Munich, Germany, Green Forest training base, club building head coach's office.
As soon as Tong Yi sat down, the assistant coach next to him, Michael Bruns, handed over a document.
Bruns was not a member of Tong Yi's predecessor Marco Kurtz's team, but an old man from Munich 1860, so he did not follow Kurtz out of the team. Although Kurtz strongly invited Bruns to join his team when he left
, but Bruns still refused because he loved Munich 1860 deeply.
Like Bruns, there is also a goalkeeping coach.
Bruns said: "David, this is the current list of first-team players you want."
Looking at the first-team roster in his hand, Tong Yi's forehead wrinkled with the word "Chuan".
The situation of the Munich 1806 first team was worse than he imagined.
What was before him was a mess.
There are only thirteen players left in the entire first team, and the players are almost sold out by Baker and others.
Tong Yi couldn't help but ask: "Is the team's financial situation this bad?"
Bruns smiled bitterly and said, "Yes."
Tong Yi nodded slightly and lowered his head in thought.
In his memory, the financial crisis of Munich 1860 should have started in 2002 when it jointly funded the construction of the Allianz Arena with its local rival Bayern Munich.
At that time, Wildy Moser, the chairman of Munich 1860 Club, was very ambitious and determined to build the club into a top club like its local rivals. He could not accept the fact that the club was always struggling on the edge of relegation, so in the late 1990s, he
Spending lavishly on signings to enhance the team's strength, the team once escaped the relegation line and reached the middle of the league. It even finished fourth in the league in 2000 and qualified for the Europa League.
This prompted Verdi Moser's ambition to expand rapidly. He continued to increase investment and reached an agreement with Bayern Munich to jointly fund the construction of the Allianz Arena, with a total investment of more than 300 million euros. In 2002, the construction of the Allianz Arena officially started.
It was officially put into use in 2005.
However, Munich 1860 did not wait for this moment. They were relegated to the Bundesliga in the 2003-2004 season. This aroused dissatisfaction and anger from the fans, and accused Verdy Moser of betraying the club, and his son was also convicted of corruption.
After being arrested, Verdy Moser had to retreat in disgrace, leaving only a large debt to the club.
From 1860 onwards, Munich fell into a deep debt crisis.
The Munich 1860 club was once almost forced to play in the regional league because it could not pay the Bundesliga deposit. In 2006, they had to sell 50% of their shares in the Allianz Arena for 11 million euros in order to stay in the Bundesliga.
After that, Munich 1860 was once put under trusteeship, and successively changed its presidents but failed to get rid of the debt crisis.
There is nothing wrong with Chairman Baker and his team selling players to raise funds to ensure participation in the Bundesliga next season.
But this is very painful for Tong Yi.
It’s hard for a clever woman to make a meal without rice!
Tong Yi suddenly asked: "Is there a list of sold players?"
Bruns was stunned for a moment, then immediately nodded and said, "Yes."
He immediately rummaged through the pile of information in his hand and quickly handed a document to Tong Yi.
Seeing that the team has sold its roster, Tong Yi really envied his predecessor Kurtz.
To be honest, the lineup of Munich 1860 last season was actually very good. Their youth training made great contributions to the club, and a number of talented new stars such as the Bender brothers and Fabian Johnson emerged.
The Bender brothers are currently the hottest super stars in German football. Last year, as the main players, they helped the German U19 youth team win the U19 European Youth Championship. And just in June not long ago, they were both from Munich 1860 Youth.
Johnson also won the U21 European Youth Championship with the German U21 youth team.
Unfortunately, the team's results last season were not ideal and head coach Kurtz was fired.
Now these players no longer belong to Munich 1860. Sven Bender transferred to Dortmund for 1.5 million euros, Lars Bender went to Leverkusen for 2.5 million euros, and Johnson went to Leverkusen for 1.1 million euros.
to Wolfsburg.
In addition, the main midfielder Baumgartlinger was transferred back to Austria for a mere 200,000 euros. Not long after he returned, he became Austria's new international player.
I really didn’t expect Munich 1860 to be so short of money.
To be honest, Baumgartlinger was very good, and he was also the famous Bundesliga captain in later generations. He was sold for only 200,000 euros, which was really a huge loss.
It's a pity that he arrived a little late, otherwise he would never have sold Baumgartlinger.
It's too late to say anything now.
Tong Yi knew that his first priority in the new season was to recruit players.
Looking at the list of thirteen people in his hand, Tong Yi frowned.
Regardless of how many of the thirteen people are available, he needs to bring in at least ten people to complete the roster of twenty-three people. With the current financial situation of Munich 1860, this is very difficult.
He suddenly looked up and asked: "Do you know what the club's transfer budget is this year?"
Bruns smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know. But, it's definitely not much."
Tong Yi nodded slightly to express his understanding.
It seemed that he had to find time to talk to Mr. Chairman about this matter, but he didn't hold out much hope.
