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Before the transfer farce provoked by Real Madrid reached its peak, Karl pressed the pause button. The 1860 Munich coach's resolute way of doing things not only won him a lot of praise, but also provoked a lot of complaints.

Naturally, the players and the fans praise him. The transfer rumors that are only thunderous every year make the fans feel hurt. They hate the kind of coach who is crazy about anti-aircraft guns and full of lies. The head coach, plus Carl's words quickly and appropriately comforted the hearts of the Lions fans, his popularity has further increased, and he can be called "the most popular head coach in Germany."

And the ones with the most complaints are of course the major media. They originally thought, "We will live by pointing at Real Madrid and the Lions during the winter transfer period! With the soap operas of these two teams coming and going, the newspapers will definitely sell well!", But Karl's approach undoubtedly cut off the way for the media to fan the flames. They had no more annual dramas to hype, and had to find other topics to keep sales from falling.

Fans' curiosity about the total worth of players from major European clubs was aroused at this time.

At first, some fans posted some questions on the Internet: "Since the three players Portillo, Ozil and Khedira can be sold for 1860 million euros, how much can the entire [-] Munich team sell?" How much are other teams like Bayern, Dortmund, Real Madrid, Manchester United, Milan worth?"

European authoritative media will publish a brand value ranking list of major giants clubs every year, but no one has done it so far. The doubts of the fans have also aroused the curiosity of the major media, "L'Equipe" "Gazzetta dello Sport", "French Football" and "Bild", together with the German transfer market website, which claims to have the most authoritative statistics in football, participated in the selection of "Europe's most valuable team lineup".

Because there are so many European football clubs, it would be too huge a project to estimate the value of all the teams. Therefore, the selection objects are the 32 teams participating in this year's Champions League, which can participate in the UEFA Champions League, the highest level of clubs. Teams in competitive activities are naturally the most representative, and the calculation of the total value of each team's players not only includes the first team, second team, and even the club's youth training system, it can be said that the The team's present and future are estimated together.

In the selection of "Europe's Most Valuable Team Lineup", the club that finally won the championship was Barcelona. The Barcelona lineup with Ronaldinho, Henry, Messi, Eto'o and other stars has a total value of 3.92 million euros. The second place is Chelsea, Russia Rich boss Abramovich’s crazy spending of money in recent years has created a lineup worth 3.9 million euros for the Blues. No.3 is Manchester United with 3.81 million euros. Superstar, Real Madrid, which has become "dimmed", 4 million euros.

But when ranked No.5, Munich 1860 turned out to beat Inter Milan for 500 million euros to win this seat-3.48 million euros!

Portillo, Ozil, and Khedira are tied for 500 million euros, the talented goalkeeper Koch is valued at 800 million, and the striker composed of Owen, Dzeko, and Lewandowski is valued at 500 million Wan, the Bender brothers, Shao Jiayi, Beckham and other midfielders are valued at 8000 million, and the back line with Mertesacker, Ogo, Dante and many other German internationals is valued at [-] million euros!

This price is actually a relatively conservative estimate-Munich 1860's first team is now truly star-studded. There are fifteen international players from the striker to the goalkeeper. This number is not much worse than that of the top giants. The players only came to prominence from the Lions, and they have never had any heavyweight transfer transactions at all. That's why authoritative media such as "L'Equipe" will lower the prices to be more "affordable" when estimating the worth of the players.

For example, the Bender Brothers, the transfer market website currently gives them a bundle price of 500 million euros, but if 1860 Munich really wants to sell the two golden-haired boys, 500 million is definitely a price but no market. And it can't be the final transaction price-how rare it is to have such a pair of powerful and beautiful twin brothers in the same team!Not only is it a publicity gimmick to improve the team's image, but it can also satisfy the collection addiction of a large number of fans. Therefore, in the current list of offers received by the Lions, the transfer application for the Bender Brothers is basically to pack them together bought it.

When the "European Most Valuable Team Lineup" selection was finalized, the four La Liga teams ranked first among the five major leagues with a total value of 11.25 billion euros, followed by Serie A with a total value of 10.57 billion euros and the Premier League with a total value of 9.38 billion euros. The total worth of 2.54 million euros ranks third, and Bayern, which has low-key superstars such as Toni, Ribery, and Klose, ranks tenth among the 32 teams in the Champions League with a total value of 1860 million euros, but it is worth a total of 6.02 with Munich. [-] million euros did not lose face in the Bundesliga.

Now that the gold dollar football is popular, the capital of the oil rich and the UAE rich has poured into the top teams of the five major leagues. It is difficult for those non-five major league teams that have been brilliant in the last century to compete with Manchester United and Real Madrid for the Champions League championship— ——The Belarusian Super League team Borisov, which entered this year's Champions League, has a total lineup of only 500 million euros. Compared with the top few wealthy clubs worth hundreds of millions of euros, it is ironic—in fact, even The gap between the rich and the poor within the five major leagues is also widening step by step. The upper-level teams count on euros to be soft, while many lower-level teams are on the verge of bankruptcy every season.

