Super Marshal

The Christmas party is an annual regular gathering of Bayern Munich. It is usually held after the last game of the first half of the season. The club will hire the chef of Schubeck Restaurant, the most famous local western restaurant in Munich, to organize it.

As a well-known celebrity chef in Germany, Schubeck's restaurant is also the most frequent gathering place for Bayern Munich. He is also very familiar with the dining tastes of the club. He rented an open space near Sebena and built a temporary banquet shed. , carefully arranged it, and specially invited Munich’s famous circus and performance troupe to perform on site.

The whole Christmas party was full of joy and the festive atmosphere was very strong.

Not only did the players and senior management bring their families with them, but Lin Xia also flew from Madrid to Munich to accompany Gao Han.

Lin Xia, who comes from the east and is elegant and refined, amazed everyone present and became the most dazzling focus among the ladies.

The team's record in the first half was astonishing, and everyone was full of confidence. The festive atmosphere was very lively, and the players' children even played in a group at the scene. From time to time, someone would come over and pester Gao Han for autographs and photos.

Gao Han was in a good mood and fulfilled the Christmas wishes of the children one by one. Lin Xia took out the exquisite gifts with Chinese characteristics that she had prepared and gave them to all the children attending the party, which made the children even more happy. They were all overjoyed.

"I really envy these children." Gao Han said with a smile after sending off the last child.

In fact, he couldn't tell whose child was whose, he just thought everyone was cute.

Lin Xia stood aside. After hearing this, she secretly glanced at Gao Han, her face turned slightly red, and she said softly: "Since you like it so much, why don't we give birth to one ourselves?"

The two have been living a carefree world since they got married.

Lin Xia continued his work in Spain and made considerable progress in his career. Not to mention Gao Han, who was already one of the top coaches in Europe. The two of them got together almost every week, but they never thought about it. Want children.

After all, once you have a child, you will definitely not be able to be as carefree as you are now.

On the contrary, it was the two elderly couples at home who had urged this matter countless times.

"Have you decided?" Gao Han asked.

Lin Xia nodded heavily, "Well, I decided to resign."

Gao Han heard Lin Xia mention this matter as early as a year ago, but she didn't have such a strong idea at that time. In the past few months, something happened that further strengthened her idea.

When she started working as a reporter, she just wanted to fulfill her ideal. But now that she is at the China News Agency, after working for so many years, her career is booming, but she finds that she seems to be getting further and further away from her dream, and she feels a little tired.

"I want to take a break and think about it." Lin Xia said firmly.

Although her salary at Zhonghua News Agency is not high, she has become financially independent over the years. It is a good thing to resign and take a break to recharge her batteries and think about the future before setting off.

Gao Han smiled and nodded, "Okay, I definitely support you, but..."

"But what?"

"It's definitely not enough to have one child, you have to have at least four." Gao Han laughed and said, "Do you think, they love children so much, if you don't satisfy them with one child, why don't you have to fight for them?"

Lin Xia chuckled and cursed: "Do you think I'm a pig?" After saying that, she reached out and hit him.

But Gao Han suddenly became serious and coughed twice, reminding Lin Xia that there was someone watching nearby and she had to pay attention to her image.

Lin Xia turned her head and saw Fan Buyten standing there awkwardly, as if he was about to get closer, but hesitant. Although she knew that the conversation with her husband just now was not heard, Lin Xia still blushed. , and after giving Gao Han a hard look, he turned around and walked towards the wife group.

"Boss." Van Buyten came closer.

"Sit." Gao Han pointed to the seat opposite him. After Van Buyten sat down, he asked with a smile: "Do you want to see me for anything?"

Van Buyten nodded, with a little hesitation on his face, but in the end he took a deep breath and looked directly at Gao Han.

"I want to leave the team."

"Leave?" Gao Han was a little surprised.

"Yes, many teams in the Premier League are interested in me, including Tottenham Hotspur, Everton, Fulham, Sunderland and Wigan. Celtic in the Scottish Premiership are also interested in me. After getting in touch, they all wanted me to join.”

Gao Han was really caught off guard. He didn't expect Van Buyten to ask to leave the team at this time.

Indeed, it is difficult for the Belgian central defender to play the main role in Bayern Munich. Hummels is the backbone of the defense appointed by Gao Han. Lucio is in good condition. In front of these two players, Van Buyten does not have much competitive advantage.

