Chapter 827: Human greed

"Master Huan!"

As soon as Sun Yue opened the door, he saw Hamburg's CEO Thomas Rek and technical director Beiersdorf standing outside the room. As soon as they entered, they greeted Yang Huan and the other two politely.

"It's you, come, come and sit down, come and sit down!"

Yang Huan stood up with a smile and waved to them.

The two walked to the sofa in the living room, found a seat and sat down opposite Young Master Huan.

When Yang Huan saw Thomas Lake and Beiersdorf, he was a little surprised, but he soon understood what was going on.

In the previous meeting, except for Ajax and Benfica, the core senior executives of several teams under Yang Huan were present.

But the most embarrassing position is still hamburger.

Seeing other teams happily cutting the cake while Hamburg got nothing, they were naturally anxious.

But no one can be blamed for this, after all, Yang Huan is not the one in charge of the hamburger now.

"How is it, Thomas? Are you used to cooking in Hamburg?" Yang Huan asked with a smile.

His hands were busy as he was making tea for them.

"Well, it's OK, but I have no experience in this area before, so it will take me a while to get started."

"It's normal, but it doesn't matter. Take your time. I believe you can do it well!" Yang Huan said with an affirmative smile.

"Thank you, Master Huan. I will do my best!" Thomas Lake promised.

As he spoke, Yang Huan had already brought two cups of hot fragrant tea to them, and even replaced the tea for Sun Yue and Zhao Yuanfang.

After finishing all this, Yang Huan continued, "Is the situation in Hamburg good now?"

"Well, it's pretty good!" Thomas Lake answered again, "We sold Calhanoglu and got back 25 million pounds. Together with Adler, Westermann, Van der Vaart and other players, we got back nearly 40 million euros in transfer fees in the transfer market."

"But in terms of signings, our investment is not large. Apart from the 2.5 million euros spent on Osterolek from Augsburg, the rest of the players are basically on loan, so the cost is not high."

From goalkeeper Oblak to the defense players Alderweireld, Jedvaj, Emre Can, and the recently introduced Douglas Santos, or midfielders such as Godino, Hojbjerg, Weigl, Kimmich, Krassi and others, all of them were loaned from Yang Huan.

The same is true for Abubakar, Douglas Costa, Coman and Januzaj on the front line.

In order to strengthen Hamburg's forward line, Yang Huan even brought in the 18-year-old talented Nigerian striker Sussex from the Pozzo family of Udinese, and the 18-year-old young player Sane from Schalke 04, both of whom were loaned to Hamburg.

Looking at the entire Hamburg team, how many players do you have?

Goalkeeper Drobny, defenders Dickmayer, Ostrolek, Jansen, and youth center back Tah.

In the midfield, there is only Badley left, and almost all the forwards are gone.

Even the Chinese player Lin Zhijian was sold.

Yang Huan personally agreed to this, because he felt that since he was not strong enough, what was the point in staying?

Besides, Lin Zhijian says he is Chinese, but he is a German citizen and can’t even speak Chinese. What’s the point?

Among the few players, the 18-year-old Tah was the one that Southampton scouts strongly requested to stay. Hamburg had high hopes for the young player, gave him key training treatment, and renewed his long-term contract.

As for Badelj, the 25-year-old Croatian international was once known as Modric's successor. After joining Hamburg, he performed quite well. He is not a main player in the national team, but both scouts and Beiersdorf have praised him highly.

One thing that must be mentioned here is that in Badelj's first season with the team, Van der Vaart was in great form, and both offense and defense revolved around Van der Vaart. The Croatian midfielder was only a supporting role and his performance was not ideal.

But in the second season, which is the season that just passed, Van der Vaart's condition declined rapidly and the team's midfield as a whole could not keep up, but Badelj's performance surprised everyone.

If you pay attention to the Bundesliga data last season, it is not difficult to find that he is on the list of steals, interceptions, average dribbles per game and dribble success rate, and basically he is in the top ten.

In other words, he is very comprehensive and can be regarded as another strong supporter of Hamburg's midfield besides Calhanoglu.

If Modric is the top-tier version, then Badelj is the upper-middle version.

However, the Croatian midfielder only had one year left on his contract with Hamburg and had received offers from other European teams, especially Italy's Fiorentina. Therefore, Beiersdorf personally stepped in and finally persuaded Badelj to stay.

Hamburg's series of big moves have also caused quite a stir in the German football world.

Combined with the previous sale of part of Hamburg's shares, it also caused great concern among Hamburg fans and German fans.

After all, with such a lineup, can they stay in the Bundesliga this year?

This is still an unknown!

But what was totally unexpected was that Tuchel's team had played four warm-up matches so far and won all four.

But if it was just a perfect victory, there would be nothing to be surprised about. What is more terrifying is the team's amazing performance and the clear team-building ideas that Tuchel has shown from the very beginning.

The first warm-up match was against the German second division team Bochum.

Don't think that this team is weak just because it ranked 15th in the Bundesliga last season. In fact, Bochum's defense is among the best in the Bundesliga, and they were almost relegated only because of their poor offense.

