Chapter 151: Kompany
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Magath bought two more East Asian players, in addition to liking their hard-working and obedient obedience, there is another unspeakable reason, that is, he has no money in his hands and can only find some bargains in the transfer market. Some people may be surprised, the Dresden Dynamo team made a lot of financial profits last season, except for buying out the loan Hummels at the beginning of this season, they did not spend a lot of money on people, and also made a lot of money from transfer transactions.
It turns out that although the Dynamo Dresden team achieved surprisingly good results last season, the club was still playing in the Bundesliga not long ago, and the club's training facilities are not as good as many Bundesliga teams. As a result, the club immediately began to upgrade its existing facilities at the end of last season, which was a lot of money, and as the young players in the squad got better and better, most of the main players had to re-sign contracts, which inevitably led to a significant increase in future expenses, which also took up a lot of budget. And Magath has made a big deal this winter transfer period, and he has spent almost all the transfer budget he can use
Former Bayern Munich's young centre-back Hummels, who was on loan last season, has made Magath not have to worry about this position in the squad, but the Dynamo Dresden team only have two qualified centre-backs, and if one of them is injured or suspended, the team's backline will have big problems, especially after the departure of the Polish jackpot Kirka, who can play both at the back and at centre-back. Moreover, the new season Dynamo Dresden will have to fight on three fronts, and it is almost inevitable that there will be attrition in the middle. Therefore, Magath considered bringing in a strong central defender at that time, and he not only wanted a substitute, but also hoped that the newcomer would have the strength to communicate with Nevin. Subotic and Hummels are competing for each other, so even if someone is absent for any reason in the third-line battle, the centre-back combination of Dynamo Dresden is still enough to reassure Magath
With a budget of more than 10 million euros in hand at the time, Magath set his goals relatively high. Considering the problem of adaptability, he first focused on the excellent central defenders who played in the Bundesliga, and the young central defender of the Hamburg team, Kompany, became his favorite target, but the Hamburg team was very optimistic about the Belgian superstar and had no intention of selling it, not to mention that the Dynamo Dresden team was still a competitor for the Champions League qualification for the new season, so their owner actually offered a transfer fee of 20 million euros, Magath was directly defeated, and there was no suitable candidate in the Bundesliga team. He turned to other leagues to find the right candidate.
However, although the Dresden Dynamo team won the German Cup last season, its reputation is still limited to Germany (in fact, there is also China and even Asia), Magath, the "Zhengtai control", has to find both strength and age, such a central defender is promising, almost all of them are fragrant buns in the transfer market, and how many are willing to come to the Dresden Dynamo This kind of small club?
In the end, Magath was unable to buy a centre-back who met his requirements in the summer. I had to make it back and try two young centre-backs in China, but these two were not stable enough even in the regional league in the new season (which is a good thing for Wang Dalei). Magath naturally didn't dare to let them into the rotation of the first team. Fortunately, in the first half of the season, the two main central defenders did not have injuries, and the Bundesliga will have to accumulate 5 yellow cards before it is suspended, so there are no problems, but as the schedule enters the second half, especially after the League Cup matches become more and more intensive, continue to count on the two to get through. It's a little naïve
Therefore, after the start of the winter transfer window, Magath continued to look for a centre-back in the market with a transfer budget that he did not spend much in the summer, and because he has been keeping an eye on Kompany's situation, Magath knows that he has had a very difficult first half of the season. Injury after injury again and again and saddled the "glass man", and even after recovering from injury, due to the importance of the central defender position, the results of the Hamburg team this season are not high or low, so that the manager has always lacked the courage to give Kompany the opportunity to play (the position of central defender is special, unless the starter is forced off for some reason, there are few opportunities to come off the bench, and Kompany obviously did not have such good luck when he played in Hamburg). So much so that this superstar, who became famous very early, didn't even play a game in the first half of the season. What made Kompany even more angry was that the Hamburg team did not give him a chance to play on the one hand, and on the other hand, he was always dissatisfied with the call-up of the Belgian Olympic team, and even shamelessly said, "Although it is placed on the bench, maybe it will be used?" In this way, Kompany, who has a strong sense of national honor, will be angry
Kompany has been dissatisfied with the management of Hamburg for a long time, and shortly after he joined the club, the owners and other senior management of the Hamburg team have more than once offered his 8 million euro transfer fee in front of him or others to urge him to work harder, but this in the opinion of Kompany, who has a strong self-esteem, speaks volumes about the club's management's distrust of him. The long-term dissatisfaction has been piling up, and this winter finally reached a tipping point, Kompany, who couldn't bear it, made a transfer, and Magat, who had been watching him, was overjoyed when he learned about it, which can be regarded as making him wait for the opportunity
Although FIFA prohibits clubs from contacting players privately in principle, there are still many people who do so, and Magath was scared off by the 20 million euro transfer fee offered by Hamburg in the summer, so it is natural to find a way to reduce the price, and it will undoubtedly be helpful to get Kompany's job done first and let him cooperate.
