Chapter 15 Mendes
Lin Sen's last game in Malaga was a away game. It was not lucky or regretful, but the process of the game was stable. Both sides sent out a substitute lineup very tacitly, and the final score was also very harmonious, with zero to zero...
Since the club obviously would not arrange a press conference for Lin Sen's departure, Lin Sen officially bid farewell to the fans of Malaga through the press conference: It's a pity to leave Malaga, but Malaga will always be my parent team. I like this city and the fans here. Leaving is a difficult decision. I will miss everything here and hope that Malaga will go smoothly in the future.
For the last time, Lin Sen attended a press conference as the head coach of Malaga, he almost refused everyone's questions about reporters.
Lin Sen’s next stop?
"I have answered this question, and there is no next stop yet, but if I have the chance, I hope to take a look at other leagues."
The next one in Malaga?
"I don't know what the club intends, but I hope it's Tapia, Antonio has proven that he can be a great head coach, and he is very familiar with Malaga, and I think he is the perfect guy."
What do you think of Real Madrid's presidential election?
"Florentino will win the final victory." Lin Sen did not want to give Old Sans any face to give Old Sans a question that he had known for a long time.
What do you think of this season's Champions League final?
"Both teams are very outstanding teams, and it's not surprising that anyone wins the game." Lin Sen chose to be a clique this time.
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With the final round of the game, the 2008/2009 La Liga season came to an end.
Barcelona, which quickly completed the replacement of new and old coaches at an incredible speed, regained the league championship from Real Madrid with a strong wind sweeping the fallen leaves under the leadership of new head coach Guardiola. Of course, what makes Barcelona fans even more happy is that the existence of Guardiola and Messi is enough to make them full of confidence in the team in the next few years.
Real Madrid, who was chasing in the second half of the season, finally reached the second place in the league, but it still failed to change the fate of head coach Juander Ramos. Juander Ramos, like Linson, will leave after the end of the season. Of course, this is not Ramos himself who wants to leave. Judging from the total score of Ramos leading Real Madrid, Ramos is not completely unavailable to stay. However, the tragedy at the Bernabeu directly overdraws all Real Madrid fans' trust in him.
Malaga, the biggest dark horse this season, ranks third, and Sevilla, who once faced the danger of falling out of the Champions League, finally saved the fourth place and failed to allow Atletico Madrid and Villarreal to complete a counterattack. However, Valencia is not so lucky. They defended La Coruna, but failed to defend Athletic Bilbao, who came from behind. In the last round of the game, the UEFA Cup qualification that they had already held in their hands was snatched away by Athletic Bilbao. The three teams participating in the UEFA Cup next season will be Atletico Madrid, Villarreal and Athletic Bilbao.
As for the three unlucky guys who were relegated, they were Real Betis who was pushed by Malaga at the last moment, Numancia and Verva who had rejected Linsen.
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The league ended, unlike the players' holiday immediately. The head coach originally had some finishing work to do, but for Lin Sen, who had already decided to leave, it had nothing to do with him. At this moment, Mendes arrived as promised.
Linson and Mendes met not in a cafe or in a secret place, but in Linson's residence. All this only stems from Linson's joke when Mendes asked where to meet, "Just go to me." Unexpectedly, Mendes agreed happily.
"Don't have a girlfriend?" As soon as I entered Linsen's residence, Mendes looked inside the house and asked with a smile.
"Where did you see this time?" Lin Sen smiled and poured his coffee, "I thought I was cleaned up."
"It has nothing to do with whether you do it cleanly." Mendes sat down on the sofa, "just because you don't have women's shoes on your shoe rack."
Lin Sen laughed silently. He forgot that the rumors were rumored to see if a man was single, just look at whether his shoe rack had women's shoes, because that place was often the place where women declared "sovereignty". Although it was just a rumor, Mendes obviously guessed it right again, and Lin Sen was indeed single.
"What are your plans next?" When the two of them sat down, Mendes did not directly talk to Lin Sen about the contract between him and Lin Sen, but asked an old and realistic question.
His tone was like he had met Lin Sen, like an old friend who had been familiar with for a long time. This famous agent had to say that his success was not a lucky chance. Regardless of his vision, at least Lin Sen, who had met him for the first time, had not felt the arrogance of any big-name agent from him from the beginning to the present. Mendes did not describe Lin Sen as described in many movies or novels at the beginning, and he would have described various bright futures for Lin Sen if he signed a contract with him. He was just like an old friend, and even complained to Lin Sen about how long he had been blocked on the road as soon as he met.
