From the Country Team To the Rich

On July 10, 2009, the German Football Association convened the general managers of clubs at all levels in the Bundesliga, Bundesliga, and Bundesliga to discuss a series of issues such as strengthening the competitiveness of the league and the number of foreign players playing.

The meeting lasted for three days to discuss how to strengthen the competitiveness of the league in the future.

The main contradiction in this discussion is still the issue of foreign aid. There is competition among the five major European leagues, and the most intuitive competition is the annual UEFA Champions League.

There was a lot of jokes in Germany this year. All three teams participating in the Champions League were eliminated.

Shaq United and Borussia Dortmund failed to appear in the group stage, and the only remaining Munich 1900 was also kicked out of the Champions League by the second-seeded King Madrid in the quarter-finals of La Liga.

None of the three teams representing the highest level of competition in the Bundesliga made it to the top eight.

This made the German Football Association feel extremely angry and at the same time feel the necessity of restructuring.

Especially when the King of Madrid sent a third foreign aid to play and the effect was very good, the German Football Association couldn't help but start to think about a problem.

That is, is the number of their foreign aid playing too small?

Although this is to protect local players and ensure that the fundamentals of German football are not damaged, it also declares a problem at the same time.

Insufficient competitiveness and unable to attract big-name players to the Bundesliga.

Nowadays, each of the five major European leagues has a threshold for foreign players to play.

for example...

Premier League - has four foreign aid places, but can only play three players per game. In addition, it is also emphasized that each club's first team must have 11 local players.

Ligue 1 - Allows four foreign players, but only three per game.

La Liga - Each team can register up to 3 players from non-EU member states, and can play up to 3 non-EU players at the same time.

Serie A - The number of foreign aid for each team is actually unlimited. It's just that in terms of signings, at most one overseas non-EU player can be introduced in a summer (foreign players already in Serie A are not counted). If you want to bring in more, you must sell one foreign player. The number of foreign players who can play at the same time is limited to 3.

Bundesliga - Each team can have four foreign aid places, but only two can be sent to the field per game.

(PS: EU membership does not count as foreign aid).

Compared with the limit of three foreign players playing at the same time in other leagues, the Bundesliga obviously has one less. Don't underestimate this quota, which is related to the competitiveness of the team and the attractiveness of the league.

Although there are many capable players in Europe, don't forget that there are two major players in South America, Brazil and Argentina.

Even in the African continent, black players are the strongest.

Putting it on the wing is a cheetah, and putting it in the midfield is a sweeper.

Under such circumstances, the Bundesliga has gradually lost the favor of foreign players while ensuring the playing time of its own players.

Now, the German Football Association has also discovered this problem. They want to attract more and better foreign aid through reforms.

This can not only immediately improve the competitiveness of the Bundesliga, but also put more pressure on local players who are content with the status quo.

This is the purpose of the German Football Association convening a meeting of general managers of clubs at all levels.

It is foreseeable that before the start of the new season, the German Football Association will issue new decrees.

 …

In the early morning, Hoffenheim was still quiet.

Compared to German football which is undergoing vigorous reforms, the Meteor team is relatively peaceful and has not been affected at all.

In fact, Zhang Xian had paid attention to this matter a long time ago, and responded with a sneer.

Increase the number of foreign aid?

This is simply a good show of collusion between those big teams and the German Football Association.

It seems to have increased the competitiveness of German football, but also increased the attractiveness of the league.

But there are gains and losses!

What are they sacrificing?

What they sacrificed was the foundation of small and medium-sized teams.

With one more foreign aid quota, the big teams can wave their banknotes to buy conscientious foreign aid to gallop the stadium for them, while the small teams can only cry bitterly in the toilet watching the financial report.

This restructuring seems to be successful, but it has further compressed the living space of small and medium teams, subverting the scale of competition between big teams and small and medium teams.

The big teams can continue to be tyrannical, but the small teams can barely maintain it. The kind of football miracles and upset games that can be seen before will be farther and farther away from the Bundesliga.

