After Kroos' transfer was completed, the ambitious Real Madrid continued to chase another midfielder in the Manchester City squad.

On July 20, Marca newspaper was the first to disclose a piece of news: Real Madrid offered De Bruyne at a price of 60 million euros.

As soon as this news came out, it immediately attracted the attention of the entire football world.

"Real Madrid are trying to hollow out Manchester City's midfield!"

"Yes, I'm not satisfied with prying Kroos away, I'm still thinking about De Bruyne!"

"If De Bruyne is also snatched away by Real Madrid, then Manchester City's new season is afraid that it will not be the rhythm of collapse!"

"Real Madrid look ambitious for next season, recalling Morata from Juventus, buying Kroos from Manchester City at a high price, and if De Bruyne is taken again, Real Madrid's midfield will be greatly strengthened!"

"Enrique's Barcelona is a bit of a river now, Bayern's squad is gradually aging, if Real Madrid can hollow out Manchester City by digging the wall, then they can replace them and become the strongest team in Europe!"

Fans are quite amazed by Real Madrid's series of transfer operations, in order to complete the team's long-cherished dream of the tenth Champions League trophy, over the years, Real Madrid can be said to spare no effort to strengthen the team.

If these transfers can really be achieved, then the strength of Real Madrid's squad is simply terrifying, and even if you want to strengthen it, there is not much room for reinforcement.

Unless they dig Lin Quan over at all costs.

Real Madrid's small abacus, Manchester City will naturally not be unable to understand.

So for Real Madrid's second offer, they decisively chose to refuse.

There is no way for Kroos to transfer away, Real Madrid wants to follow the gourd and poach De Bruyne like Kroos, that is really too much.

Even if De Bruyne does not want to stay at Manchester City, it is unlikely that Manchester City will sell him to Real Madrid.

After learning that their offer was rejected, the Real Madrid hierarchy did not give up and chose to continue to increase the price.

They added 5 million euros to their original offer and quickly made a second offer at 65 million euros.

This price has caught up with Kroos's transfer transaction price, which means that Real Madrid recognizes that De Bruyne's strength has reached Kroos's level.

Although the price is a bit high, if De Bruyne and Kroos can really be packed and taken away at a price of 130 million, Real Madrid will definitely make money on their side.

However, this offer has not been replied to by Manchester City, and it is clear that Manchester City do not want to deal with Real Madrid.

After waiting for a week, Real Madrid knew that its offer failed to meet the other party's psychological expectations, so they gritted their teeth and added 10 million, and made another offer to Manchester City at a price of 75 million.

Real Madrid are rich, but the price is almost their limit.

The transfer price is partly indicative of a player's status in the team, if they pay more than Kevin Kroos for a transfer fee.

Then in terms of salary and status in the team, they also have to give the same degree of treatment.

When Kroos moved to Real Madrid, although the salary increase was not much, it was partially compensated by the image rights share.

If they give De Bruyne the same treatment, the salary system within the Real Madrid team may collapse.

After all, the salaries of 'newcomers' like Kroos and De Bruyne are so good, so should the salaries of the team's decorated veterans be mentioned?

Others don't say much, is the treatment of Modric in the midfield position on par with Kroos and De Bruyne?

Modric's current annual salary is €6 million, which is only half that of Kroos.

As a veteran who has been in the team for four years, although he has not won many honors in the team, he has no credit and hard work.

The annual salary of 6 million is indeed a bit small, after all, a rising star like De Bruyne is almost catching up with him in Manchester City's annual salary.

Considering that Kroos has four Champions League trophies in his hands and looks a lot better than Modric in terms of honors, his salary is a little higher than Modric's, and Modric is not completely unacceptable.

But once De Bruyne's annual salary also greatly exceeds him, then Modric's heart will definitely be very uncomfortable.

Modric is not the only one who is uncomfortable?

Those meritorious veterans in the Real Madrid team, such as captain Ramos, striker Benzema and others, are they comfortable?

