Chapter 301 Lafayette regretted it. He should have spent 100 million to buy Lin Quan!

"Coach, why are you here?"

Lin Quan was a little surprised when he saw Pellegrini.

"I'm here to see you. By the way, do you have any thoughts on the team's signings this summer?"

Pellegrini did not directly ask Lin Quan if he wanted to transfer and leave, but tested his tone by making insinuations.

"The club can just recruit according to its own plan. I don't have any special ideas!"

Lin Quan didn't know much about the team's transfer, and he didn't want to get involved, so as not to give the outside world the impression that he was reaching out too far.

As a player, your first duty is to play football well. It is not a good thing to interfere too much in the club's transfer operations. Mbappe later served as a negative example of this.

"It doesn't matter, you can speak freely. By the way, let me introduce to you our recruitment ideas this summer."

Pellegrini patiently introduced which players Manchester City may need to introduce this summer.

The defender must be strengthened. Lescott's contract expired and he did not accept the club's contract extension.

He wrote on his Twitter: "I am really excited and happy to win the Champions League. I would like to thank everyone at the club. This is a wonderful period of my career and life."

Although he did not explicitly say that he wanted to leave, it can be seen from his refusal to sign the contract extension that he has already considered leaving.

Lescott has played for Manchester City for five years, but in the past two seasons, he has gradually been reduced to a substitute in Manchester City. He has not played many times in a season. This may be what he is most dissatisfied with.

Now that his contract has expired, if he leaves Manchester City and joins another team for free, he can get a good contract with this favorable condition.

Pellegrini's positioning of Lescott is an important rotation and will not give him the promise of the main position, so he finds it difficult to keep Lescott.

It's not sweet to be forced. Since the other party wants to leave, just let him go. Manchester City is not the kind of impersonal club.

In addition to Lescott, substitute goalkeeper Pantilimon also wanted to leave because he did not have many opportunities to play.

Although his contract has not expired, Pellegrini plans to let him go for free.

Pantilimon's strength does not meet Manchester City's requirements, and his mentality is not stable enough. With Pellegrini planning to buy a new main goalkeeper, it is not good for both parties for him to stay in the team.

"As for the goalkeeper, I plan to introduce one from Navas or Bravo. Bravo seems to be close to reaching an agreement with Barcelona. It will be difficult to buy him, so the most likely candidate is Navas."

"In terms of midfielder, Javi Garcia also wants to leave. Not being selected for the Spanish national team is a big blow to him. He wants to go to other teams to compete for the main spot so that he can have an impact on the national team!"

Xavi Garcia is not the absolute main force and can only be regarded as an important rotation. But unlike other players, he, like Lin Quan, is from Spain and can be regarded as a member of the Spanish gang.

If the club wants to sell him, it will have to say hello to Lin Quan, the boss of the Spanish gang, in advance, otherwise it will easily cause misunderstandings.

Lin Quan nodded. Garcia had already approached him about this matter at the end of the season.

He can understand the other party's thoughts and respect the other party's decision, so he will not feel bad about the club selling Javi Garcia.

"Ahem, Negredo also wants to leave..."

After talking about Xavi Garcia's transfer, Pellegrini added another sentence.

This news really surprised Lin Quan. Negredo has played a lot in Manchester City and performed well in the league and Champions League.

Lin Quan originally thought that the other party would continue to stay in Manchester City, but he did not expect that he actually wanted to leave, and Negredo did not tell him this decision.

"Where does he want to go?"

Negredo played a total of 47 times for Manchester City last season and scored 23 goals. His scoring efficiency is actually very good.

If he leaves, it will have a huge impact on Manchester City's forward line.

"He wants to return to La Liga. According to him, it seems that he can't stand the cold and humid weather in Manchester."

Pellegrini said with a wry smile, and after hearing his words, Lin Quan, who originally planned to call Negredo to persuade him, completely gave up the idea.

Alas, the bad weather in Manchester City is really torture for Spanish players.

Spain is warm and dry, but England is cold and humid. Spanish players generally feel uncomfortable when they suddenly come to England from Iberia.

Negredo wanted to leave just one year after joining Manchester City. Although there must be other reasons, the weather is definitely an important factor.

Forget it, if he wants to leave, just leave!

