Chapter 287: The World Cup was also caught watching the ball

After the CCTV5 interview, Pan Yi said goodbye to the players at the training base.

After today, many of Hamburg's players will have to report to their respective national teams in preparation for the upcoming 2014 World Cup in Brazil.

And players who don't have World Cup assignments will also start taking vacations.

So this may be the final goodbye.

This is not just Pan Yi.

Many of the players may not come back after leaving the base today.

Thanks to their excellent performances in the past two seasons, many of Hamburg's players have already come under the radar of the giants.

Even if Hamburg's treble win could bring tens or even hundreds of millions of euros to the club, the team still can't keep everyone.

What is hundreds of millions of euros?

For the giants, maybe a player is worth this price, at least tens of millions of euros.

Let's take two examples.

Manchester United, who have had a bad season and are eager to revive, has set their sights on Real Madrid's Argentine star Di Maria, with the latest offer reaching 75 million euros;

Barcelona, which is also empty, has a soft spot for Liverpool striker Suarez, who has performed exceptionally well in the Premier League this season, and directly threw out 80 million euros, and it is reported that the two sides have been negotiating the details.

So how to put it, this bonus is a lot of money for a small club, but for these giants, it's really nothing.

For Hamburg, they can only keep some of their players as much as possible, but those who are really seduced by the giants and determined to leave are completely out of the question.

The hottest player at the moment, of course, is this season's Bundesliga MVP, assist king De Bruyne.

Pep Guardiola has always admired him very much, and so have the Bayern hierarchy.

So, the Bundesliga giants have already swung their digging shovels and are ready to dig the heart of the Belgian midfield to Bayern.

It's just that Tintin's ankle injury in the final stages of the season has made Bayern a little worried, so it will be necessary to wait until the World Cup to see how he recovers.

But it is said that Bayern is ready to come up with a high price of 70 million euros!

And Vardy, the top scorer in the Bundesliga this season, is a little worse.

Due to his slightly older age, the 27-year-old is also considered to have no more potential to tap.

And many experts also believe that Vardy's technical characteristics are relatively simple, and the reason why he has performed well in the past two seasons is purely because Pan Yi's tactical system is very suitable, and he may not be able to play it when he changes teams.

Of course, there is some historical basis for this.

The top scorers of the Bundesliga have sometimes been really short-lived, perhaps they can't play after changing teams.

This has been the case for Kiesling in Bayer Leverkusen in recent seasons, as has Huntelaar in Schalke 04.

A little further afield, what Mintal, Jekas, Grafite......

Have any of these players who won the top scorer in the Bundesliga shine in world football?

Even the most seasoned fans know these names.

It is precisely because of these concerns that there are far fewer offers for Vardy.

It is said that the current Premier League promotion Malicester City have the highest interest in him, and they believe that Jamie Vardy's aggressive style of play up front has contributed to their traditional counter-attacking style of defence.

They also tentatively made an offer of 25 million, but it has not yet been finally negotiated.

Of all the players, 100 percent of the players who are leaving the team are Real Madrid academy youngster Carvajal.

His performance in the Bundesliga, especially in the Champions League final, overwhelmed Real Madrid's main right-back Nacho who was on the pitch at the time, which made the Real Madrid hierarchy determined to buy him back.

With a strong personal desire to return to Real Madrid, this deal is certainly inevitable.

Of course, Real Madrid sold him to Hamburg for only 5 million at the beginning, and now it seems that it is impossible to get the people back without paying about ten times the price......

In short, according to Pan Yi's observation, this batch of players in Hamburg can burn high incense if they can leave half of it!

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After hugging and saying goodbye to the players one by one, Pan Yi came to Chairman Yahoff's office again.

Yahoff also knew that Pan Yi's departure was as irreversible as the departure of those players, and he also said goodbye to him generously.

At the same time, he also thanked Pan Yi for his contribution to Hamburg in the past period.

This is not a polite remark, because Pan Yi's contribution is really all-round!

In terms of honors, the treble plus a German Super Cup created the best record in the club's history;

In terms of popularity, Hamburg has the capital to compete with many giants all over the world, especially in East Asia.

In terms of finances, they have earned at least 60 or 70 million in broadcast fee sharing and match bonuses in the Champions League this season alone, and this is not counting matchday income.

