Thank you before the chapter: Thank you to the two book friends Xue Wu VS Tianya, please call me Tang Tang's reward.

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Mendes never fights unprepared.

He wants to sign with Linsen, so he needs to know Linsen, and he is ready to let Linsen sign with Manchester City, so he has to know one of the most important people, and that person is Manchester City's chairman Mubarak.

In a way, Mendes and Mubarak actually have something in common, that is, they are both businessmen, and they both see football as a business. Of course, the different experiences of two people doomed them not to be the same kind of people.

Although Mendes has played football, his most well-known former identity is that of a video rental and sales vendor, because this identity can better reflect the inspirational nature of Mendes's success, just as many people like to say that Mourinho always likes to say that he used to be a translator, it is in this capacity that the Portuguese has become the current brokerage predator step by step, so when describing Mendes, people prefer to use a word: shrewd.

Mubarak is a different kind of businessman, with the best education in the world, and after graduation he was given the opportunity to run the business of some of the richest people in the world, and he was the "steward" of the Mansour family before becoming the chairman of Manchester City. The edification of the ivory tower makes Mubarak exude elegance in both appearance and temperament.

It's not that Mendes hasn't dealt with people like Mubarak, they always like to talk about plans, they like to put rules and regulations on everything, and then follow the rules, but admittedly, this kind of person is very sensible, and when you negotiate with them, it's hard to influence their judgment through other things. So, before the meeting, Mendes had to make sure his side was prepared to deal with the various issues.

Mendes knew Mubarak, however, Mendes probably wouldn't have thought that Mubarak was also knowing someone, but this person was not him, but Linsen.

One fact that no one knows is that Mubarak actually met Linsen, of course, at that time, he didn't know that Linsen was the head coach of Malaga, because at that time Linsen had just signed with Malaga, and he had not yet set foot in football.

At that time, a friend of his who was wearing a robe on the plane accidentally stepped on the hem while going down the stairs, and as a result, he fell on the arm, and the crew helped him send a radio to find a doctor, and the person they found was Lin Sen. It only took less than two minutes for Lin Sen to turn his sweaty friend into a normal person, which made him a little amazing when he was watching from the side, because Lin Sen didn't even ask what happened after he went, just glanced at it and knew what was going on. Of course, Mubarak was more impressed by Linsen's subsequent style.

Mubarak thought that he might never meet this Chinese again in his life, which, of course, was not a pity. It wasn't until he accepted Mansour's commission to become the chairman of Manchester City, and then saw Linsen's face again on TV by chance, which surprised Mubarak, so he even deliberately checked Linsen's information in his spare time, of course, only limited to the Internet, and then he found that he really found an interesting person: team doctor, coach, Atletico Madrid, Malaga...... Undoubtedly, compared to Mubarak, who has been smooth sailing since birth, Lin Sen's life is obviously much more exciting.

So, counting it, Mendes's fax is the third time that the name Linsen has attracted Mubarak's attention, and to be precise, this time, it is Mubarak who really pays attention to Linsen. Because this time, it's all about dà.

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Manchester is not the largest city in the UK geographically, but it is the largest city in the UK in terms of football geography, and it is one of the most important maps in the whole of European football. Manchester owes this football status to one team in the city, Manchester United, and of course, to one man, Sir Alex Ferguson.

Ferguson, who succeeded Atkinson at the helm of Manchester United in '86, has brought 11 league trophies and two Champions League trophies to the city of Manchester in 23 years and will continue to do so.

It can be said that without Ferguson, there would be no Manchester United now.

Of course, for Linson, who came to Manchester, he did not come to look up to Ferguson's miracles, he came to look for an opportunity to become a mortal enemy with Ferguson.

When Lin Sen and Mendes landed at Manchester International Airport, what Lin Sen didn't expect was that a reporter was already waiting for an interview at the airport, although he didn't wait for Lin Sen to react, Mendes helped Lin Sen block the car with a professional smile, and then the two got into the car that went straight to the city square.

