Godfather Of Champions

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※※※Rothaus is the general manager of the Hoffenheim Club. The person who injects capital to determine the general direction of the club is the owner Diego Hope, but the person in charge of all specific affairs is this middle-aged man.

He was once the general manager of Stuttgart, a strong Bundesliga. In 2005, he resigned from Stuttgart and accepted Hope’s invitation to switch to this small team that was still in the German League. It actually takes some courage to make such a choice. After all, Rothaus has done a good job in Stuttgart, and his income is also satisfactory. There is no need to change places to start from scratch. Small teams going to the German C League will get themselves in a quagmire if they are not careful. But after months of deliberation, he decided to come to Hoffenheim for a career.

If compared with when he first came to Hoffenheim, then he has actually succeeded.

In his first season in the Bundesliga, he won the second place in the league and also trained two German internationals, a Bundesliga and Europe's top scorer. Although the performance in the second season was not as good as last season, he was also stable in the middle of the Bundesliga. At least there is no worry of relegation, their original plan is to use two years to stabilize the position in the Bundesliga.

Hope and he are not eager to build Hoffenheim into a team that can immediately win the championship. Hope invested a large sum of money first to build training bases and stadiums, and to look for young players everywhere. They do not buy big names. Star.

From this point of view, they are also miracle makers, and they are very different from Nottingham Forest.

Last season, news about Rangnick's dismissal from the club was all over the air, and Hope immediately instructed Rothhouse to offer Rangnick a new five-year contract. News of the head coach's contract renewal soon appeared in major media, and those rumors were self-defeating.

The situation the team encountered last season was expected by Rothhouse, and he was not disappointed. It was only those strangers who had never met but had high hopes for Hoffenheim.

Rothhouse has a big ideal, which may be bigger than that of his boss Hope-he wants to build Hoffenheim into a club that can survive and maintain normal operations without relying on Hope's investment. Just like the famous clubs that already exist in the world, investors can change many batches, but this team always exists. He and Hope will get old and die one day. Hoffenheim can't fall back to the seventh division just because Hope left. They should be able to stay in the Bundesliga. He must let this team gradually abandon Hope's investment and influence, step by step to become independent.

Now there may be an opportunity to start the first step.

Just this morning, he received a fax from the UK.

Nottingham Forest asked him whether the team's forward Vedad Ibisevic could be sold. The miracle of England and the miracle of Germany finally had their first official contact.

He received countless such faxes last summer, and at that time he refused them all without asking Hope for advice. It is impossible for any ambitious club to sell the top scorer in its own team. What's more, Hoffenheim is not short of money and will participate in the Champions League next season. He does not think Ibisevic will choose to leave.

There were a lot fewer faxes like this this summer. The teams that were once interested in "Super Iby" have expressed that they will not introduce this once famous super shooter. Those teams that are still interested in Ibisevic are only second-tier teams in the top league or second-tier teams.

After the end of last season, the German media once ridiculed: "Ibisevic was originally a ranger in the low-level leagues in Europe. He has no problem adapting to that level of football. Will be successful. To be honest, he is not a striker who can play in the top league..."

This sounded harsh, but it was the true thought of many people. Many people think that Ibisevic's crazy performance in Hoffenheim's Bundesliga debut was just an accidental outbreak. In fact, he is more suitable for playing low-level leagues. Look, wasn't he beaten back to his original form in the second season?

In fact, there are disputes within Hoffenheim as to the true level of Ibisevic. Some people think he is indeed a top striker, while others think he is just lucky. It seems reasonable on all sides. Head coach Rangnick does not belong to either of the two sides, but he also has a headache for Ibisevic's sudden good and sudden bad performance.

When he first joined Hoffenheim, Hoffenheim was still playing in the Bundesliga. He played 31 times, most of them came off the bench, and only scored five goals. As a forward, this is the data. It was terrible. At that time, the local media believed that Hoffenheim bought the wrong person. Ibisevic’s long-term experience proved that he could not meet Hoffenheim’s requirements at all. Aachen also did not show the strength of Ibisevic.

If it weren't for the Beijing Olympics, maybe Ibisevic would continue to sit on Hoffenheim's bench until the contract expires, or he would be sold off by Hoffenheim to any club halfway through and ignore him. But destiny is often so wonderful, unpredictable, full of various changes and surprises.

