Chapter 209: I have never fought such a rich battle in my life

Yes, now Pan Yi is already planning for next season.

At this time, the Bundesliga has been played for 24 rounds.

With Hamburg playing a draw and Bayern still winning all the way, the gap between the two has widened to nine points.

Now Bayern has 20 wins, 3 draws and 1 loss with 63 points, while Hamburg has 16 wins, 6 draws and 2 losses with 54 points.

But at the same time, the gap between Hamburg and third place is widening.

After all, this season, especially in the second half of the season, no team has been more consistent than Bayern and Hamburg.

From third to sixth, it is now followed by Borussia Dortmund with 46 points, Bayer Leverkusen with 45 points, Eintracht Frankfurt with 38 points, and Schalke 04 with 36 points.

In other words, Hamburg has an 8-point gap with Dortmund, which is closest to them!

And from the point of view of competing for a Champions League place, since the Bundesliga has four places, then Hamburg has a lead of 16 points compared to Eintracht Frankfurt in fifth place!

With 10 rounds left in the league, the 16-point gap, unless Hamburg collapses immediately, it will be difficult for the teams behind to catch up.

In other words, Hamburg has already kicked one foot in the Champions League.

Therefore, since Yakhoff came to him today to talk about renewing his contract, Pan Yi will talk to him about the budget for next season in advance.

After this season's purchase and run-in, Hamburg's current squad is already very good, but it is only based on the one-line operation this season.

If you want to play in the Champions League next season and don't give up on the German Cup easily, these people will definitely not be enough.

Not even Pintus!

Frequent double races a week, tired cars and horses, even the iron man will grind into a needle, and the state will have great ups and downs.

Although there are also people who are very talented and may really be fine at the end of the year - such as Barcelona veteran Pedri, but this kind of person is still a minority after all.

Pan Yi doesn't want to be like some small and medium-sized teams, suddenly have the opportunity to play in Europe, and then kick and kick and be relegated.

So to buy people, and to buy people is to reach out to the chairman and ask for money.

And now, Yahoff finally understood what Pan Yi meant.

He smiled.

He stepped forward and patted Pan Yi lightly on the shoulder: "Don't worry, as long as I really enter the Champions League this season, I will take out 30 million...... No, forty million for you! Also, if you sell players, you can still add 100% of that income to your summer transfer budget! ”

That's definitely a big deal.

The reason why Yahoff can be so generous, in addition to using sincerity to make Pan Yi feel the "warmth of home" and keep his heart, of course, is because he now has money in his hands, or is about to have money.

Of course, it's not because there's a mine under the People's Park stadium, and only a few teams can do it.

Not to mention, as long as Hamburg can enter the main stage of the Champions League next season, even if they lose all the group stage, they can get at least about 15 million euros in bonuses!

And if you can win a game, it will be about 2.5 million euros, and a draw will be 7.8 million.

How can this accumulate about 20 million, after all, Hamburg is now the second level of the Bundesliga, no matter how bad it is, it won't be able to win a group stage, right?

If you can enter the top 16, the top 8, or even later, the prize money will be even more, for example, the quarter-final prize is about 10 million.

Of course, this Yakhoff will not count it in the steady gains, and will only play in the group stage and go home.

Then there's the additional share of broadcast fees from participating in the Champions League.

This is based on the team's influence and results, after all, these will affect the ratings.

For example, teams like Bayern, Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Milan have more points.

Last season's champion AC Milan took it as an example, and their bonus money and broadcast fee share combined amounted to more than 75 million euros!

Although Hamburg has not achieved much in recent years, under the influence of Pan Yi and the Asian stars in the team, it is estimated that the broadcast in Asia will still be relatively popular, and it is expected to get a lot of money.

It's not much, even if there are 10 million.

This adds up to an estimated 30 million in earnings.

The benefits for teams participating in the Champions League don't stop there.

Because, almost every Champions League match is full of attendance, and the team earns a lot just by the tickets.

Tickets for a Hamburg league home are now selling for an average of €38, with around €60 or more in the Champions League.

Based on the 50,000 people present at each game at the People's Park Stadium, the ticket income of one game is more than 2.5 million.

Even if you only play three home games in the group stage, you can earn about 10 million here.

Again, the further back you play, the more expensive the ticket and the more you earn.

In addition, teams that enter the Champions League will have a higher offer when facing sponsors, including pitchside billboards, jersey advertisements, etc., which can be sold at a good price.

It's not too much to make an extra 10 million or 20 million here.

It's all "future" money, the extra money that Hamburg can get when they get into the Champions League.

