Chapter 9: 100 million

In Linson's memory, the happiest thing about being a Manchester City manager is that not only do you have an insatiable amount of money, but also very few teams dare to covet your players.

Coveting, to put it simply, is not a thought. In other words, not many clubs dare to play the idea of Manchester City players, and coveting also requires qualifications, otherwise, it is easy to become a toad and want to eat swan meat. Previously, other clubs did not dare to covet it for no other club to compete with Manchester City in terms of treatment, but now, with Manchester City becoming a veritable top European team, there is nothing that can make other teams dare to covet Manchester City except for the legendary "new challenge" and "being a fan of such and such a team since childhood".

This summer, Manchester City's transfer budget can still be regarded as uncapped, which is why when Mubarak said that the budget Linson has the final say, Linsen couldn't laugh.

Do you still remember that the budget for three consecutive years is not less than 100 million, Lin Sen has been in Manchester City for four years, except for the first season, the next three years, not only did not spend, but accumulated a lot of money for Manchester City.

So, it can be said that the current Manchester City, as long as you can come, there is nothing you can't think about.

The so-called can come, that is, it is operable, for example, players like Messi and Ronaldo, basically do not have any operability, not that Manchester City can't afford it, but the players themselves are unlikely to come.

In this case, it is a fluke that other teams are not poached by Manchester City, where do they dare to covet Manchester City. There are actually not many teams that are qualified to covet Manchester City, or the teams that Linson needs to guard against now, and they are full of calculations, no more than one hand.

And the biggest direction of prevention is probably still coming from Spain.

Linson doesn't know if the rumors are true, but no matter what, he must take the lead in prevention, and Real Madrid, who poached two big players from Manchester City in two years when Linson was still in office, left Manchester City last season. They didn't continue poaching from Manchester City, but it's not that they didn't want to.

In fact, one of the most talked-about soap operas last summer also came between Real Madrid and Manchester City, and this time the target was Bale. It's just that Real Madrid didn't succeed in the end.

Will Real Madrid give up this summer? Anyway, Lin Sen didn't think so.

However, just when Linsen was ready to wait for an offer from Real Madrid, Linsen received another offer, also from Spain, which is also in memory. But it surprised Lin Sen.

On June 23, Linson received his first transfer fax as Manchester City manager: Barcelona, asking for Suarez.

In his memory, Lin Sen knew that Suarez eventually transferred to Barcelona, but he had forgotten which season it was, and, as one of the players who was also changed by himself, Lin Sen was not sure whether Suarez, who did not bite, was still Barcelona's target.

And for Lin Sen. Barcelona's offer, in fact, in addition to the matter itself, also means that another transfer may be on the agenda.

That's Sanchez's transfer.

Last season, Barcelona, who had suppressed their arch-rival Real Madrid from beginning to end, ended up with all four of them empty. The sworn enemy Real Madrid became the double champion, and Barcelona could not only watch the opponent reach the top of the Champions League, but even watched the opponent step on themselves to win the championship in the Copa del Rey, therefore. Even if he came to Barcelona with the label of Messi, Martino still could not escape the fate of leaving class and taking over the head of Argentina. It's another Barcelona legend, Luis Enrique.

It is worth mentioning that Enrique's coaching resume is very similar to that of Pep Guardiola, having previously coached Barcelona B, and it is not difficult to guess the idea of Barcelona club appointing Enrique.

However, being similar to Guardiola does not mean that it is Guardiola.

At the very least, in Linson's memory, Enrique's adjustment of the Barcelona squad this season, although not a failure, is far less than Guardiola's first season at Barcelona.

And Sanchez is one of them.

Barcelona's interest in Suarez means they are already planning to let Sanchez go.

As far back as I can remember, it was Barcelona who sold Sanchez to Arsenal and then brought in Suarez from Liverpool. Such a "big shift" has been common in Barcelona. For example, in previous years, Eto'o was replaced by Zlatan Ibramovic, and then by Ibramovic and Villa......

Interestingly, such a "substitution", the person who was replaced, is actually not bad in Barcelona's table, and can even be said to be excellent, Eto'o is one of the best strikers in Barcelona's history, Ibrahimovic has a double-double, and now Sanchez, his number of games in the Barcelona league last season was 30 games, 19 goals, which is not a bad result in any way......

It can be said that these "replacements", except for the problems in the personal relationship between Ibrahimovic and Guardiola, their departure has nothing to do with the ability of the players, so it can only be regarded as the relationship of the coach.

Once the memories are opened, they come flooding back.

