Chapter 593 Future Goalkeeper
Not long ago, a French football magazine had a report with this sentence.
"As long as Mourinho remains unemployed, all the coaches of Europe's top clubs will have to worry about their jobs!"
This may seem like a joke, but it truly reflects Mourinho's current status and influence in European football.
He is truly a world-class coach, synonymous with championships and success!
Under his leadership, Chelsea became one of the top teams in Europe.
This most powerful "laid-off worker" in the world, after leaving Stamford Bridge, almost all the top teams that were dissatisfied with the head coach kept in close contact with him and were vying for Mourinho's arrival.
According to French Football magazine, in the past few months, in addition to receiving the sky-high "layoff subsidy" offered by Chelsea, Mourinho has also received a lot of coaching invitations, such as repeated invitations from Aulas of Ligue 1 Lyon and Moratti of Inter Milan.
But the most special one is that he chose to return to Barcelona! This news quickly grabbed the attention of the media and fans around the world. Everyone was surprised by this, but they also felt it was normal. They were surprised because the playing styles of the two were very different, but it was normal because there are actually very few famous coaches in European football at the moment, and Mourinho is the top one.
In an interview with Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona vice president Bartomeu revealed that Mourinho promised that after coaching Barcelona, he would lead the team back to the La Liga championship ranks and completely defeat Real Madrid.
"Not only that, he promised to lead the team back to the Champions League within three years. He wants to lead the team to wash away the shame they suffered in the Champions League in the past two seasons!"
Although Bartomeu did not say it explicitly, the spearhead was undoubtedly directed at Su Dong and Bayern Munich.
Everyone knows that in the past season, in the quarter-finals, Su Dong and Bayern Munich defeated Barcelona 9-0, which almost became the most painful defeat in Barcelona's history and almost shook Rosell's position as chairman.
Because of this, Rosell and Bartomeu had no choice but to choose Mourinho.
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"In fact, there was a lot of controversy within Barcelona. Many people, including Cruyff, opposed it. There was also a proposal to let Guardiola of the second team coach. You know, although Guardiola's reforms in the second team were very good and the results were good, he had never coached the first team. Rosell was not confident in him."
In Su Dong's villa in Grunwald, Germany, Mendes, who came specially, personally told Su Dong about Mourinho's signing with Barcelona. In addition to being Su Dong's agent, he is also Mourinho's agent.
"It seems that Barcelona has made up its mind this time." Su Dong said with a smile.
Only if Barcelona is ruthless with itself would it choose Mourinho to coach, because this goes against Barcelona's tradition.
Of course, things like tradition depend on the situation. In Barcelona's current situation, the most important thing is to clean up the mess as soon as possible and prevent the team from losing again and again. By then, the team's morale will be gone and there will be little competitiveness left.
Especially after Su Dong left, Ronaldinho, Deco and Marcos Senna all left, which had a great impact on Barcelona.
"What about Guardiola?" Su Dong asked with concern.
Su Dong had met this former Barcelona legend several times, but they did not have any in-depth communication. He just felt that he was a relatively introverted person who didn't talk much, but he gave people the impression that he was very good at thinking and had a lot of ideas in his mind.
"Mourinho asked for someone familiar with Barcelona to join the coaching staff. Rosell originally wanted Guardiola to be an assistant coach for the first team, but Guardiola refused and chose to stay in the second team, so Tito Vilanova went to the first team."
Su Dong was not surprised. Guardiola did not seem to be someone who would be inferior to others. Moreover, he was a local leader born and raised in Barcelona. The football style he accepted was far different from Mourinho's, so he probably could not accept it.
"There is news that Begiristain had promised before that Guardiola would be the head coach of the first team, but now it has become Mourinho, and Guardiola is definitely unwilling to be the assistant coach," Mendes explained.
Su Dong nodded, this was also a factor.
Begiristain is the former technical director of Barcelona. He has a close relationship with Guardiola and also has a good relationship with Su Dong.
Begiristain and Soriano are considered to be the ones in the Barcelona management who have relatively good relations with Su Dong, but both of them are Laporta's men and have now left Barcelona. The former is still unemployed for the time being, while Soriano is a high-paid elite and quickly found a job as chairman of Iberia Airlines.
As the saying goes, when a person leaves, the tea gets cold. The promises made by Begiristain when he was in office naturally became invalid after he left.
Rosell chose Mourinho to coach, obviously with an eye on short-term results. It is understandable that he would not be willing to let a rookie like Guardiola who has not proven himself in any practice to coach.
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Mendes came to Bayern this time not to bring news to Su Dong.
The Portuguese agent is not so idle. He came here specifically for Su Dong's contract renewal.
