Chapter 828: The Human Heart Is Not Enough and the Snake Swallows the Elephant
"Young Master Huan!"
As soon as Sun Yue opened the door, he saw Thomas Lake, the CEO of Hamburg, and Beiersdorf, the technical director, standing outside the door, and as soon as they entered the door, they politely greeted Yang Huan and the others.
"It's you, come, come and sit, come and sit!"
Yang stood up with a smile and waved at them.
The two walked to the sofa in the living room, and found a place to sit down opposite Young Master Huan.
Yang Huan was a little surprised when he saw Thomas Lake and Beiersdorf, but he soon knew it.
In the meeting just now, in addition to Ajax and Benfica, the core executives of several teams under Yang Huan were all present.
But the most embarrassing position is the hamburger.
Seeing that the other teams were happy to cut the cake in order to share it, but the burger got nothing, he was naturally anxious.
But no one is to blame, after all, it is not Yang Huan who is in charge of hamburg now.
"How's that, Thomas? Are you still used to doing it in hamburg? Yang Huan asked with a smile.
His movements were not idle, making tea for them.
"Well, it's okay, but I haven't had any experience in this area before, so it's a little slower to get started."
"Normal, but it doesn't matter, take your time, I'm sure you can do well!" Yang Huan affirmed with a smile.
"Thank you, Young Master Huan, I will do my best!" Thomas Lake assured.
As he spoke, Yang Huan had already sent two cups of hot fragrant tea to them, and even Sun Yue and Zhao Yuanfang's tea had been replaced.
After finishing this, Yang Huan continued: "The situation in hamburg is good now, right?" ”
"Well, that's good!" Thomas Lake is still answering, "Selling Calhanoglu and recovering 25 million pounds, plus Adler, Westerman, Van der Vaart and other players, we have recovered a total of almost 40 million euros in the transfer market. ”
"But in terms of recruitment, we don't invest much, except for the introduction of Osterjoleck from Augsburg, which cost 2.5 million euros, the rest of the players are basically on loan, and the cost is not big."
From goalkeeper Oblak, to Alderweireld, Yedwai, Emre Can in the backline, and the recently introduced Douglas Santos, or players such as Gaudino, Hojbjerg, Weigl and Kimmich and Krasi in the midfield, they are all on loan from Yang Huan.
The same goes for Aboubakar, Douglas Costa, Koeman and Januzaj up front.
Even in order to strengthen the forward line of the Hamburg team, Yang Huan also specially introduced Nigeria's eighteen-year-old talented striker Sussex from the Pozo family of Udinese, and brought in the eighteen-year-old teenager Sane from Schalke 04, all of which were loaned to Hamburg.
Looking at the whole Hamburg team, how many players do you have?
Goalkeeper Drobney, defenders Dickmeier, Osterolaek, Janssen, academy centre-back Tahe.
In the midfield, there is only one Baddeley left, and the forward line is almost gone.
Even Chinese player Lin Zhijian was sold.
This is still Yang Huan personally nodded and agreed, because he felt that since his own strength was not enough, what was the need to stay?
Besides, Lin Zhijian said that he was Chinese, but he was a German national and couldn't even speak Chinese, so what's the use?
Of the few players, the 18-year-old Tach was strongly requested by Southampton scouts to stay, and Hamburg had high hopes for the youngster, giving him a key treatment and signing a long-term contract extension.
As for Baddeley, the 25-year-old Croatian international once held the title of Modric's successor, and after joining the Hamburg team, he performed quite well and was not a main player in the national team, but both scouts and Beiersdorf praised him.
It must be mentioned here that in Baddeley's first season with the team, Van der Vaart was in good shape, with both offensive and defensive ends revolving around Van der Vaart, and the Croatian midfielder was only a support, and the performance was not ideal.
But in the second season, which was just this past season, Van der Vaart's form declined quickly, and the team's midfield as a whole could not keep up, but Baddeley's performance surprised everyone.
If you pay attention to the data of the Bundesliga last season, it is not difficult to find that he is on the list of steals, interceptions, average dribbling and passing success rate per game, and basically within the top ten.
In other words, he is very well-rounded, and can be called another thick thigh in the Hamburg midfield, in addition to Calhanoglu.
If Modric is the giant version, then Baddeley is the mid-to-upper version.
However, the Croatian midfielder only had one year left on his contract at Hamburg and had received offers from other European teams, especially Italy's Fiorentina, so Beiersdorf took matters into his own hands and managed to persuade Baddeley to stay.
Hamburg's continuous big moves have also caused a lot of repercussions in German football.
Combined with the previous sale of part of Hamburg's shares, it has also caused great concern among Hamburg fans and German fans.
After all, with such a set of line-ups, can you be relegated in the Bundesliga this year?
It's still an unknown!
What was completely unexpected, however, was that Thomas Tuchel's side have won all four of their warm-up games so far.
But if it's just a win on all of them, there's nothing to be afraid of, and what's even more terrifying is the impressive performance and the clarity of the way Tuchel has built the team from the start.
The first warm-up match was against German second division side Bochum.
