Grassroots Glory

Schalke is indeed simmering big news.

At the moment in Helt's office, Slomka is negotiating with sports director Helt for the contract renewal.

But in fact, there is little hope, because Slomka's salary increase demand exceeds the club's expectations.

Horst, do you know that there is a Chinese saying called crossing the river and tearing down the bridge? Based on the achievements I have led the team, will the club refuse to agree to this salary increase?

Getting along with Zhou Tiancheng day and night, Slomka also picked up a lot of Chinese idioms. Now the club's attitude of not letting go, he feels very chilling.

The contract he signed with the club just expired on June 30, 2009. Originally, he was full of confidence that the team's performance last season would impress the club and give him a lucrative contract extension. He hoped very much Continue to coach the team, and the system with Zhou Tian as the core has just taken shape, and he still has many ideas that have not been implemented.

Helter also felt sorry: I'm really sorry, Mirko. We are always grateful for your contribution. But because the team just won the championship, the task of defending the title next season is very heavy, and most of the club's budget will be invested in On the introduction of players. You also know that we are not as solid as Bayern...

Heh! There is money in bringing in players, and you don't want to give me a raise? With a good deck of cards in hand, whether you can win or not depends on the player who plays the cards. If the club really wants to go further, no one has more confidence in this team than me. The team knows better!

After finishing speaking, Slomka sighed softly: Since you and Tunis have made such a decision, then... I can only wish the team good luck.

Watching Slomka leave the club building, Helter actually had mixed feelings in his heart. He thought for a while and came to the chairman's office on the top floor. Clemens is also at the club today.

Tunis, I think what Mirko said makes sense. I am afraid that it will take a lot of time to get familiar with the team if we rashly replace the head coach at this time. It will easily affect our start of next season... This is very important. Last season we The reason for our success is that we played the best start in ten years. Tunis, think again, we will not make an official announcement first, and it is not too late to regret it now.

Clemens spread his hands together: It's too late, the decision to replace has already been voted on by the board of directors. If you want to withdraw, it's not impossible. As long as you can convince those guys on the board.

Helt fell silent. He knew that Clemens said it was irreversible. He also attended several board meetings, and he knew that it was impossible to convince those difficult guys by himself.

Okay, Horst, this issue will not be discussed. You should now think about how to cooperate with the new coach. Felix is ​​also very good.

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The outside world has been looking forward to Schalke's big move, and the summer transfer window has passed more than half a month. During this period, many media stared at the official website of Schalke 04 every day, but apart from the transfer news of individual U19 players, there was still no movement.

But the more this happens, the more interested everyone is.

After the bombardment of successive signings from the top giants, Schalke's first team's first signings came long ago: 3 million euros to introduce midfielder Lewis Huo from Bundesliga team Aachen. Altby.

This official announcement is really difficult to cause any waves in the transfer market where big money is frequent, but it is enough to cheer up the media and fans who care about Schalke.

Here comes the main dish!

The mouse pulls the shovel with the big head behind.

This is definitely just the beginning, the giants have gone crazy, and it's time for the Bundesliga champions to perform!

These media are full of expectations, which top superstar will parachute to the Schalke Stadium.

But instead of waiting for a superstar, we waited for Schalke's coaching change announcement!

The championship-winning coach Milkoslomka will not renew his contract when it expires.

The fifty-six-year-old coach Felix Magath, who coached Wolfsburg last season, signed a four-year contract with the club and will serve as the head coach of the first team from now on.

As soon as this official announcement came out, the German media was stunned, the Chinese media was shocked, and the Gelsenkirchen media and Schalke fans directly exploded.

what is this?

Heartless? Self-destruct the Great Wall? Unload the mill and kill the donkey?

They really want to ask what made the club's executives go crazy and fire Slomka.

Is Magath a world-class marshal? How many times have you won the Champions League?

Of course, as soon as Schalke's official announcement came out, there were always people who hid aside and watched jokes, such as the Dortmund media and the Munich media.

If anyone wants Schalke to have problems in the new season of 2004, these two clubs are definitely the first to bear the brunt.

And more media are guarding outside the Schalke club's office building every day, hoping to get opinions from high-level officials.

In view of this high degree of attention, Schalke executives quickly held a meeting with the new coach.

The fifty-six-year-old Magath is hale and hearty, and he is obviously very excited to be invited by Schalke 04. Next to him sat Helt, the club's sporting director.

The club's top management was present, and the media's concerns also received an official response at this time.

Regarding what everyone is most concerned about, why the sudden coaching change without warning, Helter replied: Felix impressed the club with his wonderful coaching performance last season - he was able to take Wolfsburg out of the league in the second half. The ninth all the way to the runner-up, we are very optimistic about the stamina brought by Felix to the team, which is the quality we need in the new season. Defending the championship is more difficult than fighting for the championship. We believe that the arrival of Felix will make the team become more resilient.

The meaning of Helter's words is very clear: as the Chinese saying goes, it is easy to fight the country, but difficult to stay in the country. And the club's coaching change is for the purpose of defending the country.

The media present believed three points. Magath's team is indeed known for its physical fitness, and its will is extremely tenacious. The remaining seven points are to wait and see whether Magath can manage a championship team.

The Schalke media present were concerned about the team's reinforcements and goals for the new season. After all, Xia Chuang saw that the time left was dwindling.

However, Magath's first statement as Schalke's new coach affirmed the team's current lineup and denied large-scale reinforcement: I am honored to be able to coach a champion team like Schalke. This team does not need major repairs and repairs in the new season, leaving most of the main players of the championship, and we are still very confident in defending the title in the new season. But this is not our ultimate goal. I am fifty-six years old this year , the contract expires in four years and I will be 60 years old. Schalke may be the last stop of my coaching career. Whether it is for myself or the honor of the club, I hope to bring this team to greater heights Go to the top of the championship stage...

PS: This World Cup can be called a wealthy killer...

Last runner-up Argentina went home, European Cup champion Portugal went home, and South Africa World Cup champion Spain went home.

Bold prediction, tonight...is it the turn of the five-star Brazil to kneel? ?