And at present, the extra money made by Hamburg due to the good results of the Bundesliga has led to a rise in the box office, an influx of sponsors, and an increase in broadcast costs, etc., have not been counted.

In fact, if you take it personally, there is also a surge in sales in fan stores, and the sales of players' jerseys and merchandise around the world......

For a while, Yakhoff didn't know how much money he had made.

So, when Yakhoff first said "thirty million", he immediately felt that he was a little stingy.

After all, at the beginning of this season, when Hamburg was still a relegation team, he provided Pan Yi with 25 million funds!

Now that he is going to play in the Champions League, it can be said that Pan Yi earned all the money for him, or did he take it all out.

So he immediately changed his tune and mentioned it to "40 million".

In fact, in Yahoff's heart, even if Pan Yi asked for a little more, it was nothing.

After all, the 25 million he took out at the beginning of the season......

I don't know how much it has risen now!

After Pan Yi's various precise operations, and after nearly a season of training and competitions, the value of these Hamburg players is getting higher and higher.

Kevin De Bruyne, Vardy, Wu Lei, Casemiro, Carvajal, Navas......

All of them are one or two hundred million.

Even Paulinho and Robertson, who only joined in the second half of the season, have increased in value by more than 100%.

There are also Sun Xingmin, Lin Zhijian and others who were originally in the Hamburg team, and their values have also increased to varying degrees.

Pan Yi, where is this head coach!

This is Warren Buffett in football!

To put it mildly, the 25 million has at least become 100 million.

This ROI ...... Gee.

Therefore, Yakhoff is convinced that he will never lose money by handing over the money to Pan Yi, on the contrary, he will make more and more money!

As for Yakhov's promise, Pan Yi is already quite satisfied.

Hamburg's main structure is now relatively stable, in fact, as long as a few positions are added with a few rotation players to cope with the pressure of multi-line operations.

The price of rotating players is generally not too expensive, plus Pan Yi's "Sky Eye" can often find high-quality and inexpensive guys, and the funds of 40 million are indeed enough.

After all, it's just Hamburg, it's not Bayern, or some rich Premier League team.

It is not easy for an ordinary team in the Bundesliga to shell out so much money.

In addition, there are definitely players leaving next season, so there is no problem in making up a few million more here, so the total transfer budget may reach around 50 million euros.

My old Pan has never fought such a rich battle in his life!

Pan Yi was already happy in his heart, so naturally he didn't bargain with Yahoff anymore.

That's it!

As for the new contract renewal or something, Pan Yi still insisted on fulfilling the current contract first, and said that "the salary increase given to me is better than leaving it for the club to use where it is more needed", and Yakhoff could only give up first.

He was also moved!

Where can I find a coach like Pan Yi, who is not for personal gain and is dedicated to the sake of the club!

Moreover, Pan Yi has been planning for Hamburg next season's games and personnel arrangements from now on, how could he suddenly leave the team?

He really made Hamburg his home!

So Yahoff also put down the stone hanging from his chest first.

As for Pan Yi, he mainly doesn't want to be bound by a contract.

Let's talk about the future.

What will happen in a little more than a year, who knows?

He had to carve out a niche in Hamburg before thinking about the future.

Of course, what kind of players will be bought in the next transfer window will have to wait until the end of the season.

After all, the league is not over yet, maybe some players are playing and kicking again, and the level improvement can be qualified for rotation and even the main role.

This is also quite common in world football, and the emergence of new players or new flowers of old trees is equivalent to a strong reinforcement.

At that time, Pan Yi may be able to use the transfer funds to buy some high-end goods for fun.

As for wage increases?

As a traverser, there are countless ways to make money, and this salary is really nothing.

He's even started his money-making plan, and it's a much easier way than gambling.

Yes, you guessed right.

Exactly Bitcoin!

This is a must-have financial knowledge for travelers.

For a long time in 2012, the price of Bitcoin fluctuated around $10.

Since 2013, bitcoin has only entered a stage of big growth, and its price has skyrocketed to hundreds of dollars.

In this way, until 2017, bitcoin rose to $20,000!

Then it rose to 30,000, 40,000, 50,000, 60,000......

Pan Yi is not very greedy, and secondly, he is afraid that buying too much will affect the market situation of the original timeline, or attract the attention of others.

It's probably just an occasional day to see that today's price is a little lower, and I buy a few hundred of it.

In the past few months, Pan Yi has probably saved about 10,000 coins, which cost him about 100,000 US dollars.

