Chapter 8: The First Knife

Coming back to Manchester means getting back to work.

Because of Tang Hua's help, compared with when he first joined Malaga, Lin Sen is much easier now, but there are some things that Tang Hua can't help him no matter how talented he is, this is the transfer work.

Buy some, sell some, that's the transfer that Linson described to Mubarak. Although it sounds a little simpler, it is actually not rough. Linsen is not satisfied with the current Manchester City squad, so he needs to buy someone. There are only eleven people who can play, and the fittest is the survival of the fittest, so you need to sell people. For football, transfer has always been a dark side, it's so cold, someone comes, and naturally someone leaves.

As with anything, before you do anything, you need to be clear about your purpose, in addition to thinking about how to do it. Transfers are no exception, and before deciding on a transfer plan, Linson must first decide what kind of Manchester City team he wants, which is the style of Manchester City. For many people, there are many styles of football, but for Linsen, there are only suitable and inappropriate styles. For example, if Barcelona were to play defensive football, it would be inappropriate, and Linson chose not to change Malaga's style of football because he thought it would be appropriate.

Therefore, good-looking is not necessarily good-looking, just as being handsome is not necessarily a good person, and a good-looking football style is not necessarily suitable for all teams.

When I was in Málaga, not many people liked the style of football in Málaga except for the fans in Málaga, but everyone could not help but admit the fact that it was with this unflattering style of football that Málaga became one of the best teams in the whole of Spain last season. And now. As Linson said during his meeting with Mubarak, Linsen will bring some of his style from his time in Malaga to Manchester City. But Manchester City is Manchester City and Malaga is Malaga. The style of the two is completely unlike.

So, what kind of style will Manchester City have?

To put it simply, if the ratio of offensive and defensive investment set by Linsen to Malaga is three or seven, and it is also three and seven defenses, then Lin Sen intends to set the ratio of four or six to Manchester City this time, and it is not defense but offense that occupies sixty percent.

Yes. Lin Sen has always given everyone the impression of being a defensive coach, and this time, Lin Sen does not intend to let defense continue to be his only label.

The reason why he plans to switch from defense to offense is certainly not because Lin Sen finally wants to please the audience, and finally intends to change from "destroying miè football" to "saving football", Lin Sen's reason for doing this is actually very simple, the environment dictates it. The environment here is not about the outside of the stadium, but about the inside of the stadium.

Last season's Málaga counter-attack was so impressive. It wasn't just because Malaga was suited to this tactic, but more importantly, because it was a promoted horse at the time. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a soft persimmon in the eyes of other La Liga teams, and everyone wants to pinch it, so almost no team will choose to shrink and choose defense when facing Malaga. That didn't change until the second half of the season, because all the teams were aware of it. At that time, Malaga was not a soft persimmon, it was a hard persimmon.

And now. Manchester City may still be a soft persimmon in the eyes of teams such as Manchester United, but in the eyes of most Premier League teams, it is absolutely impossible to be a team that can be pinched as they want. Therefore, for Lin Sen, to put it in layman's terms, the era of millet plus rifles has passed, and now it is the aircraft and the artillery, if the previous guerrilla attack was just a last resort, then now it is imperative to learn to fight tough battles.

Of course, Lin Sen dared to set this style, also because Lin Sen was very sure of one thing, that is, he may not be able to buy the best plane and the most powerful cannon in the world, but it is more than enough to buy a half-finished second and third.

So, that's right, Lin Sen's first knife is in the front line.

Here, Linsen's definition of the forward line refers not only to the forward, but also to the attacking full-back who is often confused with the winger and the forward midfielder who is also often confused with the shadow forward, so a striker, for Linsen, occupies four positions in the main lineup: center, left and right winger and potential shadow forward.

From this point of view, Manchester City's existing forward line is no longer only six of Linsen's budget before, but should be ten, and Etuhu, Wright Jr., who were previously counted in the midfield, should be counted in it, this is because Linsen has counted Elano and Ireland, who often play in the midfield, in the midfield, otherwise there are more than ten.

Speaking of risks, there is a person who has left Linson with a little regret, this person is because he did not get the attention of Manchester City after the end of last season to choose a free transfer to Chelsea's "post-England international" Sturridge, but this regret Linson has a chance to make amends, because he knows that Sturridge really shines, not in Chelsea, Manchester City still has a chance to let the academy pearl home.

As for now, ten, how many does Lin Sen plan to leave behind?

Four! Robinho, Bellamy, Petrov and Wright Jr.

The butcher's knife is always bloody. If he could get by, Lin Sen would not have raised the butcher knife. Of course, for players who are not in his plan, Lin Sen has prepared sufficient reasons for the board, and he also believes that the board will not put too many obstacles on itself in this regard, because Manchester City's forwards are too crowded, and it is imperative to lose weight, and more importantly, these people are almost all "old men from the past", and now Lin Sen has taken the initiative to give the board a chance to "borrow a knife", and there is no reason why they will refuse.

