Seven Hundred and Six Where Is Su Dong Going?
After training in Dubai for ten days and playing a warm-up match, Bayern returned to Europe and headed to Basel in Switzerland.
Basel's head coach is Funk.
Not the Funk who dissected animals, nor the miner Fink who digs lava, but a midfielder.
Played for Bayern from the end of the 1990s to the beginning of the new century, and helped the team win the Champions League, but the presence in the team is really not very good, and even the German national team in the low period has not been able to enter, it is estimated that even The new fans of Bayern have never heard of this name.
However, after the transition to head coach, he did a good job. He had previously coached the Bundesliga team and was dismissed due to poor performance in Golstadt. After coaching Basel, the Ruichao team performed well. Gram's coaching ability and technical and tactical ideas have also been proved.
Fink's coaching is very similar to that of Bayern's former coach Heathfield. It is said that after he retired, he learned from Heathfield a lot. Later, Heathfield coached the Swiss national team and recommended Fink to coach Basel. It is precisely because of Heath With Field's recommendation, Fink, who is still inexperienced, can coach a Ruichao powerhouse like Basel.
Today, Funk's coaching can be said to have embarked on a broad road. As long as he continues to maintain it, I believe that it will not be a problem to coach the Bundesliga in the future, and even have the opportunity to enter the giants.
In the warm-up match between Bayern and Basel, Heathfield was there to watch the game in person.
For this warm-up match, Bayern did not use their main force. In the first half, they only arranged for rotation and substitute players to play, but they did not perform well and were instead scored by Basel.
After changing sides and fighting again in the second half, Bayern made a substantial substitution, but the performance still did not improve.
In the 70th minute, Su Dong came on as a substitute.
Three minutes later, a direct free kick went through Basel's goal.
Interestingly, Basel goalkeeper Wiesels is also a former Bayern player.
After that, in the 85th and 87th minutes, Su Dong scored two goals in a row and scored a hat-trick.
In the end, Bayern reversed Basel three to one.
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"He's really amazing!"
In the chairman's stand, Heathfield looked at Su Dong who walked off the court and couldn't help but exclaimed in admiration.
"Do you regret it?" Sitting beside him was the Bayern chairman Hoeness.
Heathfield laughed, he knew what Hoeness meant by regret.
When Bayern decided to change coaches and fire Magath, they actually considered letting Heathfield take over.
At that time, Bayern pursued Su Dong wholeheartedly, and discussed with Heathfield, Heynckes and others successively, and studied with them the feasibility and technical and tactical plans of Su Dong after joining Bayern, whether it was Heathfield or Haiyan. Inks, all agree.
But when it came to coaching, Heathfield was a little hesitant, because he wanted to take over the Swiss national team at that time.
More importantly, Bayern has invested too much and has high requirements on the head coach, such as the team's technical and tactical style of play. Heathfield is not sure whether he can achieve the expectations of the top management, and his hesitation is handed over. Chance lost to Heynckes.
The past few years have definitely been the peak period in Bayern's history.
Sudong is stronger and better than he was during his time at Barcelona, ushering in the golden period of his career, which makes it easier for Bayern to win titles and honors, and Heynckes also makes a lot of money.
Heathfield asked himself, if he were to coach himself, he might not be able to do better than Heynckes, but it is estimated that it is not much worse. He still has confidence in his coaching ability.
"I want to say that I have no regrets. You certainly don't believe it, and I don't believe it myself." Heathfield admitted with a laugh.
At his age, he is not afraid to admit these things.
Who hasn't made the wrong decision yet?
Besides, his decision was not wrong.
"Actually, when I see Su Dong, I really feel sorry. Any head coach who can coach such a player is something to be proud of, and even proud of his entire coaching career.
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Hoeness nodded, this was not the first time he had heard such a thing.
Even if Su Dong stays at Bayern and Bayern wants to change coaches, it is estimated that famous coaches from all over the world will line up to come to the door.
"When he was in Sporting Lisbon, I told you, hurry up to sign, but you don't believe it." Heathfield complained.
Hoeness was unhappy after hearing this, "If you say that, why did you still want Roy Mackay?"
"Su Dong was cheap and relatively young at the time, and Ma Kai was an instant combat power..."
Hoeness smiled and waved his hand, "The team's budget is fine, but after you sign Ma Kai, Su Dong wants to be the main player, can you give it? Oh, Ma Kai is the one you want to sign, now blame me in turn hello?"
Heathfield laughed, after all, he was regretting.
If he had signed Su Dong, he would have no regrets now.
"I really want to say, the older you are, the more conservative your mentality is. If you look at Heynckes, he will be willing to go out. Look at the way he plays now, how slippery he is? This is called keeping pace with the times. You need to learn from your own life first, and then the lives of others, and bravely step out of your comfort zone,” Hoeness taught.
