Chapter 1: Three Days Later
Sleep until you wake up naturally, count the money until your hands cramp.
Accidentally, Lin Sen did this-
When Lin Sen opened his eyes, there seemed to be still a fragment of last night's crazy celebration in his mind, the carnival had a price, his head seemed to be still aching, he grinned, lifted the quilt and got up from the bed and sat up, stretched out his hand and gently pressed his temple, he hadn't drunk so much wine for a long, long time, and hadn't slept for such a long time.
Lin Sen turned his head and glanced at the alarm clock on the bedside table next to him, his alarm clock was set to ring at a fixed time every day, although he knew that he ran back and threw himself on the bed last night, but it was obviously impossible to have any mind to cancel the alarm clock, so it seemed that this was the first time that he was not woken up by the alarm clock. The headache eased slightly, Lin Sen stood up, and then pulled back the thick curtains.
The afternoon sun poured in, and Lin Sen opened his eyes slightly and stretched his waist.
Today is May 16th.
It's been three days since the Europa League final.
In the past few days, Manchester City Club has arranged a grand celebration, as the head coach Lin Sen is naturally the core figure, a few days, I feel that the ratio team is tired of playing a few games in a row, but such tiredness, I am afraid that anyone will not be able to ask for it.
After the hustle and bustle, there is calm.
After yesterday's celebrations at Town Square, the team announced their disbandment, and of course, for most of the Manchester City players, this summer is destined to not be as comfortable as they usually are, because they have a more important task, which is the World Cup.
Due to the excellent performance of Manchester City this season, the Manchester City players who are also excellent are naturally rising, Manchester City has a total of 24 players in the first team, and more than two-thirds of the squad may be expected to be included in the World Cup squad, except for Wales, Ireland and other national members who have not qualified for the World Cup. Almost every other player is likely to be selected.
There is basically no suspense about stars such as Robben and David Silva, and to Linson's surprise, Joe Hart and Wright Jr., who have not played too many opportunities at Manchester City this season, have also become favorites, and it is said that Capello is not dead set on Bridge, and he plans to work hard again between the deadline for the World Cup squad.
Of course, the World Cup, a football event, has nothing to do with Lin Sen, and he even declined Sky Sports' invitation to be a special guest during the World Cup, after a busy season. He just wanted to let himself relax a bit. Moreover, this summer's transfer work is destined to be much easier than last summer.
Last year, Manchester City's transfer work was no less than a rebuild, and this year, Linson has set the framework so that no matter how you look at it, there is no need for the same fanfare as much as last year. What's more, in fact, in the past season, Lin Sen has laid a lot of groundwork for the new season, such as Di Maria's transfer, Falcao's return and so on.
All of this qiē. All of them indicate that this summer, Manchester City will be unusually quiet, at best. That is, some targeted supplements, or, passive supplements.
“…… After hitting the post several times in the first half and midfielder Ballack was injured, he scored with Drogba's free-kick in the 58th minute. Chelsea eventually lifted the FA Cup this season with a 1-0 win over Portsmouth at Wembley Stadium...... 'Not all TV stations will make headlines for Manchester City's celebrations, and shortly after Linson turned on the TV, the news of yesterday's FA Cup final was broadcast on the TV.
As in memory, Chelsea finally won this season's FA Cup, but because the league title was "stolen" by Linson, Ancelotti's first season report card is missing the most important fast, therefore, no one knows if Chelsea can be as calm as last summer this summer, after all, after Manchester City came from behind, the good English media about the aging of Chelsea's squad has never stopped, and in fact, Chelsea is indeed brewing a storm of blood change, position, It's the central midfield they've been most proud of before. Several veterans, including Ballack, Deco and Belletti, are facing contract expiration.
In fact, not only Chelsea, after the strong rise of Manchester City, whether it is Ferguson or Wenger, I am afraid that even if they are calm, it is impossible to mock Manchester City while being indifferent as last season, money does not equal the championship, Manchester City's success in a season may not completely deny this statement, but in any case, the championship needs to be invested, which is beyond doubt.
Lin Sen doesn't know what the big four giants will do this summer, but his butterfly has caused a huge storm in the Premier League, and next, the qiē in his memory is likely to change a lot, not to mention anything else, a round of arms race, I'm afraid it is inevitable. A 200 million has torn apart the original pattern of the Premier League, so what about the next 200 million?
