Marwood agreed because he didn't think Lescote's transfer fee would exceed fifteen million pounds.

Linson was satisfied because he knew that Lescott's transfer fee would definitely not be less than fifteen million pounds.

Lescott is a good defender, at least in the past few seasons at Everton's table is enough to prove this, but good defenders are also divided into levels, in Linsen's mind, good defenders are divided into three levels, top, first-class, competent, top defenders are hard to find, this level of defenders say that a person can support a defensive line is not an exaggeration, so once such a defender appears, it is basically impossible for small teams to stay. In the case of defenders currently playing in the Premier League, Chelsea's captain John Terry is one of the top defenders who meets the standards of a top defender. And first-class defenders can actually be changed to a more understandable statement, that is, the main level of the giants, this level of defenders is not necessarily only the giants, but it is also difficult for small teams to stay. Finally, there is the competent defender, which is the backbone of the defender, as long as he can establish himself in the top league, he is considered a competent defender.

Lescott is a first-class defender. Frankly speaking, Linson's target Cahill can only be regarded as the best among competent defenders at this time, or quasi-first-class. But Lin Sen still chose the latter, and his high value is of course one of the most important reasons. There's no reason Marwood, who has just become director of football, not to know how much an English household register is worth to the Premier League, but Linson is pretty sure he is underestimating Everton, or Moyes rather, to be hungry.

A player, when he is brilliant and when he is not outstanding, is two prices, whether he has entered the national team or not, it is two prices, and now, whether the buyer is Manchester City or not, is also two prices.

When this multi-factor is superimposed on a player. You can imagine how much water is worth it. This kind of moisture in value is easily misunderstood by fans as the moisture of the player's ability, because for fans, value is equal to ability, and if ability does not reach value, it is parallel import. Because their eyes are always limited to the court.

So, Marwood wants to sign Lescott more, and Linson wishes him success, but before that, he has to put a shackle on Marwood. If Marwood wears this mantra, he can also go to the West Heaven to get the scriptures. That Lin Sen didn't mind reciting Amitabha Buddha a few times.

In fact, in the position of central defender, in addition to Cahill and David Luiz, Linson also considered two people, one old and one young, both Brazilians, and it is very coincidental that they both served as Brazil captains in memory. One is the current Brazilian captain Lucio, known as "Lu Xiangqian", and the other is the future captain Thiago Silva, nicknamed "Sister-in-law". However, these two Lin Sen were not included in the target in the end, considering that neither of them has played in the Premier League, worrying that Huainan is orange and Huaibei is the main reason. But not the only reason.

Lucio, who is destined to leave Bayern this season, was once on Linson's acquisition list, but was crossed out at the last moment. It's not because Linsen thought he might get into a fight with Mourinho, who did want a centre-back at this point, but he also knew that his immediate target should be Chelsea's Carvalho. What made Linson give up on Lucio was a word from his agent. After the conflict between Lucio and Bayern coach Louis van Gaal became public, Lucio's agent publicly set the next condition for the Brazilian captain: Champions League qualification.

And then, there was no then.

As for Thiago Silva, now Linson can only think about it. Because he knew that if he missed last year, the difficulty of this transfer would be very high, and AC Milan would not let it go. Manchester City can use money to pile up until the other side releases him, but the player doesn't want to leave, which Manchester City really can't do. Kaka is a living example of this.

Manchester City's transfer work has officially entered the actual operation stage, and the transfer work of the traditional four giants of the Premier League is also in full swing at this time.

Ferguson's half-heartedness on Tevez's problem finally led to a result that Manchester United fans did not want to see, Tevez, who had long been dissatisfied with the failure to start in last season's Champions League final, chose to leave. And the day after Tevez announced his departure, a transfer that disappointed Manchester United fans even more was finally settled, Real Madrid officially announced the arrival of Cristiano Ronaldo for a record transfer fee of 80 million pounds. The deal was actually officially announced by Manchester United as early as ten days ago that it had accepted Real Madrid's offer, but due to personal treatment issues, it has only been delayed until now that it is considered complete.

As for Arsenal, Wenger doesn't care, at least Arsenal fans thank Linson for his "interference", Manchester City has not yet made any substantive moves against their two pillars in the front and back, Kolo Toure and Adebayo, of course, this is not a good thing The British media is chasing after the wind every day, today Manchester City executives and Adebayo meet, tomorrow Van Persie will appear in Manchester......

