Chapter 93 Cerezo
Linson and Boya came to Madrid again together, but not for Atletico Madrid, and the two did not stay in Madrid for long.
The next day, he accompanied his parents with Boya and boarded the plane back home.
My father's term in Spain has arrived. He has handed over his work with his successor. This time he will return to China to report his work and then officially retire. Lin Sen and Boya are accompanying him and return to China to visit their grandparents. After returning to Linzhuang, the whole family, who had not been reunited for several years, got together again. Several cousins have their own children and four generations live together. The two old men seem to have smiled on their faces.
Lin Sen looked at the two elders with his own eyes. Although the two elderly people are still in good spirits in the past two years, the years are not forgiving, but their health is much worse. Basically, regular examinations are needed every month. There are not many facts that Lin Sen can do. Although he is a doctor and is not an ordinary doctor, he can only let it go in the face of time.
After dinner, the second uncle mentioned something about Atletico Madrid to Lin Sen. Although the second uncle did not deliberately ask Lin Sen to make any choice, from the second uncle's tone, Lin Sen could clearly tell his wish that he wanted to go to Atletico Madrid. In response, Lin Sen did not dare to give the second uncle an answer immediately, but just nodded to show that he understood.
I haven't been in China for long.
Although Cambridge United is following the steps, summer is approaching, although there are not many major events and many trivial matters. Although Lin Sen has become a hand-off manager, it is impossible to really ignore anything. Although Boya’s negotiations with the bank, although the “cleverness” that “used” fans to put pressure on the municipal government some time ago finally worked, some details still need to be finalized.
Lin Sen and Tang Hua met once when they returned to Cambridge. The content was basically concentrated on summer signings. Although the transfer budget of 3 million pounds was the largest "huge sum" that Tang Hua has obtained since he became the head coach of Cambridge United, it is still pitiful in the English Championship. In other words, if players are divided into three or six or nine levels according to the level of the league, Tang Hua still cannot miss the players in the top league. At this point, Tang Hua is also very sensible. He didn't even look for players in the Championship level. Instead, he focused on the English League One early, although he was just a short person. But his victory was because of familiarity. At least, after last season's game, Tang Hua was sure of the ability of the players he liked.
Lin Sen has no objection to the players Tang Hua likes. Since the budget is given to him, he naturally has the final say on how to spend it. On this point, he will not make any mistakes. Moreover, in his opinion, the framework of this Cambridge United has been built. As long as there is no big problem with this framework, Cambridge United's performance is unlikely to decline. The only question is where this Cambridge United will be in the Championship and how much it can play.
Tang Hua didn't think that he was wronged by being the head coach. Many things are two sides. Just like when he chose Cambridge United back then, Cambridge United invited him for an objective reason, but he would choose this because it was a suitable platform for him, because if it was in the Premier League, where the head coach had become commonplace, it would be impossible for him to have time to adjust, let alone adapt to that role.
Although Cambridge United doesn't have much transfer fee to Tang Hua, Tang Hua has obtained two of the most precious things for him. That is patience and trust. Although Cambridge United's performance in the past two seasons has made him not very much need these two things, it is precisely because of these two things that he can go all the way to this day.
Just three days after Lin Sen returned to Cambridge, the last day of June, a not-sudden but surprising news suddenly occupied the headlines of Spanish media: After a long meeting, Atletico Madrid and head coach Simeone agreed that Simeone would leave the club after fulfilling the contract with Atletico Madrid, that is, after coaching this season.
As soon as the news came out, there was a lot of controversy.
Although Atletico Madrid has not been able to break the monopoly of Real Madrid and Barcelona in the league in the past two seasons, and always stops in the quarterfinals in the Champions League, this does not prevent almost all Atletico Madrid fans from standing on the side of head coach Simeone at the first time, believing that Atletico Madrid's move was completely a brain-killing donkey, and actually let go of their meritorious coaches.
Atletico Madrid chose to remain silent about the anger of fans and media suspicion. It neither admitted that the news was true nor denied that the news was false, which also made Atletico Madrid fans even more angry. The anger of fans was not calmed until Simeone personally denied the news during an interview.
"I don't know where this news came from, but it's not true. I have a good relationship with the club. My contract is indeed due to expire next season, but I haven't made any decision yet." Simeone's words were very true, and he has always given people the impression that when he said these words, the fans certainly believed it, but not everyone believed Simeone's words.
