Chapter 150: The Titan Throws to Wolf Castle
Magath once promised Yang Fan that he would find a strong player in the midfield for the team to reduce the team's defensive pressure in the midfield, so that Yang Fan would not need to return to defense at any time, and in Magath's tactics, this player had better be a tough guy who could attack and defend well! However, it is not easy to find such a player.
Wolfsburg's lack of a well-developed youth system has a lot to do with the team's lack of history, but Wolfsburg takes the role of scouts very seriously, and they have sent scouts in Germany and Eastern Europe, as well as in the Americas and Africa to recruit young players.
On this day, Zebianski, the scout in charge of Germany's homeland, brought back Magath a video of a young man from Hertha Berlin.
Kevin Prince Boateng, a 20-year-old German youth international with dual Ghanaian-German citizenship, has been selected for the German Under-18 and Under-21 national teams. Last season, he scored two goals in 22 appearances for Hertha Berlin. You can play on the left, right and middle sides of the midfield. He's a very aggressive player. In the midfield, he can fight well, in addition, he is not an absolute sapper type player, and when attacking, he is also more 'colorful', and sometimes, the black player's creative power and South American players have a fight, and the foot technique is not 'fancy' and very practical. Zebianski said, pointing to the TV screen as he copied the black player who was sliding on the ground.
Maganet heads agree with Zebiansky. This burly black player is indeed very active, very the field, very active in the grab, in addition, when attacking, this Boateng is also very excited, actively 'inserting' to participate in the attack, the technique at his feet is simple and practical, and the most impressive thing for Magath is Boateng's long-range 'shot', this young black player in the long-range 'shot', almost no run, once the space is opened, directly pick up the right 'leg' is a kick burst 'shot', 'shot'' The goalkeeper is very powerful and the ball is very fast, and if the goalkeeper is caught off guard, he can concede the ball.
'It's really good, this player is what I want. "But...... This is Magath's biggest concern, the transfer funds that Wolfsburg gave him are about fifteen million euros, counting the eight million euros from the sale of Hank and 'Men' Segers and Sarpe and Klimowitz, the funds available to him are 23 million euros, which looks like a lot, but he can't help but 'spend', he has to save some 'spending'.
Previously, Wolfsburg bought Radu and 'Monteyanu', which 'spent' the team 4.5 million euros.
Subsequently, Dzeko was introduced, which 'spent' Wolfsburg four million euros.
In this case, Magath has 14.5 million euros left at his disposal, and his transformation in the midfield and defense has not yet begun, and these funds are simply stretched and must be spent.
Zebianski nodded, then shook his head, "Hertha Berlin has set a price tag of 10 million euros for Boateng, but I think there is still room to lower the price!"
Magath frowned. Hertha Berlin really dares to make an offer.
"It's too high. For five million euros, we'll do it. ”
Zebianski shook his head, "Five million euros is unlikely, I think that seven million euros should be able to take this young man." ”
Magath 'rubbed' his brain and 'door', and thought for a moment, "Send a fax to Hertha Berlin first, and say that we have taken a fancy to Boateng and see how they react." ”
It was at this time that Wolfsburg captain Hovland suddenly asked Magath to leave the team.
The 28-year-old Wolfsburg captain has chosen to return home, and the centre-back, who has not been favored by Basten, intends to leave the Bundesliga for many years and choose to return to the Netherlands to play.
Along with Hovland's departure request, there is also an offer from Feyenoord, a Dutch Bundestier giant, to buy Hovland.
At this time, Magath realized that the team had been poached, and it was clear that Feyenoord had already dealt with Hovland.
Magath was surprised and puzzled by Hovland's departure request, and he was certainly reluctant to sell the team's captain at this time.
However, after a phone call with Hovland, Magath resolutely put the captain of the team in the purge squad, and Hovland insisted on his idea of returning to China to play.
The player insisted on leaving, and Magath was not a good-natured person in the first place, so naturally he would not force him to stay, but began to consider an offer from Feyenoord.
Finally, two days later, it was announced on the official website of Wolfsburg that the team's captain, Dutch veteran Hovland, had transferred to the Eredivisie giants Feyenoord for 3.5 million euros.
With the loss of the captain and the need to find a good centre-back, Magath was a little depressed, but then he realised that the €3.5 million income from Hovland's departure had made his money a little looser.
And when it was, Hertha Berlin also replied to Wolfsburg's offer for Boateng.
The capital's team has a price tag of €8 million for Boateng.
It should be said that Hertha Berlin does not have a lion's mouth, and this price is very close to the psychological price of Wolfsburg.
Wolfsburg immediately returned €6.5 million.
The two sides bargained for another time, and finally fixed the transfer price at 7 million euros.
