Chapter 78 Blitz
Mubarak didn't expect Lin Sen to come to him, and he didn't expect Lin Sen would ask for money from him.
In fact, as the club's chairman, Mubarak has not considered adding transfer funds in the winter. At this time last year, the club added 50 million yuan in transfer funds for Mark Hughes to sign up. However, this year is a bit different. It's not that Manchester City has no money, but because Manchester City's investment this summer is much higher than last season, and Lin Sen, as the head coach, has not proposed any transfer plans before.
In addition, the team is in good condition, so the board of directors naturally did not intend to add to the situation. However, as the winter transfer was about to enter the last day, Lin Sen spoke at this time.
Looking at Lin Sen, who was sitting opposite him with a calm face, Mubarak smiled slightly. After experiencing the crazy summer transfer, not all head coaches dared to speak at this time, let alone so calm.
Manchester City is rich, very rich, so rich that many people think that Mansour bought Manchester City at that time just for fun. However, as Mansour's friend and partner, Mubarak knew that this statement was fundamentally unfounded. Otherwise, Mansour should have served as the chairman himself, rather than handing it over to him. When did you hear that someone else would have to do it for you?
As a very important investment project of Abu Dhabi Group, Manchester City's purpose is naturally not to lose money. Manchester City's ultimate goal is to make a profit. For this goal, Mubarak designed a grand plan for Manchester City. Of course, Rome City was not built in one day, so this plan needs to be implemented in stages. Although every step of Manchester City is still so big to the outside world.
Mubarak does not mind the outside world's view, just like Abu Dhabi, when they built the same city just two hours away from Dubai, everyone questioned whether they were necessary, but they still remained unrestrained. Manchester City and Abu Dhabi are different things, but the same model, so even if Manchester City's investment in the transfer market was not proportional to their results last year, Manchester City will continue to invest this year and will be the same next year, because this is the plan and because it is just the beginning of the plan. For Mubarak, there is never one key to whether to invest, not the size, but whether it is worth it.
As long as it is worth it, it will be perfect. Abuza is like this, and Manchester City is like this.
So, after hearing the reason why Lin Sen added transfer funds, Mubarak only asked one question.
“It’s very important?”
"No, but it's necessary."
“That’s OK.”
...
From entering the chairman's office to leaving the chairman's office, in less than fifteen minutes, Lin Sen got the transfer funds he wanted, which was a breeze.
When he decided to go to Mubarak, Linson didn't say he was confident, but he had some confidence, because when Mubarak handed over the plan to him last summer, he understood what was the most important thing for Manchester City.
The second in the league, close to the top.
The League Cup has reached the finals.
The FA Cup enters the fourth round.
Europa League advances to the knockout stage.
This is Lin Sen's confidence. If the club can give a transfer fee of nearly 200 million in the summer, then Lin Sen doesn't believe that he will get less than 15 million additional transfer funds with such results. Therefore, when he asked Mubaraka, Lin Sen was very calm throughout the whole process without any hesitation.
The cause of the incident was naturally Livermore's phone number. The content of the phone number was very simple. Malaga received a quote, a quote they could not refuse, because Atletico Madrid activated Reus' minimum termination clause: 15 million. So, according to the previous verbal agreement, Livermore notified Linson, although there were less than two days left before the transfer window was closed.
Due to the third-line battle, Malaga's record in the league this season is slightly worse than last season. It is currently ranked sixth in La Liga and successfully advanced to the quarterfinals of the Cup. However, in the Champions League, Malaga, who lacked experience, drew three draws and lost three times in six group stages, and finally got out of the group, and failed to even play in the Europa League, and missed the opportunity to meet Linson in the Europa League. Atletico Madrid's poaching Malaga is not accidental. They just let Maxi Rodriguez go, and Recino asked to introduce a replacement. After tasting the sweetness from Malaga last year, Reus became the first choice.
Regarding Atletico Madrid's last-minute poaching, not to mention that head coach Tapia was extremely angry, Livermore was also angry, because this means they had no time to find a replacement for Reus. But now, they are unable to stop this transfer. Therefore, when calling Linsen, Livermore hopes Linsen can intervene in the transfer.
It should be said that if there is a change in the situation, such as whether Bell and Petrov are not injured, or a club that is changing, such as Dortmund, Lin Sen might have to shake his head helplessly at this time.
