Chapter 414 Manchester City is anxious, and the club chairman personally visits

"Are these bitches serious?"

After the four clubs launched bids, Manchester City suddenly panicked.

When they don't want to sell their players, there are so many wealthy teams trying to grab their own stars, and anyone else would be flustered.

Moreover, what makes them even more panicked is that Lin Quan has not agreed to sign the contract extension so far. This makes everyone in Manchester City inevitably a little panicked and subconsciously worried about whether Lin Quan is really going to leave Manchester City this summer. ?

Otherwise, why didn't he renew his contract in the face of such favorable conditions from Manchester City?

Although Manchester City's foundation is not as good as those of the established giants, anyone can see that they are a rising upstart.

As long as they continue to develop step by step, it is only a matter of time before they step into the ranks of the top giants.

Before Manchester City won the Champions League in 2014, many people in the football world claimed that Manchester City was just a wealthy upstart and looked down upon them at all.

But what now?

After Manchester City won two consecutive Champions Leagues, few people in today's football world regard them as an upstart.

Many professionals have even begun to analyze Manchester City's success cases, and some clubs have even unconsciously begun to imitate Manchester City's operating model, obviously intending to copy Manchester City's success.

So, what top clubs like Royal Saren have, for Manchester City, it is only a matter of time before they have it.

Under such circumstances, they couldn't understand the thoughts of the players on the team, especially top players like Lin Quan. Why were they unwilling to stay in the team?

"Don't think too much, Lin Quan did not refuse to renew the contract with us, aren't the negotiations still going on?"

Seeing that everyone was so pessimistic and frustrated, Manchester City's chairman Fahim had to comfort him.

"I got news that Lin Quan has returned to Europe at this time. While he is at home, I will go there in person to show him our greatest sincerity."

In fact, Manchester City doesn't need to be in such a hurry. Lin Quan's contract still has three years left.

Even if Lin Quan does not renew his contract, as long as Manchester City is determined not to let him go, then even if Lin Quan wants to leave, he will have to wait until 2018.

In the past three years, if they take advantage of Lin Quan's time with the team and win more honors in the league and Champions League, they may be able to join the ranks of the top clubs.

By that time, maybe Lin Quan will change his mind?

Even if Lin Quan insists on leaving in the end, Manchester City, which has become a top giant, can also rely on its past results and the appeal of the top giants to attract other big-name stars to join.

Although the team's record will definitely decline without Lin Quan, with the addition of other stars, Manchester City will not fall to the point of relegation.

However, Manchester City really does not want to lose Lin Quan. As long as Lin Quan's contract is less than three years, they will feel very insecure.

Now Manchester City's tactical system is built around Lin Quan. If they can't give Lin Quan a long-term contract and keep him in the team, then Manchester City will have to adjust their tactics.

This is not just as simple as replacing a forward, but the entire team has to start over.

Just like Barcelona can't find a replacement for Messi, Manchester City can't find a replacement for Lin Quan.

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Lin Quan had just returned from Harvey's home when he met Manchester City Chairman Fahim waiting outside his home.

"Mr. Chairman, why are you here?"

Lin Quan was a little surprised by the other party's sudden appearance, and realized that the other party definitely had something important to do during his trip.

"Haha, I heard that you came back from abroad and came to visit. Aren't Mr. Pep and the others here?"

Lin Quan does not have a separate house in Catalonia, but lives with Guardiola and his wife.

He doesn't come back for long throughout the year, and he's not married yet, so there's no need to buy a house here for the time being.

When you get married and start a family in the future, it won't be too late to move out.

"They went to Switzerland for skiing and won't be back until some time later."

"I see, why don't you invite me to come in and sit down?"

Fahim said with a smile. Lin Quan nodded apologetically, took out the key, opened the door, invited Fahim in, and poured him a cup of tea.

Fahim did not immediately explain his intention after coming in, and Lin Quan would not take the initiative to break the calm.

In fact, he had already guessed the other party's intention, and it was nothing more than contract renewal.

