CHAPTER XX
Cesc Fabregas will not come, and his destination will be Manchester City's biggest enemy Chelsea in the new season.
It's not good news by any means, but what needs to be done, still needs to be done.
Linson decided to go ahead with the transfer, Suarez is leaving, Sanchez can take his place, although Fabregas is missing, but at least on the cards, Manchester City are not clearly weakened, Pellegrini may be a little disappointed, but this is already the best result. Of course, this means that if Bale leaves, Linson will have to find a replacement.
In the communication with Subisareta, although it was only a phone call, Lin Sen still did not seem surprised to hear the other party, but Lin Sen did not think that this was a trick by Barcelona. The reason is simple, Manchester City and Chelsea, Manuel Pellegrini and Mourinho, all things being equal, it is not difficult for Barcelona to choose. Therefore, Subisareta's calmness is probably due to Fabregas's thoughts.
Whenever Jose Mourinho stands at Camp Nou, everyone thinks that all Barcelonans are incompatible with him, but what about reality? There was Samuel Eto'o before, and now there is Cesc Fabregas, or how to say that there is only a thin line between love and hate, when you treat someone as a mortal enemy, a certain kind of process, this is already a kind of recognition.
Subisareta agreed to negotiate a second time, and this time, Linson intends to trade in the way proposed by Subisareta before, because he has already seen Barcelona's lineup, to put it simply, it is impossible for Manchester City to put it, Barcelona is willing to put it, and Manchester City is not interested. Therefore, next, how much to add is the focus of the negotiation.
The second negotiation went smoothly, just like the negotiation between Linsen and Sanchez.
July 14th. World Cup final day.
The eyes of the entire football world are focused on the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, waiting for the German chariot to compete with the Pampas Eagles for the title of this World Cup, and at this time, Manchester City suddenly announced a blockbuster deal on its official website: the team's Uruguayan striker Suarez transferred to La Liga giants Barcelona.
The value was not disclosed.
As soon as the news came out, almost all Manchester City fans were stunned.
I have to say that on this deal, both Manchester City and Barcelona have done a good job of secrecy, almost not revealing the slightest news to the media, plus it coincides with the World Cup, and the attention of fans and the media is somewhat distracted. Even if there is a slight scandal, most of them are laughed at by fans, because in their opinion, Suarez has no reason to leave at all, he receives one of the highest salaries in the entire Premier League, and he is the core of the Manchester City team, so it doesn't look like a transfer.
But now, a qiē just happened.
Just before the anger of Manchester City fans could erupt, Manchester City's official website announced another blockbuster news: Manchester City brought in Chilean striker Sanchez from Barcelona.
This is another bomb. It's just that this time it's not just Manchester City fans who blow up. It also blew up Arsenal fans.
You know, before that, Sanchez had almost become an Arsenal player in the eyes of the media, and they even saw Arsenal's top brass appear at Barcelona. I saw Sanchez's agent Ferisevic appear in London again, but now, Sanchez actually went to Manchester City?!
Two transactions, announced at an interval of no more than half an hour. Naturally, it evokes people's associations.
As with the usual transfers, Manchester City did not announce the amount of the two transfers, so. Inevitably, there are doubts about whether this is a swap.
This question was also quickly answered, as Barcelona confirmed the two deals on their official website shortly after Manchester City's announcement, but unlike Manchester City, they made it clear that the two deals were separate transfers and there was no zài swap.
Regarding Barcelona's "clarification", Lin Sen just laughed.
The two transactions are indeed not swaps, at least not equivalent swaps, because the final agreement between the two sides on Suarez's value is: Sanchez plus 40 million. Or to put it another way, Fabregas, which couldn't make it in the end, was priced at 40 million. This price is higher than the price originally proposed by Subisareta, but not by much.
In fact, Lin Sen still opened a plug-in on the grasp of the price this time, but it was a bit unbelievable in the eyes of Subisareta, and Subisareta even wondered if his hole cards had already been known by the other party, because Lin Sen was almost stuck in his bottom line at the asking price, and he hardly gave him any room for counteroffer.
In the end, after the two reached an agreement, Subisareta did not forget Bartomeu's words, and then, there was a slightly "redundant" announcement on the official websites of the two clubs.
Subisareta didn't explain to Lin why he did this, but the trick wasn't so hard to understand for anyone who knew the details of the deal. The two transfers were announced separately, although it still made many people wonder if this was a swap, but after all, it was only doubts. Since it is a suspicion, it means that this transfer is actually just a transfer gives the impression of two transactions.