This summer, as many as seven or eight players will leave Manchester City.

With so many people leaving, the team naturally has to recruit players to fill the vacancies after their departure.

Pellegrini plans to buy a backup forward, a backup midfielder, and a main goalkeeper. If Joe Hart is unwilling to stay on the team, he will put it up for sale and buy a backup goalkeeper.

Pellegrini actually didn't need to introduce these signing matters in such detail, but out of respect for Lin Quan, he introduced all the work he had mastered or planned.

"As for the defender, we plan to buy a taller and younger defender to solve the team's problem of preventing high-altitude balls!"

Navas is not tall enough, which makes Pellegrini a little worried that the team will be bombarded by opponents in the new season.

Upon hearing Pellegrini's request, Lin Quan immediately thought of a person. This was a ruthless guy who almost snatched the Ballon d'Or from Messi as a defender!

"The Celtics team in the Scottish Premiership has a young defender named Van Dijk, who should meet your requirements!"

"Celtic? I'll keep an eye on it when I have time!"

Pellegrini has never heard of Van Dijk's name, but since it was recommended by Lin Quan, he will definitely find out about it.

"Lin, the team's goal for the new season is to defend the Premier League and Champions League titles, but it will be very difficult to achieve these two goals, so we need to keep the main lineup as stable as possible, are you right?"

In the end, Pellegrini couldn't stand it anymore.

Lin Quan looked up at him and said with a smile:

"Coach, you don't want to ask me if I will leave Manchester City, do you?"

Seeing that the other party had made his words clear, Pellegrini stopped making insinuations.

"Yes, you are very important to the team. If you are not in the team, then our goals for next season will definitely not be achieved."

With Manchester City's current tactics, Pellegrini can't even imagine what Manchester City will be like without Lin Quan.

Seeing that Pellegrini's attitude is so frank, Lin Quan is not going to talk in circles with him.

Tell him bluntly: "Then you and the club can go back to prepare for the new season with peace of mind. I will not leave Manchester City this summer!"

Pellegrini breathed a sigh of relief after receiving Lin Quan's commitment.

But soon he became worried again. The other party only said that he would not leave this summer, but what about next year?

After sending Pellegrini away, Lin Quan thought for a moment and simply issued a statement on social media to completely quell the transfer turmoil:

"When I woke up, I found that my private messages were exploding. Many friends were asking me where I was going to go in the new season?

Do you even need to ask? Of course I stay in Manchester City!

See you at the Etihad Stadium in the new season! "

He also posted a picture of himself enjoying the collective cheers of the fans after scoring at the Etihad Stadium to show that he is enjoying his time at Manchester City.

The club and Lin Quan himself have successively refuted the rumors and expressed their opinions, which completely relieved the hanging hearts of Manchester City fans.

"Let me tell you, Lin Huang will not leave Manchester City!"

"That's right, the unscrupulous media will give up their face for the sake of traffic!"

"Phew, I can finally relax now!"

Paris Saint-Germain's offer of 200 million euros really made many Manchester City fans feel extremely uneasy. They had no choice but to give too much!

Lin Quan's refutation of the rumors disappointed many clubs who were paying close attention to the transfer.

Madrid, Spain.

Real Madrid president Florentino sighed after receiving the news:

"Paris spent 200 million and couldn't buy Lin Quan. I'm afraid we won't be able to buy him in a short time!"

Manuel Redondo, Galeries Lafayette's chief assistant, nodded:

"Manchester City's unwillingness to let him go is one thing, but the key is that the player himself doesn't want to leave, which makes poaching difficult for any team!"

This is where Florentino has a headache. He watched Lin Quan lead Spain in the World Cup to kill everyone, and his personal performance completely suppressed Ronaldo and Messi.

His value has risen accordingly, and more and more clubs are coveting him, making it harder and harder to get his hands on him.

It can be said that the major giants were greedy for Messi before, but now they are greedy for Lin Quan.

And because Lin Quan is younger, more clubs are coveting him than the clubs that were coveting Messi.

Florentillo is no exception!

He admired Lin Quan very much when he was at Werder Bremen.

Lin Quan's performance in Manchester City last season was perfect, and he even directly shattered Real Madrid's Champions League dream in the Champions League.