When he returned to Europe, Perret had already reported in detail about Manchester City's eagerness to renew his contract.

Regarding renewing his contract with Manchester City, Perret has a very firm attitude:

People must have a bottom line, not even money for the sake of dignity! ! !

Renew the contract, resolutely renew the contract, Manchester City comes to give you money, if you don't take the money, you won't get it!

To be honest, Lin Quan is also very tempted. This salary, let alone in 2015, even after 2020, is a very high annual salary.

But he doesn't want to sign a long-term contract. A three-year contract like Ronaldo's may still be considered, but a five-year contract like the one handed over by Manchester City is not feasible.

In the end, Fahim lost the competition of who was more calm. He cleared his throat and said:

"Lin, I came here mainly for two things."

Lin Quan raised his head and looked at him, indicating for him to continue.

"The first thing is, as you know, there are a lot of rumors about you in the transfer market this summer, and our club has also received a lot of offers for you. What do you think of this?"

Fahim stared at Lin Quan intently, trying to find something from the changes in the expression on his face.

"Is the club going to sell me this summer?"

Lin Quan did not answer the question directly, but asked a rhetorical question.

"Well, of course it won't happen. You are the club's top brand and are not for sale. We will not put you on the sales shelf under any circumstances!"

Fahim said firmly to show Lin Quan Manchester City's determination.

Moreover, this sentence also contains a subtext: Manchester City will not sell people under any circumstances, which means that even if Lin Quan wants to leave, they will not allow it.

Lin Quan nodded, understanding the club's attitude.

He really has no intention of leaving now. After all, Guardiola has just arrived. If he runs away now, it feels like he has cheated Guardiola.

Seeing that there was no obvious change in the expression on Lin Quan's face, Fahim continued:

"The club has received four offers so far, including Barcelona and Real Madrid, but we have rejected all of them."

Lin Quan still didn't react much, and Manchester City's reaction was what he expected.

And he doesn't want to be entangled in these transfer rumors, so Manchester City's decisive refusal is actually helping him.

"The second thing I came here to do today is about the contract renewal between the club and you."

Seeing that Lin Quan was not very interested in the transfer, Fahim perked up and immediately struck while the iron was hot:

"In view of your great contribution to the team and your numerous honors during your two years at Manchester City, the team has decided to offer you a new contract and significantly increase your salary and bonuses to match yours. Performance."

This was a very beautiful statement. In the name of giving Lin Quan a salary increase, he handed over a new contract, but never mentioned the time limit of the new contract.

With this kind of five-year contract, it is natural to give better treatment, because prices are rising every year, and so are the players' values ​​and wages.

Although the annual salary offered by Manchester City is very high, it is only a 20% salary increase compared to the previous contract. This may not be able to catch up with the average salary increase in football in the past five years.

Of course, if you include the loyalty award, that's a different story.

However, as long as Lin Quan cannot stay at Manchester City for five years, he will not be satisfied with the loyalty award. Therefore, compared with the actual annual salary, the loyalty award is actually a pie created by the club.

After all, when the remaining time of Lin Quan's next contract is shortened, Manchester City will still renew the contract in advance or sell him. The big loyalty award in the last few years is destined to be missed.

Therefore, Manchester City's sincerity is actually not that sufficient.

Of course, if Lin Quan is willing to renew the contract, all the contents can be negotiated.

It's just that his agent Pere had little experience in this. He was dizzy when he saw the contract amount offered by Manchester City and lost his judgment, so he was easily deceived.

If it were a big broker like Mendes, he would definitely not be deceived so easily.

"I already know about the contract, but I haven't looked at it carefully yet. How about I give the club a reply after I look at it carefully?"

It is not convenient for players to negotiate directly with the club. If players are not professional enough in this area, they can easily be fooled.

Secondly, when it comes to contract and money negotiations, both parties will definitely quarrel for their own interests.

If the agent comes forward in this kind of quarrel, the bad guy will be played by the agent.

But if the players themselves come forward, the bad guy in the eyes of the club becomes the players themselves.