There are many benefits to such a difference, and the biggest one is to avoid comparison. No player likes to be "a part" of someone else, that's for sure. Unless the relationship with the club is very good, or the more desperate the player is to leave, the less willing the player is to be "part of" the club to bring in a player, because that would be almost a disguised admission that he is inferior to the other side.
This principle is the same as not suffering from the few but suffering from the uneven.
Similar examples, the most famous in recent years is Robinho, who was still in Real Madrid at the time, because he was dissatisfied with becoming part of Real Madrid's introduction of Ronaldo, and finally completely fell out with Real Madrid and joined Manchester City. Barcelona also encountered a similar thing, although the deal was finally completed, that is, Eto'o added money to Ibramovic, the world only knows that Eto'o was equally unhappy at first and then changed his mind, but it is not known why Eto'o changed his mind.
Speaking of which, I have to mention that this deal, which many people think is a big deal for Inter Milan, is actually a bit difficult for Barcelona. This distress is Eto'o's attitude. At that time, Eto'o had already had conflicts with Barcelona executives and coach Guardiola because of his "big mouth", and it was imperative to leave the team, and Guardiola fell in love with Ibrahimovic. Simplicity, let Inter Milan increase the persuasiveness, where does the persuasiveness come from? Jose Mourinho? You know, when Mourinho was still the head coach of Chelsea, Samuel Eto'o, as a Barcelona striker, even mocked Mourinho.
Therefore, the most realistic persuasion is naturally there and only an annual salary!
Everyone knows what happened next, Inter Milan offered Eto'o the first annual salary in Serie A. But part of this annual salary is actually from Barcelona. The reason is simple, although Eto'o is right to come as a replacement for Ibrahimovic, but this is not Inter's original intention, so why did Inter Milan offer Eto'o the maximum salary? Samuel Eto'o was reluctant to come, which should have been Barcelona's problem, not Inter's, because they wanted Ibrahimovic.
As for Barcelona, they who have fallen out with Eto'o, of course, it is impossible for them to make a "weak" behavior such as bearing part of Eto'o's salary on the surface, so this part of the "compensation" can only be transferred to a more high-sounding transfer fee.
Speaking of which, does this transfer routine feel familiar? Yes, Ibrahimovic equals Eto'o's money, and now, Suarez, equals Sanchez plus money. It's almost a pattern.
Past experience, if not forgotten, is a guide for the future..
Of course, the current Barcelona president Bartomeu can't forget Jì, and the Ibrahimovic deal has become one of the few transfers that Barcelona fans criticized during the tenure of former Barcelona President Rosell, so there are the two opinions of Bartomeu and Subisareta, but now, Fabregas has not gone to work, and the opinions have become one.
Straight to the point. With the dust settled on Suarez's transfer, Linson's first problem of the summer, although it was not solved in the perfect way he originally wanted, is no longer a bad result in any case. Next, welcoming new players and saying goodbye to old players are the job of the head coach, and Linsen has his sights set on the next step.
On Linsen's table, there are two things, Richardez, who is close to completion, not to West Ham United but to Serie A Fiorentina, and Nastasic, who was angry at Juventus because of Linsen's "vexatious" guidance, and now, only Schalke is still persevering with the Serbian defender.
Of course, compared to these two transfers on the table, Lin Sen is more concerned about the other two transactions that are not triggered.
In the past few days, Lin Sen has been paying attention to Mangala's transfer. After the last offer was regarded as an insult by Porto manager Rodrigo, Linson has not made a second offer "boringly", but he has not completely taken his eyes off Mangala, because he is eager to see if PSG has really completely shifted their interest to Mangala.
And this morning, the latest news that Lin Sen heard was that the negotiations between Paris Saint-Germain and Porto have once again reached an impasse.
Yes, again.
Now, Linson has made it very certain that Paris Saint-Germain is still not giving up on David Luiz, because they are becoming less and less like their style of recruitment in Mangala's transfer operations.
Finally, there's Bell.
Today is the last day of the World Cup, and just yesterday, Monaco's general manager Ricciardo in an interview with the French media, has personally confirmed that Ronaldo's transfer to Real Madrid is a foregone conclusion, coupled with the early confirmation of Kroos's transfer, Real Madrid has completed two blockbuster introductions this summer, and it seems that they have attracted people's attention enough.
But Lin Sen was still waiting, very patient. (To be continued......)