Chapter 33: The Dust Settles
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Real Madrid are pressing, Bale is striking again, and the transfer is deadlocked.
If Tang Hua, who has suffered four rounds of winlessness, is at a fork in the road of a head coach at this time, then the situation faced by Manchester City at this time is also a fork in the road for Lin Sen, who is a football manager. However, at this moment, Lin Sen ran to Cambridge, hundreds of kilometers away, and then watched a League Two game that many people may not even know the name of the team if they don't listen to the introduction.
No one would believe such a thing, but Lin Sen did it.
Because he felt that even if he stayed in his office in Manchester all day, he would not be able to change anything.
For all the fans who are concerned about Bale's transfer, Manchester City should be "in dire straits" at the moment, because Bale has almost broken with them openly, but, in fact, the atmosphere inside Manchester City is far from as bad as the outside world thinks, except for Bale, all the staff of the club still go to work on time, and the team, including training, is still in order.
Pellegrini announced the squad for the second round of the league at home to Liverpool, and it is not surprising that Bale's name is not included, but this time, in the pre-match press conference, Pellegrini is no longer polite in the face of Bale's question.
'Everybody knows why Bale wasn't in the squad for the game. For a manager, if a player is not in training, then he is not fit to play. For the club, if a professional player is not able to respect his contract, then there is no need for him to play. ”
To be able to get the famous good old man Pellegrini to say such things is obviously not just as simple as Pellegrini finally being provoked. In fact, on the day Linson left Manchester for Cambridge. City responded strongly to Bale's renewed absence from training: a week's salary was withheld and the reserve squad was relegated.
This response is also a response to Barnett's "threat".
As the person directly responsible for the transfer, Lin Sen knows very well that if things are allowed to develop like this, there will be no benefit to the players or Manchester City, and it can be said that both sides will lose. Although Manchester City tried to downplay the impact of this incident on the team as much as possible, the impact on the atmosphere of the team is difficult to completely eliminate after all. As for the players, it seems that Bale can achieve the goal of joining Real Madrid. But in reality, it came at the expense of his personal reputation.
Any dream should be respected, but the dream cannot be completely divorced from reality, otherwise, it will become a delusion. Bale, who has already become the darling of Manchester City fans, has undoubtedly disappointed Manchester City fans after this incident.
In the match against Liverpool, Manchester City's die-hard fans put up signs in the stands: Bale=Bye. (Bell = goodbye.) )
There was no angry name-calling, no sensational retention, and the City die-hard fans used such a seemingly prosaic slogan. Declared utter disappointment with Bell.
The frustration of the fans, the toughness of the club.
Barnett didn't back down, and in another media interview, he once again made a big fuss: City's decision was unjustified and they should know it. This way will not keep Bell. Slogans for fans? Suffice it to say that fans like this don't deserve to have Bale.
Undoubtedly, Barnett's remarks will cause a fierce reaction among Manchester City fans, however. Lin Sen was not surprised, because he had already waited for Barnett to put his "threat" into practice.
Bale's transfer has come to this point, and then talk about trust and understanding. It's all meaningless, and now, only the word profit remains. For Barnett, Bale's interests, which were originally tied to Manchester City, his interests, are now completely separated, because he, or they want the greater good.
This is the first time Linson has encountered such a situation, although it has not been uncommon in past transfers.
It is good to get together and disperse, sometimes it can only be a luxury after all.
Now, a qiē can only go completely in accordance with their respective interests, continue coldly, and then, doomed to a cold end.
The clock is approaching the closing of the transfer window.
This long soap opera is still going on, today the media reported that Bale is likely to stay, tomorrow it is reported that Real Madrid's latest offer was accepted by Manchester City, and the two sides are close to agreeing, and the day after tomorrow Bale's absence from training directly vetoed all the speculation of the previous days and zeroed the transfer again......
Real Madrid obviously don't want to give anyone, especially Linson, the impression that they intend to hang themselves from a tree, and in recent times, Marca and Ace have rotated, almost spreading the scandals between Real Madrid and several wingers in the world at present, Chelsea's Hazzard, Liverpool's Raheem Sterling......