This is a small amount of money for him, not to mention that Pan Yi's current annual salary is 1 million euros, and the income from endorsing FM2013 alone is enough for him to squander.

And these 10,000 bitcoins can be exchanged for ......

Not to mention more, even if it is exchanged for 10,000 yuan a piece around 2017.

That's 10,000 X 10,000 = 100 million US dollars!

Oh hehehe......

There is almost no risk at all to get 100 million, isn't this more comfortable than gambling with a lot of money and being chased by a gambling company at that time?

It's also much easier than flipping houses, running a company, and the like.

It's almost like making money while lying down!

And as for how to use it when the time comes to make so much money, and where to use it?

Pan Yi hasn't thought about it yet.

After all, the time has not yet come, and the money has not really turned into real money.

……

A week after the big win over Fürth, Hamburg welcomed the 25th round of the Bundesliga away to Stuttgart.

The Hamburg players were a little less excited in this game, and they were playing away again, and the overall performance was not satisfactory.

Stuttgart, who are still battling relegation this season, played well, launching wave after wave of attacks on Hamburg to the cheers of 60,000 fans at the Mercedes-Benz Arena.

But now, even in poor form, Hamburg is still able to play at a level that is passable, and will not be beaten by the opponent and scattered, but will try their best to adjust their form in the game, and then slowly get back on the right track.

That is, their lower limit has been raised a lot.

This is also a significant sign that a team is slowly progressing to a strong team.

Just like a team like Huang Saren, no matter how bad their form is, they always have a basic game to play, and they won't play too far when they meet opponents who are weaker than themselves.

After withstanding a couple of attacks from Stuttgart, Hamburg's youngsters began to counter-attack.

In the 78th minute, Calhanoglu, who came on as a substitute, took a corner kick and headed the opponent's defender and goalkeeper against the old owner.

Antonio Rudiger, who came through the Stuttgart academy, did not celebrate after the goal, while the Stuttgart fans applauded the former child.

It was the only goal of the game.

In the ensuing game, both sides also created a lot of chances, but either the shot lacked the crosshairs, or the goalkeepers of both sides made timely saves, in short, they never scored again.

In the end, Hamburg won 1-0 away at Stuttgart thanks to Rudiger's goal!

……

Four days later, in the 26th round of the Bundesliga, Hamburg hosted Augsburg.

Augsburg is in even worse shape than Stuttgart.

They are third from bottom with 21 points from 4 wins, 9 draws and 12 losses after 25 rounds, eight points less than Stuttgart in 14th.

However, since Augsburg had drawn 0-0 at home to Hamburg in the first leg, they also wanted to repeat their old tricks this time and set up a 541 defensive formation to deal with Hamburg's attack.

They put two South Korean midfielders, Ji Dong-won and Goo Ji-chul, in midfield to play with the back line to sweep up, while the forward line left only Molders alone to harass and counterattack.

But now Hamburg has quite the ability to attack, and it is definitely not the team that was easy to get confused in the face of the bucket formation in the first half of the season.

Due to the short interval between the two rounds, in order to avoid the accumulation of injuries and fatigue, Pan Yi also used Calhanoglu, Lin Zhijian, Westerman, Janssen and other rotation players in this game, but he still played a good level in the shouts of the home fans.

Less than 10 minutes into the game, Janssen's cross from the wing caused a mistake by defender Braque, who made a tackle and slid the ball into his own goal.

The surprise also quickly brought down Augsburg's pre-match set-up and they had to pull forward in an attempt to pull a goal back.

But after taking a one-goal lead, Hamburg played better and better.

In the 35th minute, Hamburg launched a quick counter-attack.

Calhanoglu sent a wonderful pass in the middle, Lin Zhijian stopped the ball sideways, squeezed away the defender, and shot angrily at the top of the arc of the penalty area, penetrating the goal of Augsburg, further expanding the score to 2:0!

While the Augsburg players were still stunned, just two minutes later Hamburg took advantage of the victory to score their third goal of the game.

It was another quick attack from the wing, Carvajal got the ball and forced a breakthrough on the bottom line, rushed into the penalty area, and assisted Paulinho to score another goal, 3-0!

After that, the game slowed down for both sides.

Augsburg obviously didn't want to be beaten by Hamburg like Fürth, and Pan Yi also took the initiative to let the players recycle it, and the scramble was not so fierce.

On the premise of guaranteeing to win the game, the most important thing now is not to have any unnecessary injuries!

Shortly after the start of the second half, Pan Yi replaced substitutes such as Berry, Bruma, and Dickmeier, and there were almost no regular starters on the field.