His superior position is not that Ranick has the eyes to recognize talents, but is purely a coincidence. You know, just before the 08-09 season, he was just a substitute forward in the mind of head coach Rangnick. However, the team's main striker Obasil will miss most of the team's preparations and the first few rounds of the season due to the Beijing Olympics.

So Ibisevic was able to play in the first round of the league.

It was this Bundesliga debut for Hoffenheim against Cottbus, which became the beginning of a legend. Vedad Ibisevic, who has never been optimistic about it, has never been recognized, and has never been noticed, scored twice in the game! Helped the team 3-0 victory over Cottbus. Then he scored every game and even scored twice in the game many times. Even if Obasil returned to the team after the Olympics, Rangnick discovered at this time that he was unable to let Ibisevic, who is in full form, as a substitute, but Obasil is also a very capable striker, and he can't bear to let this. A striker sits on the bench. So he simply modified his tactics, allowing Obasi, Wellington and Ibisevic to appear at the same time, instead playing a more aggressive 433! The results received a miraculous effect, for a time no one can stop the Bundesliga.

Ibisevic became the top scorer, and Rannick is still saying: "To me he is like a player we just brought in this season."

In the second season Ibisevic was inexplicably sluggish, and Rangnick said again: "To me, he is like a player we just introduced this season..."

The Bundesliga marshal was also at a loss for Ibisevic.

Maybe he should be sold?

This thought flashed through Rothhouse's mind.

But he still rejected Nottingham Forest. He said that we will not sell Ibisevic and he is an important member of our team.

He didn't wait for the second fax from Nottingham Forest. He thought this team would definitely give up, maybe they just asked casually...

Unexpectedly, he waited for Tony Dunn, head coach of Nottingham Forest, and a German translator.

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"Hoffenheim is really a quiet little village. I like it here... I will choose this place if I live." Tony Dunn, dressed as a tourist in sunglasses and disguised as a tourist, stood with his German translator. On the side of the training field, watch one person's solo practice through the barbed wire fence.

The time for normal training is over. The fans who had surrounded here before have dispersed. Not many people remain.

They are all fans of that man in the field.

Vedad Ibisevic is training himself to shoot in the training ground. This is an untouchable procedure-every day after training, he will practice shooting for half an hour. He is a forward, and there is nothing more important than shooting.

Dunn is watching from the side, his shooting skills are very good, perhaps because of long-term training.

Half an hour passed quickly. Ibisevic did not go directly to the locker room, but turned over to sign autographs for the fans who were still waiting outside the field.

The height of 189 meters and the weight of 80 kilograms make him very strong, but not bulky. He stood behind the barbed wire fence and signed autographs to the fans one by one, and then walked in front of Tony Dunn.

Dunn passed through the nets to the blue Hoffenheim jersey with Ibisevic's number and name he had just bought in the souvenir store outside, along with a marker, and a business card.

No fan would hand out his business card when he asked for his autograph. Ibisevic looked up strangely at the middle-aged man wearing sunglasses.

"Tony Dunn. Nice to meet you, Ibisevic." The man outside introduced himself.

This name sounds familiar...wait!

Ibisevic widened his eyes and asked directly in English: "Are you the head coach of Nottingham Forest? Why are you here?"

"Because Nottingham Forest is very interested in you." Dunn grinned.

Three days have passed since he received the call from the brokerage company, and he has not yet answered the brokerage company. Because he doesn't know whether he should leave here, and whether he should go to Nottingham Forest, there is more than one Nottingham Forest interested in him.

"I watched the video of your playing football, but I think this kind of thing still has to be seen with my own eyes before it counts, so I came. Do you practice like this every time you finish training?"

Ibisevic nodded.

"No wonder, your success is not accidental. How about, go to England with me? I will help you get back your status and get it back in the Champions League." Dunn smiled like a demon who is seducing mortals.

Ibisevic was silent for a while, then shrugged: "I don't know how to answer you, Mr. Dunn. Maybe you can feel new in changing places, but I still have a contract with the club. If the club doesn't let me go, then Nothing works."

"Ah, you just need to show the club that you want to change the environment, and leave the rest to us." Dunn patted his chest.

"I know Nottingham Forest is a team that will participate in the Champions League in the new season, but I don't understand why you guys come to me?" There is another question Ibisevic can't understand. In his opinion, teams that are capable of competing for the championship should pursue those well-known players. Anyway, the financial crisis is still lingering, and those big-name players are not expensive.