Don't look at the team's fifteenth place in the Bundesliga last season, you think the strength is very weak, but as everyone knows, Bochum's defense is at the top of the Bundesliga, only to be dragged down by their poor attack, and they were almost relegated.
On the other hand, the Hamburg team was almost relegated from the Bundesliga, and the team has just undergone a reorganization, so many people are not optimistic about this warm-up game.
Unexpectedly, Tuchel's side surprised everyone.
Goalkeeper Oblak, from left to right at the back are Osterolak, Emre Can, Alderweireld and Dickmeier, except for Dickmeier, who was the main player last season, the others are all newcomers.
In midfield, the 18-year-old Weigel served as the playmaker, forming a midfield with Baddeley and Klasi.
Up front, Aboubakar acted as the arrow, with Douglas Costa and Koeman on the left and right.
Of the eleven starters, only two were still the main players of last season, and the rest were all newcomers.
But Tuchel used a hearty victory to show everyone that a restructured team doesn't have to be turbulent!
Just five minutes into the game, Aboubakar headed home from Koeman's cross from the right on the edge of the six-yard box.
Later, Douglas Costa won the ball on the left and crossed wide, and it was Aboubakr who fired a powerful volley from near the penalty spot to find the Bochum goal again.
After two goals in a row, Hamburg went on the offensive with goals from Douglas Costa and Aboubakar, who scored a hat-trick to give Hamburg a 4-0 lead.
After the break, Tuchel made 10 changes to his squad except for youngster Weigel.
As a result, Suses and Sane scored in succession to help the team beat Bochum 6-0.
This battle shocked the whole Hamburg and made the fans very excited.
Especially in this game, the performance of the teenager Weigel sitting in the midfield at the back.
The ball is fast, the long pass is accurate, the creativity is full, and the ball at the foot is not afraid to press.
All these advantages allowed Weigel to fully prove his strength in this game.
Not only that, but in the first half, the trident of Aboubakar, Douglas Costa and Koeman was impressive in terms of attacking power and outstanding individual ability in the front court.
Aboubakar's hat-trick and Douglas Costa and Koeman's performances on the left and right flanks were all thrilling for the Hamburg fans watching the game at home.
In the midfield, the teenager Weigel's pass success rate of up to 95 percent, as well as his amazing calmness, coupled with Baddeley's organization, getting rid of and advancing, Clasea spared no effort to run all over the field, tenacious grappling defense, but there was no lack of delicate foot skills.
Hamburg's midfield three echoed each other to form a synergy and firmly control the situation on the pitch.
Even in the second half, after replacing Solgen Hazard and Hojbjerg, Hamburg's midfield strength was still more than a cut over Bochum, and the whole game was firmly in control.
But that's just the beginning.
After beating Bochum, Hamburg beat Real Betis in La Liga again with a score of 3-1.
Weigel continued to play the whole game, with Aboubakar scoring twice to show what he could be a goal-scoring beast for.
The other goal came from substitute Leroy Sane.
After beating Rader 4-0 and Lucerne 2-0, Hamburg won four games and four wins, and the warm-up record was impressive.
In particular, Aboubakar, who scored a total of seven goals in four warm-up games, even attracted strong attention from the German media.
Because, Aboubakar has already risen to popularity in the Eredivisie as early as last season.
Players such as Oblak, Alderweireld, Emre Can, Weigel, Clasea, Douglas Costa and Koeman also proved themselves in the warm-up games.
The new coach Thomas Tuchel has captured the hearts of Hamburg fans in one fell swoop and successfully established himself in Hamburg.
Yang Huan heard Beiersdorf and Thomas Lake talk about the pre-season warm-up game of the Hamburg team, and he was in a pretty good mood, and couldn't help laughing.
This time, in order to get into the burger, he also tried his best.
Every player on loan at Hamburg is a quality player.
Coupled with Tuchel's ability, if Hamburg doesn't improve, then Yang Huan will really be depressed to death.
However, they did not disappoint after all!
'Tuchel has repeatedly expressed his satisfaction with the club's transfer operation in a number of media interviews, believing that the new season is full of competitiveness and he has absolute confidence that he can be relegated.
Thomas Lake said with a smile.
'With Tuchel's words and the media fueling the news, the fans are very happy with the new management and believe that as long as the team has good results in the new season, there should be no major problems.
Yang Huan raised his eyebrows.
In other words, Thomas Lake, Beiersdorf and others have finally stabilized the situation in Hamburg for the time being!
It's not in vain that Yang Huan spent so much thought and energy for the hamburger!
But just when Yang Huan wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, Beiersdorf brought a not very good news.
"Master Huan, the team has won one after another, everything is going well, the morale of the team is high, and the players are also getting attention, just yesterday, Kreuzer came to me and brought some opinions from the board."
"Opinions?" Yang Huan frowned, "Kekhoff and the others, what can they say?" ”
"They want to be able to buy out players like Weigel!"
As soon as Beiersdorf's words came out, Yang Huan's brows furrowed deeply.
This is really a lack of people's hearts!