Acknowledgments before the chapter: Thank you for the book friend Ziyang's reward again.

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Mendes is right, what should come, will come.

In the phone call, Little Sans actually did not propose to renew the contract, but with Mendes' reminder, Little Sans's intentions are self-evident.

Indeed, after several days of uncertainty, Little Sans finally accepted Aguilar's offer and decided to talk to Lin Sen first.

When Lin Sen walked into Xiao Sans's office, Xiao Sans seemed very enthusiastic, not to mention serving tea and water, but at least he also got up to greet him, Lin Sen did not show that he was flattered, but he was bland, the status of the head coach in the eyes of the chairman is determined by the results, which is the same in any employment relationship in the world.

After a brief pleasantry, Sans Jr. did not start by asking Linsen if he had any intention of renewing his contract, or simply asking Linsen what kind of new contract he wanted, but in a different way, he asked Linsen what he expected from this season's results.

'As at the beginning of the season, I still think Málaga will be in Europe. As for the question of Sans Jr., Lin Sen's answer was the same as when he first signed the contract.

The European arena naturally includes the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Cup, which will be renamed UEFA Europa League next season.

"Not the Champions League?" Little Sans was a bit of a surprise. It's not that Sans Jr.'s confidence has skyrocketed, but in his eyes, Linsen has always been a very confident person, and Malaga is currently second in the league, and as long as he doesn't fall out of the top four, Malaga can enter next season's Champions League, according to what Malaga has shown this season, this goal does not seem impossible.

"Expectations and forecasts are not the same, Mr. President." Lin Sen shook his head and said with a smile, "Predictions can be overestimated, but expectations can't." ”

"Well, you're right." Sans Jr. nodded, then asked another question, "And what about next season?" Forest. ”

"Next season?" Lin Sen glanced at Xiao Sans and found that the other party was also looking at him, he smiled, but still shook his head, "I can't expect next season." ”

"Why?" Little Sans is a flurry.

"Because expectations need to be based, Mr. President." Lin Sen said lightly, "Please forgive me, can you guarantee that this season's Malaga squad can be retained in its entirety next season?" If I can, then I can tell you what I expect. ”

Little Thornston smiled wryly, and after a moment he said, "What if you could?" ”

"Champions League!" It seems that he had long thought that Xiao Sans would continue to ask, and Lin Sen's answer was very simple. This is not a big deal, if Malaga can keep this season's squad, after a season of running-in, plus his own plug-ins, Champions League qualification for Malaga, is no longer a challenge.

Lin Sen's answer also made Xiao Sansi sigh in his heart.

Unlike his father, little Sans, who was born in Madrid and grew up in Real Madrid, his favorite club, but not Real Madrid, but Malaga, who pays more attention to his "Sans II" identity than others, Malaga, a small team with ups and downs, has a more real sense of belonging, from the captain to the chairman, the former Little Sans did not have the dream of building Malaga into a giant, but with him as president, the more reality he is exposed to, the more realistic people follow, and the more distant the dream becomes.

Now Sanz is more concerned with improving Malaga's finances and getting the club out of financial supervision.

This is the reality that Little Sans has to face.

And hiring Lin Sen is obviously a coincidence. Little Sans has thought more than once about many ifs, if Muniz hadn't left, if Aguilar hadn't mentioned it, if he didn't want to develop Chinese members...... All it takes is one if Málaga will be out of touch with the young coach who has been compared to Barcelona's Pep Guardiola in the media. In the eyes of the media, Lin Sen is a stubborn, arrogant and talented head coach, but Little Sans is very aware of Lin Sen's ambitions.

Ambition, in fact, changing the vest, is the ideal. Just as cunning and clever.

Now, ideals and reality collide together, and most of the winners can only be reality.

Linson asked him if he could keep his squad for next season, and Sans knew that the question was not asking him, but just stating the fact that it would be difficult for Málaga to keep their players.

'I'm not going to beat around the bush anymore, the club is willing to extend your contract with you, and I want to hear your opinion.' Little Sans suddenly gets straight to the point.

"No problem." Lin Sen's calmness and the speed of his answer surprised Xiao Sans a little, of course he didn't know that Lin Sen had already been mentally prepared, "However, I have a request." ”

As for the contract renewal, long before Mendes mentioned it, in fact, Lin Sen had already made a decision, and he knew very well what he wanted. For Lin Sen, Xiao Sans's "foreshadowing" just now is not so necessary, consulting him for this season and next season's expectations is nothing more than trying to test the bottom line of his salary requirements, and for salary, of course, Lin Sen can't help but say that he doesn't care at all, but salary is not the most critical factor in whether he renews his contract, otherwise, Lin Sen would not have signed the current contract. Of course, there is nothing wrong with the consideration of Little Sans, Lin Sen can not pay attention to the annual salary, but as the chairman of the club, Little Sans cannot ignore it.

