Negotiations between Mendes and Manchester City took place less than three days before the two sides finalised all the details of the contract.

The speed of negotiations was not only due to Mendes' competence and City's generosity, but also because the two sides hit it off over the emphasis on wages and bonuses.

It is worth mentioning that these three years are real three years, no longer a 1+1 contract such as the previous one signed with Malaga, and the two sides did not stipulate any termination clause in the contract, that is to say, Linsen's performance does not affect his contract, of course, for Manchester City, if Linsen's performance is really bad enough to terminate the contract, presumably any special terms are useless.

Compared with the contract renewal that Malaga was ready to provide to Linsen, Manchester City's annual salary to Linsen is obviously much higher, Linsen's annual salary is two million pounds, which is converted into nearly two and a half million euros, of course, this is the annual salary before tax, with the current 40% tax rate in the UK, the number that really falls into Linsen's pocket is only 1.2 million pounds, and the British tax rate will be increased to 50% next year. From this, it can also be seen that one of the reasons why the two giants of La Liga always attract big-name stars, you must know that Spain previously imposed a tax rate of only 24% on foreigners.

The annual salary of two million before tax, although it is still not in the first group in the salary ranking of Premier League managers, it is already above the middle in the entire Premier League, because the people in the first group are almost all famous figures in the British ultrasprint, and more importantly, they have all achieved results in their respective clubs, such as Ferguson, Wenger, and Benitez.

Bonuses are much more complex than annual salaries.

When he was in Malaga last season, Linson's bonus model was settled in a step-by-step manner with different goals, because Malaga only had two fronts, and the new season Manchester City will be a four-tier battle, the league, the Europa League, the FA Cup and the League Cup, which is naturally the most important event for Manchester City clubs, followed by the Europa League and the FA Cup, and at the end is the League Cup, which is called the "League of the Poor", which is more important than the league with a long history. The Carabao Cup is just a stage for the big Premier League giants to train their youngsters. It's just that for Manchester City, which has never won any honors except for the second tier since the establishment of the Premier League, I am afraid that it is no longer possible to pick and choose.

In terms of the league, since Manchester City has already qualified for the Europa League this season, there is no reason why Linsen, who has a worse performance than last season, can only get bonuses in three situations, one is to qualify for the Champions League, one is to compete for the title, and the other is to win the championship, and the prize money in these three cases is 200,000, 400,000 and 800,000 respectively. In the Europa League, it is calculated from entering the quarterfinals, if you win the final championship, Linsen can also get a bonus of 500,000, the FA Cup and the League Cup do not have any "consolation prizes", only the champion Linsen can get bonuses, 200,000 and 100,000 respectively.

In this way, theoretically, if he wins all the championships, Linsen's total prize money can reach 1.6 million, which is almost twice that of Malaga.

As for the Champions Cup that has not yet been held this season, it is an additional clause to the contract, because Linson signed a three-year contract, and if Linson can lead Manchester City to qualify for the Champions League in the new season, it means that next season's Europa League bonus clause will be replaced by a Champions League clause.

If the salary that Lin Sen received in terms of annual salary is not outstanding, then, in terms of bonuses, what Mendes has helped Lin Sen win is undoubtedly the standard of the giants. For Manchester City, if they pay the bonus, it means that they have won the honor, and the honor is what they need most at the moment. And this is also the reason why the two sides hit it off.

After talking about these numbers, Mendes originally planned to talk to Pierce about the "conditions", that is, the transfer rights, which should have been negotiated at the last meeting, but at that time Mubarak suddenly ended the talks, so it was delayed, and now that Manchester City has decided to sign with Linson, naturally these things cannot be ignored so much.

However, before Mendes could ask the question, Pierce answered him first: Mubarak will personally talk to Linsen about this before the official signing next Saturday.

Mendes naturally has no objection to Pierce's answer, he is just Linsen's agent, and on this issue, it is more about the matter between Linsen and Manchester City, and his obligation is to help Linsen win the qualification to "talk", not really to replace Linsen and Manchester City to talk about this matter, and Manchester City will not talk to him about this matter.

The last issue on both sides is about Linsen's team, Manchester City did not embarrass in this regard, but limited the number of people to no more than three, and the others are as Linsen wishes, while signing with Linsen, Manchester City will also sign several Linsen's team members, of course, the contract stipulates that once Linsen leaves. Both parties have the right to terminate the contract unconditionally.

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June 20, the day of the signing.

Linson and Mendes are back in Manchester again, and this time, their destination is no longer the café they used to be, but straight to Manchester City's headquarters.

