2008 was a dream year for Cork.

As a young player under the age of eighteen, in just one year he has made an amazing leap from youth to first team, from debut to first-team player, and not only that, he has even managed to be selected for the Spanish team, although only in the youth team, but it means that his achievements have been recognized, as he himself wrote in his social networks: this year, it feels like a dream.

In Malaga, Cork has never hidden his identity as a descendant of Linsen, although Linsen is not the only player he has brought in, he does not care if other teammates will reject him because of this, because he knows that without Linsen, he may still be successful, but it is definitely not so fast. Of course, this is not the only reason why he trusts Lin Sen so much.

Koke still clearly remembers every detail of his own goal against Laco last season, at that time, the person who had the most reason to be dissatisfied with himself stood behind him for the first time, and this person was Lin Sen. So, when Linson called him in the summer to ask him to come to Malaga, Koke didn't think about it for too long, you know, before that, he didn't even think about leaving Atletico Madrid.

For Coke, who was born in Madrid and entered the Atletico Madrid academy at the age of eight, Atletico Madrid is like home, and leaving Atletico Madrid is more of an adventure than an escape from home. Therefore, in the last game of the interview, in the face of reporters' questions about whether he would consider once Atletico Madrid let him return, the young Koke showed his thoughts without any scheming, so there was a scene that Linson encountered at the press conference.

And this also makes this simple young man have to face the current dilemma: if Atletico wants him to return in winter, then what will he do? Cork knew he had to answer the question, because this time it wasn't the reporter who asked it, but his boss, Lin Sen.

Looking at Cork's embarrassed appearance, Lin Sen sighed in his heart.

If he could, he didn't intend to ask Cork this kind of question, compared to this, it may be more ideal to let Cork make his own decision without any interference, after all, the twisted melon is not sweet, but Linson knows that it is impossible, this transfer that will almost certainly happen, the only variable is Cork's own attitude. Therefore, Lin Sen could only wait quietly for Cork to give an answer, and then, whatever the little guy's answer was, he would accept it.

If Koke chooses to stay, it will be best, and if he plans to return to Atletico, then it means that Linson must look for a replacement.

"I don't know, sir."

After a long time, Koke still gave Lin Sen a seemingly helpless answer, which is also his most real contradictory thought: it is Coke's dream to return to Atletico Madrid to play for Atletico Madrid, because there is his home and his favorite team, but on the other hand, Koke is very happy in Malaga at the moment, because there is his favorite stage and the coach he respects the most.

Koke wanted to stay because it was clear that this was not the best time to return to Atletico, but at the same time, he feared that if he refused to return this time, he might be completely blocked from returning to Atletico.

"I understand." Lin Sen nodded.

He really needs to know Cork's attitude, but he can't force Coke to really make a clear statement to himself, and he doesn't want a black and white answer. Koke's answer still seems elusive, but at least Linson already knows that this transfer, which seems almost certain to Atletico Madrid, may not be as easy as it seems.

However, Cork did not say no, which means that Lin Sen must be prepared to lose Coke.

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Christmas is approaching, and compared to the bitter Premier League, La Liga players will have a more relaxed holiday. However, for the head coaches of each team, the so-called vacation is just not to go to the training ground. If the whole season is like a football game, then now is the end of the first half, and the winter transfer is like a half-time break, a break for the players, but for the manager, it is a chance, a chance to make amends, or to add wings to the tiger.

For the winter transfer, Lin Sen didn't have too many ideas, one is that Malaga's table in the first half of the season can play ninety points, and he has no reason to toss the half-season tacit understanding that Malaga has accumulated so hard. Of course, the more important reason is that Malaga's excellent results in the first half of the season have not made any real difference to Malaga's financial situation.

Livermore has long sued him for a winter transfer and has zero budget in Malaga. The reason why I say zero budget, rather than saying no reinforcements, is that the meaning couldn't be clearer: if you want to buy, you can, sell first!

On this point, Linsen has communicated with Livermore, and no club has sent any substantive transfer temptation to Malaga, even if it is a transfer from Cork, if there is, Livermore assured Linsen that he will inform Linsen as soon as possible, and Linsen is not worried about this, because he believes that with his current results in leading the team, the club should not bypass him and sell the player, unless, they plan to tear their faces with themselves, but no matter how you look at it, there is no need for this.

