After being rejected, I became Shi Yijiao

Chapter 201 Queen's Park and the Wanderers

Shortly after the 17th round, the Bundesliga officials also began to select the various awards for the half-season.

Heynckes, head coach of Bayern Munich, deservedly won the title of best half-time coach.

Pan Yi from Hamburg came second in the selection.

This is a very fair position. After all, although Pan Yi led Hamburg to the best record in recent years, there is still a gap with Bayern, which has a dominant performance.

However, in the selection of the best player, the Bayern players lost the election.

The half-time MVP is Kisling from Leverkusen!
The marginal international of the German national team has had a bright performance this season.

He scored 17 goals in 14 rounds, ranking first in the scorer list, and also led Leverkusen, which was in poor form at the beginning of the season, back to the top three.

Ranked second on the scorer list is Lewandowski, who scored 12 goals. His stable performance is also Dortmund's scoring guarantee.

The third place is Frankfurt's striker Mel, who has sprung up this season and has scored 10 goals.

The newly promoted Frankfurt has been able to rank among the top six in the standings, thanks to Mel's goal.

Due to the relatively balanced lineup of Bayern this season, the performance in each position is good, but it makes them suffer in such a best selection.

And Bayern's ranking in the scorer list also confirms this point, none of them can score more than 10 goals!
Mandzukic scored eight goals, Thomas Muller seven and Gomez six.

Robben, who has been plagued by injuries, only scored 3 goals.

The situation in Hamburg is somewhat similar to Bayern in this regard. They also have attack points everywhere!

Vardy scored 9 goals and is the team's top scorer, and also ranked No.4 in the overall scorer list.

Sun Xingmin scored 8 goals and is the second scorer in the team, and No.3 is Wu Lei who scored 4 goals.

But in the assists list, the Hamburg players topped the list.

It is De Bruyne, the core midfielder of Hamburg!
He sent 9 assists, which can be said to be the number one cake maker in Hamburg and the Bundesliga!

From Pan Yi's point of view, De Bruyne's performance is nothing special, just in line with his expectations.

You know, in Pan Yi's previous life, De Bruyne was also so fierce in the Bundesliga!

During the Wolfsburg period, De Bruyne also easily won the title of Bundesliga assist king, and he took a faulty lead.

He took the first place with 17 assists, and the second only had 8 assists...

At the same time, De Bruyne's superb performance almost fed the mediocre Dutch striker Dost in the Wolfsburg team to the top scorer list in the Bundesliga!

In the end, it was only 1 goal behind the real striker Lewandowski and won the silver boot.

So, when De Bruyne was poached by Manchester City, Sterling, the happy boy in the team, couldn't get a Premier League Golden Boot or something.

And look at the fact that after Sterling was sold and Harland was brought in, the smiles on Mrs. Ding's face when feeding Habao cakes became more obvious...

anyway.

Of course, people in Pan Yi's previous life would not find it surprising that De Bruyne was the assist king, but it is different now.

This is De Bruyne's first Bundesliga season, and now he has such an eye-catching performance, he can beat Bayern Munich's Franck Ribery, Thomas Muller and others to rank first in the assist list, of course he will spark discussion.

And what makes the media and fans talk about it more, of course, is the process of buying De Bruyne by Pan Yizhi at the beginning of the season.

You know, at that time, the high-level executives of Hamburg strongly advocated buying the core midfielder, the Dutch star Van der Vaart.

But Pan Yi resolutely rejected this proposal, and did not hesitate to spend a high price of 1200 million euros to buy De Bruyne, who could not play at Chelsea.

At the time, the move seemed to be a big risk to the outside world.

From a competitive point of view, Van der Vaart is a world-class star and a veteran of Hamburg. No matter what period he has proved his strength, there is no need to doubt it.

At that time, De Bruyne seemed to be unable to gain a foothold in the Premier League, and could only be rented to exercise in a secondary league like Belgium, and his ability was doubtful.