But looking back at Hamburg, not only did they almost get relegated from the Bundesliga, the team has also just undergone a reorganization, so many people are not optimistic about this warm-up match.

Unexpectedly, Tuchel's team was a surprise.

Goalkeeper Oblak, the back line from left to right are Ostrolek, Emre Can, Alderweireld and Dickmayer. Except for Dickmayer who was the main player last season, the others are all newcomers.

In midfield, the 18-year-old Weigl served as a deep-lying organizer, forming a midfield with Badelj and Krasi.

In the frontcourt, Abubakar acts as the spearhead, with Douglas Costa and Coman on his left and right respectively.

Among the eleven starting players, only two are the main players from last season, and the rest are all newcomers.

But Tuchel used a hearty victory to tell everyone that a reorganized team does not necessarily have to move **!

Just five minutes into the game, Abubakar headed the ball into the goal after receiving Coman's cross from the right at the edge of the small penalty area.

Afterwards, Douglas Costa got the ball on the left and made a cross. It was Aboubaker again who shot a powerful shot near the penalty spot, which once again penetrated the Bochum goal.

After scoring two goals in a row, Hamburg launched a wave of attacks. Douglas Costa and Aboubakar scored successively. The latter performed a hat trick to help Hamburg take a 4-0 lead.

After the half-time break, Tuchel replaced ten players except young player Weigl.

As a result, Sussex and Sane scored successively, helping the team to beat Bochum 6-0.

This battle shocked everyone in Hamburg and also made the fans very excited.

Especially in this game, the performance of young player Weigl as the midfielder.

He is quick in passing, accurate in long passes, very creative, and not afraid of being pressed when he has the ball at his feet.

All these advantages allowed Weigl to fully demonstrate his strength in this game.

Not only that, in the first half, the trident formed by Abubakar, Douglas Costa and Coman were impressive with their amazing attacking power in the frontcourt and their outstanding personal abilities.

Aboubakar's hat trick, Douglas Costa and Coman's unstoppable performances on the left and right flanks made the Hamburg fans watching the game at home scream with excitement and regained their former passion.

As for the midfield, young player Weigl had a 95% pass success rate and amazing calmness throughout the game. Combined with Badelj's organization, escape and advancement, Krasi ran all over the field at all costs, fought tenaciously on defense, but also had delicate footwork.

The three midfielders of Hamburg team echoed each other, formed a combined force, and firmly controlled the situation on the field.

Even in the second half, after Thorgan Hazard and Hojbjerg were brought on, Hamburg's midfield strength was still far superior to Bochum's, and they firmly controlled the dominant advantage throughout the game.

But this is just the beginning.

After defeating Bochum, Hamburg once again defeated La Liga's Real Betis at home with a score of 3-1.

Weigl still played the whole game, and Abubakar scored twice, showing his strength as a goal-scoring beast.

The other goal came from young player Sane who came on as a substitute.

After that, Hamburg defeated Reide 4-0 and Lucerne of Switzerland 2-0, winning four games in four. The warm-up match results were impressive.

Abubakar, in particular, scored a total of seven goals in four warm-up matches. Such a goal-scoring striker even attracted strong attention from the German media.

Because Abubakar had already quickly become popular in the Dutch Eredivisie last season.

In addition, players such as Oblak, Alderweireld, Emre Can, Weigl, Krassi, Douglas Costa and Coman have also fully demonstrated their strength in the warm-up matches.

The new coach Tuchel captured the hearts of Hamburg fans and successfully established a foothold in Hamburg.

When Yang Huan heard Beiersdorf and Thomas Rek talking about Hamburg's pre-season warm-up match, he was in a very good mood and couldn't help laughing.

This time, he put a lot of effort into taking over Hamburg.

Every player loaned to Hamburg is extremely capable.

Considering Tuchel's ability, if Hamburg doesn't improve, Yang Huan will be really depressed.

However, they did not disappoint us after all!

"Tuchel has repeatedly expressed his satisfaction with the club's transfer operations in many media interviews. He believes that the team is full of competitiveness in the new season and he has absolute confidence that they can avoid relegation."

Thomas Lake said with a smile.

"With Tuchel's words and the media's promotion, the fans are very satisfied with the new management team. I believe that as long as the team performs well in the new season, there shouldn't be any major problems."

Yang Huan raised his eyebrows.

In other words, Thomas Rek, Beiersdorf and others have finally managed to temporarily stabilize the situation in Hamburg!

It’s worth it that Yang Huan spent so much time and energy on the hamburger!

But just when Yang Huan wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, Beiersdorf brought some not-so-good news.

"Master Huan, the team has won consecutive games and everything is going well. The morale of the team is high and the players are also receiving attention. Just yesterday, Cruze came to me and brought some opinions from the board of directors."

"Opinions?" Yang Huan frowned. "What opinions can Khov and others have?"

"They hope to buy out the ownership of players like Weigl!"

As soon as Beiersdorf said this, Yang Huan frowned deeply.

This is really like a greedy person trying to swallow an elephant!