For example, the Asce reporter Angel Gonzalez, who once mocked Linson, who had just left Atletico to coach Malaga, even relegation was a problem.
There is no wind and no waves.
Angel never believed that much news would be completely fabricated. Although there are indeed many unscrupulous people who deliberately fabricate some fake news to attract attention, Angel did not think so at least this time about Simeone, because this news was sent by him, and the source came from a staff member within Atletico Madrid.
Of course, the reason why Angel is so sure is not because he trusts his "informer" at Atletico Madrid very much, but because the causal relationship between this matter is very obvious. First of all, the contract system between Simeone and Atletico Madrid is one year left, but the two sides have not reached a contract renewal for a long time. This naturally cannot be said that the two sides have broken apart, but at least one proves that there are some issues that are difficult to reach a consensus between the two sides, and as long as the two sides do not renew the contract, it means that this issue still exists. Secondly, after this news came out, Atletico Madrid did not come out to clarify, but Simeone came out. And at the same time, Simeone has to clarify, because it is conceivable that if the impact of this news is allowed to "flood", then the negative impact will be obvious for Atletico Madrid in the new season.
Not to mention anything else, if a team whose coach is destined to leave may still be able to make players in the middle of the season, what are your summer transfer work at this time?
Therefore, Angel is very sure that his report is absolutely correct, but Atletico Madrid doesn't want to admit it.
Angel was indeed not wrong. The negotiations between Simeone and Atletico Madrid have indeed broken down. After Shi Shan proposed Lin Sen's name, although she was not sure that Lin Sen would definitely come to Atletico Madrid, Cerrezzo was already very sure that the other party would not make concessions on Simeone's contract renewal. Therefore, Simeone, who had long expressed in public that she hoped to coach in Serie A in the future, found a reason to leave with the flow.
However, it is a good time to part with each other. After all, the relationship between Atletico Madrid and Simeone is there. After the decision was made, both Atletico Madrid and Simeone kept it secret temporarily, because once the news is made public in advance, it will not benefit both sides, especially the team. As for Angel's report, it can only be said that something unexpected happened.
It was against this background that Lin Sen received a call from Cerezo.
After a brief greeting, Serezzo took the lead in apologizing for not being able to meet Lin Sen in person. As for the reason, Lin Sen didn't want to know that Simeone had just denied that she was about to leave. If Serezzo was found to meet Lin Sen on the back, it would be more than just a joke, it would be embarrassing.
"Long time no see, Mr. Chairman." Although Lin Sen was aware of the intention of Serezzo's call, he was still very happy to receive the call from Serezzo.
Atletico Madrid, the one he doesn't deal with is Hill, and never Cerezo. On the contrary, if it weren't for Cerezo, perhaps he would be a happy doctor now. Although his situation may not be worse than now, his life obviously cannot be more exciting than now. Therefore, Lin Sen is somewhat grateful to Cerezo.
"The last time we met, was it in Germany, right?" Serezo said with a smile. "You snatched our Europa League."
"That's not a robbery. Mr. Chairman." Lin Sen smiled.
It was in Hamburg, Germany, in the Europa League final. Lin Sen, who just coached Manchester City, led the team to defeat Atletico Madrid 2-1 at the Northern Bank Arena. At the post-match award ceremony, Lin Sen and Serezzo met once and had a conversation: Congratulations and thank you.
"What about Aguero?" Cerrezo continued.
The two sides delayed the transfer of Aguero to Manchester City for two or three summers. If Real Madrid hadn't harassed Manchester City at all times, this would have been almost the biggest soap opera at that time. Of course, in the end, Atletico Madrid still failed to leave Aguero who insisted on leaving.
"Not at all." Lin Sen still shook his head and smiled, "For Aguero, Manchester City has taken out 45 million."
"It's been several years in a flash, and you've never suffered any losses, even if it's just verbally..." Serezo laughed. The past was over, so he naturally wouldn't worry about what happened in the past. "Lin, if I remember correctly, you shouldn't like others to beat around the bush, but I think, before getting to the topic, there's a sentence I might say first."
Speaking of this, Cerezo relaxed for a moment.
"You left Atletico Madrid back then, which was my biggest regret." (To be continued)
Chapter completed!