From an economic point of view, players like Vardy only cost 100 million after all, and a loss is a loss, at least it will not cause too huge a loss.

But buying De Bruyne's 1200 million, even in the entire Bundesliga, is a lot of money.

If it fails, it will be a serious blow to Hamburg.

And obviously, Pan Yi made the right "bet" again.

De Bruyne seems to be growing into a midfielder in the Bundesliga, whether it is the scheduling on the field or the performance of the data, it proves this.

After half a season in the Bundesliga, his valuation on the "German Transfer Market" website has skyrocketed from 800 million euros at the beginning of the season to 2500 million euros.

In other words, even if Hamburg sells Tintin now, it will still have more than 100% economic benefits!

Of course, it's not just De Bruyne whose value is rising.

Vardy, whose original price was 100 million, can't handle it now without more than 1000 million?
In terms of return on investment, the striker Pan Yi scooped up from England's lower leagues has made a lot of money.

There are also Sun Xingmin, Wu Lei, Casemiro, Carvajal...

Their outstanding performance has also attracted the attention of many clubs.

While everyone was amazed at Pan Yi's "accurate look at people", many clubs have already started to inquire about Hamburg, wanting to take some of them away in the winter window.

But for now, these inquiries are meaningless.

Pan Yi will not sell De Bruyne, nor will he sell anyone in the current team.

He is not a fool!

His goal is to lead Hamburg to make a difference in the Bundesliga and even the Champions League in the future. How could he sell these young players who are still on the rise?
On the contrary, Pan Yi is also preparing to make some moves in the winter transfer window.

At the analysis and summary meeting after the half-time game, assistant coaches like Inzaghi and Nagelsmann also raised some of the current problems in Hamburg.

Mainly in the backcourt, the hardness and thickness of the midfielder are lacking, and there is a certain gap between the left back position and the average level of other positions.

So everyone suggested that during the winter window, the team should strengthen these two positions, at least to introduce a high-level left back.

It's just that although the coaches can see the problem, they don't have any specific proposals for candidates.

The reason is simple, a high-level left back, his price must not be low.

Although Chairman Yakhov agreed to Pan Yi's request for additional transfer funds for the winter window, he could only spend 500 million euros—in fact, this was the 100 million saved in the summer window plus the savings from the half season. composed of salaries.

The chairman's family has no food left!

What level of left-back can 500 million euros buy?
If you compare it with the current main force Carvajal on the other side, his valuation in the German transfer has reached 1500 million...

Use this as an inaccurate reference. If you want to achieve a balance between the left and the right, the new guard must reach a worth of 1000 million to 1500 million.

And now the position of Hamburg's midfielder also needs to be supplemented, which means that two people can only spend 500 million together!
This is really a bit difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice.

Of course, this question is difficult for everyone, but for Pan Yi...

Well, Shanren has his own tricks!

……

A few days after Christmas, Pan Yi was planning to go to England.

He wants to watch the game, and of course, more importantly, he wants to watch the people.

What, you ask, isn’t the Bundesliga all on holiday? Why are there still games in the UK?

Just kidding, whether it is England or Scotland, their so-called Christmas holiday is to arrange a game before and after Christmas.

比如今年的英超联赛，就是在12月22日踢第18轮，而12月26日踢第19轮，完美地避开了12月24日这一天，让球员教练们可以过一个舒心的圣诞节。

But this time Pan Yi's destination is not England, but Scotland.

When he was about to go to the airport by car, he was stopped by a voice: "Hello, are you Coach Pan Yi?"

"You are?..." Pan Yi turned his head to look, but he didn't recognize him.

Standing in front of him was a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes. He stretched out his hand and introduced himself, "My name is Horst Heilter, and I work as the football director of the Schalke 04 club."

Director of Schalke 04?Why did you suddenly come looking for me?
Pan Yi was a little puzzled, but he shook hands with the other party very politely: "What's the matter?"

