Chapter 18 Privileges
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There is a welcome attitude towards this signing, because although Adriano has a lot of bad record, he is still far from the age of retirement, and he is still a free transfer. Some people also shook their heads and said they are not optimistic. What does it mean that the country is easy to change and its nature is difficult to change. If it is so easy to turn back, how could Inter Milan give up on Ad?
However, more Manchester City fans still keep their reservations. They will know whether they are mules or horses. Whether they are pulled out or not, Adriano is already a Manchester City player. Regardless of whether Adriano is really a prodigal son or not, Manchester City obviously cannot place all hope on him alone.
Compared with Manchester City fans, the English media are more optimistic about the signing. Sky Sports commentator Sones directly commented that the transfer was Linson doing a dangerous gambling, while BBC commentator Dwyane simply said that this was a lottery ticket bought by Manchester City. In any case, Adriano was Manchester City's first signing, but it could not be Manchester City's only signing.
For the ever-changing transfer market, in four days, nothing can happen, and many things can happen.
The good news comes from the expected transfer of Azpilicueta. Manchester City and Osasuna, who have no competitors, have reached an agreement on the transfer fee of the Spanish defender. Eight million euros, paid in one go, no installments, and no special terms. Osasuna fans may be disappointed that their team has lost a young idol, but Osasuna, who has been hovering on the edge of the relegation zone in recent seasons, is satisfied with the transfer, especially the transfer fee is consistently paid. Eight million doesn't seem to be much, but thinking about the transfer budget of Malaga last season, you know what this money means for a relegation team.
Azpilicueta himself is not rejected by transferring to Manchester City, and is not ecstatic. But there is more or less joy. Because although he has played the main full-back for two seasons at Osasuna, he has never been to the national team. Not to mention the ambitious Manchester City, even an ordinary team, he is not qualified to be picky. When he comes to Manchester City, he can not only earn more, but also there is a famous head coach in Spain, and this head coach. Everyone knows that he likes to promote young people.
Unfortunately, this is the only good news.
Mawood was still arguing with Moyes about Lescott's transfer. After Everton decisively rejected the price, Mawood, who was unwilling to give up, made two actual offers, one offer a day, the first one was 10 million pounds, and the second one was 12 million pounds, but both offer was rejected by Moyes without exception, and almost without hesitation. At this moment, Mawood finally realized how uncomfortable Linson's restrictions were. Griefly, Mawood gave his third offer, 14 million pounds. This was approaching the 15 million top line he agreed with Linson, surpassing Bridge, who was also an England international in January this year, when Manchester City spent 12 million pounds to introduce Bridge from Chelsea.
What did Moyes react this time? His reaction was a little impatient. He only raised two million at a time, which was an English international, which was not in line with Manchester City's identity as a rich man. So, in an interview with the media, although Manchester City did not disclose the actual offer, after admitting that Manchester City was interested in Lexster, his attitude was very firm: Lescott, not to sell.
Mawood never thought Moyes would be so difficult. He thought that through last season's loan, both sides should at least be more frank in the transfer. What's more, Everton also expressed his interest in renewing the loan, but Moyes has not only insisted on not selling, but has also exposed the transfer directly.
Is Moyes really not selling? Lescott's agent didn't tell Ma Wood that way. No matter what, now, there are only three paths in front of Ma Wood, one is to give up, one is to raise the quotation, and one is to take off-market moves. The first one is to be unwilling, the second one is impossible, so there is actually only one of the three paths left.
Mawood offers three quotations in four days, while Gary Cook, who goes to Madrid, Spain, is progressing slowly in Robben's affairs. Real Madrid did not stubbornly refuse Manchester City's asking Robben to pay Robben, but did not give a clear price. The attitude can only be described as **, just like Robben's current position in Real Madrid. Although this at least proves that Robben is not a non-selling product, such a transfer is the most difficult to figure out, which makes Gary Cook the hardest to figure out. He is like a blind man touching an elephant. It is said that he has just joined Real Madrid, and he is not the Bardano who is responsible for the transfer... However, Gary Cook obviously cannot just wait for Real Madrid. After Valencia rejects Manchester City's asking David Silva, Gary Cook still needs to deal with Valencia Club.
