Legendary Godfather

Munich, Germany, Green Forest training base, head coach's office in the club building.

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. He was 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, Bruns still refused because he loved Munich 1860 deeply.

Like Bruns, there is also a goalkeeping coach.

Bruns said, "David, here's the current list of players you want for the first team."

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 finances so bad?"

Bruns smiled wryly and said "Yes."

Tong Yi nodded slightly and lowered his head in thought.

In his memory, Munich 1860's financial crisis should have started in 2002 when it jointly funded the construction of the Allianz Arena with its city 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 rivals in the same city. He couldn't accept the fact that the club had been struggling on the edge of the relegation line all year round, so in the late 1990s, he spent a lot of money on signings to strengthen the team's strength, and once the team was able to escape the relegation line and reach the middle of the league. They 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 Club to jointly fund the construction of the Allianz Arena, with a total investment of more than 300 million euros. Construction of the Allianz Arena officially started in 2002 and was officially put into use in 2005.

However, Munich 1860 Club did not wait for this moment. They were relegated to the Bundesliga 2 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 arrested for corruption. Verdy Moser had to retreat in disgrace, leaving only a large debt to the club. .

Since 1860, Munich has been plunged into a deep debt crisis.

The Munich 1860 club was almost forced to play in the regional league because it could not pay the guarantee deposit of the Bundesliga 2. 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 2.

After that, Munich 1860 was once 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 painful for Tong Yi.

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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 envies 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 the past June, Johnson, who also came from the Munich 1860 youth training, 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 transferred back to Austria for a mere 200,000 euros. Not long after returning, he became Austria's new international player.

I never expected that Munich 1860 would be so short of money.

To be honest, Baumgartlinger was very good, and he was also the famous Bundesliga captain of later generations. He was sold for only 200,000 euros, which was really a huge loss.

It's a pity that he came a little late, otherwise he would never sell 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 certainly 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 cast his gaze low

A first-tier league or a second- or third-tier European league.

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 create a Young Praetorian Guard in Munich 1860?

To be honest, Tong Yi is still very interested in building a young guard.

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, among others. It should be easier to gather these future superstars together. If you 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 team's atmosphere, and large-scale loaning is not allowed unless absolutely necessary.

He said, "Forget it, just rent it."

Bruns was stunned and speechless. He finally figured it out, and Tong Yi might have 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 introduce 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 many more.

Introducing some players from these people can still improve the strength of Munich 1860.

Therefore, the overall policy of the new season is to introduce the old with the new.

Tong Yi remembered that the free market in England was quite lively this summer. He also took a fancy to several players and planned 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?"