"It's true." Haiert smiled, "Should we find a place to talk, standing on the side of the road is a bit..."

"If you have something to say, just talk about it." Pan Yi raised the ticket in Yang's hand, "I still have to go to Scotland."

He probably guessed the other party's intentions a little bit.

It's nothing more than asking him to go to Schalke 04 as the head coach and lead the team to play in the second half of the season.

Their head coach Stevens has just been dismissed, and the team is in a "vacation period" and urgently needs a leader.

To be honest, if Schalke 04 found Pan Yi before this season, he might be tempted.

After all, the lineup of this Bundesliga traditional strong team is more neat, the club's economic situation is also better, and the theoretical upper limit is also higher.

But now Pan Yi has laid the foundation in Hamburg, and the current starting point is higher than that of Schalke 04, which has lost consecutive games.

Therefore, of course, Pan Yi didn't want to have any further discussions with Haiert, because he was in a hurry to get on the plane!

"Ah, going to Scotland, are you going on vacation or are you going to observe new players?" Haiert said with a smile, "Coach Pan Yi seems to have a new goal..."

Seeing that Pan Yi didn't seem ready to answer this question, Haiert coughed lightly and said:

"Well, I'll be blunt. We thought you were a rare talent when you were in Milan. And this season, you proved yourself in Hamburg."

"Genius should join a better team. I think you should consider our Schalke 04, which can allow you to achieve a more ambitious goal."

"Not to mention, in terms of transfer funds, we can even allow you to spend enough money in the winter window to buy your favorite players..."

Pan Yi interrupted Haiert at this time, and asked directly:

"You mean, I can also have the right in Hamburg and can directly participate in the transfer negotiations of players?"

"Well, the two of us can discuss it." Haiert seemed to have been prepared for Pan Yi's question, "Actually, it's still about you, whatever you say is what you say, and I won't interfere."

Pan Yi nodded slightly.

This kind of treatment is between Hamburg and other teams.

This also shows that the right to speak in team management requested by Pan Yi is gradually being known by more teams.

Therefore, as long as it is a team that intends to find Pan Yi to coach, it will consider this aspect in advance.

This can be regarded as a performance of "making a name for himself". Pan Yi has more initiative in choosing a team.

But Pan Yi also understands that if everything goes smoothly, it's okay to talk about it, but once there is an irreconcilable disagreement between him and the director, in the end it will be the higher level of the official who overwhelms the person, and he will eventually make concessions.

So it's still a bit short, not very interesting.

Of course, Pan Yi was not going to change teams in the first place, and his principle has always been to start well and end well.

He hasn't really made a name for himself in Hamburg yet, even if Schalke 04 really offers the same conditions as Hamburg or even higher, he won't consider it.

In addition, although the director of Schalke 04 spoke very politely, he could vaguely hear a sense of superiority, which made Pan Yi feel a little uncomfortable.

"I am very grateful to your team for your favor, but I will not leave Hamburg for the time being." Pan Yi politely declined, and then prepared to say goodbye and leave.

Haiert still didn't give up: "What conditions do you need, we can still talk about it!"

Pan Yi shook his head and took out his cell phone.

If so, then he's going to make a move.

Pan Yi clicked a few times and turned to the latest Bundesliga standings.

"You just said that Schalke 04 is the better team. But look, who is at the top now?"

"This..." Helt hesitated.

"Hamburg is 10 points higher than you." Pan Yi continued to output, "If you are talking about history, then Hamburg, like you, has won several Bundesliga championships and even the Champions League! Excuse me, Schalke 04 won How many times in the Champions League?"

"..." Haiert was speechless.

"So, you are not better than Hamburg." Pan Yi spread his hands, "Then, why should I leave the familiar Hamburg, the players and coaches I am familiar with, and go to a strange place and a strange team to coach? Woolen cloth?"

Pan Yi glanced at Haiert, and finally said: "What's more, in this strange team, there is still a director who may hinder me."

