Chapter 40: Meeting
It happened suddenly.
For the president of a team, the world of football is sometimes outrageously direct, either poaching people or being poached. And for a team that has just been promoted to the first division, the chance of being poached is obviously much greater than poaching, so for Muniz's other job, Fernando Sanz's mood is not anger with helplessness, but helplessness with anger.
The anger is more directed at the poaching Santander Athletic, while the helplessness is more directed at the poached Muniz. In La Liga, although Racing Santander and Malaga are not strong teams, Racing Santander's history in La Liga is undoubtedly much longer than that of Málaga, which was only promoted to the first division at the end of the last century.
The high-spirited promotion horse is just a nice word, and the reality is that one of the strongest teams in the second division is about to become one of the weakest teams in the first division, and it is not just the competitive level that faces this contrast. The transfer budget for Málaga for the new season is destined to be pitiful, the second division budget is undoubtedly insignificant in La Liga, and worse, Málaga's own debts make it unlikely that Málaga will get better anytime soon, so it is not surprising that Muniz abandoned Málaga for Racing Santander.
"The strengths and weaknesses of both men are distinct, and Tapia is more familiar with the team and can reduce the run-in period to the maximum. Lin, on the other hand, helped Atletico to stop the decline in the season that just ended, and it is clear that he is a coach who likes to use young players, which is in line with our rebuilding thinking. Aguilar, the team's advisor, said, "Actually, Lin is one of the reasons why we changed the manager. Because one of the direct reasons for Racing Santander's change of coach is that they lost 1:5 at home to Atletico Madrid led by Lin in the last round, otherwise, with Santander's ranking, they have little chance of changing coaches. ”
"What does Tapia mean?"
"I haven't communicated with him yet. But I don't think it's a big problem, although he likes what he does. ”
"And what about your opinion?" Sans looked at the information in his hand, looked up and asked, "Which one do you prefer?" ”
"On a competitive level, Tapia. After all, this is his own person, except that he has no experience in leading a team in the first division, he is good in all aspects. Aguilar thought for a moment and quickly answered Sanz's question, "Although Lin has experience in leading a team in the First Division, he only has a few games, and in addition, he is not as experienced as Tapia. However, I'll still get in touch with Lin first. ”
"Okay, let's get in touch first. You know, Lin is a Chinese coach and that's important for the club. ”
"I understand." Aguilar nodded.
Since Sanz took over, the development of club membership has been an important goal for him, and as the second largest Mediterranean port city in Spain, Malaga has always been one of the main concentrations of Chinese in Spain, and it is clear that if Malaga can welcome a Chinese coach, it will be very helpful to attract Chinese fans.
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Lin Sen also didn't expect that he had just submitted his resume everywhere like a recent graduate, and before he could get a reply, he got an unexpected interview invitation from the first division team that he had even given up hope of - Malaga.
Linson is no stranger to the club of Malaga, because this club will almost become La Liga Manchester City in the future, of course, just a little.
Two years later, before the start of the 2010 season, Abdullah Al-Thani, a member of the Qatari royal family, bought a stake in Malaga and became the team's president, and then hired Sans as an adviser to the team while maintaining the leadership of the previous team, while overhauling the team, and within a few years, Malaga went from a relegation team to a team that reached the quarterfinals of the European Champions Cup, if not for bad luck. Dortmund, who later reached the final, scored twice in stoppage time and Malaga could even go further. However, the team's excellent record did not change the fact that the club was full of hidden dangers, with the withdrawal of the Middle East consortium, the club also fell into financial crisis, and then the key players of the team were sold, and the rapid fall of Malaga and its rise are like a steep parabola, which is regrettable. Otherwise, with Malaga's record at the time, it may not really become La Liga Manchester City.
Of course, these are all later words, and the current Malaga, in Lin Sen's understanding, is still a Cinderella who has never seen a crystal slipper, doing heavy work, and does not have too many unrealistic dreams.
From Madrid to Malaga, since the high-speed rail had just opened at the end of last year, Lin Sen received an invitation in the morning and appeared at a café in Malaga in the afternoon. It's not in the reception room of the Malaga club, this meeting, no matter how you look at it, is informal, but it doesn't matter, Lin Sen can understand the other party's concerns.
Fernando Sanz, many people are more accustomed to calling him Little Sanz, in other words, a rich second generation, and a rich second generation with ideals and ambitions. His father is the famous former Real Madrid president Lorenzo Sanz, who has been in Real Madrid to create three Champions League glory in five years after the old Sans stepped down as the president of Real Madrid, has been obsessed with football, but has failed to run for the president of Real Madrid twice, and then even once wanted to enter the Serie A Parma, until two years ago, the old Sans bought all the shares from the former president of Malaga, Roerdan, it is said that there is the shadow of the old Sans's wife, Because the wives of old Sans, Ingorid and Roldán, are both from the Asensio family in Spain. As for the current president of Malaga, Sanz Jr., his journey to becoming president of Malaga is even more dramatic, because just two years ago he was the captain of the Malaga team, and almost in the blink of an eye, he went from captain to president of the club.
