Chapter 38: Testing the Waters

It's Christmas again.

At this time last year, Lin Sen was still a shiny single, and now, he has also become a single family.

Due to the intensity of the event, this year's Christmas is destined to be like last year's, but this year obviously can't be as lively as last year, Ariel's grandmother, that is, Mrs. Cruz Sr., has been in poor health recently, Ariel has asked for leave, and Lin Sen even gave a few more days off, as for Dina, she doesn't plan to spend it with Lin Sen this year, I don't know if it's an illusion, Dina seems to be a little estranged from herself for a while recently, Lin Sen is not a stunned young man, Presumably, Ariel must have told Dina about his relationship with Boya.

The relationship between Lin Sen and Dina, to put it nicely, is what kind of confidante and confidante are blue, to put it mildly**. If both of them are single, then**can be**, and even give some charming meaning, but when one party has the other half, **is no longer**, but becomes entangled, with Lin Sen's understanding of Dina, this is obviously not what Dina wants.

Of course, this may also be Lin Sen's own passion, in short, in any case, this year's Christmas is a little deserted.

The reason why it is slightly obvious is that Linson also did not spend Christmas alone, Boya and Cinderella came to England together, so Christmas Eve became a double date.

Cinderella, who had a cold war with Tang Hua for nearly two months, finally reconciled, the last time Tang Hua went to Spain was a vacation specially approved by Lin Sen, after such an "ordeal", Lin Sen believes that the relationship between the two can be more stable, as half of the "past person", Lin Sen knows very well how much resistance there will be when dreams meet reality, the legendary graduation season is the breakup season, not so absolute, but not exaggerated.

During the walk after dinner, while talking about Tang Hua and Cinderella. Lin Sen was happy for Tang Hua, and Hirono was happy for Cinderella, two people who were happy for their respective friends, but they didn't seem to think that they had similar problems. The difference is that Lin Sen and Boya have actually seen their respective families to some extent, Lin Sen has seen Boya's mother, Princess Isabel, and Boya is not to mention.

In terms of identity, Lin Sen and Boya can barely be regarded as a good match, and the Spanish royal family has always been not demanding in this regard in order to show their closeness to the people. Not only did the second princess Victoria marry a "commoner", but Crown Prince Philip, the first heir to the throne, also married a commoner princess. But even so, there is still a barrier between Lin Sen and Boya, a very sharp but unavoidable question, skin color.

Racial discrimination has become a taboo in modern society, but even in football, it has been repeatedly prohibited, and the Spanish royal family is of course resolutely opposed to it on the surface, but what is the actual attitude. No one knows.

"My mother knows." After chatting, Boya suddenly said, "She doesn't object." ”

Lin Sen was a little surprised.

If you don't object, you can understand two meanings. One is good news as the literal meaning is, and the other is not opposed. But it's not good news. And Boya only spoke about her mother, and did not say what other people wanted. It also states one thing in a certain way, as the third in line to the Spanish throne, Princess Isabel, who has seen Linsen, although she cannot represent everything, her opinion is especially important.

"You sued her?" Lin Sen suddenly turned his head and said.

Boya snorted, then tilted his head and glanced at Lin Sen, "Shouldn't it?" ”

"How so." Lin Sen smiled and said, "It's just...... What if she objected? ”

"Then elope." Boya said lightly.

Lin Sen smiled bitterly when he heard this. Elope? Eloped with a Spanish princess? Manchester City manager eloped with Spanish princess? Where did the elopement go? What made Lin Sen helpless was that this sentence was a joke no matter how you looked at it, and Boya's tone of voice was as ordinary as usual.

"I'll pay a visit when I have time in the summer." Lin Sen thought for a moment and said, his tone was equally ordinary.

Boya's footsteps seemed to pause, but soon they became brisk again, and she was still the same as before, just humming softly-

The first day of 2011.

Like all Premier League teams, Manchester City ended a five-day three-game campaign that would be a challenge for any team, and while failing to deliver a hearty victory at the City Stadium in the run-up to Christmas, this time they delivered an answer that satisfied everyone, winning three out of three games, scoring nine goals and conceding just one, the best of any of the Premier League's major teams. The results are second only to Manchester City is Arsenal, Wenger's team gave two wins and one draw, and then Manchester United and Chelsea, both teams are not good, both are one win, one draw and one loss, but compared with the steady Ferguson, Ancelotti has undoubtedly sat on pins and needles.