When players play in a club and the club's management staff look up and down, once this impression is left, life in the future will definitely not be easy.

What's more, once this kind of thing spreads, it will have a very bad impact on the players' own reputation.

Therefore, Lin Quan did not want to discuss the contract with Fahim, but asked him to find his agent.

Of course, Fahim also knew that he should not bypass Lin Quan's agent. The main purpose of his visit today was to test Lin Quan's attitude and see what his plans were.

Now, after learning that Lin Quan does not want to leave Manchester City for the time being, his main goal has been achieved.

Although it is strange why the other party did not sign the renewal contract immediately, as long as the other party does not want to leave for the time being, there is still an opportunity for negotiation between the two parties.

The rest will be left to the relevant personnel of the club and the other party's agent to discuss slowly.

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After understanding Lin Quan's attitude, Manchester City's attitude became tougher. They rejected the offers from four clubs in one breath, and then once again expressed their position on the official website, stating that Lin Quan was not for sale to Manchester City and would never give him away. Walk.

In order to reassure Manchester City fans, Manchester City also disclosed information on its official website, stating that the club is negotiating with Lin Quan's agent regarding the player's contract renewal.

The day after City revealed the news, part of the contract was revealed by a Manchester tabloid.

Although the content reported by this tabloid may not be true, the majority of people who eat melons were still shocked by the amount of money in this contract!

"Damn it, 125 million pounds in five years is equivalent to an annual salary of 30 million euros per year. Isn't this too outrageous?"

"Lin's current annual salary is 20 million pounds, which is equivalent to 25 million euros. The new contract has increased by 20%. It seems really big, but this new contract is not an incremental contract, but a fixed annual salary, so overall, This increase is not very large, the average growth rate is not even 4%!”

"That's true, but Lin Huang's salary base is too high, so even if the increase is not large, it is still amazing!"

"It was previously rumored that Barcelona offered Messi a new contract. I thought that Messi would take away the highest salary in football, but I didn't expect that Manchester City would respond so quickly. If Lin Huang is in this job If he signs the contract, he will defend his position as the first annual salary in football, and he will also be the first player in history to have an annual salary of 30 million euros!"

"It's outrageous, it's outrageous. This person's salary is as much as the entire team!"

This tabloid only reported Lin Quan's annual salary, but did not disclose the signing fee offered by Manchester City.

If they also revealed the signing fee, I'm afraid the fans would be even more shocked.

After seeing the response from their club, Manchester City fans breathed a sigh of relief.

Originally, many fans felt very uneasy when they learned that Lin Quan was being pursued by many top giants.

In the past few days, some people have been running outside Lin Quan's residence in Manchester holding banners and slogans to persuade him to stay.

Although Lin Quan is no longer in Manchester, the fans have no choice but to express their true feelings in this way, hoping that they can be conveyed to Lin Quan.

Now, seeing the club's firm attitude, they suddenly felt confident.

Although the rumored salary is very high, in the eyes of Manchester City fans, their star player is fully worthy of this salary.

After all, the honors Lin Quan has won for the team in the past two seasons are enough to prove this.

Signing him is definitely the most cost-effective deal Manchester City has ever made.

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Manchester City's statement made several other clubs interested in competing for Lin Quan suddenly feel uncomfortable.

Both Real Madrid and Barcelona have made plans for Lin Quan to join the team this summer.

Especially Real Madrid, they all plan to sell Ronaldo in exchange for money to buy Lin Quan.

If Lin Quan didn't come, wouldn't Ronaldo's sale be in vain?

Therefore, after learning the news, Florentino immediately found his assistant and asked him:

"Have you found the whereabouts of Lin Quan?"

Manchester City's attitude does not represent the attitude of the players. Last summer, when Manchester City said that Lin Quan was not for sale, Lin Quan also issued a statement on the Internet to make this clear.

But this summer, Lin Quan didn't say that, which made Florentillo sense an opportunity.

He felt that if he could have direct contact with the players themselves, maybe things would turn around!