This made Lafayette hate Lin Quan, but at the same time he admired him immensely, and at the same time he felt very regretful.

If they had not bought Bell and had made the effort to bring Lin Quan back to the Bernabeu, Real Madrid would not have had to worry about the team's core problems for more than ten years.

It's a pity that they took into account Ronaldo's feelings and were worried that Lin Quan would not want to join Real Madrid because of Barcelona. Although they contacted Lin Quan and his agent, their attitude was not positive enough and their sincerity was not enough. In the end, no agreement could be reached.

If they can show the sincerity of Manchester City to introduce Lin Quan, then with Real Madrid's status and influence in football, the possibility of attracting Lin Quan to join is very high!

Although Ronaldo is very strong, he is getting older. He was born in 1985 and will be 30 years old next year.

After the age of thirty, a player's condition will go downhill. In other words, after two or three years, Real Madrid will have to consider who will replace Ronaldo.

Players at the level of Cristiano Ronaldo and Messi are really hard to find.

There are very few players in football who have the ability to reach this level. Among the current young players, except for Lin Quan who has reached this level, there is a big gap between others.

And almost all of these players have their own names. Neymar is in Barcelona and cannot be poached. Gotze is in Bayern and will not leave easily. Hazard is regarded as a treasure by Chelsea, with a price but no market.

There is only one Ronaldo who can compete, but there are many clubs that are interested in Ronaldo.

Barcelona, ​​Manchester United, Liverpool, Juventus and other teams have all joined the rush.

Even if Real Madrid wins James Ronaldo, they still have to shed their skin.

To be honest, spending hundreds of millions of euros to buy a player who is far inferior to Lin Quan is worse than spending 200 million to buy Lin Quan back.

It's a pity that Paris tried this method and it didn't work.

Thinking of this, Florentillo sighed.

When I bought Bale, I was actually mainly interested in Bale's immediate combat ability, hoping to take this opportunity to realize Real Madrid's dream of winning the tenth Champions League trophy.

But from the actual effect, it doesn't seem to be that good.

Even in terms of immediate combat power, Lin Quan completely crushed Bell. The two were not even on the same level.

The initial worries that Lin Quan was too young, that his combat power was insufficient, and that his future was full of uncertainty, now seemed to be completely unnecessary.

If they were given another chance, they would definitely choose to buy Lin Quan without hesitation!

Unfortunately, there is no regret medicine in this world.

"I wonder if there is a liquidated damages clause in the contract between Manchester City Club and Lin Quan. If there is such a clause, we may be able to directly activate the liquidated damages clause next time!"

Real Madrid's sports manager Pardesa is not so pessimistic. Lin Quan doesn't want to leave now, but it doesn't mean he doesn't want to leave in the future.

Moreover, his contract with Manchester City will eventually expire. As long as he is persuaded to join Real Madrid before he renews his contract with Manchester City, Real Madrid still has a chance to bring him to the Bernabeu.

"It seems not. Lin Quan signed a five-year contract with Manchester City, and the contract will expire in 2018!"

"2018?"

When Florentillo heard this year, he was stunned for a moment and asked subconsciously:

"Does our contract with Ronaldo also end in 2018?"

"Yes!"

Real Madrid completed a contract extension with Ronaldo last year. The two parties signed a five-year contract, and the contract expiration date is June 2018.

The contracts of Cristiano Ronaldo and Lin Quan actually expired in the same year. Does this mean they can...

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After Lin Quan issued a clear statement, the outside hype about his transfer gradually disappeared.

People's attention has returned to the World Cup and the transfer news about Ronaldo.

After Colombia eliminated Uruguay, the French team that appeared next also cleanly defeated Nigeria with a score of 2:0, becoming the second European team to advance to the quarterfinals.

Then came France's neighbor Germany. As one of the favorites to win this World Cup, all parties before the game felt that the German team should be able to easily defeat Algeria.

However, the course of the game was somewhat unexpected. The German team's performance was sluggish, but the opposite Algeria performed well.

After 90 minutes of regular time, the score on the field was still 0:0. Algeria tenaciously tied the German team.

After watching this game, the fans of the German team felt worried.

Outsiders who were optimistic about the German team before the game have begun to re-evaluate the strength of the German team. With their current state, can they go far in the knockout rounds?