Helt was at a loss for words.

This boy from Longguo, although he looks very young, why does he speak in such a way.

What's even worse is that he doesn't seem to be able to refute a sentence.

His original plan was indeed to "cheat" Pan Yi into the team first, and then slowly study the matter of the distribution of powers.

After all, Geert is the director. If the head coach does all the work, why does the club need him?

From this point of view, there is really no way for a head coach like Pan Yi to coexist with the director of any team...

In desperation, Haiert could only watch Pan Yi leave.

Pan Yi also successfully boarded the plane to the UK.

However, what Pan Yi didn't know was that his performance in the Bundesliga half of the season, in addition to attracting the attention of more clubs, there is another group that is always paying attention to him.

That is - paparazzi!

On the second day, a photo of Pan Yi and Haiert shaking hands was circulated on various tabloids and websites:
"Schalke 04 director secretly contacted Pan Yi"

"Pan Yi is about to leave Hamburg? "

"shock!Schalke 04 fired Stevens because of him...》

There are even some more outrageous news:
"Invited by many Premier League teams, Pan Yi has gone to the UK"

"Who Will Pan Yi Get?"Exclusive analysis of who is more likely, Sunderland or Southampton"

"Pan Yi travels to London to hold high-level talks with Queens Park Rangers who are deep in the relegation zone"

……

12 month 29 day.

In the 17th round of the Scottish Second Division, Queen's Park played against Rangers at home.

The name of Scotland's league system is similar to that of England.

The first level is Su Chao, then Su Guan, Su Jia, Su Yi...

(Note: Just like the change of the League One to the British Championship, Scotland has similar things. To avoid confusion, this article is in the order of the Super League A and B.)
In other words, this so-called Scottish Division Two is actually the fourth division!
This Queen's Park team in Glasgow has nothing to do with the "Queens Park Rangers" in England.

It is even an amateur team, the club's slogan is "playing football".

However, it is the oldest football club in Scotland and has been invited to participate in the FA Cup in England.

Since its establishment in 1867, the Queen's Park team has won 10 Scottish FA Cup champions and 2 English FA Cup runners-up. It is rare for these two honors to appear on a team at the same time.

For Pan Yi, the team is most famous for the two players who have played for it.

One was Alex Ferguson.

Yes, it was Sir Alex Ferguson who created the Red Devils dynasty at Manchester United.

He played for Queen's Park as early as 1958 and scored his first football career goal in the game.

The other one is called Andrew Robertson.

The future captain of the Scottish national team, the absolute main force of Liverpool's left back, is still an 18-year-old boy.

He has just started playing for Queen's Park in the first team this season and has already scored.

The purpose of Pan Yi's trip was, of course, for Robertson!
Don't look at this little guy who is still playing in the Scottish fourth tier league, but he has secured the team's main position at a young age and will soon be favored by other teams.

In Pan Yi's previous life, after the end of this season, Robertson would skip three tiers and transfer directly to Dundee United in the Scottish Super League.

After continuing his outstanding performance, he was bought by Hull City in the Premier League in just one year, and was finally acquired by Liverpool for 1000 million pounds, becoming the favorite of Uncle Klopp.

Everyone is familiar with the story behind. Liverpool's Premier League champions and Champions League champions all have direct contributions from this Scottish left-back.

Therefore, Pan Yi came here today to get ahead of the Soviet Super League team and take Robertson away half a season earlier!

He is exactly the typical full-back of Pan Yizhong's ideal modern football!

He can participate in the offense or drop back to defend.

He is able to complete crosses, assists and shots, while also having enough defensive strength.

In short, it is one word: strong and invincible!

A little later, when Su Chao's exposure is much higher than that of Su Yi, this guy may become more expensive again...

Of course, for Robertson, who is currently warming up before the game, he doesn't know these small things in Pan Yi's heart at all.

