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Chapter 26 Hot Hands

Transfers are not about falling in love, but transfers and falling in love are not about having no common points.◇↓

For example, your love, my wish.

The birth of the Boseman Act marks the end of the era of "arranged marriage" in the football world and represents the arrival of the era of "free love". Clubs that used to play the role of "evil" had to follow this and then adapt to this.

However, this does not mean that players and agents can do whatever they want.

Barnett, who came with anticipation, finally had to leave with great worries.

Now, whether he is willing to admit it or not, it cannot change the fact that Bale's transfer has finally entered a stage that he least wants to see. Without temptation and high-level negotiations, everything seems so abrupt, but everything actually has traces to follow. He can blame the world, complain about Real Madrid's slow efficiency, or accuse Lin Sen of deliberately making things difficult, but this is useless. Not only will it be useless, it will also make the already bad situation worse.

The role he plays in this "marriage" is actually a matchmaker.

Now, he received someone’s red envelope and couldn’t handle the transfer. He turned around and had to settle the score with him. But now, the other side didn’t want to let him go because of his negligence on one side.

He was caught in the middle and should have been able to get along with everything, but now, what can he do?

For Barnett, what is even more serious now is that what he has to face is Lin Sen, who is veritable "below one person and ten thousand people" in Manchester City.

To be honest, if it were another person, such as Ma Wood before, Barnett would not be able to force the opponent to submit, because when it comes to transfers of players of Bale, a transfer manager would not be of no use at all, but it could basically be said to be half a puppet. This can be said to be an absolute deal between two clubs.

But Lin Sen is an exception.

First of all, he is the meritorious coach of this team, and no one can erase this. In the past few seasons, the name Linsen has almost been synonymous with Manchester City. Secondly, it is his relationship with Manchester City Chairman Mubarak. When Linsen first brought Manchester City to the top of Europe, Mubarak once said a sentence in front of the media, that as long as he is still Manchester City's chairman, Linsen will always be Manchester City's head coach. This sentence was later generally understood as Mubarak's emotional move at that time. But it is not difficult to see the relationship between the two. Not to mention, Linsen's return to Manchester City this time was entirely out of Mubarak's invitation.

Finally, Barnett felt the most difficult thing, that even Bell, who had expressed his intention to leave, did not want to stand opposite him. Last time, Bell deliberately refused to answer Lin Sen's call, which was not exactly as simple as saying that Lin Sen's determination to leave.

With these backgrounds, Barnett wants to play some extra-track tricks with Lin Sen. It’s not impossible, but only God knows what effect it will have.

You know, Linsen chose to leave Manchester City when Butragno came to Manchester. It is not an exaggeration to change such a move to someone else, but the entire Manchester City club stood behind Linsen without saying a word. This is no longer as simple as supporting his work. It is completely a kind of almost blind trust.

After leaving Manchester City headquarters, Barnett locked himself in his car for half an hour.

He is not a novice, and he is very good at the job of an agent. Although he is not as good as a giant like Mendes, he is also a well-known agent in England. Bale is the biggest card in his hand. To put it more than anything, most of his hopes are placed on Bale. As an agent, he knows how difficult it is to meet a player of Bale.

However, it was precisely this that made him carelessly take over the "red envelope" that he now thought was extremely hot.

What should I do?

Barnett knows that it is not an alarmist statement that if you don’t handle this matter well and lose your reputation, Real Madrid will blame him for not doing things hard and claim huge compensation. Manchester City will blame him for lack of professional ethics. Even Bale, who is unaware of the inside, has enough reason to terminate his contract with him. Then what? Then which player dares to make him his agent?

Barnett didn't smoke often, but at this time, the car was already filled with smoke.

After a while, the car slowly drove out of the parking lot, and then changed direction and drove towards the suburbs.

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August 2nd.

Manchester City played their last warm-up match in the United States. In the third round of the International Champions League Group B, Manchester City tied 2-2 with Greek powerhouse Olympiacos within 90 minutes. Due to the promotion, the winner must be decided in this game. The two teams then had a penalty shootout, and Manchester City finally lost 4-5, and the result was that both teams were eliminated.

Bale performed well in this game. Both goals in the 90-minute game were from Welsh stars, and he was also the best player in the game. But this irrelevant best did not improve Bale's mood. After the game, he still refused the media interview because he knew very well what the media wanted to ask was definitely not related to this game.