After three rounds, Manchester City is still at the top of the table, and began to widen the distance with the teams behind, the closest to them is Arsenal with a difference of five points, with 40 points, followed by Chelsea and Manchester United, 39 and 38 points respectively, but Manchester United is still one less game, because their opponent in the supplementary match is Blackpool, so if there is no accident, Manchester United should also add three points to the points, these four teams, is the current first group of the Premier League.

It is worth mentioning that Ancelotti is not the only coach who sits on pins and needles, Liverpool coach Hodgson is also sitting in the crater, Liverpool, who has lost two of the last three games, has now fallen to tenth place in the league, not to mention the gap with the leader, and how far away from the Champions League zone has been.

Unlucky coaches have it every season, and Linson, who almost became one of them this season, can only express deep sympathy for Hodgson, Manchester City and Liverpool are in a completely different situation, in the final analysis, it is still a money word, just like Benitez who replaced Mourinho, Hodgson who replaced Benitez, in fact, they have not been able to get enough financial support, the Mascherano and Kuyt that Benitez wants, one went to Barcelona and the other stayed in Liverpool, and Hodgson is even more bleak, Liverpool has followed Taobao and has bought a lot of players, and is known as the king of transfers in the summer, but unfortunately the fact is that Liverpool has even achieved transfer profits in the transfer that was already considered last summer.

Although in many cases, the strength on paper is not equal to the actual combat power, but if the strength on paper is even lower than before, what reason do you have to expect this team to achieve better results than before?

Manchester City have also made a profit in the transfer market this summer, but most of the teams who left were no longer in the main squad last season, but even so, just by squeezing a Yaya Toure into the main team, Manchester City went through that painful period in the early part of the season, so you can imagine the difficulty of Hodgson's job after almost half of the squad changes, not to mention that Chelsea have been hooking up with his number one striker every day this season. Of course, this is not to help Hodgson clear his name, he is in his position, he can't give results, and he is destined to leave, which is the same in any profession.

As we enter January and the winter transfer market opens, the goal-oriented Linson has already met with Marwood, in addition to Baines, Linson also mentioned the name of a person to Marwood, this person is Atletico Madrid's number one star - Aguero.

Although David Silva was retained last summer, but in exchange for the possibility of Espanyol leaving the team this summer, at that time, Linsen will have no reason to keep Espanyol, it is meaningless to forcibly keep people, Linsen does not want to fall out with the other party, so the job of finding a replacement for the Spaniard must be done as much as possible, Linsen did not want to bring in Aguero now, but now, it is the right time to start hooking up.

On January 3, at the same time that Manchester City made an official offer to Baines for the first time, the Manchester Evening News also published a surprise news for all Manchester City fans: Manchester City asked Sergio Aguero. And what surprised them even more was that for the transfer rumors of Manchester City, although Atletico Madrid and the manager refuted the rumors for the first time, Aguero's own words left a trace of reverie.

"Manchester City? I do not know. Now I'm a player at Atletico and I love this club, but I can't say what the future holds. ”

In just one sentence, the "Manchester Evening News" quickly interpreted Aguero to nod to Manchester City, of course, the truth is not so exaggerated, but Lin Sen, who knows Aguero's trajectory, is not surprised by this, Atletico Madrid has not been able to make a breakthrough in the league, and last year finally entered the Europa League final, and was disturbed by Linsen, the feeling of standing out from the crowd is good, but after a long time, it has become lonely, Torres, who grew up from Atletico Madrid, has not been able to refuse Liverpool, how can Aguero be at ease? So, from start to finish, the only obstacle for Sergio Aguero for Manchester City is Atletico Madrid.

Unlike "testing the waters" Aguero, Manchester City's initial offer of eight million to Baines was quickly rejected by Everton, and Moyes even directly replied to Manchester City with non-sale, and Marwood, who had no good impression of Moyes in Lescott's transfer, did not immediately make a second round of offers, but went directly to Italy, but Lazio's owner Lotito was obviously not a good stubble, and soon, Mawood returned to Manchester with a black face.

Lin Sen did not intervene in this series of transfer operations, not because he wanted to be the shopkeeper, but because he had more important tasks, and it was imminent.

The twenty-second round of the Premier League, the keyword of this round: the battle for the top of the list.

Leaders Manchester City travel to Arsenal, who are second in the league. (To be continued......)