Subsequently, it was announced on the official website of Wolfsburg that the team had brought in 20-year-old midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng from Hertha Berlin for 7 million euros.
In this case, taking into account the transfer fee for Hovland's transfer that he had just earned, Magath now has 11 million euros in his hand for him to wave a cheque in the transfer market.
Magath then began to work on reinforcements at the back, and immediately after Hovland's departure, he set his sights on Portuguese international centre-back Ricardo Costa!
The Portugal international has not been doing well at the moment in Portu. As a veteran of the Mourinho era who won the Champions Cup, he has now been reduced to a substitute. So, Ricardo Costa has also been looking for a move away from 'Porto'.
The player is leaving, and the club intends to release it.
Therefore, Magath's bid for Ricardo Costa went surprisingly smoothly, and the 'Portu', which is known as the 'black shop' in Europe, did not open his mouth this time.
Five million euros!
That's what the Portugal international centre-back is worth in his move to Wolfsburg!
After bringing in Ricardo Costa, Magath has brought in second team defender Raiche to the first team, which means that he has no plans to make any changes to the ball's backline, if nothing else.
Now, Magath has only a transfer budget of three million euros left in his hands, in this case, Magath has once again set his sights on the team's forward line, and now, Wolfsburg's forward line has Yang Fan, Dzeko, Radu and Adelton, it stands to reason that the forward combination of four players should be enough to cope with the new season, but in Magath's eyes, the forward line has a shortcoming, that is, once the team's main scorer Yang Fan is injured, the team lacks a reliable scoring point. The status of Radu and Dzeko, who have just joined the team, in the new season is still unknown.
In such a situation. Magath has set his sights on his former club, Bayern Munich.
In fact, before, Bayern Munich's football 'fans' complained that Bayern Munich was not good for recruitment, mainly because Yang Fan chose to join Wolfsburg and did not choose to join Bayern Munich, which made Bayern Munich very unhappy.
In fact, Bayern Munich has invested a lot of money in the transfer market this summer, with the addition of Toney and Ribery, Bayern has 'spent' 52.3 million euros for the new season, including 11 million for the introduction of Italian center Lucatoni, 25 million for the introduction of French international Ribery, 10 million for Janssen, 6 million for Sosa, With the introduction of Schraudruff for 1.2 million, plus the Turkish international Altentop who joined from Schalke on a free transfer, Bayern Munich have signed six new players so far.
With more than two months to go before the transfer market closes, Bayern Munich can already be said to have made a lot of gains in the transfer market.
After Ribery, Bayern's next target will be Bremen's 'shooter' Klose, the 'fat' soap opera about Klose's transfer to Bayern Munich has been delayed for a long time, Klose has been waiting impatiently, he publicly said in an interview with the media that he expects Bayern and Bremen to negotiate the transfer details as soon as possible, in order to wear the Bayern jersey in the upcoming new season.
At the moment, transfer talks between the two clubs are still ongoing, and the only obstacle is the transfer fee. If nothing else, when Klose successfully transfers to Bayern, Bayern will 'spend' a total of 70 million euros in transfer funds for the new season, however, this is nothing, you know, according to Bild, Bayern has a total of at least 100 million euros in transfer funds. At the same time, Santos midfielder Ze Roberto, who just exited the Copa Libertadores semifinals, also said the day before yesterday that he would not continue to stay in Santos on the grounds that his family could not feel safe in Brazil. It is clear that the return of the Brazil international, who has just been called up by Dunga for the Copa America, is just around the corner. You know, according to Rummenigge's words, the reason why Ze Roberto left Bayern was because of the discord with the former head coach Magath, and now that Magath is no longer a discordant factor, Ze Roberto wants to return to his old club.
Bayern Munich now have Ribery and Lucatoni in mind, and the countdown to Klose's arrival at Bayern Munich begins. The belonging of the existing 'goalscorers' Ma Kay and 'Bo' Dolski next season has also become questionable, especially Ma Kai, and Bayern's attitude towards Ma Kai is very clear, that is, 'if Klose comes, Ma Kay will leave'.
Magath knew it was a good time to poach his old club, so he set his sights on Ma-Kay.
The thirty-two-year-old veteran has a striker. The technique is delicate at the feet, the speed is fast, the header is very good, and the left and right feet can 'shoot' and 'goal'. Now, although he is 'old', maybe Ma Kai's speed is not as good as before, but his 'shooting' and 'goal' are still 'fine', and what Ma Gat covets the most is Ma Kai's experience in the European arena!
This season, Wolfsburg will participate in the League Cup, but in the entire Wolfsburg team, there is not a single player who has European experience! This is very fatal! Therefore, although Ma Kai is a little outdated, but the veteran who still has strength and rich experience in European competition has become a sweet and sweet tooth in Magat's eyes.
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