Lin Sen rinsed his mouth while thinking, at this time, the doorbell rang from the door. Linson knew who was coming, his agent, Jorge Mendes, and he also knew what Mendes was coming for.
It was not Linson who invited Mendes to Manchester, but Manchester City FC.
After Manchester City won the Europa League, Manchester City invited Mendes to Manchester with only one issue: Linson's new contract.
Previously, Lin Sen signed a three-year contract with Manchester City with an annual salary of two million, and now the contract has only passed for less than a year, and Manchester City took the initiative to renew the contract.
100,000 League Cup, 800,000 league champions, plus 500,000 Europa League champions, three championships, brought Lin Sen a bonus of 1.4 million, plus an annual salary, in the past year, Lin Sen's income was 3.4 million pounds, of course, this is pre-tax income, but even after deducting taxes, Lin Sen's annual income has more than doubled compared with last year.
Standing at the door, it was Mendes.
Mendes looked at Lin Sen's appearance and couldn't help but be stunned: "What are you...... Just got up? ”
"You know." Lin Sen smiled bitterly, didn't explain, turned around and walked back into the house, and only asked, "What to drink?" ”
Mendez shook his head, said no, closed the door by himself, then found a place for himself and sat down, and said, "I came to you today, there are three things. ”
"Isn't it just a matter of contracts? What else? ”
"That's the main task. Two more things. Mendez nodded, and then he pulled a red envelope from his bag.
Lin Sen just glanced at it and knew what it was, the big ear cup logo on the envelope was too eye-catching.
This is a ticket to the Champions League final.
"José entrusted it to you."
"I didn't send him a ticket." Lin Sen took the envelope, looked at the words "FINALMADRID2010" in the big-eared cup on the envelope, and smiled.
This is naturally a joke, the time of the Europa League final is destined to make it impossible for Linsen to invite Mourinho to watch the game, because that is the most critical moment for Inter Milan, Mourinho is not like the current Linsen, who has nothing to do.
"If you don't want it, I can give it to someone else." Mendes reached out, "This thing is so tight." ”
Lin Sen didn't mean to hand it back, he put it away and said, "Next season, I'll give it back to Jose." ”
Mendes smiled in his heart, he understood what Lin Sen meant, next season, of course, he also needs to return the ticket to the Champions League final. Whether it is a joke or not, for the confidence faintly displayed in Lin Sen's words, if it is placed at this time last year, a hat that does not know the height of the sky is probably indispensable, you know, the Champions League is not the Europa League, it is the top club competition on the planet, and compared with the Champions League, the Europa League is just a stepping stone.
But now, Mendes has to admit that it's not impossible.
This year's Europa League and next year's Champions League, this is not something that no one has done, and Mourinho, who led Porto that year, is one of them. Lin Sen is not Mourinho, but at the moment, the resources in Lin Sen's hands are many times better than those of Mourinho back then. There are no absolutes in the world, and it cannot be said that it is certain, but who can be sure that it will not happen.
"Second thing." Mendes buckled up his purse and leaned back on the couch, "It's about Romedal." ”
Romedal, that's Falcao. Mendes has become Falcao's agent, which is well known, so it is not surprising that Linson mentioned Falco.
"He also wants to talk about contracts?" Lin Sen was still half-joking.
When the agent mentions the player to the manager, there are only three things, one is the playing problem, the second is the transfer problem, and the third is the contract problem.
Given Falcao's current situation, Linson believes it could only be a contract issue. And the reason why he will directly "confess" to Mendes is undoubtedly because Mendes is also his agent, the player and the coach are the same agent, the advantage is that everyone knows the roots, and a lot of superficial work is not needed at all, of course, there are also disadvantages, that is, some things are difficult to speak, or, it is difficult to refuse.
"Nope." Mendes shook his head, "It's only the first season, and it's only on loan, Romedahl's table is good, but he still has four years left on his contract with Manchester City, and this is not the time to talk about a contract. ”
"So ......"
"Benfica want to buy out Falcao!"
"Impossible!"
As soon as Mendes's words fell, Lin Sen said very simply.
Linson knows what Benfica has in mind, and their interest in Falcao has been evident since the winter transfer, when they tried to make Falcao part of Di Maria's transfer, but Linsen directly refused, but they still did not give up, of course, this thought, most of them also noticed the current situation of Manchester City's forward. (To be continued......)
PS: Think about it, or decisively open a new volume.