Chapter 3 Extraordinary popularity, Lin Quan officially debuted at the Etihad Stadium!
After announcing the date of Lin's public appearance, Manchester City officials also announced that all fans will be able to attend the ceremony at the Etihad Stadium for free.
At the same time, Manchester City's jersey stores have also begun to reserve a place for Lin Quan's No. 10 shirt.
On the day of his official debut, the number 10 jersey he wears will be officially released.
However, the No. 10 jersey is currently worn on Bosnia-Herzegovina striker Dzeko, and if Lin Quan wants to wear the No. 10 jersey, the Bosnia-Herzegovina needs to give up this number first.
So, Manchester City's chairman Fahim sent someone to find Dzeko's agent Luchi and inform him of the incident.
"It's impossible, Dzeko is Manchester City's top scorer, he deserves to be the core of the team and the number 10 shirt, Dzeko can't give up this number!"
Luci's reaction was violent, and he didn't want his players to give up the number, which symbolizes the heart of the team.
Once Dzeko gives up this number, then Manchester City's number one star will not be him, but the new Lin Quan.
"Mr. Luch, pay attention to your tone, I am informing you of the club's decision, not discussing with you!"
Fahim doesn't want to fall out with the players in the team, especially players like Dzeko who have contributed to the team.
But the big boss Mansour has explained and clearly asked to give the No. 10 jersey to Lin Quan.
Fahim did not dare to disobey Mansour's orders, so at this time he could only hope that Dzeko and his agent would be more aware of the times.
"Mr. President, is this how Manchester City treat the team's meritorious veterans?"
Realizing that this could not be changed, Luch tried to play the emotional card with Fahim to see if he could get some other compensation.
In that case, he would be better to go back to Dzeko's work.
'We've always been generous with players who have made a big contribution to the team, and Dzeko was a big part of the team's triumph in the 11/12 season and the team won't let him down.
Fahim took out a new contract from the drawer and placed it in front of Luchi:
"This is the contract extension we are preparing for Dzeko, you can take a look first!"
Luch took the contract and glanced at it, and was immediately attracted by the amount of wages on it.
Manchester City gave Dzeko a salary of 6 million euros after tax!
This is definitely the first salary in European football!
Although Dzeko is good, he is not a first-tier player.
He made 46 appearances for Manchester City last season, scoring 16 goals, including 14 in the league, one in the Champions League and one in the Community Shield.
This data is not a top scorer in the five major leagues, and there are many people who are better than him.
With a mountain of strikers in the Manchester City team, the club can offer him an annual salary of 6 million euros after tax, which is definitely very preferential.
Lu Qi had a lot of complaints in his stomach and wanted to say, but after seeing the amount on the contract, he immediately shut up.
'I need to go back and talk to my players, you know, Dzeko has a soft spot for the number 10 shirt and I need to do a lot of convincing work!'
"I understand, the club is indispensable for your benefits!"
Fahim knew what the other party wanted, so he promised the other party:
After completing this renewal, an additional bonus will be given to the other party, which is considered compensation for him.
With these words, Luqi immediately put on a smiling face and happily approached Dzeko with a new contract offered by Manchester City.
Who knows, he didn't have long to be happy before Dzeko made up his mind:
"Submit a transfer request to the club, I don't want to stay at a club that has stripped me of my shirt number!"
"Edin, are you sure you want to do this? You can't get such a high salary from Manchester City anywhere else! ”
"Sure, in Manchester City I was going to compete with Tevez and Aguero, and now there is another Lin Quan, how many opportunities do you think I can play next season?"
Obviously, Dzeko made this decision not on the spur of the moment, but after a really deliberate choice.
Manchester City are so rich that they buy a whole bunch of players every year during the transfer period.
This summer, they bought three strikers alone.
Negredo at €25 million, Jovetic at €26 million.
plus this Lin Quan, who did not spend a transfer fee, but joined the team with a superstar halo.
Manchester City's competition up front next season is set to be fiercer!
If City don't strip Dzeko of his number 10 shirt, he will have the confidence to compete with them.
But once the club took away his No. 10 jersey and went all out to support Lin Quan's position, then he would naturally be marginalized.
Dzeko is the kind of player who has a bit of arrogance and doesn't like to be stepped on his head.
Since Manchester City are going to take away his shirt number, it is naturally impossible for him to stay here.
Dzeko's analysis makes a lot of sense, but the more this happens, the more anxious his agent Lu Qi becomes.
Thinking of the benefits that Fahim had promised him, he bitterly persuaded him:
"You are the number one scorer in the team, except for Lin Quan, no one else can threaten you at all!