First, because the time is too hasty, the operation time left for Manchester City is only one day. Second, because... Manchester City has no money, or to be precise, it is because Manchester City has spent all the transfer fees. Not counting the transfer income in the summer, Manchester City has invested more than 1.5 billion in the transfer market this season. The 20 million spent on signing Di Maria is already the last transfer fund remaining in the summer.
However, now, Lin Sen does not intend to sit idly by Atletico Madrid to sign Reus.
Bell and Petrov were injured, and Lin Sen originally planned to survive, but now, the appearance of Reus can perfectly make up for the vacancy. Even if the two recovered from injury, Reus can still form an effective rotation with David Silva in the front midfielder position. Therefore, Lin Sen has the objective conditions to grab Reus. Furthermore, the person who poached people was Atletico Madrid. Lin Sen was still worried about the incident in Cork last year. This time it was his turn to force Reus away? It was really unbearable to the uncle and aunt.
What to do if you don’t have money?
With his old face, Lin Sen went to Mubarak to ask for money.
nonstop.
Lin Sen immediately made a offer to Malaga for Reus, with the lowest termination fee of 15 million. Livermore, who had received a call from Lin Sen, also accepted Manchester City's offer as soon as possible, and the transfer almost directly entered the negotiation of the player's personal contract. Lin Sen originally planned to fly to Malaga himself to make this happen, but since Manchester City still had a FA Cup to play in two days, he couldn't get out of it anyway, and Mawood eventually took over to Malaga to replace Lin Sen.
Atletico Madrid, who had already negotiated contracts with Reus, had not yet learned that Manchester City had intervened, and when they came back to their senses, Reus had nodded to Manchester City. For Reus, this choice could not be simple.
January 31st.
At 8 a.m., Manchester City made a offer, and at the same time, Mawood boarded a private jet to Malaga.
At nine o'clock, Malaga accepted the offer.
At 11:00 a.m., Mawood had already started personal contract negotiations with Reus. At 1:00 a.m., the contract negotiations were completed. Then, Reus flew to Manchester with his agent.
At 3:00 p.m., Reus arrived in Manchester and underwent a medical examination at the hospital arranged by Manchester City.
The physical examination was completed at 4 pm.
At 6 p.m., Manchester City submitted Reus' player-related registration information to the FA.
At 7 o'clock, Manchester City announced on its official website that Malaga's German midfielder Marco Reus transfers to Manchester City and signs for three years.
How long does it take to make a transfer that you love? In less than twelve hours, this time can be even shorter.
As soon as the transfer news came out, the world was in an uproar.
This was an absolute blitzkrieg. From the news from Lin Sen to the official announcement of Manchester City, it all happened on the same day.
After learning that Reus had reached an agreement with Manchester City, Pitac was stunned at first, and then smiled helplessly, but he was not angry because he knew that Malaga was even more angry than him, and he knew better who the Manchester City head coach was. When Reus arrived in Manchester, he was not someone else, but Lin Sen.
Standing at the cold Carrington training base, Reus held a Manchester City jersey in his hand, next to him, Linson put one hand on his shoulder, facing the camera, both of them smiled brightly.
For Reus, this is how happiness comes so suddenly.
At the end of last season, I have to say that Lin Sen's departure once disappointed him. He even felt the feeling of being deceived. But then with Apono's bombardment, Old Sans' final departure, and the changes in the club's senior management, he gradually understood the whole thing, and then understood why Lin Sen left Malaga and also had a little more understanding of Lin Sen. In the new season, led by an equally familiar head coach Tapia, Reus, who was identified as the core by Tapia, showed his teammates.
A new journey began. At the beginning, except for the absence of that figure, nothing seemed to change. Malaga was still winning, but soon, they encountered setbacks in the European arena and the league began to recur... Of course, what disappointed Reus was the injury. Without Lin Sen's care, his injuries seemed to have become frequent. Finally, after four weeks of absence from an injury, when he returned to the team, he found that he had lost his core position.
Replaced him is a younger and more popular among fans than him, Isco.
Reus had no way to complain. Isco did have a good performance, not to mention that he was a native of Malaga. But not complaining did not mean that he would accept everything. Therefore, when Atletico Madrid activated his contract terms, he could have refused, but he did not want to refuse.
Just when he thought he was about to go to Madrid, what he was waiting for was Lin Sen's phone call, and then... everything was like a dream.r1152
Chapter completed!