Football Legend No. 13

Meet with his own agent, Mendes, at home.

"Zheng, what are your thoughts? There are currently two clubs that have asked me about your transfer intentions, what do you think at the moment? "

Are there two clubs consulting their transfer intentions?

Zheng Lin was a little surprised, in his thoughts, he should not be so popular at most.

But he himself did not think of a problem, that is, the current situation is that good midfielders are rare at this point in time.

At present, there may be very few liquid, which is typical of the seller's market.

"Manchester United and Real Madrid have both questions, but I personally recommend you consider Manchester United."

Mendes' words made Zheng Lin fall into deep thought.

As a Real Madrid fan, he naturally hopes to be able to play for Real Madrid, but the reality is that Real Madrid do not lack midfielders, their midfield trio is strong enough, and there are many candidates on the bench, which is unlikely.

Manchester United's midfielders are scarce, and the veterans are older and can no longer complete the normal match, and if you want to transfer, Manchester United is a good choice.

As for the greater Paris?

That is not in his consideration, Ligue 1 lacks competitiveness is an indisputable fact, where to go gives people the feeling of pure "pension".

Serie A will not pay that money at all.

As for the other giants of the Premier League, I am afraid that their first choice will not be their own.

During Zheng's meeting with Mendes, Guardiola was also reassessing his previous thinking.

From the very beginning, his first choice was De Bruyne as the core, and others built around him.

But after Real Madrid's semi-finals, he wavered, and Kevin De Bruyne was doing well, but he needed someone to fill the void at the back.

It can be seen from Pellegrini's tactics that he likes to pose a double back, Zheng Lin and Fernandinho.

In the case of double back, Fernandinho is very consistent, and Zheng Lin is in charge of sweeping and playing the ball in the midfield, which undoubtedly increases his exposure.

Although Zheng Lin had a strong presence in the final round of the European competition, Guardiola remained cautious, understanding that Zheng Lin could not balance attack and defense well, and he needed the kind of midfielder who could play the ball quickly.

So he has brought in Gundogan and Sane in the winger position.

In his vision, the front trident is: Sane, Sergio Aguero, Raheem Sterling/rookie; Midfielders: De Bruyne, Fernandinho, Gundogan/Zheng Lin/newcomer.

To put it simply, he is still cautious about the degree of trust in Zheng Lin.

He envisioned that Zheng Lin was an important part of the team's rotation, but it was not irreplaceable, and he needed to think carefully if he needed to pay too much to keep people.

It was also during this period of time that Real Madrid once again won the Champions League, which made Zheng Lin can't help but feel happy for his "home team", of course, just as a fan.

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The off-season has already begun, and Manchester City's management has not made corresponding progress on Zheng Lin's contract extension, and they are also opening up to listen to Zheng Lin's transfer offer.

This made the transfer market in Europe explode.

For Zheng Lin, there are naturally many coveted clubs, but the price given is not much that can be given.

Especially after Zheng Lin put forward his own requirements, Guardiola was a little unacceptable, in his eyes, most of the starting positions need to be competed, and it is impossible to give 100% commitment at the beginning.

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It's impossible, even De Bruyne's starting line-up, I wouldn't give 100% commitment, but he's one of the best Manchester City midfielders at the moment!"

Pep Guardiola's words left City's management in deep thought, simply put, in Pep Guardiola's mind, Zheng Lin is not as a priority as De Bruyne.

For Zheng Lin, who spent a lot of money to introduce, they naturally will not let Zheng Lin leave with a free body, if they can stay, it is naturally the best, if not, then it must be listed for sale.

For Zheng Lin to get a starting commitment of more than 90% of the games next season, and to play to meet 75% of the playing time, this is a bit outrageous, which is simply interfering with the coach's tactical arrangement.

This is the request of Little Thirteen, but this requirement is not too difficult for Zheng Lin, but it seems that the current Manchester City just can't give it.

There are so many pits in the midfield, and there are many people who need positions, so naturally someone needs to make sacrifices, but Zheng Lin doesn't want to be the one who sacrifices, so he can only choose to leave.

In the view of some perfectionist Guardiola, Zheng Lin is the third pick in him, but to follow Zheng Lin's requirements, then there is no way to adjust the formation and tactics in the first season he accepts.

Because they are all used to Pellegrini's way, the reason he chose to manage Manchester City is that he can build the tactics he wants at Manchester City, and Zheng Lin currently happens to be the most volatile point here, which makes him a little distressed.

If Zheng Lin is replaced, then naturally the midfield needs to be strengthened, then there are two very good candidates in the market, one is Juve's Pogba, and the other is Lazio's Milinkovic.

Suddenly, a thought flashed in Guardiola's heart, that is, to sell Zheng Lin to buy Milinkovic, as for why not Pogba, he was worried that Pogba might conflict with De Bruyne, which would be even worse!

From that fancy hairstyle, Guardiola thought Pogba was not a good one.

Although after the formal talks, Manchester City also put a price tag on Zheng Lin, because they have decided to build the team according to Pep Guardiola's requirements, then all objections to the boss can be cleared.

But this price is quite interesting, 150 million euros, a typical sky-high asking price, just waiting for someone to come up and bargain.

When he learned the news, Zheng Lin also quite understood, after all, he was not able to reach De Bruyne's status in people's expectations, so people could not give promises, but it was good to get an important rotation promise after changing the head coach.

But this is not able to meet Zheng Lin's needs, after all, his current first element is to determine the problems of the next season, and then complete the A+ promotion.

With Manchester City's bid, Manchester United was the first to negotiate.

And Lafayette also began to think about the player's cash to exchange, after all, this is the best way, directly pay all the money, that will make the midfield too crowded, which is more troublesome.

As time went on, the Manchester City duo began heated negotiations, and there were even rumors that the two sides almost greeted each other on the phone.

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