Neither side explicitly stated that this was the last day of negotiations, but everyone on both sides knew that it was the final day of negotiations.

Therefore, both Marwood and Selluk are careful.

Contract negotiation always seems to be much easier than transfer negotiation, because of the contract negotiation and collapse of the transfer is not said to be no, but definitely not much, because to be able to enter the contract negotiation of the transfer, do not intercede and agree, but at least it is consensual, so the contract negotiation generally does not have any obstacles, but now, Marwood has to be cautious, because the amount of this contract is much higher than the transfer fee.

Celuk is also cautious, and for him personally, Manchester City are clearly a much better negotiator than Arsenal. He can open his mouth to the Manchester City Lions, but he can't do anything about Arsenal, because everyone knows that Arsene Wenger has set a maximum salary for Arsenal, so in the process of negotiations, he has been testing the limits of Marwood's acceptance all the time.

The negotiations are still progressing slowly, but the gap between the two sides is still narrowing little by little. ，

9.5 million ......

Nine million ......

Negotiations are stuck again.

Nine million is Manchester City's current maximum salary, and Marwood does not think the newcomer Yaya Toure deserves the maximum salary, but Celuk insists that this is his last bottom line, and if he does not agree, he will break up.

Transfers are already on the verge of collapse.

But negotiation itself is a process of concessions. In times of impasse, if negotiations want to continue, one side must be the first to make concessions.

This time, it was Yaya Toure who gave in.

Yes, Yaya Toure herself, not Seluk.

After learning about the negotiations, Lin Sen made a phone call to Yaya Toure, which was also the first time Lin Sen had a conversation with Yaya Toure, and then Lin Sen proposed a proposal to Marwood: 800 plus 100.

Where would Marwood not know what Lin Sen meant, it was nothing more than a model of turning part of his annual salary into a bonus. The upside is that players can still get the salary they want, and the club can avoid a lot of trouble. But this method has worked, although the number is not so much, but Celuk does not buy it, only this time Lin Sen smiled and asked him to just mention it.

Holding on to the idea of a dead horse being a live horse doctor, Marwood once again brought up this mention.

And this time, Celuk nodded, albeit reluctantly.

In the end, the two sides agreed on the figure of eight million, which happens to be double Yaya Toure's annual salary at Barcelona. It has finally not broken Manchester City's salary structure, of course, although it has not become Manchester City's first highest salary, but this is already Manchester City's current second highest salary, higher than David Silva.

On July 22, after Barcelona's official website announced that it had reached an agreement with Manchester City on the transfer of Yaya Toure, Manchester City also announced on their official website their first real signing this summer, but the official signing still needs to wait for the player's medical examination. But this is already just a passing scene.

The transfer went smoothly and the American-based Linsen welcomed Yaya Toure first: "It's a perfect signing and I'm very happy to have Yaya join the team, he's a very good player. It will be the perfect piece of the puzzle for Manchester City, and his Champions League experience will be a valuable asset for us. ”

Two days later, Yaya Toure, who had a medical check-up on Manchester City, was smiling. Wearing a scarf around his neck, he appeared at the city's headquarters, and in an interview, he praised the city's grand plans like most of the stars who have joined the club in the past two years. Then he mentioned Linsen: I haven't officially met Lin yet, but we have spoken on the phone and when he was in Malaga I was convinced that he was a great coach and I am sure that we will have a very pleasant cooperation.

Yaya Toure, who signed him, will be given three days to attend to his personal affairs, after which he will fly to the United States to join Manchester City.

The signing of Yaya Toure is Manchester City's most important signing of the summer, but there is still a big rock in Linson's heart that has not been put down, and that is David Silva.

The memory of Yaya Toure often plays the role of the core of the organization at Manchester City, which is also the role that David Silva currently plays at Manchester City, but it is a gradual process, and Linson does not dare to treat Yaya Toure as David Silva's replacement from the beginning, so David Silva is still irreplaceable, at least next season.

It's just that Lin Sen still didn't take the initiative to mention the matter to David Silva.

It stands to reason that the sooner this matter comes to fruition, the better it will be for Manchester City, because in that case, they will still have time to find a replacement, but Linson is still stubbornly "taking it for granted": the later the time, the higher the chance that David Silva will stay.

After Yaya Toure's move to Manchester City, a potential transfer for David Silva to Barcelona can be ruled out, because in the future, Barcelona will have to focus all their energy on Mascherano, and after that Mascherano, Ibracmovic will be a problem for them again, especially after signing Villa......