He just heard from his teammates that a head coach from the Bundesliga will come to watch the game today!
This inevitably made him feel a little restless in his heart.

Bundesliga!
Head coach!

Such a person will come to Scotland to watch a low-level game today, and it must be for certain players.

And if he can be favored by that man, then the dream of being a professional player can really come true!
Although I heard that the confrontation in the Bundesliga is very fierce, although Robertson is only 1.7 meters tall and weighs only more than 60 kilograms, which does not match the word "strong", Xiaoluo still has a little confidence in his speed, defense and skills .

There was a gleam of heat in his eyes.

Now he doesn't know what his future path will be. He only knows that there are many players who play in this low-level league, and they will not be able to get a real professional contract in the end.

In the end, in order to make a living, these players had to leave the green field and find a job as a driver or a supermarket cashier to make a living.

Moreover, Robertson's family is not rich, and the family urgently needs someone to stand up to share the pressure of life. His parents no longer have the financial ability to support him to continue his football dream.

Today, for him, may be a chance to change his destiny!

Robertson turned his head and glanced at the stands again.

The black-haired young Longguo man was sitting there, looking at him affectionately——I'm sorry to jump up the stage.

In this Scottish fourth-level league, there are hundreds of fans and staff watching the game, so Asian faces like Pan Yi are particularly conspicuous in the stands, and they can be seen at a glance.

And Robertson has also heard about Pan Yi.

At the age of 26, he became the assistant coach of AC Milan and the head coach of Hamburg. He promoted and reused many young players and created miracles one after another in the five major leagues.

One of his most talked about labels is: he likes to reuse young players!

Moreover, Pan Yi didn't have any standard rules to follow in selecting candidates, and he didn't pay attention to the reputation of the players.

I heard that he just went to England to watch a fifth-level amateur game, so he signed one of the strikers, Vardy, to Hamburg and made him the team's top scorer.

Even ranked fourth in the Bundesliga half-time scorer list!
This is also one of the important reasons why Robertson feels that if he performs well, he may be favored by Pan Yi.

Moreover, when Robertson looked at the stands just now, it seemed that Pan Yi also glanced at him?
It can't be that they came to see me specifically, right?Robertson's heart moved slightly.

But soon he ruled out this impossible option.

"He must have come to watch the Rangers game. After all, this is a famous team in Europe and there are many good players in it. How can a Dragon Countryman know a player from Queen's Park?" Robertson thought, "But it doesn't matter, I We must use excellent performance to make him notice me!"

That's right, the Rangers, the opponent of Queen's Park today, also have a lot of background.

It is the well-known Scottish tyrant, the Glasgow Rangers!
They have won 55 Scottish top league titles and 34 Scottish Cup titles, and are well-deserved overlords in Scottish football.

Together with the Celtics, they have monopolized almost all Scottish championships, and performed well in the European arena. They also won the European Cup Winners Cup once, as well as two Cup Winners Cup runners-up and a UEFA Cup runner-up.

But just at the beginning of this season, Rangers suffered a severe financial crisis and was punished, and finally decided to be punished into the fourth level of the Soviet League after a vote by the chairman of the Scottish League.

Although many stars in the team who originally competed in the Scottish Premier League have left, the lean camels are bigger than the horses. The Rangers are still a dimensionality reduction blow in the Soviet Second League, and they basically have no opponents.

In fact, after this season, they will be upgraded with a huge advantage over No. 224 points.

After four years, Rangers will return to the stage of the Soviet Super League, and gradually begin to become the champion of the Scottish Super League and enter the Champions League.

This is something later.

But at this time, Pan Yi happened to appear in the stands of this game, which inevitably makes people think, is it possible that this young Bundesliga coach has taken a fancy to some good seedlings in the Rangers team?
Therefore, not only Robertson, but all the players participating in this game, especially the Rangers players, are all gearing up to play their own style in this seemingly ordinary Soviet League Two!

(End of this chapter)