To be honest, Kompany was still a little afraid of Magath's famous devil training in Germany, but Magath assured him that as long as he could complete his training requirements, Kompany would be able to basically get rid of injuries, or at least no longer be considered a "glass man". And knowing that Kompany attaches great importance to the Belgian Olympic team, Magath also said that he would release people during the Beijing Olympics, "Anyway, so many people want to let go, and you are not one of them", which also made Kompany very happy. This, combined with the fact that Dynamo Dresden have had a good season and look very likely to win the Bundesliga title and possibly even achieve a good result in the UEFA Cup, is also attractive to Kompany, who is hungry for honours. And he could only sit on the bench in the Hamburg team in the first half of the season, Magath actually offered the salary standard of the main central defender of the Dresden Dinamo team, which is enough to show his sincerity, Kompany can not refuse at all
With Kompany injured again and again, the Hamburg club is no longer as optimistic about the former superstar as it was when it was first purchased, and the results of the Dresden Dynamo team this season are so terrible that the Hamburg team has completely lost the confidence to compete with them, and may even expect the opponent to let them go in the second half of the league season, so it is good to form a little good karma in advance. Therefore, the Hamburg club did not offer Kompany as a non-sale item this time.
But even so, the Hamburg club still said that "we bought it for 8 million euros and can't sell it at a loss." "The transfer fee of 8 million euros was offered for this reason, which is still on the high side given the fact that Kompany has not played a single game in the past six months. Although Magath accepted such a condition because he was anxious to get Kompany, he couldn't help but slander in his heart, "Sure enough, that kid is right, the top management of the Hamburg club are all greedy pigs, and they are stupid and greedy, and they don't even ask for any strings attached, as long as cash, do they really think that Kompany has been injured and has no great future?" ”
Kompany's arrival made up for the last big problem in the Dynamo Dresden squad, especially after he gradually emerged from the threat of frequent injuries under Magath's elaborate training regimen. And the original two main central defenders of the Dresden Dynamo team are not dissatisfied with this, on the one hand, because the atmosphere within the team is now very united, and on the other hand, because the second half of the season is very intensive, which really makes the two of them go through, and the two may not be able to stand it
Kompany's arrival will be a big help to the Dynamo Dresden team, but it is the hard work of the players during the winter training period that makes Magath more confident than the personnel enhancements, especially his most demanding core player, Gao Jun.
However, Gao Jun himself didn't think so at first, because he thought that he would become stronger after the winter training, he measured his weight after the winter training, and found that he was 1 cm lighter, and his weight became 77 kg again. Gao Jun, who was very disappointed, immediately approached Magath to ask about it, but Magath replied, "My training is not simply to make you more able to run or have more strength, but also to have a better performance on the court." Although you are not gaining weight but losing weight now, think for yourself, has the ability to resist the body really decreased? ”
Gao Jun thought back to his feelings in the training match, and it seemed that his confrontation ability had been strengthened, and he was suddenly relieved, but when he heard Magat say next, "In fact, your current weight is the most suitable, if you gain weight, it will weaken the advantage of East Asians' physical flexibility", he still couldn't help but retort, "But Henry said that with my skeleton and muscle type, increasing my weight to 80 kg will not affect my flexibility and speed."
However, to this, Magath only replied disdainfully: "Can he have the 'football fitness' that I understand?" Gao Jun immediately had nothing to say. Magath then told him that East Asians, because they are naturally more flexible than Caucasians, should not pursue muscle strength too much, and the standard should be lower than that of white players in a similar situation, unless it is a special position such as a central defender, it will only outweigh the gains (to be continued......