Looking at Xiao Sans, who was not much older than himself, Lin Sen felt that he couldn't say how young he was as a coach. As for Lin Sen coming to the meeting alone, whether it was Xiao Sans or Aguilar, they were actually a little surprised, they didn't expect that Lin actually had no agent.
"Sorry, I don't have an agent yet." Lin Sen saw the other party's surprise, and took the lead in speaking to laugh at himself, "I hope this won't affect my impression score." ”
"No problem. We can be more honest. Little Sans also smiled slightly.
It is said that the first impression determines success or failure, and it is obvious that Lin Sen's joke at least did not disgust the other party, not only Xiao Sans, but also the expression on Aguilar's face eased a lot.
"Let's get straight to the point. Mr. Lin, we all know that you used to coach Atletico Madrid, which was a big team, can I hear your opinion on Atletico Madrid? The one who spoke was still the main "interviewer" Little Sans.
Why do you always ask this kind of question during interviews?
Hearing Xiao Sansi's words, Lin Sen felt a little helpless in his heart, this kind of question of evaluating his old club is really old-fashioned and troublesome, anyway, it depends on the other party's mood whether he says it is good or bad, but the question still has to be answered, he thought for a while, and then said slowly: "I don't like to evaluate my old club." However, when I left Atletico Madrid, I had a meeting with Atletico Madrid's president, Cerezo, and I told Sù Cerezo that one day, he would be proud of Atletico Madrid. And someday, a certain team will be proud of me, and unfortunately that team is not Atletico Madrid. That's the exact word. I feel that this sentence can be used to answer your question. ”
Lin Sen deliberately hid this "small" detail that he did not say the second half of the sentence to Cerezo.
Little Sans was a little surprised at this time, and Aguilar next to him also looked at Lin Sen in surprise, obviously they didn't expect Lin Sen to give such an answer. Whether what Lin Sen said is not the truth is actually not the most important, the important thing is that since Lin Sen dares to say these words, then, whether it is arrogant or confident, it can at least show one point: the Chinese in front of him is a very confident guy.
"I can see you're confident." At this time, Aguilar, who was next to him, finally spoke, "So, if you're coaching Málaga, I mean, what do you think of Málaga's transfer work in the new season?" ”
It should be said that how to look at Aguilar's question is ordinary, because this may be a question that all coaches will encounter during the interview, but at this time, Sans's eyes moved slightly.
When Malaga first broke into the first division, then coach Muniz had a meeting with Sanz and Aguilar, and since many of the players in the squad from last season were leaving at the end of the season, the content of this meeting was to determine the policy of building the team for the new season. At the time, Muniz's idea was to rebuild completely, believing that the current group of players would not be enough to cope with La Liga, while the club's hierarchy felt that the club's current financial constraints would not be able to support a complete rebuild. And this also became the fuse, or rather, excuse for Muniz's subsequent departure. Of course, there is also the willingness of the Muniz people to go to higher places.
With Muniz's experience and Linson's confidence just shown, Aguilar's question at this time was actually a bit delicate.
"Stability is the mainstay, supplemented by repair." This time, Lin Sen's answer was concise and to the point. In this regard, he is not a hypocritical coach, since he sent it to the door himself, it is natural to recognize the reality.
Little Sans and Aguilar suddenly looked at each other at the same time, and both of them saw surprise in each other's eyes, Aguilar deliberately asked this question after Lin Sen showed confidence, in fact, he wanted to see what kind of answer Lin Sen would give between confidence and reality. Because self-confident people tend to forget where they are.
But I didn't expect that Lin Sen, who was so confident that he was almost "frivolous" just now, made such a conservative answer, and this answer coincided with the transfer ideas that had been established by the senior management of Malaga.
"Similarly, if you're in charge of Málaga, where do you think the team's goals should be for the new season?" The person who asked was still Aguilar.
"European Arena." Lin Sen's tone was flat, and he seemed to say it casually.
But this answer made the two people sitting across from him frown at the same time.
"Europe...... Arena? Aguilar's eyes widened, but he couldn't help sneering in his heart, and his tone, which was originally a little eagerly because of Lin Sen's answer before, suddenly became cold, "You mean the top seven in the league?" ”
The reason why it is the top seven is because with the inauguration of the current UEFA president Michel Platini last year, as part of the reform of UEFA's Champions Cup and the League Cup, the Toto Cup will be abolished in 2009, in other words, the new season of the International Toto Cup will be the last, therefore, the new season will not be eligible for the Toto Cup, and if you want to enter the European arena, at least the League Cup.
Sans on the side was still frowning, no matter how good his first impression of Lin Sen was, he shook his head at Lin Sen's obviously unrealistic goal.
"Of course, this requires conditions." Lin Sen didn't seem to notice the change in the other party's tone, and nodded and said.
"Conditions?"
"Transfer rights."
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