"Or transfer rights?" Little Sans laughed.

"Of course." Lin Sen also smiled, "And this time, I need to write this into the contract." ”

"Do you just trust me like that?" Little Sans made a rare joke when he heard this.

"Why, I really believe that the club can give me a salary that I am happy with." Lin Sen smiled.

"Huh." Little Thornton shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Is this really the only requirement?" ”

"Yes." Lin Sen nodded, and suddenly seemed to remember something, so he added, "By the way, the transfer rights I mentioned include the budget." I'm not going to ask the team to give me a big budget, but I have to make sure that at least 80% of the transfer income from the sale of players goes to me. ”

All right.

Little Sans was in a more complicated mood.

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"Renewal?"

As soon as Lin Sen returned to the training ground from Little Sansna, Tapia came to his side and asked quietly.

"How would you know." Lin Sen was a little surprised, but soon he thought of why, "When did Livermore's mouth get so big." ”

"That's a good thing. What is there to hide. Tapia didn't think so, but he didn't seem to want to dig deeper, but raised his hand and gave Lin Sen a report, "This is Ruiz's fitness report. Leave it to the bottom, how are you going to arrange tomorrow's starters? ”

Lin Sen took the report and roughly skimmed it, because Lin Sen chose to let the main lineup play in the last game of the Copa del Rey, although Lin Sen replaced several main players early afterward, but the players who started in the last game in the report were generally not in good physical condition. According to the normal situation, tomorrow's game against Athletic Bilbao, Linsen should choose to rotate, but the current sixth-ranked Athletic Bilbao is not a good stubble, although Malaga defeated the opponent in the first leg of the season, but the Bacchus San Mamés stadium has always been called the devil's home stadium, if Linsen is completely in accordance with the physical condition, the probability of Malaga retreating from the San Mamés stadium is really small, so Tapia is not sure of Linsen's start tomorrow.

Tapia originally thought that Lin Sen might have a good plan to break the enemy in his heart, after all, this season is not the first time that Lin Sen has made a surprise move, but he didn't expect Lin Sen to just say lightly, "Rotation." ”

"Rotation?"

Tapia was stunned for a moment, he knew that the rotation in Lin Sen's mouth was actually no different from giving up, although Lin Sen had always refused to admit it.

"Next week or a double game a week, do you have a better way?" Lin Sen turned his head and smiled lightly.

Of course, Tapia can't help it, there is no way to do this kind of thing, Ruiz, who specializes in eating this bowl of rice, where can he do it.

In fact, the strategic abandonment of this league against Athletic Bilbao was already decided by Linsen long before the last game against Real Betis, otherwise he would not have played his main role in the game against Real Betis.

This season, Malaga has always been "lucky", and there has not been much "non-combat attrition", on the one hand, it is naturally because in the first half of the league, Malaga's part of the time is only a one-line battle, on the other hand, there is no reason why Lin Sen secretly uses plug-ins, as long as there is a little sign of injury, it will generally be directly doused by Lin Sen with a basin of cold water.

However, physical fitness is a limited thing after all, and in the face of more and more double-matches a week in the second half, the ideal situation is of course the one rotation that Lin Sen used before, but unfortunately this time the opponent is completely different.

Four games in two weeks, with two Copa del Rey games against Real Betis coming in midweek, one at the league weekend away to Athletic Bilbao this week and one at home to Almeria next week.

Athletic Bilbao are undoubtedly the strongest of the four, and they also have the advantage of the devil's home field. This is followed by Real Betis and finally Almeria, with the same strength as their current league standings: sixth, eighth, eighteenth. Athletic Bilbao does not need to be repeated, in which Almeria happens to be the team that Malaga has just eliminated from the Copa del Rey, and Real Betis is also the opponent that Málaga has just met in the first two rounds, although both teams have lost to Malaga in the previous games, but Linsen knows the difference in strength between the two teams, the Copa del Rey vs Almeria, Linsen used a semi-main lineup, but still won the two legs. As for Real Betis, Lin Sen used the full main force.

Therefore, Lin Sen had to learn from the wisdom of the ancients: Tian Ji horse racing.

First use the main force to ensure the advantage of the Copa del Rey, then strategically give up the score against Athletic Bilbao, and then try to win the opponent at the minimum cost to advance to the semi-finals of the Copa del Rey, and finally go all out with Almeria.

With such a plan, the only loss is to sacrifice a league game, but for the current Malaga, three more points, Malaga cannot become the champion, three points less, and Malaga will not be relegated.

This, too, is the reality.