"I thought you came here to advise me?" Lin Sen took a sip of coffee and smiled.
"That's right." Mendes nodded with a smile and said, "Let's say that, when Jose was about to leave Porto a few years ago, I gave him some suggestions, and I think it might be suitable for you. Many people think that Jose left Porto because he received an invitation from Chelsea. In fact, it was not the case. After Jose led Porto to win the League Cup, Jose had the idea of leaving Porto. He was a very planned head coach. He believed that his coaching in Porto had come to an end.
However, there was no suitable opportunity for Jose at that time, so I gave Jose three suggestions, one was to continue to stay in Porto for a season and wait for the best opportunity. The second was to leave Porto and wait for the opportunity. The third was to leave Porto and then accept some not very good opportunities. Jose finally chose the former, and you will know what happened later.
Of course, I said this, not to grab the credit for Jose's final lead in Porto to win the Champions League, which proves how good my vision is. That credit belongs to Jose and his team, and no one can take it. I just want to say that timing is very important."
"Do you think I should stay in Malaga?" Lin Sen said in silence.
"If you made me your agent from the beginning, then I would definitely advise you like this." Mendes smiled, "Actually, even now, I am still sure to ask Malaga to renew your contract. I have dealt with Old Sans. He is a very stubborn person, but I know how to deal with him, but it all depends on your decision."
Then, Mendes looked at Linson, as if paying attention to his expression change.
Lin Sen's expression was very calm, so his answer was not hesitant at all: "I have decided."
"Then." Mendes smiled in his heart and said intently that there was still a difference between him and Jose, and continued, "You have two choices."
"I don't have time to wait." Lin Sen directly rejected a choice.
"Your position?" Mendes nodded and asked directly.
"There is no positioning, only requirements, and I hope to have the right to transfer."
"Sure enough, you were responsible for the transfer work of Malaga last season?" Lin Sen's words shocked Mendes. You should know that Malaga's work last season, not to mention La Liga, is the best transfer operation even if it looks at the whole of Europe. There were rumors that Malaga's transfer was made by Lin Sen, but it has not been confirmed. Now, Lin Sen's words undoubtedly admit this to some extent.
Sure enough, Lin Sen just smiled and did not deny it, but added, "By the way, I will bring a few more people to follow, um, it shouldn't be more than three."
"This is not a problem." Mendes took a breath, picked up the coffee and took a sip of it to calm down, and said.
"It's a pity that your transfer work in Malaga is not in the open, otherwise things will be much easier. A head coach who can make money for the club and lead the team to win, I really can't believe that Malaga lets you go. However, your transfer rights requirements are a difficult problem now, and I'm afraid you can't be too high. At present, the whole of Europe can be considered a giant club, and there are four confirmed that they have changed coaches, Real Madrid in La Liga, AC Milan in Serie A and Juventus.
There is also Chelsea in the Premier League. The two teams in Serie A basically have successors. As far as I know, there is no clear partner for the other two clubs, but Real Madrid will definitely have to wait until the chairman is selected before confirming the coach. Chelsea, although the Premier League coach has always had the tradition of part-time transfer managers, this coincides with your requirements, but it does not deny your ability. I am familiar with Abramovich, and his gaze is very, very high.
In addition to these giants, there are also some teams that have potential coach changes. By the way, Atletico Madrid is one of them." Speaking of this, Mendes suddenly smiled and seemed to think that Atletico Madrid was the starting point of Lin Sen's coaching career, but he quickly said seriously, "But it's just a potential possibility. And I must remind you that coaching work is different from players. We can be more proactive in players, but we can only wait for the head coach's work more often."
"I understand, so I said, there is no positioning." Lin Sen shrugged his shoulders, his expression was still calm. Mendes' status determines that he can be far-sighted and take clubs like Real Madrid and Chelsea into consideration, but he is very realistic. A thing like climbing to the sky is the same as the probability of falling pies from the sky. It is not completely impossible, but it is hard to find.
"You are too cautious, not everyone is old Sanz." Mendes shook his head. "I thought with Malaga's resume, your goal could be higher, at least, you should look down from the high."
Chapter completed!