Riester explained his thoughts to Watzke and Zorc in detail, and finally said: "The Bundesliga is far less competitive than the Premier League. As long as there is an excellent head coach and a group of outstanding players, it can easily be achieved."
Get a place in the Champions League. Even if those players are not big-money signings, but young talents, you can still get a place in the Champions League. Don't always think about spending big money to enter the Champions League. That is a risk and will put the club into a desperate situation. You guys
Let’s think about how to enter the Champions League with a group of young players.”
"Lister, that's easy for you to say."
"I'm not just exaggerating. Take a look at PSV for yourselves. What famous stars do they have in their club? The most famous one in their club is the old Cocu. But they entered with a group of young players in their twenties.
Of course, Dortmund does not have such high requirements. Use one year to stabilize the club, another year to train the team, get a Champions League spot in the third year, and the financial situation will improve starting from the fourth year. Isn’t this just a
A rough goal. And this is the lowest goal. If you have an excellent head coach, you can stabilize the team in one year, get a Champions League spot in the second year, and improve the club's finances starting in the third year. It is even said that
You may not be able to get a Champions League spot in the first year. It’s much more reliable than if you want to invest heavily to enter the Champions League.”
List is not polite. List just invested 40 million euros in Dortmund, and this time he borrowed more than 50 million euros. With so much money, List will not allow any problems. Although Dortmund has historically been
has risen, but who knows what will happen. Even in history, Watzke and Zorc have continued their original policies. In 2006 and 2007, they were only one step away from bankruptcy.
If Dortmund really goes bankrupt, Liszt's tens of millions will be wasted. Once Dortmund goes bankrupt, the bank will be the first to collect debts, and private creditors like Liszt will be last. Thousands of dollars
Ten thousand euros is not a small amount for Riester.
"Lister, it's easy for you to say that. Who doesn't know that PSV has a lot of talented players, and in recent years there has been an explosion of talented players. But you should know that talented players are hard to come by, and where can you gather so many talented players?
"
"Haha. Hans, Michel, of course it's not easy for others. But since you have me, don't say you can't find talented players. Instead, you can pick and choose."
List is very confident. Let alone the historical memory of List now. Even if there is no memory, List now has talented players in his hands and the partners of List. Helping a club like Dortmund is simply a piece of cake.
"Moreover, Hans. Dortmund has no shortage of good players now. Weidenfeller, Per Mertesacker, Bollaruz, Dede, Evan Nelson, Kyle, Klinger, Ricken, Modric
, Odon Cole. Which one of them is not strong? As long as they bring in a few more outstanding players. There is no need to bring in players at a big price, but with some talented players. In addition, as long as there is an excellent head coach, Dortmund will easily
You can get out of the current quagmire. Shaheen. Shaheen is not a talented player trained by you Dortmund. You don't need to take the road of spending a lot of money, and the current Dortmund does not have the capital to take this road."
Watzke and Zorc nodded. The three of them had been discussing for more than four hours. Riester admired these two people. They were very serious about their work and did not give up because Riester refuted their plan.
There was no lack of seriousness. On the contrary, they listened very carefully to what Rist said and then made various modifications.
Lister told the two of them everything he thought about. The three of them discussed the new plan together for several hours, and it was considered relatively complete. But in the end Lister couldn't help but emphasize it to them.
"Rister, I understand what you mean. What you said is indeed very good, but this must require a prerequisite. You must have an excellent coach. But choosing a coach is risky in itself."
"Yes, it's an adventure."
List agreed. Although what List said sounds good, Dortmund needs an excellent head coach if they want to get out of trouble as List said. Just like why the Arsenal board of directors dares to build a new stadium, it is almost related to the club’s assets.
The same new stadium. It is because they fully believe in Wenger's strength and believe that Wenger has the ability to lead Arsenal through difficult times.
"Hans, Michel, what do you think of Mainz's Klopp?"
"Are you too young?"
Watzke did not think Klopp was weak, but was worried about his age. Jurgen Klopp had no achievements in his playing career and spent his career in low-level leagues. Moreover, his career
He spent his career in Mainz, so after retiring, he became the head coach of Mainz.
Klopp is only 38 years old this year. He has been a head coach since he was 34 years old and has been a head coach for four years now. Although he has only been a head coach for four years, Klopp has been a head coach for four years.
Lopp's performance is quite good. It can even be said to be very good in German football.
Mainz itself is not a very outstanding club. Mainz has not played in the Bundesliga since the establishment of the Bundesliga and has always been in the lower leagues. But Klopp has just become the head coach of Mainz in his first season.
Inz was almost promoted, just one point away from the second and third place in Bundesliga 2 at the time. It was only one step away from promotion.
In the 2002-03 season, Mainz took a step further and entered the Bundesliga with one foot. At that time, Mainz was only one goal difference away from entering the Bundesliga.
Until the 0304 season, Mainz had no regrets and was finally promoted to the Bundesliga. Half a century after the Bundesliga was established, Mainz entered the Bundesliga for the first time under the leadership of Klopp, who was only 36 years old. That was it.
