Whether it's Mourinho or Mendes, it's someone both Linson and Ferguson know.

So, it is not surprising that Ferguson will mention Mourinho and Mendes will mention.

After all, this is the first time he and Ferguson have met in the true sense of the word, and the two sides always need to find some common ground, Mourinho is the perfect topic, Mendes, not so perfect. But Ferguson seems to be more interested in Mendes, because in the past few minutes, Ferguson has said several more things about Mendes, intentionally or unintentionally.

Of course, it's all trifles. Doesn't sound special.

Lin Sen didn't know if there was a deep meaning in Ferguson's words, or if it was just a casual chat, but it was obvious that he had nothing to hide, because both sides knew each other.

Mendes, who seems to have secured the position of the first agent in football, still has enough influence in Manchester City or Manchester United, and Manchester City does not need to say much, and Manchester United, Nani and Anderson are both Mendes' players, and it can be heard that although Ronaldo left Manchester United to join Real Madrid this summer, Ferguson still has a good relationship with Mendes.

It has to be said that when it comes to balancing interests, Mendes is really impeccable. Buyers and sellers, at least purely in terms of transactions, Mendes has never played the role of an evil person, which is the biggest difference between him and another notorious agent, Raiola.

"Mendes recently recommended a striker to me, and he actually plays in Portugal's third division......" Just as Linsen was thinking, Ferguson said another "little thing", but this incident made Linsen's mind flash.

"Babe?"

"Sure enough, Mendez recommended it to you?" Ferguson was not surprised that Lin Sen immediately called out the name of "striker" in his mouth, no matter how Mendes was also Lin Sen's agent, otherwise, how could he take the initiative to mention this matter.

Recommend?

Lin Sen smiled in his heart, and he shook his head. This is the truth, Mendes did not recommend Beibei to him, of course, this is not that Mendes does not want to "pit" his own people, but that Linsen is really not short of strikers, and Mendes himself knows very well that Linsen's "vision" may not be worse than him. In fact, Bei Bei is far from being as "pitted" as imagined.

As Lin Sen's predecessor, of course he knew that Bei Bei's words were exaggerated. But now. Bebe, who once scored 40 goals in six games in the Rangers World Cup, is still a genius in the eyes of many people, although he is still playing in Portugal's third tier, but the Portuguese Premier League's Guimaraes team will soon buy him, as for Ferguson, Linsen does not know if he will do it in the summer.

In fact, although Beibei's development in Lin Sen's memory is not smooth, this is relative to Ferguson's expectations of him, and also relative to the world's expectations of Ferguson's gaze, in fact, his ability is far from being as unbearable as people imagine. At the very least, he is still a player who can establish himself in the Portuguese Super League, and when United sent him back to the Portuguese League on loan a few years later, he was excellent because of his excellent performance. The Portuguese media have even called for him to be included in the Portuguese national team.

"No?" Ferguson smiled faintly, but the smile was a little strange.

Lin Sen knew why Ferguson's smile was strange, and the old gentleman obviously thought he was lying, and the reason was clear. If there is no Mendez recommendation? Would you know a striker who has been effective in Portugal's third tier?

For Ferguson's idea, Lin Sen could only smile bitterly, he couldn't say that the reason why I knew Beibei. In the final analysis, it was the old man, you yourself gave the world a "surprise", so that the name Beibei was instantly known to everyone. Therefore, Lin Sen had no choice but to lie to himself.

'Mendes mentioned it, but you know, I'm not short of strikers.

Just said this sentence, but a thought suddenly appeared in Lin Sen's heart, the reason why Ferguson mentioned Beibei to himself abnormally, could it be that the old man thought that Manchester City's transfer operation in the summer was that he got Mendes's advice?

As soon as this idea came to mind, the more Lin Sen thought about it, the more he felt that it was possible, because Ferguson had just asked a question intentionally or unintentionally, that is, how long he and Mendes had known each other, it seems that Ferguson is not even suspecting Manchester City's transfer operation this year, and even the transfer operation in Malaga, he suspects that Mendes' shadow is in it.

Lin Sen can understand Ferguson's speculation, no one can think of why Lin Sen's "gaze" is so accurate, but if it is Mendes, at least things are not so difficult to explain. It's just that......

"Not everything has to be explained, ...... sir"

Thinking of this, as if he had suddenly become enlightened, Lin Sen shook his head and smiled in his heart.

……

An hour later.

Ferguson was still sitting on the couch, but Linson was gone, and there was still a half-drunk bottle of red wine left on the table.

As he was leaving, Lin Sen smiled and said that the next time Ferguson visited the City Stadium, he would definitely treat him to the best wine.