Bodinov, Benjani, Caicedo...... Almost all of these seemingly cheap players were acquired when Thaksin took over Manchester City in 07, and many Manchester City fans applauded the club's transfer deals, thinking that the club did big things with little money, but after a season, they found that every penny is worth it, and the nearly 6 million pound Bodinov has only played three league games and has not scored a goal, the nearly 4 million pound Benjani has scored three in thirteen games, and the five million pound Caicedo has played ten times, and the number of goals: zero.

Facts have proved that a bunch of second-rate forwards are still not as good as a first-class striker after all.

As a result, Thaksin bought another striker last season. If the Brazilian striker is going to be worth 19 million pounds. Pity. The acquisition was still a failure, and then Mansour took over. Brought in the more expensive Robinho, and this time it wasn't too bad.

Therefore, Lin Sen's list of departures from the forward line, Lin Sen is not only not worried about the board of directors' objections, but even in terms of fans, he is not worried that there will be fans who will rebel. As for the four people who remain, many people may think that at least Robinho will be the absolute main force, but Lin Sen doesn't think so, because he has prepared four famous names for the striker.

Left winger Angel Di Maria, forward midfielder David Silva. Right winger Arjen Robben, forward Suarez.

Two have risen to fame, and two have been famous for a long time.

The reason why Lin Sen put these four people on the preferred list is not because of his personal hobbies. One of the biggest reasons for this is that, whether it has happened or not, in Linson's memory, these four players have all been successful in the Premier League, which may not prove that they are necessarily suitable for Manchester City. But at the very least, they proved that they were adapting to the Premier League, which is crucial for Linsen, who is ready to play the attacking card for the new season, because compared to other stars. These are the people who can at least maximize the attacking power of Manchester City in the new season.

In addition, there is a more practical reason why these four people have become the first choice, and that is that these four people have the possibility of a zài transfer. Because in Lin Sen's memory, all four of them will change their new owners in the next two years. And David Silva, the next home is Manchester City.

Of course. It's one thing to want to buy, it's another thing for people to want to sell or not.

Among them, Di Maria and Suarez should be relatively difficult at the moment, Di Maria Linson "instigated" Livermore to ask Benfica when he was still in Malaga in January, and the price given by Benfica at that time was 25 million, although there was a suspicion of "provocation", but it also proved that Di Maria is not for sale, and 25 million is also the number of Di Maria's transfer to Real Madrid next year, Real Madrid has not been interested in the Argentine winger this season, and Manchester City, which can fully meet Benfica's asking price, has every chance to come first served. And Suarez, who is still at Ajax, is actually ready to go to the mainstream league, Manchester City, who have not lost Torres to Liverpool more than a year earlier, if they are interested in stealing people, there is no reason to lose to the Reds.

The real difficulty is the other two goals, David Silva's difficulty comes from the Valencia club, although Valencia is in a deep financial crisis, but there is also a star David Villa who makes Real Madrid and Barcelona covetous, in memory Villa finally went to Barcelona, but not this year, but Linson doesn't know if history will change, if Villa transfers, Valencia, whose financial crisis has been alleviated, is likely not to let go of David Silva, and, Valencia's manager, Colommel, and Linson's untold experience is undoubtedly a potential obstacle.

As for Robben, Lin Sen knows that with the addition of Ronaldo, Real Madrid will release people and Robben will also leave, but the question is whether the arrogant Peter Pan will look at Manchester City, that is a huge doubt.

Four players, conservatively estimated, Manchester City will have to pay at least nearly 100 million transfer fees, but it doesn't matter, other players don't care, if Robben can make the trip, it will obviously be the exclusive funds of the superstar, and the striker's cleaning plan Lin Sen conservatively estimates that it can also bring 20 million to 30 million transfer income, so, after calculation, Lin Sen's hands will still be very rich.

Of course, the reason why the first choice is called the first choice is because there are alternative storage zài. In addition to these four players, Linson has also prepared a shortlist of candidates with less difficult transfers: Reus, Lewandowski, Hazard, Sanchez, Cavani, Falcao...... Robinho thinks he's a superstar? Very well, then he had better take out the superstar watch, otherwise, Lin Sen doesn't think that anyone on his list is vegetarian.

After drawing up his own plan to transform the forward line, Lin Sen took out his mobile phone and dialed a number that had been saved on his mobile phone for several months but had not been contacted once, because on the front line, he still had a player who was not planned.

This player is Adriano, the former Inter Milan striker who is now a free agent. And the person Lin Sen is looking for is Adriano's agent Rinaldi. (To be continued......)

PS: On the first day of the shelves, I encountered a telecom pit dad disconnected, and I could only upload it from my computer to my mobile phone.