According to the contract between Su Dong and Bayern, it is renewed every year. Based on the results of the previous season and the club's operating performance, Su Dong has the right to decide whether to renew the contract. This is also to keep the initiative in his own hands.
In return, Su Dong's signing fee can be paid in installments.
This is also the reason why Bayern still has the energy to sign Ribery and Robben after signing Su Dong.
Of course, Bayern still has some financial pressure now.
"Hennes is a stingy old guy. He told me that Bayern will strengthen several positions this year, but there will be no big signings because Bayern is under great financial pressure now." Mendes found this very funny.
Will Bayern be under great financial pressure? Yes, a little bit.
Su Dong's annual salary alone is equivalent to the salary budget of the entire team of a mid-to-lower-level Bundesliga team, but the return of signing Su Dong is also very high. Su Dong made great contributions to the treble of this past season. Even in the business field, Su Dong has brought tremendous improvement and influence to Bayern and the Bundesliga.
Not to mention anything else, the Bundesliga broadcasting rights in Asia alone have risen in price.
Not to mention that after signing Su Dong, major sponsors such as Audi have increased their sponsorship. Bayern is actually making an investment with high input and high output, and it is basically a sure profit.
Su Dong was not surprised, because Bayern's current lineup really did not require big signings.
From the experience of the Galacticos, especially Irving's embarrassing situation in Real Madrid, it is not difficult to see that the more superstars there are, the better, and good steel should be used on the blade.
Nowadays, Bayern's lineup is already very complete. What needs to be done next is to recruit and strengthen some weak links, such as substitutes for Ribery and Robben, and substitutes for the midfield position of Mascherano.
The most important thing is the goalkeeper.
After Kahn retired, Bayern's goalkeeper problem has attracted the attention of all parties in German football.
Leverkusen is the most nervous because there have been rumors that Bayern wants to sign Rene Adler.
The German goalkeeper nicknamed the Eagle was the best goalkeeper in the Bundesliga in the season that just ended and was shortlisted for the best team of the season.
Adler's performance surpassed Neuer, and also suppressed famous players such as Rensing, Butt and Enke.
According to Bayern's past operating habits in the Bundesliga, poaching is a matter of course.
"Henesto, let me ask you, what do you think?" Mendes asked with concern.
Su Dong thought about it, shook his head and said, "I won't get involved in the transfer. If it's just from a technical and tactical perspective, I still retain my previous opinion."
"Previous opinions?" Mendes didn't understand.
Su Dong smiled but didn't explain further.
He had discussed this matter with the Big Three before, and the Big Three actually agreed with his judgment, that is, between Adler and Neuer, Neuer has greater potential.
Adler is indeed very stable, so stable that he doesn't seem like a 23-year-old young goalkeeper. But it can also be seen the other way around. He is too stable and seems a little too precocious, which means that his potential is limited.
Neuer is one year younger than him, stronger than him and has sharper reactions, but his weakness is obvious: he is not stable enough.
From a goalkeeper's perspective, instability is a shortcoming, but for a young man, shortcomings represent potential.
Every goalkeeper and every defender was abused by their opponents.
There is a saying in European football circles that when great goalkeepers first start out, they usually rely on their reaction and body bounce to guard the goal. This period is when they are physically at their best, but they are relatively lacking in experience, so there will be many mistakes, but they will also frequently make very magical saves.
Legendary goalkeepers such as Buffon, Casillas, and Kahn were all like this when they first debuted, and Buffon was the best among them because he stood out from the crowd when he was young. Not only did he have magical saves, but he also made few mistakes, which is very rare.
With the accumulation and improvement of experience, and as one grows younger, physical functions will begin to decline, and reaction and jumping will weaken. At this time, the goalkeeper needs to transform and change the previous goalkeeping method that relies on reaction and jumping.
Buffon is a textbook example in this regard. There was even a period of time when his physical function and experience were at their golden peak.
If the transformation is successful, the goalkeeper's career can be extended. If the transformation is unsuccessful, the goalkeeper's performance will plummet as his physical function declines.
Judging from the current performance, Adler and Neuer are actually on par with each other, but Neuer makes more mistakes, but also more eye-catching saves. Adler appears to be more stable in comparison.
Su Dong had discussed this issue with Heynckes and the Big Three before, and they all agreed that Neuer had greater potential.
Of course, potential exists in the future, and no one can tell how much of it can be realized.
Su Dong is not willing to get too involved in Bayern's transfers, but this is related to his three-year plan, so he has to be cautious.
If he really has to choose between the two, Su Dong prefers Neuer.
He believes that Neuer's future will be even more amazing!
(End of this chapter)
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