Ferguson smiled and nodded.

But after Lin Sen left, he began to reminisce about the wine he had just drunk and the words he had said.

Inviting Linson for a drink was a surprise to Linsen, but it was normal for Ferguson, Linsen was not the first Manchester City manager he invited, Mark Hughes, the former coach of Manchester City who used to play for Manchester United, was one of them, Linsen was not the only coach he invited from a sworn enemy, and even Benitez, who once took out an A4 paper to Ferguson at a press conference to list "crimes", also drank with Ferguson.

It's a confident open-mindedness.

Rivalry on the pitch has never been the only criterion by which Ferguson judges a person. As long as you pay a little attention, it is not difficult to find that almost all of these people who have been Ferguson's "guests" have met opponents on the court with the old man. Now, however, Jose Mourinho is away from Italy, Rafael Benitez is also about to leave, and Mark Hughes is replaced by Linson......

And Ferguson is still sitting here steadily.

Leaving Ferguson's office, Lin Sen encountered a lot of surprised eyes along the way, this is Old Trafford, obviously they are not too unfamiliar with Lin Sen, especially this oriental face.

Linson didn't go back to the dressing room, because he had already told the team that they didn't have to wait for him, and the team had already left, and he was admiring the pitch as he walked, and like Alex Ferguson, he was contemplating the conversation he had just had.

Removing some of the ideas of "living the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain", Lin Sen felt that the dialogue was still very pleasant, at least, the next time the two sides met, it was difficult to say after the game, at least they could shake hands with a less fake smile before the game. As for whether Bei Bei will be affected by his "butterfly", or whether he will stage an inspirational comedy of the ugly duckling soaring into the sky, then he does not know.

It took more than ten minutes for Lin Sen to reach the exit. At this time, Tang Hua was already waiting for him at the exit.

On 21 April, Manchester City host their Europa League semi-final opponents, Belgium's Standard Liege.

Like Liverpool, Standard Liege is also one of the unlucky eggs who fell from the Champions League to the Europa League this season, Standard Liege's opponents in the Champions League group stage are not very strong, in addition to Arsenal, the other two opponents Olympiacos and AZ Alkmaar are not much stronger than them, but unfortunately their luck is too bad, and after the Europa League, their luck seems to have improved all of a sudden.

The sixth-quarter-final opponent is Austria's Salzburg, the quarter-final opponent is Greece's Panathinaikos, and the quarter-final opponent is Marseille. The three teams, although no one is weak in the knockout round, but compared with teams from the five major leagues like Manchester City, Liverpool and Atletico Madrid, it is obvious that Standard Liege's luck is already very good.

Of course, luck can't be guaranteed to the end. In the semi-finals, their opponents were Manchester City.

It was also the second time Standard Liege have played in England this season, having last seen them face Arsenal and have lost 2-0 in that game. Wearing a pair of glasses and always being well-mannered, Ladislaus Bologni looks more like a professor than Arsene Wenger, but he is a standard footballer, both as a player and as a coach.

As a player, Bologni has won the Romanian Footballer of the Year twice, and as a player, he was the best coach in the Belgian Liga after leading Standard Liege to last season's Belgian First Division title.

Anyway, in any way, Bononi is much more authentic than Linson, an amateur coach. It's a pity that football is not just about the coach's background.

After coming to Manchester, Bologni, who held a pre-match press conference at the hotel, was very low-key, he claimed that his team's goal in this game was to keep the draw, but this kind of trick Lin Sen had used before, he had been a hunter, and he had also been a fox, no matter whether Boloni was really so low-key, anyway, Lin Sen would not allow his team to have any underestimation of the enemy, and it was better to leave it to someone who was good at it.

Considering there is also a game against Arsenal at the weekend, Linson opted for a semi-rotation for this game.

For Standard Liege, Lin Sen is not familiar, but they are very familiar with two people in the team at the moment, these two people are old and young, the old is not only familiar with Lin Sen, he is Dacourt, who has played for Inter Milan and other giants, this is a veteran who is very familiar with the Premier League, and the small, at this time, I am afraid that only Lin Sen "knows", he is the French central defender Mangala who joined Manchester City for 30 million in his memory, of course, at this time, he is still playing in the midfield.

The game was evenly matched.

More than an hour ago, Manchester City led by two goals with goals from Adriano and Ireland, but in the final stage of the game, Linson repeatedly explained before the game that Manchester City, which cannot be underestimated, was still careless, and in the 78th and 85th minutes, with two quick counterattacks, Standard Liègelen took a draw from the City Stadium in the eyes of Manchester City fans who seemed to have not come to their senses.

A draw that Bologni wanted before the game. (To be continued......)