And Lin Quan can play winger and striker, he may not compete with you for the position of center forward, if you stay in Manchester City, the position of the main center forward will definitely be yours! ”
"No, he took my shirt number, I don't want to play on the same team as him!"
Dzeko had made up his mind, but Luch's persuasion was fruitless, so he could only inform Fahim of the result in frustration.
"Then go and contact other clubs to complete his transfer!"
Fahim made his decision with a blank face.
If Lin Quan didn't join the team, Dzeko was making a fuss about leaving.
Then he will definitely be very anxious, maybe he will personally visit the door, and persuade Dzeko to stay with emotion and reason.
But now......
After having Lin Quan, Fahim's waist hardened.
It doesn't matter if Dzeko goes or stays.
Luqi didn't expect the other party to even retain him, and he immediately understood in his heart that Dzeko's status in the Manchester City team had really declined.
In that case, let's get together and disperse!
There is no time for Luch to reason with Fahim here, and he must find a home for Dzeko before the summer transfer window closes.
Otherwise, once the summer window is missed, players like Dzeko who applied for a transfer but did not make it will be very embarrassing in the Manchester City team.
Fortunately, Dzeko is not the kind of player that no one wants, and after he was listed, several teams came to the door.
The most sincere of these are Arsenal and Roma.
Arsenal were worried about not having a good striker and immediately made an offer of £18 million when they learned that Dzeko was leaving.
Roma, on the other hand, gave a transfer fee of 20 million euros.
In terms of amount, both teams gave about the same.
However, Manchester City did not want Dzeko to stay in the Premier League and be their enemy, so they agreed to Roma's offer and sold Dzeko to Roma.
As soon as Dzeko left, the No. 10 jersey was naturally vacated.
July 28, half past eight in the morning.
Lin Quan came to the hospital designated by the club for a physical examination.
Thousands of fans had already gathered in front of the hospital.
These are Manchester City fans who wake up early in the morning and rush to the hospital to assemble in front of the hospital to see their superstar first.
When Lin Quan, dressed in white casual clothes, appeared at the entrance of the hospital, a commotion immediately broke out at the scene.
"Wow, Lin is so handsome!"
"Lin Huang! I'm your fan, sign me up! ”
"Lin, our whole family loves to watch you play, can you please take a photo with us!"
……
Countless fans shouted Lin Quan's name and rushed towards him.
The security personnel responsible for maintaining order at the scene were taken aback.
They had been informed that a star would come for a medical check-up today.
There is no special thing about Manchester, there are so many stars.
So they just treated this physical examination according to the general specifications, and did not prepare too many manpower.
But when they arrived at the hospital in the morning, they saw so many fans at the scene.
The security personnel were dumbfounded.
I'm afraid there are more than 5,000 fans at the scene, and relying on them twenty or thirty people, it won't have any effect at all.
So they hurriedly called the headquarters and applied for support.
So, when Lin Quan came to the scene, the security personnel at the scene had increased tenfold, from the previous twenty or thirty people to more than two hundred.
But now, even with more than 200 people, they still feel a lot of pressure in the face of the impact of thousands of fans.
Who is this kid!
How can it be so popular?
The last time Manchester saw such a popular player was the guy who wore the number 7 shirt for Manchester United.
But now, Lin Quan's popularity among fans is not lost to Ronaldo back then.
"Hello everyone, please cooperate with the work of the security personnel and do not push, so as not to have a stampede accident and endanger the lives of yourself and others!"
Seeing that the situation at the scene was in danger of getting out of control, Lin Quan asked for a megaphone from the staff and shouted directly to the fans.
Hearing his shout, the fans were even more excited.
"Uh......"
Lin Quan was a little speechless for a while.
He suddenly had an idea:
"If you follow the order, after I finish the physical examination later, when I come out, if there is extra time, I will sign autographs and take a group photo for everyone."
This trick really worked, and when I heard that I could take a photo with Lin Quan later, I could even get Lin Quan's autograph.
The fans immediately became honest.
The security personnel breathed a sigh of relief, but they were secretly surprised.
Is this guy's prestige among fans so high?
Obviously a guy who hasn't even had a physical examination and hasn't completed the official signing, why do these fans listen to him so much?
What kind of sacredness is this guy!
Many of the security personnel don't watch the game, and they only look at the teams they support, and they don't know much about the transfers of Manchester City and Lin Quan.
However, after today, they all had a strong interest in Lin Quan, and many of them couldn't help but search the Internet after returning home.
After watching Lin Quan's goal highlights in the Bundesliga and the Confederations Cup, they even directly became Lin Quan's fans......