When you think of Sanchez, Linson can't help but think of the transfer of another Barcelona player, that is: Cesc Fabregas-

Manuel Pellegrini has set a time to return to Manchester, July 1.

Manchester City's training camp for the new season is in early July, when most of the World Cup in Brazil is almost over, and of course the players who have World Cup tasks will definitely have to postpone their return, but for the coaching staff, there will be no changes to the schedule.

After the last phone call, Pellegrini thought that his second communication with Linsen would be in England, but just now, he received another call from Linsen.

On the phone, Lin Sen gave him a possibility, a very tempting possibility.

Can you accept Suarez's departure?

This was the first sentence that Lin Sen spoke.

Obviously for Pellegrini, it's not a good word. What manager would like his in-form striker to leave? Pellegrini's first reaction at the time was that Linson had received an offer, followed by an inexplicable anger.

The first reaction is reasonable, and the second reaction is emotional.

However, Linsen's second sentence immediately stunned Pellegrini's reactions, because Linsen's second sentence put forward two names: Sanchez and Fabregas.

That's right, Lin Sen's second sentence was: if Suarez leaves. Can it be exchanged for Sanchez and Cesc Fabregas?

One Suarez equals Sanchez plus Fabregas?

Even last year, this was an inequality. However, now, at least Lin Sen knows that this equation can be established, and even the former is greater than the latter.

Therefore, even Pellegrini is no longer willing to Suarez, for such a mentions. He still couldn't say the word very simply, so he replied that it couldn't be.

It is not surprising that Manuel Pellegrini has this idea, saying that Barcelona want to change strikers, which Pellegrini believes, after all, Barcelona has such a precedent, but with Cesc Fabregas?

You must know that although Fabregas's performance and role in Barcelona are far less eye-catching and important than those during the Arsenal period, he insisted on returning to Barcelona despite the scolding of countless Arsenal fans. But he went back as "Xavi's successor", and now that Xavi hasn't left, Barcelona will send Fabregas out?

Then, Lin Sen's answer. But it made Pellegrini even more entangled.

What if? ――

After calling Pellegrini, Linson immediately replied to Barcelona.

It's not a righteous NO with righteous words, it's not a non-sale product that still holds the pipa and half-covers his face, and it's not Sanchez plus Fabregas. But......

One hundred million!

Lin Sen put a price tag for Suarez: 100 million.

So, is Suarez really worth 100 million? The answer is NO.

In Lin Sen's view, even if the current football has taken money not as much money. Suarez is still not worth 100 million. However, in my memory, Suarez transferred to Barcelona with a transfer fee of 81 million, and it was when Suarez was banned for up to four months due to the bite incident, if this impact is removed, it does not seem to be an exaggeration for Lin Sen to price him 100 million. What's more, the current Suarez not only played the number of Liverpool in his memory, but also brought the team the honor that he could not bring to Liverpool in his memory.

Of course, these are Lin Sen's confidence, but it is not the reason why he dares to "open his mouth", what he dares to "open his mouth" is because the other party is Barcelona.

And they have a mortal enemy Real Madrid that they want to defeat no matter what.

There is no need to go into detail about the old feud between Real Madrid and Barcelona, the two teams are not only on the pitch, but also off the pitch. Real Madrid's call in the transfer market in recent seasons has stimulated Barcelona.

In this case, Lin Sen was not afraid that his big opening would really scare the other party.

After replying to Barcelona, Linson immediately followed up with a phone call to Suarez's agent: Pere Guardiola.

Yes, it's that Guardiola.

This gentleman is the brother of Pep Guardiola, who is currently the coach of the Bundesliga giants Bayern Munich, and it should be mentioned that Pere = Guardiola is also the agent of former Barcelona striker Villa.

Therefore, for some transfers, fans often ask why they go here and not there, but in fact, the reason is not so difficult to understand.

In the phone call to Perre, Lin Sen very bluntly "informed" Pere of Barcelona's inquiry fax, and also conveyed to him Manchester City's reply to this fax, in which Lin Sen said that such a "price tag" can fully explain Manchester City's determination to keep Suarez, who will still be a core member of the team next season......

Then, when Linsen hung up the phone, Linsen's frankness brought Pere Guardiola a feeling that was not frank, but:

In the clouds, in the fog. (To be continued......)

PS: If there is a typo, forgive me. I'm really not used to this keyboard...... As for what I have experienced recently, I am angry when I talk too much, but I am clearly an uncle...... So, keep your mouth shut.

Another: I should be able to repay the debt tomorrow, I should be able to pay off the debt, I should be ......