Chapter 13 Guardiola personally visits
Werder Bremen is the northernmost team in the Bundesliga. It is located in the state of Bremen. Its home stadium is the Weser Stadium, located on the banks of the Weser River that runs through the city center.
The team's training base is right next to the stadium, and the location is easy to find.
The flight taken by Lin Quan and others landed at Bremen City Airport.
Bremen City Airport is not far from the city center like other airports, its location is only 3.5 kilometers from the city center.
Therefore, after getting off the plane, it only took more than ten minutes for the group to reach their destination.
The sudden visit of Guardiola and his team made everyone at Werder Bremen feel a little stunned and shocked.
After meeting Guardiola, many staff showed uncontrollable expressions of surprise on their faces:
Could it be said that the next stop for this legendary young coach will be Werder Bremen?
Thinking about it carefully, it doesn't seem impossible.
This season, due to the team's poor performance, club manager Alofs has given up and plans to defect to Wolfsburg, another Bundesliga team.
After hearing the news, Thomas Schaff, the old partner who was close to Alofs and the head coach of the team for 13 years, also had the idea of leaving.
These two are veterans who took over the team in 1999. If they were to leave, it would be nothing less than a violent earthquake for Werder Bremen.
Therefore, the club needs to start looking for its next coach and club manager.
And it seems that it is not completely impossible for the fans and club executives who are fed up with the team's deteriorating record to make up their minds and spend a lot of money to hire the most popular legendary young coach in football today.
Based on Guardiola's achievements in the past few seasons, if he really came to coach Werder Bremen, then Werder Bremen fans would probably laugh out of their dreams.
After learning the news, Werder Bremen club chairman Klaus Fischer took first vice president Hesgru Newald, sports director Essien, club manager Alofs and others to go out in person. Welcome Guardiola and his team.
"We didn't expect that Coach Guardiola, who the entire football world is looking for, would come to Werder Bremen at this time. It really surprised us!"
Chairman Klaus shook hands with Guardiola politely, and then introduced the management of the clubs around him in turn.
Guardiola also took this opportunity to introduce his family, and waited until the two parties had finished introducing each other.
Chairman Klaus asked with some confusion: "I wonder what's the matter with Coach Guardiola's sudden visit?"
He made sure that he did not send a coaching invitation to Guardiola. Werder Bremen is just a small club in the middle and lower reaches and cannot afford a head coach of Guardiola's level.
If nothing else, Guardiola's salary alone is beyond their affordability.
Werder Bremen's total revenue last season was only 73 million euros, and Guardiola's salary alone was 10 million euros.
They simply cannot afford this kind of salary.
Besides, it’s impossible for Guardiola to like a small club like theirs!
Therefore, he wanted to know what happened when the other party suddenly visited!
The biggest possibility is that Guardiola has taken a liking to a certain young player in their team, so he personally went out to recruit him.
However, it is now the end of May, and the Bundesliga schedule ended a month ago.
Werder Bremen has been on vacation for more than half a month, and the players have already gone back to their respective homes to look for their mothers.
Coming to the club to find players at this time is not asking for fish in a tree.
The more he couldn't figure it out, the more curious he became.
Guardiola had long guessed that his arrival would cause unnecessary trouble. Fortunately, his arrival was sudden and did not alert reporters. Otherwise, there would have been many gossipy reports the next day.
So, he immediately explained:
"That's right, Werder Bremen submitted a loan application to Barcelona before, and I'm here for this!"
"Lease application?"
Klaus looked at sports director Essien, who recalled it and nodded:
"There is such a thing. Our team's midfield bench is not deep enough. According to the coach's wishes, we submitted loan applications to six wealthy clubs. In the end, only Chelsea and Barcelona responded to our request and agreed to loan players to us."
Hearing the other party mention the name Chelsea, Lin Quan was heartbroken and interrupted and asked:
"What's the name of the player on loan from Chelsea?"
Essien glanced at Lin Quan, then looked at the club chairman and asked him for instructions.
Things like loaning out are uncertain before the players come to the team to report.
The home team may regret it at any time, and other teams may also intercept it during the transfer period.
The new season has not yet started, and they do not want to reveal relevant information prematurely to avoid adversely affecting their team's preparations.
Therefore, Lin Quan's question is actually a bit taboo.
However, Klaus Fischer, chairman of Werder Bremen, waved his hand generously and said:
"The player's name is Kevin De Bruyne, a 21-year-old young midfielder."
Hearing this name, Lin Quan showed a smile on his face.
Sure enough, it was De Bruyne. Lin Quan remembered that after joining Chelsea, he could not integrate well into Mourinho's tactical system.
So he was loaned to the Bundesliga and played for a while.
The team that loaned him out seems to be Werder Bremen. Now it seems that my memory is not wrong. De Bruyne is indeed going to be loaned out.
The thought of working with this future top midfielder in football next season makes Lin Quan even more confident about next season.
Seeing Lin Quan's happy face after hearing De Bruyne's name, everyone at Werder Bremen Club was a little confused and didn't know why the other party was so happy.
Could it be that he is a fan of De Bruyne and went all the way to Werder Bremen to chase stars?
No way?
Although De Bruyne is somewhat famous, he is not that big, right?
"Ahem, that's it. Chairman Klaus, the midfielder Barcelona loaned to your team is my eldest son!"
Seeing that Lin Quan had taken the subject of the conversation astray, Guardiola coughed lightly and quickly brought the topic back.
He solemnly introduced his adopted son to the people at Werder Bremen Club:
“He plays as a defensive midfielder in the youth team and has the delicate footwork and excellent overall view of La Masia players.
Before I left Barcelona, I planned to train him as Xavi's successor. Today, I solemnly hand him over to you. I hope you can train him well and not waste his talent.
Trust me, you will be proud to have him! "
After Guardiola finished speaking, everyone on the opposite side of Werder Bremen was stunned.
Isn't it?
The legendary young coach in football made a special trip to be a lobbyist for his own son?
This background is too hard!