Heathfield was always smiling and never refuting.
Hoeness didn't say more.
In fact, some things are easier said than done.
Everyone knows that it is necessary to bravely step out of the comfort zone. How many are possible?
Heynckes did it?
But at that time, wasn't he forced into a corner?
Even the fans of his hometown team, Monchengladbach, who erected a statue for him, began to curse him. If he doesn't change himself, can he continue to coach?
Hoeness has already jokingly said that he would simply come to Bayern as a scout.
Heathfield doesn't have this pressure, and he doesn't worry about not having a coaching opportunity, so he's happy to be in his comfort zone.
As for regret, there is no way to do that.
"You really don't plan to renew the contract with Su Dong?" Heathfield asked with concern.
This is also the focus of media and fans all over Europe and even the world.
Su Dong did not renew the contract!
When he mentioned this, Hoeness shook his head and sighed, "Su Dong's willingness to renew the contract is not very strong, and you know, according to our plan, if Su Dong renews the contract, Ribery and Robben may leave the team and free up Part of the salary space, reducing the financial pressure on the team, it will be difficult to guarantee results at that time.”
"Aren't you not short of money now?" Heathfield asked inexplicably.
Hoeness shook his head and sighed, "It's not bad now, but not necessarily in the future."
After a pause, the Bayern chairman explained: "The loan at the Allianz Stadium is going to be repaid, to reduce the pressure on debt and hoard a sum of money, we have a hunch that in the next few years, more and more hot money will flow into Europe. In football, it is estimated that the player’s worth and annual salary will increase, and it is hard to say how much, but we have to be prepared and hoard enough food and grass.”
Unlike other teams, or even teams like Real Madrid and Barcelona, Bayern have to pay for themselves.
If you have money now and spend it lavishly, this is certainly enjoyable, but what if you will have no money in the next few years?
How to do?
Is it going to be like Dortmund back then, shrinking clothes and dieting, and even almost going bankrupt?
Before he coached Bayern, Heathfield was coaching Dortmund, and he had a deep understanding of this, so he was particularly able to understand the Bayern management's sense of urgency.
As long as the Bundesliga teams are under the pressure of self-financing, they cannot spend as much money as other teams in other leagues on signings, but must do what they can, and even plan for the long-term.
For Bayern and the Bundesliga, let alone Sudong, even players such as Ribery, Robben, Modric, Pepe, etc., are not as easy to use and insurance as their own players.
At the very least, Bayern's status in the minds of German players is supreme.
"Su Dong is really strong, I can't say it, I can even say that he is the strongest player I have ever seen, but such a player has played in Bayern for three or four years, enough, no matter how long, we will be under pressure. It's too big." Hoeness said with a sigh.
If Bayern were a team like Real Madrid, he would renew Sudong anyway.
Unfortunately, Bayern is not.
"Su Dong's departure can free up a lot of salary space, where Berry and Robben can stay, with Klose and Thomas Muller, and if another center is introduced, it will be very competitive. "Hathfield knew Hoeness well.
The Bayern chairman smiled and nodded, which was indeed the management plan.
Not only the striker, but also the midfield and the back line are not immobile. After all, Bayern's younger generation is rising fast.
"Where will Su Dong go?" Heathfield asked with concern.
He is not worried that Su Dong has nowhere to go. After all, many teams are rushing to get players of this level.
"I don't know, it could be Real Madrid or Manchester United, it could be Chelsea or Juventus, it could even be Manchester City."
"Manchester City?" Heathfield was a little surprised.
"Neringer said that while in Abu Dhabi, Mansour, the owner of Manchester City, talked to him personally about bringing in Sudong, Modric, Pepe, Marcelo and Neuer."
"What?" Heathfield was full of surprise, and then burst out laughing, "He's just going to hollow out Bayern."
Hoeness smiled bitterly, who said no?
Ma Dan, most of the main lineup was dug out by you, why didn't you dug Ribery and Robben together?
"However, Manchester City is not bad for money."
That's what Hoeness worries about.
Chelsea in the front, Manchester City in the back, plus Florentino searched for superstars after entering the palace for the second time. Players' worth and salaries have skyrocketed. This is already visible to the naked eye.
If other local tyrants enter the football world in the next few years, the competition for superstars will only become more and more intense, and the salaries of stars will become higher and higher. At that time, Bayern will have no money on hand, let alone signings. If you don't even have the ability to keep the current batch of players, what can you use to compete in European football?
This is also the reason why Hoeness, Beckenbauer, Rummenigge and others are so determined to increase their efforts to train the younger generation of German players. Only they are the future that Bayern can rely on.