As for the Reds Liverpool, with Alonso almost certain that he will go to Real Madrid, Benitez has set his sights on Italy, Aquilani is destined to be another victim of Benitez's "Taobao" model, but this transfer is still finalized for the time being, and a sum of money has been finalized is that former Chelsea full-back Glen Johnson joined from Portsmouth for nearly 18 million pounds.

Chelsea, the only one of the four giants to change managers this summer, Ancelotti seems to have brought his pragmatism in Italy to England, Chelsea, which has always been the protagonist of the transfer market, is the most low-key of several giants, and several of the transfers that have been announced are young loans, except for Sturridge, who poached from Manchester City, the only potential introduction is Hiddink, who served as a firefighting coach last season, and Zhirkov, a Russian international known as "Little Ronaldo in Eastern Europe".

So far, it can be said that several giants are still going their own way, for the time being, the well water does not violate the river water, and there has been no conflict in the transfer market, as for whether this is the calm before the storm, it depends on how big this storm is. Anyway, for Manchester City, there is little chance of a clash between them and this club in the transfer market.

Linson's nine targets, although after coordinating with Marwood, some of the targets retreated in order, but most of Linsen's memory is not the player who changed the door this summer, this is the benefit of "plug-ins", you don't need to grab them, you just need to be ahead of them. Among them, only one person is an exception, and this person is also the most uncertain one in the list.

This person is Robben. Manchester City's opponent is the Bundesliga hegemon Bayern Munich.

Lin Sen has never liked to do things that are too against the sky, for fear of being struck by lightning is one thing, and too much trouble is the main reason, but on Robben's problem, Lin Sen can't help but want to try to "go against the sky", because in the football world, there are not many players who have the ability to change the game by themselves. And Robben is one of them. Therefore, even if he knows that this piece of meat is too big for Manchester City to swallow, Lin Sen still wants to try it.

On June 30, the last day before the transfer window opened, Manchester City's first feedback was given to the stone-throwing question, and the result was ...... There is no room for optimism, and of course, this is just the beginning.

Of the nine targets and eight clubs, four have not responded for the time being, while the remaining four clubs have responded to Manchester City's offer, of which Spanish clubs account for the majority, Bilbao, Valencia and Osasuna have all responded, and the last club to respond is Everton, while only one of the four responses is optimistic.

The optimistic result came from Osasuna, who put a price tag of 15 million euros for Azpilicueta, which is undoubtedly high for a young player who has just turned 20, but because it is the first offer, it means that the price is still very negotiable, so in the case of Linson, the deal is actually halfway.

In addition to Osasuna, the other three clubs that responded to City's offer all chose the same answer: NO.

There are two meanings of NO for asking prices, one is really as literal, don't sell, don't disturb. The other is: force harder......

What kind of meaning each of these three clubs belongs to, Marwood needs to guess, but for Linsen, he doesn't need to guess, because he knows the answer.

Bilbao said NO, it is likely to belong to the former category, Linsen has never doubted the backbone of this club, or rather, for any club that would rather leave freely when the player's contract expires than accept his unsatisfactory offer, Linsen feels sincere admiration, because three years later, Bilbao club will do such a thing, so that Llorente, who has now become the main striker of Bilbao, is free to join Serie A Juventus.

For such a backbone club, Linsen even wondered if there was a reason why Bilbao would reject Manchester City's offer so simply, because what happened between Linsen and this club in Malaga last season was not pleasant at all. Linson is very sure that Bilbao will not like himself.

But it doesn't matter, Lin Sen has the same grievances. For Xavi Martinez, Linson is digging anyway, and the transfer fee he has prepared for this deal is 17 million pounds, which is exactly the minimum release fee for Xavi Martinez at the moment.

Unlike Bilbao, Valencia and Everton's NO, Linson is very sure of the latter, for the simple reason that both transfers have happened, one this year and the other next year.

Valencia's finances dictate that they don't have enough confidence to say NO, as long as Manchester City's price is in place, there is no need for Valencia fans to agree, or even the chairman of Valencia nod, Valencia's board of directors will help Manchester City complete a qiē. And Everton ...... Anyway, Lin Sen knew that fifteen million would not satisfy Moyes's appetite. (To be continued......)