191 The mind of the giants
"As for the conflict between you and Hugo, I think you should solve it yourself, if you want to leave, I will respect your decision, I appreciate you, but I will not stop you from leaving, I respect your ideas, things on the training ground, Hugo did not do it properly, but I think he is not very persuasive! What do you think?! What do you think of the conditions I offered?! Is it acceptable?! Arsene Wenger asked Kameni.
"Let me think about it!" Kameni lamented in his heart, as Arsene Wenger said, he can't drag down the team because of this incident, and no matter how dissatisfied he is, he needs to endure humiliation and leave after finishing this season.
Now social media is prevalent, and stars like to post everything on social networks, and this time such a big thing happened at the training ground, but no one dared to say anything on social media, and the media was silent the next day, this is the power of Hugo.
Later, when the matter was revealed more than ten years later, the person concerned, Tony, joked that no one dared to object to Hugo when the team was going crazy.
Of course, if Kameni hadn't stayed in the hotel with the team the next day, the matter might have been leaked sooner, but Kameni ended up staying in the hotel, and Arsene Wenger announced that Kameni would not be the team's starting goalkeeper at the pre-match press conference that afternoon.
Hugo's madness at the training ground is definitely big news, and Kameni was demoted to the bench is also an unexpected big news, reporters suddenly smashed the pot, but it is not unacceptable if you think about it, after all, Kameni has made consecutive scoring mistakes in the first few games, and it is understandable to win him, but it only surprised reporters with Wenger's courage.
Kameni is one of the special players in Trapani, and this kind of player coach would not dare to offend easily, because these players have a close relationship with the owner and are protected in some way.
The reporters weren't stupid enough to ask Arsene Wenger, "Why are you so, you even get Kameni down!" After all, it is the manager's power to make rotations, and it makes sense for him to do whatever he wants, everyone just wants to find out whether there has been a quarrel between Wenger and Kameni, and the two have a conflict, which side the club's top management is on and which side Hugo is on!
"Don't think too much about it, there is no conflict between me and Carlos, it's a normal adjustment, he hasn't been in great form lately, I think we need to make some changes, Marco has played a lot in the past, he has the ability to replace Carlos for us!" Without waiting for the reporters to ask questions, Wenger took the initiative to explain.
"So you mean that Kameni is still the team's main goalkeeper and captain on the field?!" The journalist asked.
"Yes, it hasn't changed, Carlos is still the team's first choice for goalkeepers, his captain's armband has not been deprived, he just made some mistakes, we should all look at this matter simply, everyone can make mistakes, isn't it?!" Arsene Wenger replied.
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The first leg was held in Trapani, Hoeness and Rummenigge and Beckenbauer were invited to the Google Stadium to watch the game, the three of them are the famous Big Three of Bayern Munich, of course, now Beckenbauer is also a mascot, he is the honorary president of Bayern Munich, after his term on the FIFA Executive Committee ended last year, he did not actively seek other positions, in a state of retirement, watching Bayern Munich play has become one of his lifestyles.
As for Hoeness and Rummenigge, the two are the real bigwigs, Hoeness is the chairman of the supervisory board and the club, while Rummenigge is the chairman of the board.
Hoeness has held management positions at Bayern for decades, and even Rummenigge is a player under him, and he is really a big man in Bayern Munich, and now Bayern Munich's structure is basically Hoeness's first leader, Rummenigge's second-in-command, Hoeness's dominance is everything, and Rummenigge's focus is on external relations.
Although the two teams had a lot of verbal battles before the game, this did not stop Rummenigge from actively fighting for a position in the European Football Club Association.
At that time, Hugo and others with the support of Platini engaged in a European football club association and G14 to sing against each other, and then various factors, after the dissolution of G14, members joined the association one after another, and then the association began to fight all kinds of battles, Hugo was still more enthusiastic about the affairs of the European Football Club Association at the beginning, but later became more and more tired of their fights, and participated less and less, but he himself maintained a very good relationship with many clubs, and his connections were very good, especially small and medium-sized clubs.
Bayern Munich wants to seek the position of chairman for Rummenigge, it is not possible to say how much the chairman can do, but there is something to do, Hoeness will definitely support Rummenigge to do it outside, so as not to share power with himself, add a little burden of external affairs, and at the same time expand Bayern Munich's actual influence in European football, why not.
Hugo is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed, if you can say that Hugo's support will definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort.
In October last year, in fact, Rummenigge also led the team to visit the Trapani club, in the name of taking the opportunity to exchange and learn, it is really close, at that time he also praised the Trapani club is the most successful team in the new century, but recently this guy has changed his tone, and the media are not surprised, anyway, it is unrealistic to expect these bigwigs to have face.
On the night of the game, Rummenigge and Hoeness and other Bayern executives arrived at the stadium early, and there was an in-depth chat with Trapani's senior management half an hour in advance.
These two teams usually don't intersect too much, but the relationship between the two sides is no longer bad, not to mention that everyone is in the same direction of the European Football Club Association and UEFA, and FIFA to fight for interests, Bayern Munich is the one with a higher appetite, and Trapani is the one with a smaller appetite.
In terms of tendency, Trapani belongs to the moderates for various reasons, and the relationship with UEFA and FIFA is improving day by day and tends to ease, while Bayern Munich is a hardliner, they do not want to be controlled by others at all, and they are looking forward to fighting for more benefits from UEFA and World Football Confederation, and their requirements for compensation for national team players are very high.
Now Trapani's side is understandably inclined to have a good relationship with the Football Federation because Hugo wants to value Italian football as a whole, but it does not mean that he can't do something in private to get Rummenigge to speak for the club.
In the dialogue between the two, Hugo also said that he is willing to support Rummenigge's ascension, of course, another reason to support Rummenigge is that the current chairman is the president of Chelsea, he has a bad management, many clubs are not satisfied, so why not choose a better connection, strong leadership, Hugo believes that Rummenigge will do a good job, and it will not harm any interests of Trapani.
As for whether he is the president of the association that Platini is waiting for, that Hugo feels that it doesn't matter now, and he has a good reason Even if he doesn't support it, Rummenigge still has a good chance of taking the position, unless he goes to the election himself, but Hugo doesn't want to meddle in that miscellaneous matter, so he still has to keep his own one-third of an acre of land with peace of mind, and it is still up to them to make peace.
The three giants were very satisfied with the result of the meeting, and the guests and hosts were very happy, but when they returned to the court, everyone would not be discussing feelings, either you die or I live, and the people on both sides have their own boxes, saving everyone from embarrassment when watching the game.