Lin Sen turned off the TV.

A good game, Lin Sen was happy for Tang Hua.

Perhaps in the eyes of neutral fans, this is just a dreary game without a goal, but from the coach's point of view, it is a game full of football charm, a team that is almost amateur, and a team from the Premier League has drawn a behemoth, and what could be more "Cinderella" inspirational story than this?

Football is full of dreams, while professional football is realistic, a defeat may make you a thousand people, but a win, can also make you look forward. With today's draw alone, Lin Sen can almost conclude that as long as Tang Hua does not bring Cambridge United back to the amateur league this season, then his position at Cambridge United is secure.

Of course, there was an element of luck in this draw, if United were not in such bad form, if Louis van Gaal didn't want to swallow the opponent in one bite, and if the United striker had a shooting boot...... Too many ifs could change the outcome of this game, but in any case, now Cambridge United have broken the first upset of this round of the FA Cup.

It's just that this is not the biggest upset in this round. The biggest upset unfortunately fell on Manchester City.

On the next day, Manchester City, who played at home, was unbelievably eliminated by Middlesbrough, a team from the Championship, with two goals, the biggest upset in this round, fell through almost everyone's glasses, so far, this season, Manchester City has completely declared a two-line exit in the domestic cup, coupled with the Champions League and the league's not optimistic prospects, Pellegrini, once again in dire straits.

There is a saying that if you have nothing to do, you will not go to the Three Treasures Palace. The so-called Three Treasure Hall actually refers to the three places of activity of Buddhism, and the meaning of this sentence is self-evident.

Managers and managers, on the surface, the former seem to have a higher status than the latter, but in reality. This is like two units with different functions in the same department, cooperation is inevitable, but no one can really control whom. Therefore, Linsen and Pellegrini, aside from their personal relationship, Pellegrini rarely visits Linsen's office, and vice versa.

But today, Pellegrini took the initiative to visit Linsen.

Lin Sen roughly knew Pellegrini's intention, after all, here and now, Pellegrini could not be looking for himself to chat about the past.

Really. After taking his seat, Pellegrini got straight to the point: he wanted a striker.

Manchester City is not short of strikers, otherwise they would not have sold Negredo, which is the tone set before the winter transfer even began, and it is this tone that makes Linson have no plans to bring in reinforcements this winter. However, when Pellegrini made this seemingly "sudden" request, Linson was not at all surprised.

The reason is simple, there is a problem with City's attack.

Since the beginning of the New Year. Including the FA Cup, Manchester City have played four games so far, scoring just four goals, an average of just one goal per game. Three of those goals came in the 3-2 win over Sunderland in the early game of the new year, in other words, City have scored just one goal in the last three rounds. So offensive. Obviously not what a team aiming for a title should have. Of course, objectively speaking, this is not impossible.

There was a problem with the team's offense. There are two reasons for this, one is that there is a problem with the manager's tactics, and the other is that there is a problem with the team, or to be more precise, there is a problem with the condition of the players. Manuel Pellegrini obviously won't admit to the former, because if it was a problem that arose in his early days in charge, he would have admitted it, but right now, if not entirely sure, it's unlikely. Well, it's more likely to be the latter.

Coming to this conclusion is not entirely a matter of guesswork, there are very clear numbers that can tell people the answer. Of the only four goals scored in these four rounds, only one barely came from the front line, and that was Jovetic, while the other three goals came from the midfield. The main striker Falcao and the attacking core Sergio Aguero fell into a goal drought at the same time, one has not scored for more than 300 minutes, and the other has been up to more than 500 minutes......

In this case, if you change teams and encounter this kind of problem, I am afraid that in addition to taking the initiative to fine-tune tactics, you can only wait for the players to slowly find their form. But this is Manchester City, not bad for money.

Pellegrini certainly has the right to "reverse" his previous decision to bring in a striker, especially if he has already let one go.

And Lin Sen, he has no reason to say no.

It's just that nodding is easy, but it's not a simple operation. First of all, time is very tight, there is less than a week left before the winter transfer market, and secondly, at this time, rushing to the doctor may not really solve the problem, Manchester City can't just send Negredo away, and in the blink of an eye, another "Negredo", if that's the case, it can only be a laughing stock.

Manuel Pellegrini has given the choice of Ivory Coast striker Boni, who currently plays for Swansea City.