In the face of Real Madrid's invisible pressure, Manchester City also did not sit still, you look for a winger, I also look for a winger, and they are all looking for difficult targets, Paris Saint-Germain's Pastore, Barcelona's Pedro......
The two sides seem to be deliberately engaged in another form of Cold War, but it hurts Barnett.
If Bale ends up having to stay at Manchester City, then Barnett will undoubtedly be the unluckiest of all.
Barnett, who has thoroughly understood that Lin Sen is soft and hard, this time, finally did not put the breakthrough on Manchester City's side, but went to Madrid instead, and had a meeting with Jose Sanchez, who knew the roots, and this meeting finally became a turning point-
“…… In addition to the concession on the signing fee, Bale will also give up half of his image rights, although he demands that we have to compensate us for this in the amount of his annual salary. ”
It's still Madrid, it's still that office, José Sanchez still sits in that seat, and opposite him, he still sits the man with the most power in Real Madrid at the moment.
"Fair, isn't it." Florentino laughed.
"It's fair, indeed." Jose Sanchez nodded, "I just didn't expect Barnett to make concessions on his own. ”
"He had to." Florentino scoffed, "There's no time left." We're not in a hurry, and Manchester City isn't in a hurry, so does he have any other choice? ”
Jose Sanchez smiled.
Florentino is right, Barnet has no choice, if it is an ordinary transfer, at this time, if Real Madrid refuses to increase the price, then, Barnett may be able to turn to the other side. With Real Madrid asking Manchester City to sign a new contract with Bale, although the benefits he received were not as big as the transfer, it was a good choice after all.
And now, the secret agreement that Real Madrid was originally going to use to cut off Manchester City's retreat did not cut off Manchester City's retreat in the end, but cut off Barnett's back road.
"It's just that, in this case, I'm afraid there will be some dissatisfaction on Carlo's side."
Lin Sen had already made it clear. It's not impossible to talk about Bale, but Real Madrid have to put Isco in the deal, a proposal that José Sanchez has previously rejected. And now, now that Jose Sanchez and Barnett have reached an agreement, it means that he has approved of putting Isco in the deal.
"Isco is a pity." Florentino said. 'However, he is still young if he can really become a world-class player at Manchester City. Well, of course, he can come back in the future. ”
It's certainly not easy to buy back players that have been sold. Florentino's tone, however, was flat, as if he was just saying something mundane.
What is confidence, this is confidence.
Even if the opponent is Manchester City, even if the opponent has been so tough in this matter, but for him, for Real Madrid, he still has full confidence to make such a judgment on a player who is about to leave.
Jose Sanchez's reaction, he just nodded.
It's just as commonplace—
August 31.
In the third round of the Premier League, Manchester City, which once again excluded Bale, hosted Stoke City, this game, Linson sat in the stands again, which was also the first time he appeared at the Etihad Stadium after returning to Manchester City.
However. In this game, God didn't give Lin Sen any face. Manchester City, who had 23 shots around Stoke City's goal throughout the game, eventually lost the game with a score of 0-1.
After the game, Lin Sen did not give an interview to the media, but quickly returned to his office.
Just around the time of the game, he received a call from Spain, one that meant that one of the biggest soap operas of the summer could be coming to an end.
The transfer hurdle was cleared.
As soon as qiē comes naturally, it comes naturally.
Originally, as was customary, the transfer window would have been on this day. That is, the last day of August is closed, but since this year this day falls on the weekend, many teams may not be able to process the transfer process on the holiday, so it is customary for the transfer window to be postponed by one day, which means that the transfer has an extra day to operate.
On the night of the 31st, Linson flew to Madrid, Spain, which was undoubtedly an "abnormal" visit for the outside world, because what should have happened at this time in Bale's transfer was supposed to be Jose Sanchez's visit to Manchester. Soon, however, all knew why.
Right at the end of the last.
With Bale finally arriving in Madrid, Spain, Manchester Airport has welcomed a new guest: Isco.
Subsequently, Manchester City officially announced the introduction of Isco from Real Madrid, and the young Spaniard will sign a five-year contract with Manchester City. At the same time, Real Madrid also officially announced that Manchester City's Welsh winger Bale has joined Real Madrid on a six-year contract.
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