Ramos' current annual salary is only 7 million, temporarily behind Ronaldo and Bale.

When Bale's annual salary surpassed Ramos's, Ramos was quite complaining, and now there is another Kroos, and the annual salary is nearly twice as high as him, and he has no complaints in his heart.

If Kroos has another De Bruyne with an annual salary comparable to Kroos, then Ramos and the veterans of the team will definitely rebel!

Therefore, from the perspective of the balance of the team's budget and the salary system within the team, Real Madrid may not be able to eat De Bruyne, and it will be very uncomfortable if he is forced to eat.

But if De Bruyne is not given a raise, the probability of wanting to dig up the other party is infinitely close to zero, unless the other party also has a dream of being a child and has been fond of Real Madrid for a long time.

Although Real Madrid's quotation was very difficult, the crowd watching the lively melon-eating crowd did not know the inside story.

After seeing Real Madrid's continuous increase in offers, it looks like it is inevitable, many optimistic Real Madrid fans have begun to imagine the beautiful picture of Manchester City's midfield duo and galloping on the pitch in the new season.

Real Madrid's pigs have advanced by leaps and bounds, making other teams seem to be inspired and start to move.

Bayern have their eye on young player Kimmich in Manchester City's squad and intend to bring the new German international back to the Bundesliga.

For this, they are willing to pay a transfer fee of 30 million euros.

Arsenal have taken a fancy to Manchester City's backup striker Gabriel Jesus and want to take him away for £40 million.

Tottenham have eyed Leroy Sane and Son Heung-min with offers of £35 million and £30 million respectively.

Napoli have set their sights on another striker, Heheanacho, with an offer of €25 million.

The most shocking thing was Liverpool, who threw out a price of £50 million and offered Van Dijk directly.

All kinds of offers are drifting like snowflakes, and Manchester City has received soft offers here.

But the problem is, most of these players are not going to be sold!

It's not for sale, but the player himself wants to go to Leicester City, which are poor and can't afford a high transfer fee.

The offer from Napoli can continue to be negotiated by Manchester City, but the player's job needs to be done by themselves.

Whether they can convince players to join Serie A depends on their own bargaining strength.

As for other offers, City did not hesitate to reject them all, and made it clear that these players were not for sale.

In fact, even if Manchester City is willing to sell, other teams may not be able to eat it.

The problem is the same as that of Real Madrid, the players who come out of Manchester City, their annual salaries are generally higher, if the new team can't get a higher annual salary, it is difficult to impress them, but once they really give a high salary, it will greatly affect or even destroy the team's own salary system.

So, unless it's a non-main player that City doesn't want, you either don't buy the other players or be prepared to pay a huge price.

Although the club rejected offers from major teams, Manchester City fans are still worried about it, and Kroos's transfer came so quickly that many people did not have time to digest the news.

As a result, the transfer news of De Bruyne and a large group of players has now broken out, which has made many Manchester City fans panic.

The team has only been living a good life for a few years, is it about to collapse so soon?

They had already seen the tragedy of the collapse of the Manchester United dynasty next door, so they were particularly worried that the fate of Manchester United would befall them.

The reason for such panic among Manchester City fans is not only the transfer of Kroos and De Bruyne, but also the renewal of Lin Quan's contract.

When Lin Quan first joined Manchester City, he signed a total of five years, and now he has only two years left on his contract.

Although the club has been in contact with the player's agent last year to negotiate the renewal of the contract, there has been no news that the two sides have reached an agreement.

In other words, so far, Lin Quan still has not chosen to renew his contract with Manchester City.

This has to make outsiders think that with only two years left on his contract, it looks as if the heart of Manchester City could leave the team at any moment.

And once he leaves, it will be almost a shake for Manchester City, and the whole team will be torn down and rebuilt.

And if Manchester City can't get Lin Quan out for a long time, other players in the team will also hesitate to renew their contracts.

Lin Quan has proven his quality in the league and Champions League in the past few years, and the players have great admiration for him.