Obviously, this is Mendes' modus operandi again. It is not known why Mendes wanted his presence at Manchester City to be reported in the news, but it is certain that the presence of those reporters was no accident.

The meeting was held at a café in City Square, not at the city's headquarters, which was the same as the last time Lin Sen went to Malaga for an interview, and apparently the other party did not consider this meeting to be a formal meeting, although it did not seem to be much different from the official meeting in terms of rank.

Along the way, Mendes kept explaining to Lin Sen what to pay attention to when meeting and talking, which needs to be highlighted, like an old mother, recalling the last interview, Lin Sen couldn't help but feel a little in his heart, and some agents are different. The view from the car window constantly swept backwards, and compared to Malaga, Manchester is undoubtedly more in line with the definition of a city in the eyes of many people: towering buildings, dense traffic, and Gothic architecture full of history......

During this period, Mendes received a few phone calls, and Linsen did not deliberately listen to what Mendes said, but some bits and pieces could still be heard that he was communicating with people from the Manchester City side, which was probably to confirm the time and place and other things. When the car arrived at the town square, Mendez and Linson got out of the car and walked for a few minutes to a café.

The time was almost good, there were less than ten minutes left before the agreed meeting time, and what Lin Sen didn't expect was that when he and Mendes walked into the box, there were two people already waiting.

One Arab, one British.

When he saw Mendes push the door in, Mubarak raised his head, and then, his eyes were not on Mendes's body, but directly at Lin Sen behind him.

Mubarak knew Lin Sen, but Lin Sen didn't know Mubarak, at that time on the plane, he just glanced at the injured man, and after he was cured, he pulled away, counting the back and forth process in less than five minutes, not to mention Mubarak next to him, even the injured Arab is now standing in front of him, and he doesn't know either.

After making sure that Lin Sen didn't recognize him, Mubarak smiled, then stood up and held out his hand.

Handshakes, self-introductions, greetings.

Although both sides try to downplay the solemn atmosphere of this interview and make the interview look more like a conversation with a few friends, this is the interview. So, after a simple liturgy, Mubarak did not tell Sù Linsen that they had ever met, and the two sides went into the subject.

"Before we begin today's topic, we hope that Mr. Lin will understand that no matter what the outcome of today's meeting is, we all want each other to remain silent about this meeting." It was Gary Cook who spoke, apparently he was getting vaccinated, suggesting that Linson was not City's only option.

It's just that as soon as this sentence came out, Mendes frowned and said: "I'm afraid it's difficult, I won't tell you that when we got off the plane, a reporter saw us." ”

"Journalists?" Gary Cook paused for a moment.

"Yes, maybe someone leaked the news." Mendes looked straight at the other side, as if he thought that it must be someone from Manchester City's side who leaked the news.

"How could this ......" Gary Cook also frowned, he didn't expect this to happen.

Watching Mendes beat him upside down, Lin Sen shook his head and smiled bitterly in his heart, this is what Mendes wants? Will the opposing army's army be the first to start?

"It doesn't matter. Let's get down to business. At this time, Mubarak, who was next to him, said lightly, and directly skipped this matter as soon as he opened his mouth, "I personally appreciate the work that Lin has done in Malaga, but I have a question, last season's Malaga seemed to play defensive football, is this your coaching style?" ”

Mubarak's first question made Mendes frown.

Every team has its own style, with some clubs accepting the team to adapt to the manager, while others need the manager to adapt to the team. What style of football team is Manchester City? Last season, Mark Hughes led Manchester City to play attacking football, but the season ended before it ended, and Kassel accepted a more balanced attack and defence, but still failed to convince the club.

So, what kind of answer is what Manchester City want, in fact, it is likely that no one will know except Mubarak in front of him, because there is no standard answer at all. Therefore, this problem is actually the uncontrollable problem that Mendes is most worried about, because it has nothing to do with Linsen's ability at all, only with style.

At this point, Mendez stretched out a hand and placed it casually on the table.

That was the agreement between him and Lin Sen, or the signal to Lin Sen, and this signal was vague.