From The Country Team To The Rich
Chapter 78 Old Captain Saarbrucken

Chapter 78 Old Captain Saarbrucken

Saarbrucken is the capital of Saarland and a German border town.

As a former heavy industrial base in Germany, there are dilapidated factories and various coal mining bases here.

As more German companies imported coal from low-wage countries, their status declined.

It is a bit similar to the heavy industrial base that is declining in Northeast China.

The Saarbrucken are a German C team, but they are not particularly rich, perhaps due to the lower economic status of the Saarland, it seems to be a German C team, but in some detail, it is, Even Hoffenheim cannot compare.

It is linked to the expansion and revival of Hoffenheim that began last year.

In fact, the development of Hoffenheim has surpassed most teams. Except for the hard facilities like field houses and office buildings, they had even surpassed most C level teams by looking at training facilities alone .

Of course, only a few teams had the courage to directly lend 20 million euros like Zhang Xian.

Greetings of this trip, Zhang Xian's destination is the Saarbrucken club, he's here to buy players.

Berster, as the club's general manager, was quite surprised by Zhang Xian's arrival.

But the two had just completed the deal, and the bond was still there, so they naturally treated Zhang Xian enthusiastically.

Under the leadership of Berster, Zhang Xian visited the Saarbrucken club, and at the same time entered the honor room to see the old honor certificate.

Yes, Saarbrucken is a team with a long history. The team was formed in 1903. In the 1940s and 50s.

But with the maturity of the professional league and the arrival of commercialization.

Saarbrucken was a step slower, and failed to start a high-speed flight. Now they are struggling in the Bundesliga B and C leagues, and as of now, they have not reached the Bundesliga league.

And this age-old award is the only self-esteem of Saarbrucken fans.

Listening to Berster about how great Saarbrucken used to be, Zhang Xian was a little annoyed to hear it.

For Zhang Xian's performance, Berster was very useful.

"Please, who do you want to buy?"

"Mario Kohler!"

Berster suspected that he had misheard.

"Who?"

Zhang Xian said one word at a time: "Kohler Mario!"

"Damn, I treat you as a friend, you treat me as a fool!"

Berster was furious in an instant, and he said with an angry expression: "He is our captain!"

Zhang Xian emphasized: "Captain 'old'!"

"In fact, Mario is now in a state of near retirement, and his life does not seem to be good. You're not willing to pay him too much, and he himself is ashamed to ask to leave."

Silence after hearing this.

Kohlers. Mario is their old captain.

loved by fans of Saarbrucken. It can be said that even in a state of near-retirement, the team will let it appear before the start of the new season to win the support of the fans.

Just compared to this, the old captain's treatment was clearly not good. His weekly salary is 300 Euros per week, which is very sad in terms of his status.

Of course, not Saarbrucken does not want to give more, but they have spent quite a lot of money on other players in the first team.

And Saarbrucken is also very poor, they really can't give a lot of salary to the old captain who acts as a mascot.

"How do you know this?" ask Berster.

Zhang Xian shrugged and said; "Media newspapers and online search, comrades, this is no secret!"

Berster twitched slightly at the corner of his mouth, and said, "You guys how much do you want to offer for him?"

Zhang Xian raised a finger and said: "Weekly salary, one thousand euros, this is the maximum salary of Hoffenheim!"

Berster froze for a moment, and subconsciously said; "You're so rich?"

Why is Berster so angry now, it is because he feels Zhang is now insulting Mario.

After all, a level six team could not afford Mario's salary.

Zhang Xian smiled, and said: "We have invested a half-year budget into it, only to win the heart of Kohler Mario."

Pouting to hear about this, he could not believe it.

This Chinese man lied when he opened his mouth.

Sighed and said, "Alright, let's talk to him. In fact, his contract has expired and he is a free transfer player."

Hearing this, Zhang Xian's eyes twinkled.

Players with a free agent status mean you do not have to pay a transfer fee!

At noon, Zhang Xian had lunch with Berster. During this time, Zhang Xian proposed the idea of an 'internal youth echelon league'.

Berster was very interested in this, and he was willing to join.

Previously, the youth training coach had often complained to him about the problem of not being able to find a training match.

If you were to join this 'Internal Youth Training Echelon League', there would be no shortage of opponents in the training competition, and he would not need to contact him to train opponents via phone calls.

During the meal, Berster clarified the matter with Kohler Mario on the phone, and he was willing to talk to Zhang Xian.

For this, after Zhang Xian thanked him again, he came to meet with Kohler Mario around one o'clock in the afternoon.

Kohler Mario, now 35 years old, but looks rather old, and his head is full of white hair, looking like an old man.

But his figure is very burly, with a full height of 1.9 meters, this man used to be called 'Gunting-Mario' in the second Bundesliga, a real thug.

It was just that ever since he had children, this man's personality had become much more docile, and he had changed from a ferocious horse to a female slave.

"Hello, Director Zhang!"

The two met, Mario smiled and extended his hand.

Zhang Xian also smiled and raised him up.

"I think Mr. Berster explained everything. Would you like to play in Hoffenheim?"

"I'm ready!"

The other party replied firmly, and Zhang Xian was stunned.

Very smoothly!

Mario was also a little embarrassed, he said: "Actually, I already had the intention to leave, but I didn't want to have the initiative to go alone, I hoped that there would be someone coming to buy me, he said, but it seems a lot of people have lost interest in me, you should know Compared to a technically more elegant front midfielder, a scavenger like me is not popular."

Zhang Xian smiled in his heart.

At this stage, it is indeed the world of technical midfielders. The position of the front midfielder has a very important tactical meaning.

But Zhang Xian still remembered that with the evolution of tactics, the position of the midfielder became increasingly marginalized. This type of scavenger midfielder is a player that future coaches will love.

"You don't need to be like that. In Hoffenheim, the midfield belongs to the scavengers!"

In response, Mario smiled, he only thought Zhang Xian was comforting himself.

"So when do we sign the contract?"

"Sign now!"

Zhang Xian took out a contract from the bag he was carrying. After writing the contract year and salary, he wrote his name, and then handed it over.

Mario took the contract to check, and when he saw a weekly salary of 1,000 euros, he showed satisfaction.

He kept looking down. When he saw that the year of signing was 'three years', he was dumbfounded.

"Sir. do you really want me to sign a three-year contract?"

Mario thought Zhang Xian was wrong to charge.

He is a 35-year-old veteran. Zhang willing to spend 1,000 Euros a week to sign himself for three years?

In response, Zhang Xian said nonchalantly: "I believe that you will return more than the above amount."

Mario was slightly moved in his heart, he did not resist, and said, "Thank you!"

After speaking, he wrote his name.

At this point, Hoffenheim have signed 'Scissors-Mario'.