age, which is why Sunderland is interested in you, their forward line is very weak, and they don't have the financial resources to buy a strong striker, Sunderland is really a good place for you."

Raiola spoke eloquently, apparently, but in a night's work, he had already learned some of the specifics of Sunderland.

"So, what about the manager?"

"I've heard that Martin O'Neill is very optimistic about you, and I think if you can continue your performance, the manager shouldn't be a problem."

Sunderland?

That sounds like a good thing, after all, he knows very well that he can still stay in the Premier League now.

'It's not conclusive yet, I'll be in contact with Sunderland soon, just wait for my good news. I still have something to do, so I'll go first. ”

Sending off Raiola, Li Lin felt a little more excited, Sunderland?

Li Lin is full of anticipation for everything that is coming!

……

'Martin, are you sure you want to bring in a player who has been dropped by the Manchester United Academy? I don't think the level of the Manchester United Academy is high enough for a dropped striker to have a place in our team. ”

Sunderland CEO Margaret Byrne's fat face showed a look of disdain, and her fat body trembled and trembled, which made people frown.

"What's more, it's still a Chinese, I think, it's enough for us to have one Chi Dongwon for Asian players! There is no need to bring in another player like that. ”

Hearing Margaret Byrne's words, Martin O'Neill's expression, which was already frowning, became even more difficult to see, and he wanted to say something, but he couldn't say anything.

After a long silence, Martin O'Neill still spoke: "The other party is just a free agent without a contract, we won't pay anything to sign him, and it doesn't look like his performance is as bad as I heard, so why can't we give him a chance?" ”

"Well, if you insist." Margaret Byrne shrugged and said in a relaxed tone, "But state in advance, we don't have much budget to waste, you know." ”

Martin O'Neal looked at the hateful woman in front of him, and he wanted to punch the other party in the face, but he had to bow his head under the eaves, and he could only endure it.

"Okay, that's up to you, and the summer transfers, I've got a list ready, so take a look."

"Put it there, I'll see."

Martin O'Neill took a deep breath, held back the raging rage, put the list on the table, and hurried out of the CEO's office.

"Humph! Old stubborn, you think you're the most special one? ”

Margaret Byrne smiled coldly and sat down in her seat, as for the list, she didn't even glance at it.

……

Negotiations with Sunderland have become very difficult, and in the face of Margaret Byrne's humiliating contract, Raiola almost threw the text directly in the other party's face, and finally sent an assistant directly to follow up with Sunderland, and went directly to Tottenham to discuss Li Lin's contract with Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy.

"I heard you had a bad time with that woman in Sunderland?"

Daniel Levy looked at Raiola with an angry smile on his face, and thought it was very funny, it was rare to see this gentleman so angry, he always played with the club between applause.

In some ways, Levy and Raiola are similar, they are both big names in a certain field, Raiola is about grabbing benefits for his players and himself, and Levy is about doing a good transfer job.

"If it weren't for Coach Martin O'Neal who values my players, I would have flipped the table and been arguing with her there?"

Raiola was angry at the mention of that woman, and looked at the poor contract that the guy offered, 1,000 pounds a week plus six years, if Raiola agreed to this contract, there would be a ghost!

"Are you so optimistic about that player that United don't even like themselves? Of course, if you're willing to bring Paul Pogba to White Hart Lane, I think there's still something to talk about! ”

"Don't beat Paul's idea, he has been booked by Juventus a long time ago. However, don't worry, we are old friends, I won't cheat you, I'm very optimistic about Li Lin's future. ”

Raiola's words were convincing, and the confidence in his words couldn't help but make Levi look sideways, he nodded, and preliminarily agreed to this cooperation, anyway, Li Lin's contract is not expensive, he can still afford this price, and it can be regarded as giving Raiola a face.

'But next season it's a bit difficult because now there are enough strikers in the squad and there's no way he's going to be able to compete.'

This time, Raiola has already made a decision, and he has already contacted the team as the real place for Li Lin to stay next season.