Against such a background, Munich 1860 can stage a miracle from obscurity to skyrocketing. It cannot be said to be a phenomenon, but it should be said to be the only one in the world!

No one doubts that if the current pace of operation continues for a few years, Munich 1860 will definitely have the capital to be promoted to a quasi-rich family, or even a wealthy family.After all, they had the support and history of local fans in Munich before. There are not many clubs in Europe that dare to compare with 1860. The only thing they lack is honor. Now under the leadership of Karl, this shortcoming has gradually been made up.

The fans of Munich 1860 feel that happiness comes too fast and too unreal: Are we local tyrants?We are wealthy!

And as the soul figure who created the legend by himself, Carl has become more and more popular in European football. , because it involves a wide range of industries, the exposure rate is even higher than the 2007 Grand Slam winner of the top honor in football and Kaka who just won the World Footballer of the Year.

Not only the rich teams, but even the small and medium teams are planning to poach the corner of Munich 1860, because getting Karl Oston not only means getting a "first-class star trainer" and "honor predator", but also a Brought a "super money printing machine".

……

Mourinho has been a bit abnormal recently.

After being a "housekeeper" for Ronaldo, Karl dutifully guarded the house for Mourinho when he flew around Europe.

The Portuguese flies to Spain three times a week. When he returns to London, he either has a video conference with his team, or shuts himself in his study for a whole day. Whenever Carl asks him "what are you doing?" , he will show a mysterious smile, and shake his head inscrutablely: "It's not yet time to announce."

Once Mourinho went out, the cleaner came to clean and asked if the study needed to be cleaned. Karl asked the cleaner to wait outside, opened the door of the study and glanced inside, but suddenly saw the pile of books all over the place. The information on the desk, so he silently closed the door, signaling to the cleaner that this room does not need to be tidied up.

Although he didn't go to the desk to read it, his professional sensitivity allowed Karl to guess Mourinho's secret in an instant-what else could make the other party so busy during the winter break?Thinking of nothing but a new job.

When Mourinho came back, Karl directly picked up the topic.

Mourinho looked regretful: "I was planning to say it to shock you after it was done, but I didn't expect you to find out so quickly."

"Those in the study are the materials of your new job?"

Probably because Carl's face was too calm, Mourinho actually asked after being slightly stunned: "You still don't know which team my new club is?"

"I don't know." Carl was a little puzzled: "I don't know how to read minds."

"...But I have so many materials in my study."

Carl frowned and looked at him: "Did you think I would sneak into the study to spy on you when you were not at home?"

Mourinho hugged his stomach and smiled: "You don't even have a peek, you are getting more and more serious." He winked at Carl: "Want to guess, let me see if you can Guess right."

Mourinho's next home is actually not difficult to guess. As one of the best and most expensive coaches in Europe, the team that can afford his salary is destined to be a wealthy club. From the end of last year to the beginning of this year, There are only three giants that have madly spread the news of coaching changes-Bayern Munich, Barcelona and Inter Milan.

Bayern Munich is impossible, because when Hitzfeld announced his departure in early January, the former German national team coach Klinsmann also held a press conference, saying that he would take over the job of Bayern coach.

As for Barcelona and Inter Milan, both are possible. Rijkaard and Mancini's poor record this season has made media fans sure that they will definitely leave after the end of the season.Changing the head coach of a wealthy club is a major event, and it will not be made hastily when it is close to the critical moment. Generally, it must be optimistic about the next candidate a few months ago, and strive for a smooth transition when the coaching change is over. If you want to change the helmsman, it is indeed a normal thing to contact Mourinho from now on.

So Karl just thought about it for a while, and asked directly: "Is it Inter Milan or Barcelona?"

Mourinho smiled proudly: "Barcelona."

Carl, who is well aware of the love-hate history between Barcelona and Mourinho, expressed his congratulations: "Now you have finally got what you want, congratulations." Perhaps he had high ambitions since he was young, but in reality he had enough For the sake of cynicism, Mourinho has an almost paranoid obsession with such things as "returning to the hometown after becoming famous and enjoying the envious eyes of others". After the success, I returned to my hometown and slapped the old enemy in the face. I also felt that the plot was cool enough.

Mourinho couldn't keep a secret in his heart: "Barcelona has a lot of problems now. In terms of tactics and locker room integration, I think..." He began to talk about his inner thoughts.

Carl hurriedly called to stop: "Stop, stop! Maybe we will be rivals in the Champions League next season. This kind of thing is related to the overall planning of a club in the future. You'd better not let me know too much."

"Let's not say that what I'm telling you is my plan for Barcelona's future, not specific tactical issues. Even if it is detailed tactics, you will not use them against me, because I know you, Carl, you He is a gentleman." Mourinho shrugged: "I have never been interested in decent people, I like energetic rebellious guys, only you are an exception, who knows how I made friends with you in a daze? "

"Actually, I'm not as serious as you think. Just like now, I'm hiding a funny thing from you."

"?"

Carl pointed to the other party's shirt hem: "Did you eat too much for dinner? The last button fell off, and the round belly button was exposed..."

Mourinho finally understood why the cleaners had to cast strange glances when they passed by him twice.

