Chapter 601: I Can't Hide It
With July approaching and the World Youth Championship in North America set to ignite the flames, fans around the world are all on European football, and the intricate transfer market is attracting everyone's attention. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info
Among the four major leagues, the Premier League's purchasing power is a lone show, La Liga is supported by three giants, and Serie A is in decline, but Inter Milan is still one of the strongest teams in Europe, and the three major leagues still play a leading role in the transfer market.
But there are exceptions.
From a photo of Gao Han's arrival at the Sebena training base in the Sun newspaper, to Heathfield's resignation published in Bild, Gao Han took over Bayern Munich, making the world's attention shift to the Bundesliga.
This is the first time in the past five years.
But it still hasn't changed the bleak status quo of the Bundesliga.
In addition to Bayern Munich, the highest transfer fee in the Bundesliga transfer market by the end of June came from Werder Bremen, who brought in young Brazilian midfielder Carlos Alberto from Sao Paulo for 7.8 million euros, and then midfielder Sanogo from Hamburg for 4.5 million euros.
But they sold their leading striker Klose to Bayern Munich and received a transfer fee of 15 million euros.
In other words, if it weren't for Bayern Munich's money to buy Klose, Werder Bremen would not have had the money to buy people at all.
The second-highest transfer fee came from Hamburg, where they brought in Egyptian striker Zidan from Mainz for 5.8 million euros and Kaström from Feyenoord for 2.5 million, and the two sums were also scraped together by selling Sanogo, as well as several other transfers of hundreds of thousands and around a million.
Last season's league champions, Stuttgart, were not much better, with a maximum transfer fee of just two million, and goalkeeper Schaefer was brought in from Nuremberg, but they earned more than three million from selling people.
Even the pharmaceutical company Leverkusen, which is backed by a big conglomerate, did not invest much, and the highest transfer was 4.7 million euros, bringing in striker Yerkas from Bochum, but they sold the main central defender Juan to Roma for an income of 6.3 million euros.
There are not many big deals left, such as Wolfsburg's acquisition of striker Dzeko from the Czech Republic for four million euros, Simunek's cost three and a half million euros, and Hannover's nine-six from Wolfsburg's striker Hank for five million euros.
The business environment of the entire Bundesliga league can be seen from the transfer of Bundesliga teams, except for Bayern Munich, there is no amount of more than 10 million, which shows that the purchasing power of Bundesliga teams is indeed at the bottom of the four major leagues.
But it is precisely the overall trough of the Bundesliga, which sets off Bayern Munich's deep pockets.
From Rummenigge's statement in an interview with the media that the team would give a transfer budget of 100 million euros, to the subsequent sale of a number of players such as Hargreaves, Mackay and Santa Cruz, it officially sounded the signal of Bayern Munich's reorganization.
And Gao Han's entry into the ownership also made everyone look forward to it even more.
With the signing of Klose for 15 million euros, Bayern Munich fired the first shot at the reorganization.
With the signing of Arjen Robben from Chelsea for 30 million euros, the Bundesliga giants have shown everyone that they have the financial potential and the ability to form a team that is not just based in the Bundesliga, but also wants to return to the top teams in Europe.
In the entire Bundesliga, no team can compete with Bayern Munich.
When everyone had not yet recovered from the shock of Robben joining Bayern Munich, Bayern Munich once again announced the introduction of midfielder Luka Modric from Dinamo Zagreb in Croatia for a transfer fee of 10 million euros.
This immediately caused quite a stir in the transfer market, because not long ago, Schalke 04 had just brought in Croatian midfielder Rakitic from Basel, but only spent three million euros.
However, Bayern Munich's general manager Hoeness took the initiative to explain, saying that Modric was the best midfielder in the Croatian league last season, "I believe with everyone in the technical department that he will be a surprise player." ”
However, the media have interpreted this as Modric is a young midfielder handpicked by Gao Han.
Entering July, a series of operations of Bayern Munich have also been rewarded.
When Bayern Munich announced the introduction of frontcourt attacker Franck Ribery from Ligue 1 Marseille for 25 million euros, the entire Bundesliga was shocked and amazed by Bayern Munich's amazing skills.
Arjen Robben and Franck Ribery, which will form a feared devil's wing, plus Klose up front, is bound to be a competitive front trident in the Bundesliga and even European football.
But soon questions were raised as to how Robben and Franck Ribery could bring in both players at the same time, given that both were good on the left flank.
As a result, many people began to speculate about Gao Han's intentions, thinking that the most likely was to adopt a four-two-three-one play and let Schweinsteiger return to the right side, but some people believed that Podolski could also play the right position.
When the media and fans were discussing Bayern Munich's lineup for the new season, Bayern Munich made another official announcement, which caused a shock in the entire European football world.
The Bundesliga giants announced on their official website that the team has officially reached an agreement with the Independiente of the Argentine First Division to bring in talented striker Sergio Aguero from the Argentine Liga for a transfer fee of 25 million euros.