His performance made Klopp the young coach in German football. Last season, Mainz performed very well in the Bundesliga and finished eleventh in the Bundesliga.
It also qualified for the UEFA Cup through the "Fair Play List". In the qualifying round, Mainz defeated Armenia's Mika and Iceland's Keflavik respectively and entered the UEFA Cup main round. Mainz's history
They have never played in the Bundesliga, but under Klopp's hands not only were they promoted to the Bundesliga, they were even able to play in the UEFA Cup, which simply created a new history for Mainz.
Klopp has become even more famous this year. Because Klopp started to work as a football commentator on German TV, his professional ability in commentary has been recognized by many people. With his performance in Mainz in the past two years, and
Thanks to his reputation as a commentator on TV, he is already a very well-known young coach in German football. Currently, there are not a few Bundesliga clubs interested in him in German football, but many strong teams are still very worried about him.
Age. So Klopp continues to stay in Mainz.
"Young? Haven't you noticed that young coaches are the trend in European football now? Ancelotti became the head coach of Juventus at the age of 40, Benitez won the Champions League at the age of 40, Murry
Neo won the Triple Crown at the age of 40, and Mancini also won the Italian Cup with Florence at the age of 35. As long as the club firmly supports him, Klopp will definitely not have any problems.
If he hadn't already had an agent, I would have really wanted to work with him. I believe he will be a leading figure in the German coaching community in the future."
"Rister, we need to think about this carefully."
"Okay. Hans, you must not have any worries. I believe that no one can match me in the player network. I have talented players. No matter what type of players you Dortmund want, I can give them to you."
you."
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"Marco Mainz is not what I expected. I should say that German clubs are completely different from what I have seen in other leagues. They are very professional."
Lister looked at Mainz's training ground and sighed. A small club like Mainz, which has just entered the Bundesliga in half a century, is very professional in terms of hardware conditions. Even the English team, which is now developing rapidly,
Football is not as good as German football clubs in this regard.
"Yes. German clubs have strict regulations in this regard."
The person who answered Lister's words was Marko Kositzke. Although this person cannot be said to be the top figure in German football, he is also a person with many connections. He used to be the head of Nike's German branch.
Germany is the home base of the world's top sports brands such as Adidas and Puma, and Nike is a brand that entered Germany later. However, Nike is not bad in Germany at present. Marko Koshitske has established a stronghold in German football with his status as a senior Nike executive.
His own connections. And he is now the agent of Mainz coach Klopp.
They can know that there is a story about Kositzke becoming Klopp's agent. That is, Klopp just led Mainz into the Bundesliga last year, and he brought his lawyer to Nike. He hoped that Nike could sponsor him.
, this is a very arrogant request. Because Klopp was just a young coach at the time, he was not qualified to be sponsored by Nike at all. Nike sponsored either talented new stars or famous stars. Even if it really wanted to sponsor the head coach, it would be
Coaches at the level of Mourinho and Benitez. In German football, it should be coaches like Hitzfeld and Heynckes.
But it was precisely because of this incident that Kositzk, the head of Nike's German branch at the time, met Klopp, and it also made Koshitske very interested in Klopp. The last two people met, Koshit
Czke also became Klopp's professional agent.
"What is Coach Klopp doing there?"
Lister looked at the training ground and found that Klopp and some other coaches were sitting there watching the game below. But Lister found that the game below was not a game of Mainz's first team, because the players below were all playing football.
Young players.
"Today, a young player came to Mainz for a trial. I heard that he is a player on the U.S. national junior team. He seems to be a central defender. What is his name? I can't remember the name. Anyway, it seems that Jurgen admires him very much.
This is not a personal inspection.”
"USA Junior National Team? Which one?"
"I don't know either."
Kositzk and List also knew each other. As the biggest talent in Dortmund's youth academy, Shaheen started playing for Dortmund last season when he was only sixteen years old. Nike at the time took a fancy to him and was ready to cooperate with him. Shaheen's agent
It was Riester's good friend Sabri, so Riester also participated in that negotiation and got to know Koshitsk. Unexpectedly, Koshitsek left Nike in less than a year and became Klopp's
broker.
Kositzk was even more surprised when he received a call from Lister. After all, Lister and Kositzk just knew each other and had no special friendship. But when he heard Lister convey Dortmund's attitude, he was very happy.
.
The reason why he gave up his senior job at Nike and became Klopp's agent was because he was optimistic about his future. But Mainz is a small club and has no development prospects. Now that Dortmund has come, Kositzk thinks this is a sign of Klopp's future.
A good opportunity for Lopp.
"A player from the U.S. National Junior Team?"
Riester watched the youth team game carefully and slowly focused on one of the central defenders. Although this central defender was very immature, he was very capable. And the more Riester looked at this kid, the more he became more and more interested.
Familiar, isn't this Subotic, who later became famous in Dortmund?
Could it be him? If it is him, that would be great. I picked up a player here today. Haha. (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