The Etihad Stadium, which can accommodate nearly 50,000 fans, was then known as the City Stadium, but in 2003 Manchester City moved its home stadium from Maine Road Stadium and signed a 250-year lease with Manchester City Council, the owner of the stadium.

Compared with the Rose Garden, the City Stadium, as the fourth largest stadium in England, is more modern in terms of appearance and hardware, and the most realistic point for fans is that Manchester City fans do not need to worry about rain when watching the game, while the Rose Garden Stadium can only be enjoyed by fans in the stands on both sides.

The stadium that did not make Lin Sen feel much shocked from the appearance made Lin Sen feel some spectacular after walking into the stadium inside, and the most impressive thing is that Manchester City's home jersey color sky blue has become the main color of the stadium, so that people can feel a unique football atmosphere of Manchester City as soon as they walk in. After arriving in the meeting room, Mendes and Pierce quickly left first, leaving only Mubarak and Linsen for one last conversation before the official signing.

"We've met, Mr. Lin." After Mendes left, Mubarak, who sat down, said with a smile, "I didn't mean the meeting the other day. ”

Mubarak, who is actually two years younger than Little Sans, looks much more relaxed than last time, and he always has a smile on his face, but at this time, Lin Sen is a little confused about what he means. In my impression, the last time we met, it should be the first time the two met.

“…… I'm sorry? Lin Sen was a little confused and confessed first, because he really couldn't remember when he had met the other party other than the last time.

"Last summer, on a plane from Madrid to China, you once healed an Arab's arm." Mubarak, who seemed to have expected it, smiled and patted his arm as he explained, saying, "That man is a friend of mine, and I was sitting next to him. ”

"Uh......" Hearing Mubarak say this, Lin Sen suddenly remembered, he remembered that incident, but he didn't remember those people. Thinking of this, Lin Sen couldn't help but be a little surprised, surprised that the world would be so small, but at the same time, he was a little embarrassed, embarrassed that the other party recognized himself but didn't remember the other party, "I'm sorry, I really don't remember." ”

"Haha, that's normal, you don't have to be embarrassed." Mubarak smiled heartily and said unconcernedly, "But when I learned that the miraculous doctor on the plane at that time had actually become the miraculous coach of Malaga, I was really surprised." ”

"This ...... It's a long story. Lin Sen shook his head and smiled.

This is really a long story, Lin Sen said this, originally just wanted to skip the matter, after all, the purpose of coming today is to sign, not to reminisce, but I didn't think that Mubarak seemed to be very interested in this.

"What we have today is time, maybe I can hear your story, if you don't mind?"

All right. When he met a chairman who liked to listen to stories, Lin Sen slandered in his heart, but slander is slander, Lin Sen can't refuse, although Mubarak said it very politely, so he had to make a long story short, and briefly said his journey from Atletico Madrid to Malaga, in fact, Lin Sen's experience is not a secret in itself, but it is told from Lin Sen's point of view, with some more details that others don't know. Of course, Mubarak shouldn't know about it, and Mubarak may not believe it anyway, and Lin Sen naturally won't mention it.

When he told it, Lin Sen's voice was flat, and there was not even the slightest emotional fluctuation, grievances and grievances were all in the past for him. However, for Mubarak, who listened, he heard an out-and-out inspirational drama, and listening to the narration of the parties involved was far more realistic than any film novel.

For Linsen's experience, Mubarak naturally understands, for the reason for leaving Malaga, Linsen just didn't say much, Mubarak is not easy to evaluate, but for Linsen to leave Atletico Madrid, many people think that Atletico Madrid made a stupid decision, but Mubarak disagrees, like Serezo, Mubarak is the president of a club, so he can better understand the decision of a chairman, let Linsen leave at that time, now it is of course a wrong decision, But at the time it was a perfectly normal decision, one that Mubarak thought would be possible for any chairman, including himself.

Mubarak wanted to hear Lin Sen himself talk about his experience, of course, not out of pure curiosity, he just wanted to know what Lin Sen thought about it, and what satisfied him was that in less than three minutes of narration, at least in words, Lin Sen did not mix too many personal feelings, did not win sympathy, nor showed pride, but just plainly stated a fact, a fact that everyone knew.

It will take time to prove whether the man in front of him is really the manager that City need, but Mubarak knows that this is indeed the manager he admires.

"Hopefully our cooperation will last longer." After listening to Lin Sen's story, Mubarak said sincerely.

"I hope so too." Lin Sen smiled, and then said, "Now, Mr. President, can we talk about transfers?" ”

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