Rummenigge said that the introduction of Aguero represents the direction of the team's restructuring, and he firmly believes that Aguero will greatly improve Bayern Munich's attacking power in the front, but also said that due to his participation in the World Youth Championship in Canada, the Argentine youngster will not be able to return to the team until after the World Youth Championships.
Aguero is in a similar situation with Real Madrid's Marcelo.
For five million euros, Bayern Munich brought in the controversial Brazilian left-back from the Galaxy.
For this transfer, many people questioned the operation of Bayern Munich, because Marcelo's performance in La Liga was not satisfactory, which was the main reason for Real Madrid to bring in Heinze and Drenthe.
However, there are also many who believe that Gao Han is the best at using this type of attacking full-back, Marcelo may be able to improve under Gao Han, and with the arrival of Brazilian left-back, Lahm can also return to his right-back position.
Immediately afterwards, Bayern Munich announced in a low-key manner that it would bring in young centre-back Jerome Boateng from Hertha Berlin for a transfer fee of 1.1 million euros, and then bring in international defender Arturo Vidal from Chile's Colo Colo for a transfer fee of 8 million euros, and the two transfer transactions were announced at the same time.
The media and fans immediately exploded, because everyone knows that Bayern Munich's backline problems were very prominent last season, and the introduction of two central defenders at this time is obviously to strengthen the team's central defender defense, but in the end, Boateng and Vidal can do it?
But as the media dug deeper, the results surprised them a little.
It turns out that both players are versatile at the back and are good at playing multiple positions, which is a bit puzzling.
But what really caused controversy was before the team's official training camp, Bayern Munich officially announced that after a long period of stalemate negotiations, it finally reached a consensus with Schalke 04, and exchanged goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from Schalke 04 for 10 million euros plus Rensing.
As soon as this news was announced, it immediately caused a huge repercussion in the entire Bundesliga, and even many Bayern Munich fans were a little skeptical, why use Rensing to exchange Neuer and add money?
Although last season, Neuer performed well in the league, but he only played for a season and barely stood firm, but Rensing is the successor of Kahn that Bayern Munich has focused on cultivating in the past few years, and his strength and potential have been recognized, but because Kahn has not yet retired, Rensing has not yet had a chance to take the position.
Is it because of this that there is an exchange?
Even if you exchange it, even if you have to post money, there is no need to add 10 million euros.
Looking at the transfer market in the Bundesliga as a whole, how strong is the purchasing power of 10 million euros?
Could it be that the gap between Neuer and Rensing is so big?
However, the doubts of the media and fans did not stop Bayern Munich's transfer operation, and Neuer joined Bayern Munich as scheduled, and successfully passed the medical examination of the team doctor Walfath, becoming a part of the Bundesliga giants.
Speaking to the media, Hoeness said the decision to trade Lensing for Neuer was a deliberate decision by the club, "because we have every reason to believe that Neuer is the best and most promising goalkeeper of the new generation of players, and that he can keep the goal for us for the next decade." ”
Goalkeeper Rensing, who was exchanged for Schalke 04, also accepted an interview with the media, but did not show his dissatisfaction with Bayern Munich, but said that he fully understood the intentions of the club and the coaching staff, and firmly believed that he would be able to play in Schalke 04 and prove his strength.
But the cunning media reporter still captured the information from Lensing's words.
"Michael, you said just now that you understand the intentions of the coaching staff, but I'm very curious, did Gao Han personally talk to you?"
The reporter's question was asked quickly, so Lensing didn't have enough time to think about it, so he nodded naturally.
"Yes, he told me that he didn't sell me because I wasn't good enough, but because of technical and tactical considerations, and he told me that I needed more training and that leaving Bayern Munich would be better for my development......"
Lunsing's halfway through his speech suddenly realized that he had been fooled.
Opposite him, all the media reporters were like chickens, and their excitement was overflowing.
Gao Han really coached Bayern Munich!
And he's already officially in office!
The discovery was immediately reported by the German media and soon spread throughout European football and around the world.
All kinds of speculations have been confirmed one by one.
Bayern Munich's entire summer transfer operation was entirely written by Gao Han and was kept secret, so he has always kept a low profile and retreated into the background.
This approach is also completely understandable, because everyone knows how accurate Gao Han's vision is, as long as it is the player he fancies, there is no one who is not talented, and no matter who he wants to bring in for Bayern Munich, then the player will definitely skyrocket.
Let's ask, in this case, can Gao Han still come forward?
Now, Bayern Munich can't hide it even if they want to.
So soon, Rummenigge took the initiative to announce on the official website that Gao Han would succeed Heathfield as the team's head coach.
The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Bayern Munich said: "I am honored to have Gao Han to coach and I firmly believe that under Gao Han's leadership, we will survive the difficulties of the restructuring period and usher in a new development. ”
At the same time, Rummenigge also said that the team will increase the promotion of academy players, including Hummels, Bad Stuber, Thomas Muller and Toni Kroos.
"I firmly believe that under Gao Han's leadership, in the new season, we will see a younger, more energetic and more competitive Bayern Munich!"