As for other goals, there is not much progress. Benfica has not responded to Manchester City's price question so far. Since the two players are involved, it is not known whether Benfica is waiting for Manchester City's actual actions or has other plans. As for Xavi Martinez, Manchester City has already made a 10 million offer, and Bilbao has not made an official reply yet...
Compared to these goals with great uncertainty, there is one goal that has reached a stalemate, that is, Manchester City's only goal in Germany, Leverkusen's midfielder Vidal.
Two years ago, Leverkusen introduced Vidal from Chile's Klokrolo team at the price that created the transfer fee record for Chile's domestic league at that time. Vidal also became an important piece in Leverkusen's midfielder, but in fact Vidal did not belong to Leverkusen, because Leverkusen only bought 70% of ownership from Klokrolo at that time, and the other 30% ownership was still in the hands of Klokrolo. In terms of player ownership, South American teams have always been entangled, such as the ownership of similar Tevez is in the hands of the agency, while in Europe, some leagues have restrictions on this, while others do not. Obviously, the Bundesliga does not have this restriction.
Manchester City's price question for Dahl was naturally rejected by Leverkusen, but Manchester City did not give up. The first round offer given by Mawood was 10 million pounds, which was about 12 million euros. This offer was definitely not a test, because this price was five million higher than the price that Leverkusen introduced to Dahl, although Leverkusen only had 70% ownership. After receiving this actual offer from Manchester City, Leverkusen seemed to realize that Manchester City's interest was not just verbal, so they gave their price.
Two thousand five million.
This was undoubtedly a price robbery, but what made Mawood even more annoyed was that he then returned two more quotations, which increased to 11.5 million and 13 million respectively, while Leverkusen's counter-off was not moving at all, and it was still 25 million. So, when Linsen came back from Brazil, Mawood told the situation, and then he tried to make Linsen accept a person who did not allow Linsen to give in to replace Vidal, who is currently playing for Aston Villa.
Gareth Barry, 28, is a regular visitor to the England national team, but he really attracted the attention of the giants in the past two seasons. With his outstanding performance at Aston Villa, Barry was once close to joining Liverpool last season. The reason why Xavi Alonso, who has joined Real Madrid, left Liverpool so resolutely, Barry is considered the "initiator".
At that time, when coordinating, Mawood hoped to replace Harvey Martinez with Barry. Linson did not say no, but the condition was that Mawood had to be consistent with him on the introduction of Suarez. In the end, Mawood did not agree. He insisted that Manchester City could have a better choice on the issue of Suarez, so Barry had to give up.
And now, Ma Wood brought it up again. However, Linson did not give in.
Because of Barry and Suarez, although they were still on the transfer list in the end, the order of introduction was ranked last. This is not to make him finale, but to mean that he is no longer the first choice target. This is the only regrettable place in Lin Sen's entire summer transfer plan. Manchester City is preparing to see the movements in the transfer market first. Sure enough, the movement has come, and the big fish Tevez has flowed into the transfer market. Now, whether Suarez can be introduced smoothly has become a question.
This is the damn constraint that Mubarak wants. There is no one-man rule. It should be said that the benefits outweigh the disadvantages for any club. However, Lin Sen still accepts it calmly because he wants others to trust you unconditionally, besides his own efforts, you always give others some time.
Linson did not accept Ma Wood's advice to Barry, but took over Vidal's transfer directly. The transfer right is in Ma Wood's hands, and in theory, he can interfere in any transaction. In fact, Linson's rights are even a little more than Ma Wood's. For example, Linson has a five million privilege.
The so-called five million privilege is a right given to Linson by the Manchester City board of directors, or to be precise, that is, for transfers not exceeding five million pounds, Linson can make his own decisions without the approval of the board of directors.
This privilege is a compensation for Linson's acceptance of Mawood's restrictions, and it is also a recognition of Linson's work in Malaga. Of course, Linson's right, independent of the transfer plan, is not completely unlimited, because although five million does not seem to be a lot, if the number of pens is too large, it is still an investment that cannot be underestimated. Therefore, this budget, which is counted as a youth training investment, Linson's quota is only 10 million pounds per season.
Ten million pounds, before Manchester City's transfer budget of up to 200 million, was just a drop in the bucket. It seemed to be just a sign that Manchester City focused on youth training, but for Lin Sen, this inconspicuous privilege was enough to make him turn the world upside down.
Chapter completed!