But not everyone is worried. Fans of the host Brazil team were extremely surprised after watching this game.

Brazil and Germany are in the same half zone. If they successfully pass the next round, the two teams will meet in the semifinals.

If Algeria can eliminate the German team, Brazil's probability of advancing to the semi-finals will be greatly increased.

Even if Germany were lucky enough to reach the quarterfinals, given the current state of the German team, when they met Brazil in the semifinals, wouldn't they have been killed by the Brazilian team?

Although Brazil's process of advancing to the quarterfinals was also very difficult, they defeated the Netherlands, the runner-up in the last World Cup, while Germany faced Algeria, which had never reached the knockout rounds before.

The strength gap between the two is too big. In comparison, the Brazilians feel that the German team is mediocre.

After being dragged into overtime, the German team seemed to be awakened.

Their offense began to become sharper. In the 2nd minute of overtime, Schürrle, who replaced Gotze, scored a goal to help the German team take the lead.

18 minutes later, Ozil scored another goal to help the German team seal the victory.

Although Algeria got a goal back in the last minute of overtime, it could no longer change the outcome of the game.

In the end, with two goals in overtime, the German team reached the knockout rounds with difficulty.

Although they won this game, their poor performance in this game caused their winning odds to be reduced a lot.

After the German team, the other teams that followed seemed to be infected by the German team's sluggish state.

Argentina, who was also the favorite to win the championship, was beaten 0:0 when facing Switzerland, which was not very strong.

If Di Maria hadn't scored a key goal in the 118th minute of overtime, Argentina would have been dragged into a penalty shootout.

Messi's performance in this game was very poor, with almost no outstanding performance.

The two top players in Argentina's front line still failed to score, continuing the embarrassing record of 0 goals.

Compared with Argentina and Germany, the European Red Devils Belgium performed better.

Facing the not-so-strong American team, they launched a fierce attack at the beginning. They took a total of 37 shots in the game, 27 of which were on target.

With so many shots, the score of this game should be exaggerated, right?

However, after 90 minutes, the score on the field was actually 0:0, and neither team scored a single goal.

This score was too outrageous. The audience saw the two teams constantly attacking and shooting, but they just couldn't score.

Howard, the goalkeeper of the US team, is a famous mental knife.

When he performs poorly, he's so bad that you can't even look at it. When he performs well, he can be outstanding on the spot.

Just like a certain top laner who rolls the dice, he is immediately invincible when he rolls a 9.

Howard went crazy in this game. He made a total of 19 wonderful saves in the whole game, beating all the Belgian shooters.

Under Klinsmann's guidance, the U.S. team, which had a relatively mediocre lineup, relied on teamwork and discipline to be inseparable from Belgium.

Throughout the game, the U.S. team had several great opportunities, but they were all wasted.

In the 90th minute, Belgium made a key substitution.

They replaced Lukaku, who performed well at Everton, and this substitution became the last straw for the American team.

In the overtime period, the American team fell into a physical bottleneck. After Lukaku came on the court, their defense finally couldn't withstand it.

Facing the energetic and strong Lu, the defenders of the US team could not do anything to him.

In the 93rd minute, Lukaku was running wildly with the ball on the wing. He was hit by the opponent's defender and remained motionless. On the contrary, the American defender who hit him fell down.

Lukaku seized the opportunity and quickly dribbled the ball into the penalty area. Facing the blocking of the opponent's defender, he cleverly passed the ball to De Bruyne.

There were four defenders in the penalty area, but only two Belgian players.

But De Bruyne did not rush to shoot after receiving Lukaku's pass in the penalty area. Instead, he calmly turned around and got rid of the ball. He opened his body and adjusted the angle before aiming for the goal and hitting the far corner.

Howard had nothing to do with the ball and failed to save the goal that decided the fate of the American team.

Ten minutes later, it was De Bruyne again. He sent a fatal pass to assist Lukaku to score another victory.

Although the US team got a goal back in the 107th minute, it still failed to change their fate of being eliminated.

In the end, with these two goals, Belgium successfully reached the quarterfinals.

De Bruyne also won the MVP of this game.

The twin stars of Werder Bremen back then are still shining in the World Cup!