In the new season, he is destined to be unable to spend big money to buy some stars or powerful players, or even some average players. He can only set his sights on low-level leagues or second- and third-tier European leagues.
And it’s best to have young players who haven’t shown up yet, because young players are cheap.
Does that mean he is destined to build a Young Guards in Munich 1860?
To be honest, Tong Yi is still very interested in building a young Guards force.
And it shouldn't be difficult for him.
After all, he has the memory of future generations, and he knows the situation of those future superstars who have not yet emerged, such as De Bruyne, De Gea, Griezmann, Hazard, and Lewandowski.
and Van Dijk, etc. It should be easier to gather these future superstars together, and give them some time to train and improve their strength. Tong Yi will definitely create a young guard that will sweep the German football world!
Thinking of this, Tong Yi was a little excited.
Tong Yi looked at Bruns and asked, "Do you have any suggestions for the team's recruitment for the new season?"
Bruns was stunned, not expecting Tong Yi to ask him.
However, he quickly came to his senses and said: "With our financial situation, it is difficult to buy out powerful players. We can consider renting more players."
Lease?
Tong Yi shook his head slightly.
If he remembered correctly, this season in his previous life, Munich 1860 followed a loan policy and rented out double-digit players in one go. As a result, the ranking at the end of the season was very unsatisfactory and they were very far away from promotion.
Loaning too many players will affect the atmosphere of the team, so large-scale loaning is not allowed unless absolutely necessary.
He said: "Just rent it."
Bruns was stunned and speechless. He finally noticed that Tong Yi had probably already made up his mind.
When he thought of Tong Yi's strength at the press conference, he had no intention of speaking anymore.
It is bound to bring in some cheap young players in the new season, but this is not enough.
Because he has performance requirements in the first three months, he must also introduce some immediate combat capabilities.
He can only set his sights on veterans and the free market.
In his previous life in 2009, the transfer of Ronaldo, Kaka and others to Real Madrid was very sensational, so Tong Yi also paid special attention to the European football transfer market that year. There were also many big players in the free market, such as Cana.
Varro, Crespo, Cruz, Davis, Salgado, Campbell and others.
Introducing some players from these people can still improve the strength of Munich 1860.
Therefore, the overall policy of the new season is to lead the new with the old.
Tong Yi remembered that the free market in England was quite lively this summer. He also had his eye on several players and was planning to go to England.
He immediately said to Lawrence: "Book two tickets immediately, let's go to London."
Bruns asked doubtfully: "Going to London, is it for signings?"
Tong Yi smiled and said, "Yes."
Bruns is not happy at all. The club's current financial situation is so bad. Does it have spare money to go to London to sign players?
However, these were not issues that he should consider, and he did not say much.
Bruns said: "Okay, I'll do it right away. However, there is something I must remind you."
Tong Yi looked at Bruns in confusion: "What's the matter?"
Bruns said: "You have to build your coaching team as soon as possible. We don't have much time left."
Tong Yi nodded slightly, this is indeed the top priority.
Before that, he had met with the team's existing coaching staff.
His current team includes an assistant coach, a goalkeeping coach, a data scout, a team doctor and three scouts.
The assistant coach is Bruns, and the goalkeeper coach Jurgen Whitman is a middle-aged man in his forties or fifties. He was once the goalkeeper of 1860 Munich and has been the team's goalkeeper coach since his retirement.
Other personnel are deployed by the club and do not belong to Kurtz's team.
This coaching staff is obviously not perfect enough.
Tong Yi now needs at least one physical coach, two coaches and a team doctor.
The coach is naturally responsible for the daily training of the team, and the physical coach and team doctor are responsible for the team's physical reserves and health. In the new season, the team will introduce many veterans and young players, so the physical coach and team doctor are particularly important.
Now, Tong Yi must bring in excellent physical coaches and team doctors.
As for the team doctor, Tong Yi has a candidate.
In this life, he graduated from the Cologne Sports University and studied sports medicine. He has a very close alumnus who is very researched in sports medicine and sports rehabilitation. If he invites him to be the team doctor, then Tong Yi will have no worries.
As for physical coaching, Tong Yi also has plans.
At present, he has taken a fancy to a physical fitness coach. This physical fitness coach has a very good background. He has served as a physical fitness coach at Juventus and Chelsea. In the future, he will even join Real Madrid twice and is the physical fitness coach appointed by Zidane.
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It can be seen that he is a very strong physical coach.
With such a physical coach here, Tong Yi will no longer have to worry about the players' physical reserves.
As far as Tong Yi knows, this physical fitness coach also happens to be in England right now.
What a coincidence!
Tong Yi nodded slightly and said, "Our fitness coaches have solved this problem together."
Bruns thought thoughtfully: "You mean, the fitness coach you like is also in England?"
Tong Yi nodded slightly and said, "Yes."
Bruns said nothing, gave Tong Yi a slight signal, and then went to book a flight to England.