Escorted by security personnel, Lin Quan smoothly entered the hospital.
Manchester City's medical team have been waiting here for a long time, and under their supervision, the Spanish forward core has undergone a careful medical examination.
There are many items to be examined, including routine blood, urinalysis, electrocardiogram, ultrasound, cardiopulmonary function tests, and muscle and nerve tests.
In addition to this, a full MRI was performed on him to make sure that he did not have any hidden injuries accumulated from previous matches.
For the team that bought the player, if the player they bought has an injury and is unable to play at the club, it is equivalent to their transfer fee.
So they will be very strict and careful about this aspect of health issues.
Lin Quan's indicators in all aspects of his body were fine, and he had not suffered any serious injuries.
So the test results are normal.
After seeing the results of the examination, Manchester City's medical team was completely relieved.
"Lin, you only need to go to the Etihad Stadium and officially sign with the team now, even if you completely join our Manchester City!"
After Fahim got the test results, he said happily to Lin Quan.
"Okay, thank you, everyone's hard work!"
Lin Quan politely thanked the staff in the hospital and took a group photo with them.
After leaving the gate of the hospital, he did not forget his previous promise.
After spending half an hour autographing and taking photos with some of the fans, he was urged by Fahim to get into the club's car and head to the Etihad Stadium.
I thought that the number of fans gathered at the entrance of the hospital was exaggerated enough.
It wasn't until Lin Quan arrived at the Etihad Stadium that he knew what real horror was.
Inside and outside the Etihad Stadium, it was already crowded with people at this time.
Without even having to take a look inside the stadium, Lin Quan was sure that the stadium must have been full at this time.
There are so many people outside the stadium, there is no reason why it is not full inside.
This surprised him himself:
Is it so popular among Manchester City fans?
Wait, how can there be Chinese people wearing Manchester City jerseys here?
They weren't going to come all the way to watch their appearance, were they?
When Lin Quan discovered these Chinese, they also saw Lin Quan.
", Emperor Lin, it's really Emperor Lin!"
"Is there still a fake Lin Huang? Stop, shout with me! ”
“321!”
"Lin Huang, we are your fans! We always have your back! ”
These people were in Chinese, and except for Lin Quan, no one else at the scene understood what they were shouting.
Hearing their shouts, Lin Quan had a smile on his face.
It's good to have fans like that!
He stopped and waved at the men.
Because of the distance, and to avoid causing a commotion among the other fans, he didn't go over to greet these people.
But he remembered the faces of the men, if he could meet them again in Manchester after the end of the show.
No matter what, you have to do your best to be a landlord!
Those few people saw that Lin Quan heard their shouts, and waved at them, all of them were excited.
"Emperor Lin has seen us!"
"He waved at us!"
"Oops, it's a pity, we forgot to bring the slogan we made!"
……
In the club, Mansour, Fahim and others were already waiting in the chairman's box.
After seeing Lin Quan, Mansur quickly stood up and shook hands with him.
"You're finally here!"
Although he was sure that the other party would definitely appear, during the time of waiting for Lin Quan to come to the club, Mansour was actually a little nervous in his heart.
He was afraid that something would go wrong at the last minute, and all his previous efforts would be in vain.
Fortunately, the unexpected change did not occur, and Lin Quan appeared at the Etihad Stadium on time.
After Lin Quan shook hands with Mansour and Fahim, he signed his name on the contract that the club had already prepared.
At this point, he has officially joined Manchester City and become a part of Manchester City.
Mansour was thrilled, and it felt like a dream had come true at this moment.
According to the usual practice, after Lin Quan signed the contract, Mansour gave Lin Quan pens, watches and other souvenirs with the club's crest, as well as a model of the Etihad Stadium.
Fahim, on the other hand, brought a blue jersey with the number 10 printed on it and handed him over to Lin Quan.
Lin Quan picked up the No. 10 jersey, which symbolizes the core position of Manchester City's team, and showed it to the reporters at the scene.
"Let's go, let's go to the stadium and say hello to the fans!"
Mansour patted Lin Quan on the back and said to him with a smile.
Lin Quan nodded and went to the locker room to change into jerseys and other equipment.
Then followed Mansour and the others into the Etihad Stadium.
Because there is no admission fee, the Etihad Stadium is full.
More than 50,000 fans poured into the stadium to witness the historic moment.
When Lin Quan stepped into the court, the scene burst into warm applause.
Countless Manchester City fans chanted Lin Quan's name, waved various cheering slogans in their hands, and welcomed their king to the stadium with the warmest applause and cheers!
Manchester City fans have been waiting for this moment for a long time!
Sorry, sorry, it's late!
(End of chapter)