"I only buy players that meet my requirements. I never care if they are famous or not. You are the person I need, Ibi. Come to my team, I will give you a bigger stage."

Ibisevic was silent for a while, and then nodded: "Okay, Mr. Dunn. If you can convince my club, I will give priority to signing with the Forest team."

After talking about his plan to leave, Dunn didn't expect Dunn to hold him: "Signature." He pointed to the jersey still in the hands of Ibisevic, "I am your fan, sign me."

Ibisevic reluctantly signed his name on his jersey and handed it back, but he accepted the card.

He felt that it was indeed time to change places. Anyway, he is always changing teams, from the United States to France, from France to Germany, and now it's just from Germany to the United Kingdom, no big deal. He has changed teams for almost a year, and Hoffenheim is the longest team he has stayed. Do you know how the European media call him?

Ranger.

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In the afternoon of that day, Dunn took a German translator to see Rothhaus, the general manager of the Hoffenheim club.

The two sides had a secret meeting that no one knew.

No one knows what they talked about. The outside world doesn't even know that Tony Dunn suddenly ran to this small village south of Frankfurt, Germany to meet Rothhouse.

A day later, the Nottingham Forest and Hoffenheim club officials announced at the same time that the former European Golden Boot winner Wedard Ibisevic had transferred to Nottingham Forest with a transfer fee of 10 million euros plus an exchange of players. The two parties signed a contract. For four years, the annual salary and other specific benefits have not been announced.

The German media came across Tony Dunn who was returning to Nottingham with Ibisevic at the Frankfurt airport.

"He is the player I need." After Dunn was surrounded by reporters at the airport, he ignored the doubts. "I don't care what you think of him. I buy it for myself, not for you. Parallel imports? You are so sure of a player's future development, why don't you quit and become an agent? I promise to shed light on the newspaper. Make up for more money!"

"What is your dissatisfaction? From now on, Super Iby is my person, a player from Nottingham Forest, and someone who will become a registered player in the Premier League. Your German media can't control it."

"I believe in his abilities, and I am willing to give him the opportunity to prove again...I have problems with people's vision? Yes, but I can win the championship because of the ‘parallel imports’ that I like."

"I'm squandering club money? I'm willing, can you control you?"

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Amid the noise and doubts, Ibisevic was dragged by Dunn on a flight from Germany to Britain.

Eleven years ago, Ibisevic, who was only fifteen years old, left the country where the war broke out and stayed in Switzerland briefly. Due to visa issues, he did not obtain legal residency, so he traveled across the oceans and came to St. Louis in the United States to seek relatives. He insisted on his professional football dream in the United States, a country where football is deserted, and relied on the outstanding performance of the local team to be favored by the coach of Ligue 1 giant Paris Saint-Germain and returned to Europe when he was only 19 years old. He was then loaned to Dijon, a small team in the French League, where he quickly grew up and got a chance to play, scored some goals, and saw many new things. Then he was terminated by Paris Saint-Germain, just like the situation faced by any hopeless young man. Fortunately, he was noticed by a German agent in the last two games of Dijon and recommended him to two German teams. He chose to join Aachen, which was still in the Bundesliga at the time. He only played for Aachen for one year, and Aachen was unfortunately relegated. Wearing the No. 9 shirt, he did not make any great contributions to the team. This time he chose to leave Aachen and switch to another Bundesliga team. Hoffenheim.

He played 31 times in his first season and only scored five goals. The best scorer of the second season of the Bundesliga, European Golden Boot winner. In the third season, he was called "a lifetime goal in one season". Like a dazzling meteor, it rises quickly in the sky, and then quickly disappears into the vast space.

He has been unknown, he has been red, he has succeeded, and he has failed. He has seen big scenes, and has persisted in his ideals in difficult situations that others cannot imagine. He believes that he will succeed one day. Eleven years have passed. He is no longer the kid who fled with his parents. He has become a professional player. He lives in a spacious house, has his own car, and enjoys the cheers from the fans. He changes. A lot.

But one thing has never changed-he is always wandering, from here to another.

This time, the ranger Ibi embarked on a new journey.

He may continue to wander, and fully realize the title of "Ranger". Perhaps he will stop wandering around the world and choose a place as his last post.

Will it be the forest where Robin Hood was so fond of? (To be continued, if you want to know what's going on, please visit www.qidian.com, there are more chapters, authors are supported, and genuine reading is supported!)

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