"I have some unfortunate news for you." Carl patted the other person on the shoulder and said in a very comforting tone: "In the rest of your life, you probably won't have the chance to see what your mermaid line looks like."

Mourinho: "..."

"Need to reminisce about your skinny youth by looking at my mermaid line?"

"Pissoff!"

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In early 2008, there was no major news in German football except that Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 replaced their coaches successively. He gave Karl the nickname of "The Coach Killer".

Because since he came to the Bundesliga, the recent head coaches of Bayern Munich and Schalke 04 have changed three people-Schalke 04, after experiencing Rangnick and Stevens, now chooses The most important thing is the joint coaching of Buskens and Mulder. As for Bayern Munich, after abandoning Magath and Hitzfeld successively, they brought the former national team coach Klinsmann to the team.

Schalke 04 is lucky to say that the club’s decision to change coaches has no direct causal connection with Karl on the surface, but Bayern Munich is different. As a rival in the same city, Bayern has been crushed by Munich 1860 in the past three seasons. , both Magath and Heathfield were mercilessly slaughtered by the Lions in the same city derby before they were revealed by the media that they were about to dismiss get out of class. In the transfer season, when the major teams can rest and take a breath , They were replaced by Bayern as expected.

In the past four years, Carl's position has been as stable as Mount Tai, but the teams defeated by him have changed their head coaches one after another. Isn't this "coach killer"?

The media learned from the news circulating inside the Bayern club that Beckenbauer, Rummenigge and other senior Bayern executives were very dissatisfied with the status quo that the club had been suppressed by 1860. "People from Stunning" - choose and choose, and there is only Klinsmann who has pure German blood, has been popular after the World Cup, was once a legendary superstar, has blond hair and blue eyes, and has a great affection in the hearts of German women. Can compete with Auston for a long time.

The arrival of Klinsmann has indeed brought a lot of new popularity to Bayern Munich. Although he was criticized for failing to lead the German team to win the World Cup at home in 2006, he has the nickname "Golden Bomber" and has become famous for 20 years. For many years, Klinsmann, who led the German team to win the European Cup as captain in 1996, is also one of the most promising Mesozoic coach representatives in German football.

The entire German football world is looking forward to the match between Klinsmann, the best coach of the Mesozoic generation, and Oston, the best coach of the new generation (Because Loew has not yet proved himself in the competition, the ranking of domestic coaches is temporarily behind Klins Man), but the collision between the two will have to wait until April at the earliest. Because Bayern Munich has not even won the Champions League qualification this season, the current direction of efforts is to surpass the Lions in the league to get the first place, and Munich The focus of 4 is on the quarter-finals of the Champions League.

In the first two league matches after the winter break, Munich 1860 won one and drew one. In the standings, Bayern, which had won both games, was caught up by only one point. The "Munich Daily" immediately clamored: "The next round Bayern will definitely regain the top spot in the league!"

Karl has never liked to contribute himself to be a stepping stone for others, so when the media with a heart to Bayern were expecting the reversal of Munich 1860, he fired with full firepower in the new round of the match against Hannover 96 , so that bystanders can clearly see that the tiger just took a nap, and has not yet become a sick cat.

Hannover 96 tightened their defense in exchange for a 0:3.

At the same time, Bayern Munich also defeated Rostock 2:1 at home. Although they still only lead by 1 point, the top spot in the Bundesliga is still placed under the ass of Munich 1860.

Before the game, the commentators who were unanimously optimistic that Hannover could draw with 1860 at home now licked their faces and paid homage to the Lions: "It really deserves to represent the highest level of football in Germany!"

"Hannover is not enough to watch at all. The 90-mile defense line has always been about to be blown up."

"It is up to you to bring glory to German football in the European arena!"

"I want to blow up Real Madrid too!"

"Koch is so bored that he is leaning against the goal post to play games! I swear I saw the PSP in his hand!"

"...I saw Koch leaning on the goal post. With such a group of powerful midfield teammates, it is not incomprehensible for him to use his eyes to guard the goal... But PSP, the picture you saw upstairs is from P Bar?"

"Eh? Is that so, let me take another look... That, it seems, is the picture of P... ㄒoㄒ"

Soccer is like this, a place where success or failure is judged entirely by performance. No matter how many blacks you have, as long as you can keep winning and persevere in winning, then you will not only gain applause and honor, but also have sex with the blacks. The counterattack hit the face.This feeling is unparalleled refreshing.

On February 2, the first round of the Champions League quarter-finals will start.

Two days before the game, the whole Real Madrid team arrived in Munich by chartered plane.

Different from the last time they came to be a guest, the Real Madrid players seemed very relaxed this time, without the sense of tension and restraint when they came to the visiting team city, because their coach is a German, that is, he has played for A generation of superstar Schuster who has passed Barcelona and Real Madrid.

Schuster not only personally prepared all the itineraries for Real Madrid to Munich, but also successfully borrowed Bayern's training base for the team as their pre-match preparation for the Champions League.Because of Schuster's status as a Mesozoic German coach, this match between Munich 1860 and Real Madrid was also called the "German Derby" by many media.