Before leaving get off work at Bayern Munich's office headquarters on Sebena Street in Munich, Germany, Hoeness received a call from Schalke 04 Chairman Schnussenberg. He stood up from his office chair angrily.
"What's going on? We clearly agreed before, so why are we selling it all of a sudden?" Hoeness emphasized his tone.
Schnussenberg on the other end of the phone apologized repeatedly and explained the process.
To sum it up, it can be summed up in one sentence: Gao Shen is such a bully!
Neuer is our most important player. We don’t want to sell it at all. Even if we want to sell it, it will definitely be sold to you Bayern. But that damn Gao Shen, relying on the backing of the Middle Eastern tycoon Manchester City, has raised the price again and again.
The high quotations destroyed our psychological defenses again and again, and finally...finally...we had to hold back the tears and give in!
Hoeness almost cursed on the phone, but instead of scolding Gao Shen, he scolded Schnussenberg.
Damn it, do you really think that labor and management are young?
Who doesn't know what's going on?
Is it fun to act and stand at the same time?
But who is Hoeness?
He quickly suppressed his temper, took two deep breaths, and asked in a deep voice on the phone: "What price does Manchester City offer?"
"Twenty million euros in cash!" Schnussenberg replied bluntly, looking very honest.
"Fuck!" Hoeness was shocked.
"Uli, we are old friends for many years. I am calling you just to tell you that if you give me an accurate word, we will sell Neuer to Bayern as long as Bayern is willing to pay the same price.
" Schnusenberg on the other end of the phone assured.
This was also the original verbal agreement between the two clubs.
After thinking about it for a while, Hoeness was a little unsure.
"You delay for a while, and I will give you an answer as soon as possible."
"It has to be as soon as possible, Uli. No later than tonight, people from Manchester City will come over tomorrow morning to discuss the details." Schnussenberg urged.
Judging from his tone, he was worried about Hoeness and Bayern, but in fact, the shrewd Hoeness couldn't tell that Schnussenberg was afraid that Manchester City's big financial backer would run away if the matter was exposed.
"Okay, you wait for my news."
After Hoeness hung up the phone, he quickly made another call to Chairman Rummenigge. After confirming that he was in the office, he immediately went out.
The two giants of Bayern closed the door and talked about the current situation.
"Twenty million euros, or cash?" Rummenigge was also surprised by such a transfer offer.
Hoeness looked solemn and nodded: "We have to take action, otherwise Neuer will have no choice but to go to Manchester City."
Rummenigge hesitated.
"You know, Gao Shen always has an extremely accurate eye for people. He can like Neuer and pay such a high transfer fee for him. This proves Neuer's strength and potential. We can't let such a player leave.
." Hoeness was a little anxious.
Rummenigge nodded, indicating to him not to be impatient and to sit down.
"You know our current situation. Podolski is not willing to stay and has gone back to Cologne. Van Gaal requires us to recruit central defenders, midfielders and centers. We are negotiating with Stuttgart about the transfer of Gomez.
Yes, this deal is likely to be the top transfer bid in the Bundesliga this year."
"There is also a midfielder. Zenit St. Petersburg's midfielder Tymoszchuk is also worth a lot. We also need to recruit players on the wing..."
Having said this, Rummenigge glanced at the anxious Hoeness and said, "As for the transfer we are currently discussing, we will have to invest at least 40 million euros in the transfer market this summer. Neuer was not in our team originally.
In the plan, if we add more, it will be 60 million euros, and there is Robben, who we are waiting to see, at least 20 to 30 million euros..."
At this point, Hoeness himself was a little confused.
Investing 80 to 90 million or even nearly 100 million euros in one summer is definitely not Bayern Munich's style.
This is really outrageous!
Bayern has always lived within their means, and they have always been careful with transfers. If it were normal times, there would be no problem. Bayern could afford 20 million euros.
But now, the goalkeeper position is not the most urgent need for Bayern to strengthen. Is it worth spending an extra 20 million euros for this?
"We still have Lensing, so don't be in a hurry for the goalkeeper position," Rummenigge advised.
Hoeness opened his mouth and wanted to say something more, but couldn't. In the end, he just sighed.
He has a very strong feeling that Neuer's transfer will basically miss Bayern.
…
Gothenburg, Sweden, German U21 national team training camp.
The first match against Spain U21 is about to ignite the war, and all the young international players are gearing up and eager to try.
Manuel Neuer is the well-deserved top player of the current national youth team.
Different from being overtaken by Lensing and Rene Adler in the national team, the former two were unable to participate in this event due to their age, so Neuer is the well-deserved chief goalkeeper of the German national youth team.
He also wants to perform better in the European Youth Championship, strive to return to the national team, and even participate in the World Cup in South Africa.