Therefore, the potential destination of David Silva can only be Real Madrid, who initially had an affair with him.

After the end of the World Cup, Real Madrid really launched an offensive against David Silva again, and Linsen has heard about David Silva from reporters more than once, and every time, Linsen's answer is only one: David Silva is now a Manchester City player and will be a Manchester City player in the future.

It's just that if you take it for granted, Lin Sen, who is extremely angry with Real Madrid's poaching, is not completely out of the loop.

The first move is to intercept Real Madrid's target directly like Barcelona's target Mascherano, because no one knows Real Madrid's target better than Linsen this summer, and one of the most "natural" options is Ozil, who is currently playing for Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga.

In my memory, on the issue of Ozil, Real Madrid made a good calculation, that is, they were ready to wait for the German to leave for a free transfer after his contract expired with only one year left on his contract. Later, because of Kaka's unexpected injury, Real Madrid had to sign Ozil a year earlier. But at this time, Kaka is still alive, so Lin Sen is very sure that Real Madrid has not been in contact with Bremen, of course, with Ozil personally, he must have been in contact.

If David Silva finally stays, Linson doesn't want to spend too much energy to compete with Ozil, who has almost been "privately determined" with Real Madrid, but if Real Madrid finally poachs David Silva, then Linsen will have to fight with Real Madrid for Ozil, whose experience in the Premier League is not successful in memory.

And the second back move, that is, if Ozil doesn't grab it, then Lin Sen has another option that no one may have thought of at this time, that is, Aguero.

In my memory, Aguero, who transferred to Manchester City, has always been on Linsen's list, but it has not yet been time to bring it in. But if he had no choice, Lin Sen could only dig people up in advance. Of course, Aguero, who plays in the forward position in most cases, cannot completely replace the role of David Silva, and this will involve the use of Yaya Toure -

The second game of the warm-up match.

The score was still 1-2 as in the previous warm-up game, but this time, it was Manchester City who suffered the defeat.

In this game, Linson still chose a mixed lineup, the Bend brothers partnered in the back, Guidetti and Falcao appeared in the front line, on both sides were Wright Jr. and Di Maria, Di Maria assisted Falcao to score a goal in the first half, and in the second half, Linson turned the parallel midfield into a diamond-shaped midfielder, Bale replaced Di Maria, Weiss replaced Wright Jr., and Reuss replaced Lars Bender in the forward position. Not only to see Reuss's performance in the midfield position, but also to see if Sven Bender can stand alone when playing as a single midfielder.

The conclusion has been reflected in the score.

Whether you can play alone in midfield is a basic criterion for measuring a top-level defensive midfielder, and a midfielder of Mascherano's level, basically as long as they are not in a very low state and they are on the pitch, you don't need to worry about interceptions in midfield at all.

Obviously, Sven Bender is not at that level yet.

The three midfielders in the Manchester City team last season represent exactly three types, the interception-type De Jong, the all-round Vidal, and the pivotal Xavi Martinez, and in fact, in addition to these three types, there is also a kind of back, that is, the pure technical flow of the back, the representative figures are Pirlo and Xavi. Compared with the first three types of midfield, the biggest difference is that the interception ability is mediocre, but the organizational ability is excellent.

Although Lin Sen has always preferred the back with defensive ability, he has no prejudice against the technical flow of the back, first, this kind of back is more scarce than the first three, and ordinary Lin Sen can't look down on it, because the back is a key position, and it is also a fatal position, even Pirlo, he also needs Gattuso to escort him, there is no considerable ability, but the tiger is not an anti-dog. Second, it is also tactical.

Last season, Manchester City's standard De Jong and Bidal, after the arrival of Yaya Toure, De Jong's position will be replaced by Yaya Toure, but this does not mean that Linsen intends to use Yaya Toure as a pure ball grabber like De Jong, if David Silva stays, Linson's original intention is to make Vidal and Yaya Toure become the double insurance of Manchester City's midfield, and the younger Xavi Martinez and De Jong, who has more singular characteristics, can form an effective rotation according to the situation.

But if David Silva leaves, Linson will no longer be able to let Yaya Toure step by step, and half of the team's offensive organization task will fall on "Aguero" at that time, and most of it will have to fall on Yaya Toure.

This can be regarded as another trick for Linsen to prevent David Silva from leaving. (To be continued......)