This last warm-up match in the United States this summer is also the last warm-up match before the season. After this game, after only a short night of rest, Manchester City will return to England to prepare for the new Community Shield Cup with Arsenal for a week.

In the past five warm-up matches, Bale missed only one game, and almost all of the other four games played as the main player. For this, Bale is not difficult to understand Pellegrini's intention. Although the engineer did not talk to him about this matter alone, he could feel that the other party urgently hopes that he will stay.

Bell actually began to hesitate in his heart.

The summoning of Real Madrid means the summoning of the highest stage. Even if Bale even goes there, he may not really win more trophys than at Manchester City. But one thing is certain, that is, in terms of personal honor, as long as he can continue his performance in Real Madrid in the past few seasons, he will be closer to his dream honor than at Manchester City.

Golden Globe Award.

For Bale, being loyal to his country not only means loyalty, but also means sacrifice. Wales is not a strong European team. In this regard, not to mention Messi and Ronaldo have too many advantages than him. His senior Giggs, who is also from Wales, has shown him a "upper limit" with his career, but Bale does not want to become another Giggs.

So, he wanted to make a change.

He knew that Real Madrid is now the team of Ronaldo, but he thought he could wait. He was four years younger than Ronaldo. This is capital. But now in this matter, Real Madrid's attitude has made him a little doubtful. He is not worried about his performance, but he is very worried whether his performance will be respected accordingly.

With this doubt, Bell followed his teammates back to Manchester, and then, when he returned to his suburban home, he met his agent, Barnett.

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Linson once again had a not-so-short meeting with Pellegrini, who had returned from the United States.

As the curtain of the new season's Premier League is about to be unveiled, Lin Sen's work is gradually coming to an end. At this time, the content of the meeting between the two is, in addition to discussing the upcoming season, the focus is naturally on Manchester City's lineup.

Manchester City's lineup has not changed much this summer. It can basically be said that it has maintained the framework of last season. In some positions of change, there are also gains and gains. In terms of strength, at least there is no decline in the cards. Now, the key is to look at Bale's stay or not. After Linson told Pellegrini that Bale might stay in the team, although Linson repeatedly emphasized that it was only possible, Pellegrini still couldn't hide his joy.

How many coaches are really willing to lose a player like Bale?

Currently in Manchester City's lineup, Jovitic, Reus and Bale can play on the left.

As a player whom Pellegrini strongly advocated, Jovitic was originally highly expected by Pellegrini, but at the beginning of the season, Jovitic encountered trouble in adapting to the Premier League. This is also a problem that many Serie A players often encounter when they come to England. After finally waiting for Jovitic to slowly adapt, the league is already half over. However, at this time, Jovitic, who was originally glass-attributed, was troubled by injuries. In short, the number of games played in Jovitic throughout last season was not more than fifteen games, and there were few games to play all over the game.

As for Reus, Pellegrini has positioned him as a front midfielder early in the morning, and he spent most of last season in the front midfielder position. Therefore, it can be said that Manchester City's biggest reliance on the left is still Bale.

If Bale stays, it means that Manchester City will still be the best in the entire Premier League on the left in the new season. Bale and Jovitic's double insurance is enough to make Pellegrini completely relieve the attack on this side.

Therefore, Linson could understand Pellegrini's joy, but in fact he could not be completely sure whether this joy could become a reality.

In theory, Lin Sen can completely use high-pressure means to reject all transfer possibilities of Bale.

Bale, who renewed his contract with Manchester City with David Louis two years ago, has three years of contract. Manchester City is not afraid of the opponent's forced poaching, and it is even less likely to be afraid of Bale's death. However, as a mature club, Lin Sen must take into account many aspects. If he had to retreat, Lin Sen did not want to get to this point.

Because Bell who stayed in this way would definitely not be the Bell that Pellegrini wanted to stay.

As for a mere escape, Real Madrid obviously cannot give up.

On August 5, more than a week apart, Butragno came to Manchester again. Unlike the last high-profile one, this time, he could be regarded as a "virtual private visit".

Lin Sen did not deliberately avoid the other party this time. In fact, before Butragno arrived, the two had already made a short phone call first.
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