But just when the European Youth Championship was about to ignite the war, Neuer suddenly received a call from his agent Thomas Krause.
Schalke 04 want to sell him to the Premier League!
The news came so suddenly that Neuer was a little flustered. It happened that several teammates from the National Youth Team gathered together and started talking about it.
"You have to be careful with cross-border transfers. Think about Hildebrand. When he was in Stuttgart, he was in great shape and had great momentum. But when he went to Valencia, he couldn't adapt and his performance plummeted." The midfielder said.
Sami Khedira shook his head and urged.
The risks of cross-border transfers are indeed high.
This is what Neuer is most worried about right now.
Although his current goal is to hit the No. 3 national team, he is confident that he can continue to move forward if he can enter the national team.
But once a cross-border transfer occurs, as Khedira said, and Hildebrand’s performance plummets, it’s really over.
"I heard that Manchester City's new head coach is Gao Shen." Hummels, who came from Bayern's youth training camp and was previously on loan, but officially moved to Dortmund this summer, took over, "Our head coach Klopp is very fond of him.
He is full of praise and often mentions him to us in training.”
"Yes, I heard that many of our domestic head coaches, including Klopp and Tuchel, made a special trip to Italy to listen to his lectures. They said that he was a very powerful head coach and compared with those at the Italian Coach Training Center.
The lecture hall with hundreds of people was packed," Schmelzer, also from Dortmund, also said.
"Yes, our head coach is Martin Jol from the Netherlands. He also highly praises Shen Shen, saying that his concepts and training are very advanced. He feels that he is one of the best head coaches now." Jay from Hamburg.
Roma Boateng also said, "By the way, it wasn't the media that mentioned before that Gao Shen's use and training of goalkeepers..."
Boateng frowned and didn't think about it for a long time.
"His transformation of Handanovic was quite successful. I have seen special reports in Bild and Kicker magazine," Neuer said.
"Yes, yes, that's it. The Dutch goalkeeper coach in our team highly respects it." Boateng nodded, "I think Gao Shen is very capable, and he has an extremely accurate eye on young players.
If he likes me, I will definitely accept it without saying anything."
After finishing speaking, Boateng grinned, showing his white teeth.
Everyone also smiled for a while.
In fact, with Gao Shen's current reputation and status, if he extends an olive branch, unless it is a wealthy team, there are really not many young players who can refuse.
"Don't tell me, this senior is really very good. I looked at the roster of our opponent, the Spanish National Youth Team, and there were many seniors who were promoted by Real Madrid, such as Xavi Garcia, Miguel
Torres, Granero, Parejo, Juan Mata, Callejon, Bueno, and Busquets from Barcelona.”
When Hummels said this, he praised him repeatedly.
"He has only been coaching at Real Madrid for half a year, and he has dug out so many people. It is amazing!"
Everyone also nodded.
As time went by, Gao Shen received more and more praise for everything he did at Real Madrid. Especially when his coaching results in Naples became better and better, the entire Spanish football world recognized Gao Shen even more.
Reached a new level.
Not to mention anything else, as for the Spanish national youth team, there are so many people who have been promoted and dug out by senior officials, which is really not easy.
But it's a pity that Real Madrid went too far!
Especially Calderon, who actually got rid of such a good group of young embryos.
"I think that instead of thinking so much here, it's better to let your agent contact you and find an opportunity to have a good talk with Gao Shen, even if it's just a phone call. Wouldn't that make you feel more confident?" Schmelzer said.
suggested.
For this group of young players, Gao Shen is more of a legendary existence. They have only seen him in the media, newspapers and magazines in the past. At most, they followed him on Twitter and found that he is actually a very interesting person.
People are completely different from those middle-aged and elderly head coaches today.
If you can play football under such a head coach, maybe it will be a real pleasure.
Noyin'er nodded. He also felt that he should take the initiative to talk to Gao Shen. This would not only show his sincerity, but also resolve some doubts. After all, he was also very concerned about his future.
At this stage, chasing stars and salary are really not Neuer's top priority.
What he cares more about is his future!
He wants to become the best goalkeeper in Germany and even European football!
Even though he is still unable to gain a firm foothold in the national team, this does not hinder his ambition.
…
Everyone was talking to each other, and the topic began to discuss Gao Shen, as well as the Real Madrid and Napoli he coached in the past, and the Manchester City he is rumored to coach next. These made the young players very curious and full of interest.
They had never thought before that someone could become Europe's top coach at the age of twenty-eight.
This is so magical and incredible!
Just when everyone was talking about it, Noyin'er's phone suddenly rang.
This is an unknown phone number.
But as soon as Noyiner got through, the person on the other end of the phone said something.
"Hello, Manuel, I'm Gao Shen."
Noyin'er on the phone was so frightened that everyone jumped up.