Of course, to a certain extent, this is also Zhang Xian's interpretation of envy and hatred.

If he were the general manager of those big teams, he would definitely go too far.

It's a pity that the team he is running now is not even a professional team.

Recently, Zhang Xian has been exercising every day.

After a certain amount of exercise, Zhang Xian felt that his body had become stronger and more agile, but he just wanted to avoid that kick.

Emmmmmmmm.....

 …

The club implements a nine-to-five work system, and Zhang Xian came to the club at eight o'clock in the morning.

Of course, he is not a hardworking person, mainly for a bite of breakfast.

The market in foreign countries is different from that in China. There is no concept of a breakfast shop in the morning, and everyone can solve it by themselves. Zhang Xian does not have pots and pans, but fortunately, there is breakfast in the cafeteria of the club.

In the cafeteria, there are not many people eating breakfast, and there is only one table.

Mary, Ivan, Neumann, and Brendan sat together.

The four of them were having a simple breakfast, and Mary suddenly said, "Brother Scherff is back!"

Hearing this, Neumann also nodded and said, "I also saw Mr. Wagner this morning."

Everyone understands that these two represent the two peaks of the coaching staff.

Ivan said indifferently: "It should be that after hearing the news, you can't wait to come over to curry favor?"

"Do they need to curry favor with others?" Braden shrugged. "In the club, they are the ones with real power. After all, many players listen to them."

There was a trace of helplessness on everyone's face.

After all, in the past time, these two groups of people have not only emptied the head coach, but also excluded the sports director.

As long as the sports director wants to intervene in their affairs, it will not be good at all. Many of them have conflicts due to interest issues, but in the final analysis, this local snake is stronger.

These guys are not of the same nature as those who work in the office. They will bite when they are pushed.

"How long do you think that Chinese can last?"

Mary said directly: "That Chinese is too tough. If he doesn't know how to bow his head, he will probably be pushed down by the two groups together!"

Ivan nodded; "It's not impossible."

Braden also nodded and said, "I'm beginning to sympathize with Zhang. In terms of office fights, he can't compete with those two groups."

All three of them held the same attitude. At this moment, a weak voice sounded.

"I feel that Mr. Director may be able to suppress them."

The three of them froze for a moment, then turned their heads to look together.

Seeing Neumann, he stuck out his tongue and said, "This is just my feeling. Compared with the Scherff brothers and Wagner, the director scares me more!"

Obviously, in the consciousness of this little white rabbit, Zhang Xian, who proposed layoffs and salary cuts on the first day, has been automatically brought into the role of the 'big devil'.

Neumann's words really made everyone bow their heads in thought.

Maybe... can it really be suppressed?

But after a while, they started laughing at themselves again.

how is this possible!

What did he use to fight these people!

While thinking about these questions, Mary suddenly saw a young man walking in from the cafeteria, and exclaimed:

"The bastard director is here!"

Everyone's heart skipped a beat, and they turned their heads to look over.

Still in that loose suit, the whole person looked listless. He went to the window and ordered a hot dog and coffee, and immediately began to look around.

Seeing this scene, Mary and the others moved in unison.

Turn around, bow your head, and pick up the rice!

Desperation was written all over his face.

People are saying in their hearts:

can not see me!

can not see me!

can not see me!

zla!

The sound of pulling a chair, followed by a whisper of 'devil'.

"Good morning!"

Everyone: "..."

Breakfast is harmonious and quiet.

There is no communication, no gossip, everyone is lowering their heads and earnestly eating the rice, eating very quickly.

This made Zhang Xian once again lament the strict concept of time of the Germans.

After eating, everyone left one after another, and officially started working at nine o'clock in the morning.

And Zhang Xian walked into the office at exactly nine o'clock. When he sat at the desk and looked down, he saw two invitation cards quietly placed on the desk.

Zhang Xian frowned slightly, picked up the invitation and glanced at it briefly.

One is from Erich Schaeffer.

The other is Bazel Wagner.

The corners of Zhang Xian's mouth curved slightly, and he smiled lightly; "...It's interesting!"