If Lin Quan continues to stay at Manchester City, even if he loses a few core players, everyone still has hope for the results of the new season.

But once Lin Quan leaves, then Manchester City will completely lose its backbone, and the team's record may plummet at that time.

Therefore, Lin Quan's decision will undoubtedly affect the decision of many other people.

Once he leaves the team, many players who stayed because of Lin Quan may leave the broken ship of Manchester City and go to other championship teams that are more likely to win honors.

Manchester City is also very aware of this, so at the end of July, he sent someone to visit the door, wanting to have an in-depth and frank communication with Lin Quan about the renewal of the contract.

In order to avoid influencing Lin Quan's decision, Guardiola was not involved in the matter.

Although Guardiola hopes that Lin Quan can stay, he also doesn't want to wronged Lin Quan because of himself, so he decided to stay out of the matter and not interfere.

Picking up the new contract from Manchester City's side and taking a look, Lin Quan's brows couldn't help jumping.

The sincerity given by Manchester City is very sufficient, and the annual salary, bonuses, portrait rights and other aspects are generous to an unimaginable extent.

As long as he signs this contract, his annual salary will far exceed that of competitors such as Messi and Ronaldo.

Looking at this posture, the other party is going to keep himself at all costs.

Regarding whether to transfer, Lin Quan actually thought about it for a long time.

To be honest, I'm really tired of being at Manchester City for three years.

The Premier League schedule, the style of the league, and the climate, culture, food, etc., of Manchester are not very satisfying to him.

Relatively speaking, Lin Quan still prefers to return to La Liga to play.

Being closer to home, the climate, culture and diet will be more adaptable, even if the salary may be a little worse, it doesn't matter much, anyway, he is not short of money.

But the problem is that there are really not many teams to choose from for a player of his level, and even some top giants may not have enough financial resources and salary space to eat him.

Only Barcelona and Real Madrid have this strength in La Liga, and Lin Quan was originally more inclined to Real Madrid.

Real Madrid president Florentino has always admired him very much and has sent him invitations many times.

The other party is so sincere, Lin Quan is embarrassed to refuse all the time.

However, Real Madrid may not have the financial resources to acquire him this year, especially after signing Kroos at a high price.

Unless Real Madrid chooses to purge Ronaldo and sell Ronaldo for a large transfer fee, there will be a little room for maneuver.

But the problem is that there are not many teams willing to eat Ronaldo now!

Even if Real Madrid is willing to sell, there are very few teams willing to buy, and only the big man of Paris can look forward to it, but Grand Paris spent a huge amount of money to win Neymar last year, and whether there is enough money to eat another supergiant is a big question mark.

And in a hurry, it is difficult to achieve such a huge amount of transfer.

Wait until Real Madrid completes the transfer of Ronaldo, and then negotiate with Manchester City about Lin Quan's transfer.

Therefore, he will probably not be able to go to Real Madrid this summer.

What's more, Real Madrid's move to poach Kroos from Manchester City also made Lin Quan have some worries in his heart.

Kroos is gone, and there are some people in Manchester City who are worried now, and if he leaves, the team may really fall apart.

At least with what he knows about De Bruyne, the other party will most likely follow him.

Lin Quan has been at Manchester City for three years and still has feelings for the team.

He doesn't want to see Manchester City fall apart like this, and he doesn't want to see Pep Guardiola struggling at City.

Therefore, after learning the news of Cross's departure, Lin Quan finally decided to stay.

After learning the news of Lin Quan's contract renewal with Manchester City, Guardiola breathed a long sigh of relief.

Although he did not participate in this negotiation, he has always been in his heart, and he is more concerned about this matter than both sides of the negotiation.

Lin Quan is the most important person in the team, and his contract renewal is very important, and it is the most important thing for Guardiola and the whole club.

If you can't take Lin Quan, everything else is not easy to handle.

And once Lin Quan is done, the rest is simple!

After successfully renewing Lin Quan's contract, Manchester City FC immediately issued an announcement on its official website to make the matter public!

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