Not to mention the fact that Pan Yi has left so many excellent players to the team, whether they stay or go, they will be a huge asset for the Hamburg club.

Of course, for Pan Yi's contribution, Yakhoff is not just a verbal talk.

The prize money for the Triple Crown is certainly indispensable, adding up to about five or six million euros.

Although Pan Yi will increase his position in bitcoin when he sees an opportunity on weekdays, and now his potential net worth may already be tens of millions of euros, but after all, he hasn't cashed it out, right?

So five or six million euros is not a small amount for him now.

After all, the annual salary for the past two years is only two million euros.

'I'm also very grateful to you for letting Nagelsmann stay and help us lead this team, it's really heartwarming.' Yahoff also said to Pan Yi with some emotion.

When he learned that Pan Yi was going to go, Yakhoff was most worried about the question of his successor.

He can't afford to hire a big name, and how can a too weak chicken be able to pick up such a Triple Crown team?

To be honest, he didn't know who to invite.

But Pan Yi immediately helped him solve this problem.

The same young Nagelsmann, the same assistant coach who helped the team win the treble!

Isn't this the same trajectory as Pan Yi?

Moreover, Nagelsmann has been staying in Hamburg for the past two years, and he is very familiar with the management model and training methods of the entire club, including players and youth teams, and it is simply plug-and-play, and there is no need to worry about any problems at all.

In fact, if it weren't for Pan Yi's promotion, Nagelsmann would have been poached by other teams!

After all, in the past two years, as Pan Yi's reputation in European football has become more and more famous, the reputation of the coaching team that follows him has also grown.

As the chief assistant coach, Nagelsmann has certainly received an offer.

Of course, there are few giants in the team that invited him, but they are basically teams from the five major leagues.

In particular, Hoffenheim, his parent team, where he debuted, invited him back to serve as head coach.

If Nagelsmann hadn't been bent on learning more from Pan Yi, he might have slipped away a long time ago!

When Pan Yi was about to leave Hamburg, Pan Yi urged Nagelsmann to stay in the team as the head coach, which was really benevolent to the club.

As for another important assistant coach, Inzaghi, he has found his next home early, and that is his parent club AC Milan.

In fact, the two sides have already reached an agreement that Inzaghi will replace Clarence Seedorf as AC Milan's first team manager in the new season, and the two sides will sign a contract until 30 June 2016.

Therefore, Pan Yi left Hamburg, and the only member of the coaching staff who was really ready to take away was Pintus.

This little bald head, Pan Yi is really inseparable at present.

The main thing is physical training, he is not professional!

After all, in the future, world football will develop in the direction of faster, more ferocious, and more capable of running, and the tactics of high pressure and full-court pressure will become the mainstream, and the physical requirements for players will only get higher and higher.

There is a specialization in the art industry, and Pan Yi still brings the best physical trainer in the world, and he will feel safer......

In the office, after talking with Pan Yi for about half an hour, Pan Yi exhaled heavily and stretched out his right hand towards Yahoff:

"You are a very good chairman, and without your support, I would not be able to do what I am now. So, thank you from the bottom of my heart. ”

Yahoff nodded lightly and said nothing more.

I've just said what I need to say.

He just stretched out his hand and shook it with Pan Yi.

"Good luck!"

"So are you."

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It's the middle of June.

The European transfer market started a little later this summer than in previous years.

Because this year's World Cup is watched by everyone!

Many clubs will think about officially starting the transfer work after the World Cup, because there is a possibility that big fish will be found there.

After all, no matter how good your scouting system is, there will always be some missing areas and players.

For example, Ochoa, known as "Mexico's Wu Zhenyu", has always played in the Mexican league, and if it weren't for the World Cup, who would know this goalkeeper with excellent reflexes?

Of course, if you do well at the World Cup, you won't necessarily do well at the club.

Again, Ochoa was poached to Ligue 1 and La Liga after a good performance at the World Cup, but it has been mediocre, and then waited until the next World Cup to play well......

Some players may have been born for the World Cup.

There is Ochoa in the near distance, and there are skiraci and goyechea in the distance.

Therefore, when the club is looking for players in the World Cup, it is also necessary to keep their eyes open.

But this is always a large-scale "player fair", and it is often the choice of most clubs to find some reliable players after such a conference.