Linson gave Livermore a reference list, which directly divided the players into three tiers: non-sale, non-high-priced, non-saleable.

As the name suggests, non-selling means that unless there is force majeure, for example, if someone directly activates the minimum termination fee, it is a force majeure, and Malaga has to sell, otherwise Malaga cannot be sold. If you don't sell it at a high price, to put it bluntly, you don't take the initiative to sell it, but if someone asks for a price, it's a different story. As for being sellable, there is no need to explain.

Livermore took it and looked at it and smiled bitterly: Okay, the players who came in the summer are all non-sale.

Malaga's half-season performance surprised a lot of people, and Livermore, who was almost "famous" in the outside world, was undoubtedly one of them, but as a practical operator, he was obviously more shocked, because he had never seen someone with such poisonous eyes. According to Livermore's opinion, if ten players are brought in for a season's transfer work, half of them can play at a high price, then the transfer work of this season is already considered passable. If one or two of these halves can play more than the value of the table, it is good, and if there are one or two that can play the superstar-level table, then it can be rated as excellent.

After all, buying and selling players is not buying something, and there are too many factors that can affect the outcome. Sometimes, it's not your judgment that's wrong, it's the players themselves who are adapting. But in the end, it's still a matter of vision. Just like looking for a wife, not necessarily the wife is beautiful, the marriage must be happy, among them, whether it is suitable is a key issue.

Livermore knows how difficult it is to select good and suitable players from so many players, and the giants naturally don't need to mention much, but for a team like Malaga that has just been promoted from the second division, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an audition, for any football club, vision is wealth, and from this point of view, Linson is undoubtedly a huge asset for Malaga now. Because almost all of the players he brought in in the summer played a table that matched their value, Isco, who had the fewest opportunities to play, occasionally played and shone from time to time, even the Italian center-back combination that has been questioned the most in recent times, if you compare their table xiàn with the cost of bringing them in, you will also find that they are also worth the money.

Livermore was suddenly a little glad that the board of directors in Malaga was centralized, and Sans Jr. was full of his word, otherwise, at this time, some directors would have some other ideas.

You know, at present, the valuation of Lewandowski by "Player Transfer Network" has reached the level of 10 million, regardless of whether this valuation is watery, but when was the last time Malaga had a player of this value? What's more, half a year ago, Lewandowski spent less than 400,000 euros on Malaga.

What is profiteering? This is called profiteering!

Profiteering things always make people lose their minds. They don't care if this player is indispensable to the team, in their eyes, this is money, money in front of them.

Therefore, it is not surprising that Linson's team has taken the initiative to talk to him about work in the winter transfer period just after the start of the Christmas break. What coach wants to come back from a vacation and find that his team has been torn apart? In fact, in theory, Linsen's decision on transfers also applies to selling, but Linsen obviously sees the reality very clearly, and does not really think that if Malaga wants to sell, he has to nod.

Therefore, Lin Sen's attitude is already very clear: don't use financial difficulties as an excuse, if you want to sell people, you can, I will take the initiative to tell you which people can sell.

Livermore, who wants to understand, smiled helplessly in his heart, judging from the table in the first half of the season, the most likely to be quoted in the winter of the current Malaga team is still the players who were named and introduced by Linsen in the summer, among which Koke is a more helpless one, speaking of this deal, Livermore is also a little blocked in his heart, because when he negotiated with Atletico Madrid in the summer, he actually did not think about the possibility of Atletico Madrid's future repurchase of Koke, who would have thought that he would be slapped in the face so soon, it seems that in terms of vision, it is not for nothing that he has been unknown beforeThe so-called "bad luck" is nothing more than an excuse.

As for the list of available for sale listed by Linson, Livermore looks at it and looks like the most likely to sell for the price, which may be the main central defender Rosario and the rotation winger Elisu in the first half of the season. The latter has two goals and three assists in the limited playing time, and has an age advantage, so he is not worried about not having a home.

Of course, this qiē is just an assumption, and in the end, who will leave and who will stay, after all, will have to wait until the day when the transfer market opens.