Which is better - a link from a page of the 2nd level of nesting from a feature article or from the main one from a footer in drafts?

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Greetings,

What is better - a link from the page of the 2nd level of nesting from a thematic article designed accordingly (I am preparing the article) or from the main page from the footer in drafts? If you choose the better of two evils, which one is better?

Sites are all thematic. In seo, they are not very advanced in terms of seo. The maximum that there is is a 100% match of the subject and the age of the domain outside the sandbox. That's why I plan to put a link from them.

Of course, sticking a link into a draft is easier, but in terms of correctness and greater benefit, I can’t decide. I’m more inclined to post it in the article, but then I read that it’s not a fact that this is a good option in terms of the fact that the labor costs will be clearly more, but the effect is the same.

Help advice :)