Therefore, in the period before the World Cup, the transfer market is generally calm, except for some official announcements that "confirmed the relationship" early, such as Lewandowski's free transfer to Bayern Munich.

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June 14 at seven p.m.

Amazon Stadium, Manaus, Brazil.

Tonight is the second group stage of the first round of Group D of this World Cup, with Italy taking on England.

At this time, in the VIP box at the top of the stadium stands, four men were watching the game and chatting.

"I really didn't expect this group to be a big upset." It was none other than Chelsea Football Club chairman Bruce Buck who spoke.

"Who's to say it isn't?" Chelsea FC CEO Ron Gurray also said: 'Who would have thought Costa Rica could beat Uruguay? ”

Just over an hour earlier, at the other Castel Arena, Uruguay had lost 3-1 to Costa Rica in the first match of the same group.

Although the famous striker Cavani scored first, Costa Rica actually scored three goals in a row to reverse the goal, which was also a big upset in this Cup.

After all, in terms of lineup, Uruguay has strikers like Cavani, Forlan and Suarez in the front, and famous players like Godin and Muslera in the back.

In the Costa Rica team, one of the most famous players is striker Campbell, although he plays for Arsenal, he is on loan most of the time, and he is not a top star;

The other is the current main goalkeeper Navas in the Hamburg team, who has only been highlighted for two years after Pan Yi's excavation.

In short, whether in terms of history or the strength of the players, everyone thought before the game that Uruguay, the third-place winner of the last edition, would easily beat Costa Rica.

So such a result really made the whole world jaw-dropping.

"In such a group of death, I don't think it matters how many of them played." The third to speak was Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich, "Anyway, the two stronger teams that will qualify will be Italy and England. ”

Group D, made up of three former world champions, Italy, England and Uruguay, is considered to be the group of death in this World Cup.

Probably only Group B, which is composed of Spain and the Netherlands, as well as Chile and Australia, can be compared.

It's just that in the first round of Group B, Spain lost 1:5 to the Netherlands!

Although this is a match between two strong teams, it is actually normal for anyone to win and who loses, but the last champion Spain lost so much, which can be regarded as a bit of an upset.

But even so, most people still think that Chile and Australia will still have a hard time causing problems for Spain or the Netherlands, so qualifying for the top two will not be a problem.

It is with the same line of thought that in Group D, the group of death, Abu is of course more optimistic about Italy and England.

At this time, Abramovich turned his face to the fourth man in the VIP box: "So, which team are you more optimistic about in today's game, Mr. Pan Yi?" ”

Sitting opposite Abu is Pan Yi!

And Pan Yi can sit here today and watch the game with the Chelsea Big Three, which is actually a great feeling.

In the 10 days since he finished his campaign, Chelsea have been sending offers for interviews.

But didn't Pan Yi always want to rest first, so he excused himself on vacation.

Then when the World Cup opened, he sneaked to Brazil and came to watch the game!

It's just that it's only the third day, and he was "caught".

Chelsea Football Club CEO Ron Gurray approached him personally and said that the VIP box had been booked and that the owner had asked him to watch the game with him.

This still made Pan Yi feel a little surprised.

He had expected from Chelsea's more urgent offers that Chelsea might be very sincere, but he really didn't expect that their battle would be so big this time.

The chairman, the CEO, including the boss, are all dispatched!

And this time it's the real boss! It is the person who has direct and full control over the club.

It's not like a lot of clubs.

To take an example, Tottenham Hotspur boss Levy.

In fact, although Levy has always been labelled as the "boss of Tottenham", and the British businessman is indeed a shareholder of Tottenham, the big boss behind the scenes is someone else.

The big boss behind Tottenham is actually Joe Lewis, who owns 70.6% of the shares of the ENIC Group, and the remaining 29.4% of the shares belong to Levy and his family.

Levy is only a second boss, and he is also the chairman and has stepped forward to take charge of Tottenham's senior affairs.

There is another example, Manchester City president Hosni Mubarak.

Although he has a very high voice in the club, it is known that the big boss behind Manchester City is the sheikh of Abizhabi, Mansour.

Therefore, in terms of rank, he is even lower than Levi, that is, a pure worker.

Therefore, judging from the current situation of all clubs approaching Pan Yi, Chelsea is the most "advanced" and the most aggressive.

