Chapter 006: The Way of Running a Small Team

As one of the largest music centres in Europe, Hamburg has a restless atmosphere at night.

One of the highlights is the Reeperstrasse in St. Pauli, known as Hamburg's "most depraved avenue", where seafarers from all over the world have anchored and rested since ancient times.

The good historical tradition has been continued by the opening of regulations, but it has changed from a tavern chicken courtyard in the Age of Discovery, to a neon-lit red light district today.

Not only is it a haven for male tourists from all over the world to unleash themselves, but it's also the perfect place for Hamburg locals to get their friends out for a night out.

After all, there is no German who doesn't like a drink.

The Gold Chain is one such local bar that is rarely visited by tourists, not only because it is one of the few formal bars on Reeperbahn without a special show, but also because it is a gathering place for die-hard fans of St. Pauli FC.

The door of the bar is perennially filled with muscular tattooed men with large beer glasses, and no more eyeless outsiders will not come here to hunt for beauty.

It is these high-quality customers who come for a few drinks even on non-match days, and the "Golden Anchor Chain" has been a stable performer, and has been open in the highly competitive red light district for 30 years, and has become a famous fan bar in the whole of Germany.

At this time, in the box specially reserved for the St. Pauli Club in the bar, four middle-aged men had already drunk.

In addition to the three people who appeared in the chairman's office in the afternoon, the extra one was also a staff member of St. Pauli.

Timo Schultz, who just became the head coach of the St. Pauli U17 team in March this year, like Thomas Megler next to him, was once the St. Pauli player who was promoted to the first division, and after retiring he also became an assistant coach of the first team, and then because he was good at communicating with young players, he simply went to lead the youth team.

The chairman, the director, the coach, and a player who had just signed a contract, and if the St. Pauli fans had to go out sideways tonight.

Fans with straightforward personalities will definitely vent their grievances against the team in their glasses, so that they can't drink and walk around.

However, since Gottlich and the others dared to bring Almighty, they were naturally not afraid.

How many years have our Mr. Chairman watched the ball, how many years have he been mixed here, a proper head snake, the big deal is to drink too much and sleep on the street, and be scolded by his wife.

Magnum was also a frequent visitor here back then, and he drank and fought a lot, and the first meal he came back to, of course, was in the "Golden Anchor Chain", drinking the exclusive red heart beer for St. Pauli fans.

Otherwise, old Hanks would have lost his temper.

Gottrich, who arrived at the bar as if he were home, had long since lost his serious look in the office, his expensive tie was missing, and the open collar of his shirt showed a large thick chest hair.

He would be putting his arm around Almighty's shoulders and shouting in the ear of his old friend:

"Jack, you don't know how miserable I am, Mr. President, it sounds like a good thing, but it's actually a cauldron!"

All night he complained about the problems he faced after taking over the team, the pressure of results, the financial embarrassment, the general manager who had been vacant, and the upcoming transfer window, all of which tortured him through the night.

"Look how gray my hair is!"

"Okay, don't cry to me poor, didn't you dye it on purpose? Also, why don't I ask Lisa how well you sleep at night? ”

Lisa is Okai's wife and a good friend of Almighty, and for a while the three of them often ate and lived together, and he knew what kind of calculation Okai was playing, and he didn't eat this set at all.

This kid is afraid that he will not be satisfied with the contract signed in the afternoon.

With an annual salary of 50,000 euros and a period of one year, this is Magnum's new contract signed with St. Pauli FC as a free agent.

50,000 euros may sound like a lot, but in professional football, it may not even be comparable to the salary of some famous stars in a week.

Far from comparing, just say that he wants to stay at Paris Red Star FC, and he will definitely get more than this, and it is also a player and coach two salaries.

"I don't understand, if you want to talk about tickets, let alone the Bundesliga, St. Pauli sells better than most Bundesliga teams, how do you mix like this."

Gottlich shook his head, meaning omnipotent.

"I also became the chairman to know that there are more places to spend money, the stadium needs to be maintained, and the staff salaries must be paid, and these are all counted, the biggest expenditure is the player's salary, the previous chairman, in order to be promoted to the Bundesliga as soon as possible, opened a high salary, and the result? You know the results. ”

Picking up the wine glass in front of him and taking a big sip, Okai continued to squirt:

"It's okay if you don't say this, I'll be angry when I say it, that old bastard of Reynard, who signed a big contract before resigning, what kind of Japanese Henry, Ryodinho (Ryodinho)? Will Thierry Henry and Ronaldo play in the Bundesliga? ”

Megler, who was sitting across from the two, also sighed and said:

"The team's results are not good, the sponsorship cannot be won't, and we have to spend a lot of money to renovate the stadium this year, so the whole club has to shrink and diet."

He's still thinking about sponsorship.

Magnum understands it, to put it bluntly, it is a dish, competitive sports, results are not omnipotent, but no results are impossible.

Seeing that the two of them talked about the team, they had a sad face, Magnum lifted the cup, beckoned the three of them to touch it, and as for Schultz, this guy was already lying on the table and falling asleep.

Magnum saw that the two were a little depressed, and habitually took out the one they were best at as a coach.

Draw a pie.

"It's okay, I'm here next season for sure it's different, if I was in it for money, I wouldn't have come all the way from Paris, that's the time, only a year? Do you believe me?

"I believe you ......"

Gottlich, whose eyes had begun to blur, could not finish his sentence when he was quickly interrupted by Megler.

"You really can't blame the chairman, this is stipulated by the management, players over 30 years old are signed once a year, isn't the contract written, as long as both parties are willing, they can be renewed at any time."

"Yes, yes, we can renew it, a few of us know your strength, but the rest of the management doesn't know, you still have to use your strength to conquer them and slap them in the face."

You know a hammer knows.

Almighty didn't believe Gottlich's nonsense.

When he called the guy at the time, the other party was obviously hesitant until he sent the video of the Red Star FC game and received a positive answer the next day.

Apparently carefully calculated.

But they can't be blamed, the two sides know each other well, but work is work, and it is impossible to damage the interests of the club because of the previous friendship, just say that none of the four people in this box can do such a thing.

Careful planning is the way to run a small team, and the root of it is poor risk tolerance.

If you play well, everything will be good in the future, and if you don't play well, a short-term contract of one year can also minimize the risk.

The reality is that the chairman of Red Star FC is willing to take the initiative to hand over the contract, and that is because Magnum has proven himself, and here he is just a former professional player who has not played for more than ten years, and he has long passed his prime, no, to be precise, there is no prime.

Gottlich and Megler were willing to sign with him with only a ten-minute video, to be honest, it was already a risk, to put it bluntly, more or less still remembered the old love, if he had changed to any other Bundesliga club, he would have been swept away a long time ago.

What two goals in ten minutes, what the final kill, the image of a French third division is not convincing, the most important thing on the football field is a flash of genius, but the final result is not a big wave, only a few people can really make a career out of it, standing on the top of the world.

Not to mention his age, his injury history, a slightly more normal team will not waste a penny on this kind of player, and there is only this pair of Wolong and Phoenix chicks in front of him, and he didn't even have a trial and physical test, so he signed the contract first.

I don't know if it's to praise them for being funny, or if it's really stupid and less money.

At the thought of this, Magnum raised his glass again.

"It's all in the wine, take a sip, believe me, signing me is the most correct decision for you."