At this time, Hamburg's overall style of play was really affected, and Augsburg took the opportunity to launch a counterattack, and in the 77th minute, South Korean midfielder Koo Ji-cheol pulled a goal back from distance.

After the two sides continued to stalemate for more than ten minutes, the game was over.

In the end, Hamburg beat Augsburg 3-1 at home and won the three points again.

……

While Hamburg is on a three-game winning streak, Bayern Munich has won a terrifying nine-game winning streak!

In other words, since they were held to a 1-1 draw by Borussia Mönchengladbach in the final round of the first half of the season, the round of 17, they have not dropped a point in the Bundesliga since the start of the second half of the season.

In the past round of 26, they defeated their fierce rivals Bayer Leverkusen 2-1 away.

In fact, they did not win this easy game, facing the pharmaceutical companies that were in the race for a Champions League place at a critical moment, and Bayern only broke the deadlock in the 37th minute through Gomez.

But in the 75th minute of the second half, midfielder Rolfs equalised for Bayer Leverkusen with a powerful shot.

In the end, it was not until the 87th minute that Bayer Leverkusen defender Volched made an own goal that allowed Bayern to take away the three points at Bayer Athletic.

It's just that this defeat did not change Leverkusen's position in the Bundesliga standings.

They remain in fourth place with 45 points, while Bayern Munich with 69 points, Hamburg with 60 points and Borussia Dortmund with 49 points are still in the top three.

Eintracht Frankfurt and Schalke 04 are also fifth and sixth, with 39 points each.

And the next 27th round of the league is very eye-catching.

Because Bayern Munich will be at home against Hamburg!

This will be a head-to-head clash between the first and second teams in the Bundesliga, and it can also be considered a battle between the two teams in the best form of the season!

Moreover, in the eyes of some people, the nine-point gap between the two is not an insurmountable chasm.

What if Hamburg upset Bayern on the road?

That's only a 6-point gap.

And then there are seven more games, and some miracles or something are possible.

"The Bundesliga title race has just begun!"

"Hamburg still has hope to catch up!"

"Can Pan Yi create a greater miracle?"

So says the local newspaper in Hamburg.

But Pan Yi, who is at the center of the whirlpool of public opinion, is very calm.

He understands that although Hamburg have made great progress, Bayern are now more difficult to deal with than in the first half of the season after running in with new signings.

At this time, they are truly complete!

Bayern coach Heynckes continued to fine-tune his squad in the first half of the season in order to pick the best style of play for this group of players, so his form has been inconsistent in some games and he will be held to a draw by the likes of Nuremberg and Borussia Mönchenchen.

Including the loss to Hamburg, in fact, it was also a bit of a loss to underestimate the enemy, and the tacit understanding of the players was not formed, and they failed to respond to Hamburg's midfield blockade tactics in the first time.

But in the second half of the season, there is no such problem.

Their all-win record in the second half of the season in the league is proof of that.

What's more, Pan Yi is a time-traveler, and he knows the plot of the future.

In his previous life, Bayern drew only one of their 17 games in the second half of the 2012-2013 season, a 1-1 draw with Borussia Dortmund.

And the remaining 16 games, they won all of them!

In the match against "Old Hamburg", which is the upcoming 27th round of the game, Bayern slaughtered the opponent with a score of 9:2.

Now that Hamburg has Pan Yi, naturally there will be changes in this timeline, Hamburg will definitely not lose as many goals as Bayern, but Bayern's strength is there, not increasing or decreasing.

Moreover, even if Hamburg can really win Bayern away from home and win all the remaining games, there is no way to surpass Bayern, which is now super stable.

They were all kinds of 4:0, 3:0, and 6:1, all the way from the South Heavenly Gate to the ...... with sparks and lightning No, it's from Phil to Wolfsburg, it's hard to imagine a sudden collapse and loss of points.

What's more, it will be difficult for Hamburg to win all of its own, after all, there are still more difficult opponents such as Wolfsburg, Bayer Leverkusen, and Mainz.

Of course, Pan Yi will not be caught on this laurel.

He still hopes to build the confidence of his players in a showdown with a supergiant like Bayern Munich.

Even if you can't win in the end, as long as you can play at the level you should in front of such a strong opponent, you can also lay the psychological foundation for a comeback next season.

Therefore, the preparations that should be done still need to be done.

It just so happens that Bayern Munich will have a game in the Champions League in a few days, and Pan Yi can go to the scene to observe it and see if Bayern has any weaknesses that can be exploited......

(End of chapter)