Under such a premise, it would be a bit disrespectful for Pan Yi to refuse again.

Moreover, the name Abramovich actually has a certain attraction for Pan Yi.

From Pan Yi's fan experience in his previous life, we can know that Abu is a person who truly loves Chelsea and football!

From entering Chelsea to finally being forced to sell, in 19 years, a total of 21 titles were won and 2.1 billion pounds were invested......

Putting aside all the money in between, Abu's love for the club can be seen just from the operation of selling Chelsea.

Due to some special circumstances, and constant pressure from the government, Abu made the decision to sell the club.

As one of the club's most prominent leaders in history, Abu did not ask his new owner Boehly to repay any of the loans in the deal, and will donate all proceeds from the sale to charity, which is key to ensuring that the deal goes through.

In other words, Abu didn't take a penny of the 2.5 billion pounds that sold the club.

It's also helping Chelsea indirectly, so that the new owners have more room to support the future development of the team.

They even included an "anti-Glazer clause" in the agreement of the two parties' deals.

The terms would prohibit the Burleigh consortium from 'bloodsucking' the club until 2032 in the name of paying dividends or management fees, while prohibiting them from selling any of the club's shares over a 10-year period and imposing strict limits on the level of debt they could incur.

At the time of parting, Abu once again expressed his deep love for the club in this way.

This may be Abu's last gift to Chelsea, and after giving so much for Chelsea and going through so much, Abu can only say goodbye to his most beloved club empty-handed.

Brushing off the clothes and going away, hiding deep with the name. Li Bai's description in "Chivalrous Journey" may be the most in line with Abu's state at that time.

In the hearts of Chelsea fans around the world, Abou is also the man who made the club soar into a giant, and is also the "best owner in the world".

So after Abu's departure, countless fans are nostalgic for the Russian who scolded Fang Yu in the Stamford Bridge box.

So, while it is true that Abu is a bit too strict as the owner of his coaches, it is not because of his love for the club that makes him anxious to make the team successful?

Because of this, Pan Yi also has a great curiosity about this "best boss in the world", and now that he has come to invite him, why not meet him?

Besides, he hasn't watched the ball in the VIP box yet, and now that someone has a treat, it's not bad to go up and see it......

At this time, hearing Abu ask whether he was more optimistic about Italy or England, Pan Yi smiled, but did not answer his question directly, but said:

"I think the opposite of you, the result of this game doesn't matter."

As soon as these words came out, Abu, Bruce Barker, and Ron Gurray were all stunned.

Then Abu seemed to understand what Pan Yi meant, and asked: "You mean, just like the group of Spain and the Netherlands, they can all beat the other two teams to qualify anyway, so it doesn't matter if they win or lose between them?" ”

Pan Yi shook his head and said, "No." It's because I think the teams that will qualify from this group will be Costa Rica and Uruguay, so these two teams ...... Rookies just pecked each other. ”

Pan Yi dared to say this, of course, because of the memory of his previous life.

At that time, this so-called group of death was really unpopular from beginning to end, and in the end, Costa Rica actually qualified first in the group.

Uruguay, on the other hand, lost to Costa Rica in the first round, but won the next games against Italy and England in quick succession to qualify as second in the group.

From this point of view, the outcome between England and Italy really doesn't matter, at most it's just a matter of deciding who is third in the group......

But when Pan Yi said this now, he naturally shocked people's jaws a little.

After all, Italy and England are both world powerhouses, with a star-studded squad, and they did well at the European Championship two years ago.

At that time, Italy reached the final, and England also reached the quarter-finals, which happened to be lost to Italy on penalties in the quarter-finals.

Compared to Uruguay and Costa Rica, they are a cut above both overall strength and recent form, so they are the natural favourites to qualify.

"This ......," Abu pondered for a moment and suddenly laughed, "I've heard that Pan Yi has always had a unique and keen vision, but I really didn't expect to be so bold in predicting the game." Then let's see if it's really so magical! Of course, in addition to seeing your magic in predicting the game today, we also want you to bring this magic to our club......"

After all, watching the game is just a supplementary meal, and Abu is preparing to serve the main meal - officially began to talk to Pan Yi about joining.

At this time, Pan Yi pointed to the court: "Look, it's a goal!" ”

(End of chapter)