Bony, who joined Swansea City last summer, scored 21 Premier League goals last season, the best among all Premier League strikers, and he has made 20 appearances this season, scoring nine goals and providing two assists, and is currently ranked fourth in the scorer list.

For Pellegrini's proposal, Lin Sen did not veto. The closer he gets to the expiration date of his plug-in, the clearer his memory becomes, Bony should have joined Manchester City this summer, and even the transfer to Ferrenson remembers it very well, 25 million plus floating clause. This price is slightly more expensive than Negredo, but it is not too exaggerated in the transfer market where there are often thirty or forty million.

Of course, what makes Lin Sen ponder is not Bony's value, but his cousin, the memory of Bony after coming to Manchester City, although it cannot be said that he failed, but did not give a table like he did in Swansea, of course, this is related to the positioning of the team. However, Lin Sen is not sure that he will be able to solve the current problems of Manchester City.

Compared to Bony, Linson has a theoretically better candidate, Harry Kane, who is currently playing for Tottenham's popular fried chicken, and is only 21 years old. The young striker who became famous at a young age has become the main force of Tottenham Hotspur this season by some coincidence, the two major strikers in the Tottenham team Adebayo are plagued by family trivialities, and Soldado is difficult to adapt to the Premier League, so Tottenham manager Pochettino asked Kane to play the main team in the Europa League, Kane did not disappoint Pochettino, and has scored seven goals in the Europa League so far, it is with this kind of table, Kane was officially corrected in the game against Aston Villa in November last year, and then, out of control......

Lin Sen is not a person who is used to treating headaches and foot pains, which can be seen from his past coaching style, and he is not a person who is used to introducing at any cost just by looking at the table, which can also be seen from his past recruitment, there is no shortage of injured Zhongyong-style meteors in football, but at least, in Lin Sen's memory, investing in Kane is not more cost-effective than Bony, but it is much more long-term than Bony.

It's just that at this time, Lin Sen will not put forward Kane's name in front of Pellegrini lightly, not that he is afraid that Pellegrini will not look down on Kane, but the difficulty of this transfer operation, to say a little exaggeration, it is a little more likely than the introduction of Ronaldo from Real Madrid.

This summer, due to Linson's "disruption", Bale went to Real Madrid from Manchester City, not from Tottenham, but this does not change Linsen's perception that Tottenham chairman Levy's appetite is not something that ordinary people can satisfy. Even if the price is not considered, Lin Sen has to consider another factor, which is that he has no time to operate such a transfer.

"Manuel, you should know that even if Bony is brought in, he won't be able to help the team for the time being?" After being silent for a long time, Lin Sen said.

The 2015 Africa Cup of Nations is in full swing, Manchester City's midfield core Yaya Toure is preparing for the Ivory Coast team at this time, Bony is no exception, Ivory Coast with many big stars in the Africa Cup of Nations journey is obviously not too short, the most extreme situation, even if Manchester City brings Bony, it will not be until late February to usher in his debut.

"I know." Pellegrini smiled wryly, "But, there aren't many better options. ”

With that, Pellegrini thought for a moment and added, "I'm sorry. ”

Lin Sen was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile, indicating that he didn't need it.

Pellegrini's apology was originally his own decision because he did not bring in reinforcements in the winter, but now, he "repented" at this time, in his opinion, this is undoubtedly throwing a burden on Linsen.

"Are there any candidates?" Lin Sen asked.

This sentence, Lin Sen just asked casually, this is the custom, because you can't hang yourself from a tree. However, when this sentence heard Pellegrini's ears, it changed a little.

No manager wants to have an apple in his sights, and someone else buys him a pear, which is a fruit, but in the end, everyone has its own good.

So, after a long silence, Pellegrini spoke, "...... We need a striker with a lot of game experience. ”

Just this sentence blocked Lin Sen's plan to "make himself amorous".

The whole world knows that in the transfer market, Linsen does not like to introduce older players, let alone players over 30 years old, even if it is a player over 25 years old, Lin Sen rarely brings in. However, Pellegrini now says he needs to be a striker with "enough game experience", in other words, he doesn't want young.

Of course, the problem is not only here, but Pellegrini's sentence, which is almost a tactful statement to Sù Linsen: I want Bony, you don't make your own decisions. (To be continued......)