Even, to some extent, Gao Han, who pays more attention to passing and holding the ball in the backcourt, is more inclined to Demichelis.

More importantly, Jerome Boateng and Badstuber were both young players promoted by Gao Han, and both performed well. This made Van Buyten deeply feel that the competitive pressure in the team would become more and more intense. big.

At least at the beginning of the season, he would never have imagined that Hummels could replace him as the team's main central defender.

But now, the German central defender has not only done it, but also performed better and better, and his status has been difficult to shake.

"Can you tell me the reason?" Gao Han asked.

Van Buyten thought for a while and nodded: "I want to compete better for the national team. There will be the European Cup and World Cup next. I hope to play more games to ensure my condition."

The Belgian national team's performance over the past few years has indeed been miserable.

As the European Red Devils, Belgium's record in the past few competitions has not been ideal. This has put a lot of pressure on Van Buyten, the team captain, but now he cannot play the main role in Bayern Munich. This is probably because he is unwilling accepted.

There is no doubt that if he stays at Bayern Munich, he will definitely be able to win more championships and honors. The team and all the fans have no doubts about Gao Han's coaching ability, but the problem is that Gao Han can't change his attitude towards the country. The feelings and responsibilities of the team, that's why he wanted to leave.

With his playing style, he is indeed very suitable for development in the Premier League.

But the high cold is also a bit difficult.

Although the team now has a lot of central defenders, the partnership between Lucio and Hummels has performed very well, and there are strong substitutes like Demichelis. Badstuber and Jerome Boateng are both worthy Looking forward to it, but in the end, the combat power is not enough.

In this case, Bayern Munich, which is facing a multi-front battle, is in great need of substitute players like Van Buyten.

But the players have talked about this, and Gao Han can see that he has decided to leave, so it is a bit tricky.

"I'll think about it carefully and get back to you before the winter break, okay?"

"Well, I'll wait for your news." Van Buyten nodded in agreement.

"But I want you to keep it a secret for now, you know what I mean?"

"clear."

After sending Van Buyten away, Gao Han sighed heavily.

The consecutive victories have indeed boosted the morale of Bayern Munich, but it cannot cover up the internal problems exposed within the team. Various problems left over from the summer reorganization have now almost exploded.

Van Buyten chose to leave the team because he could not get a chance within the team and his status for participating in the European Cup this summer could not be guaranteed, so he wanted to leave the team and go to a team that would allow him to play the main role.

For him, game training is more important than the championship trophy.

Yes, the championship trophy is very tempting, but for many players, they would rather not have it than sit on the bench to receive the trophy. It is not a reward at all for them.

What's more, it's for the national team.

There is another player who is also clamoring to leave the team, Podolski.

Before the German prince joined Bayern Munich, he was indeed highly anticipated. However, after arriving at Bayern Munich, his situation went from bad to worse, especially after Gao Han took over the team and successively introduced Ribery, Aguero, and Klose. With a star like Robben, Podolski never gets a chance.

This made Podolski not work hard enough in training and his condition was not particularly good, so Gao Han even preferred to give the chance to the young player Thomas Muller instead of leaving it to Podolski.

Not long ago, German national team coach Loew once mentioned Podolski in an interview with the media, believing that the latter's condition was indeed not ideal. He understood Gao Han's employment decision.

This has also led to widespread speculation in the German media that Loew is likely to exclude Podolski from the European Cup squad.

So soon, Podolski publicly stated in an interview with the media that he did not want to sit on the bench for another half a year. He said that he needed more games to ensure his condition.

But for Bayern Munich now, as long as he is not injured or sick, Podolski will not get a chance at all.

In the forward appearance rankings of the Bundesliga giants, Podolski even ranked behind Thomas Muller.

But if you let him go, what will happen if an injury occurs in the second half of the season?

Every wealthy team often needs some substitute players like Van Buyten and Podolski who are capable but cannot play the main role, but there are few players who are willing to sit on the bench and patiently wait for opportunities. And little.

No, even the team captain Kahn started to lose his temper and even stopped attending the Christmas party.

Everyone knows that Kahn is retiring.

But the retiring Lion King is still very angry. At the beginning of the season, it was fine. But as the season progressed, he also had some problems with his mentality. He began to be dissatisfied with Gao Han's support of Neuer as the main force. He thought At the very least, I should have a chance to compete fairly.

But Gao Han had made it clear to Kahn as early as the beginning of the season, and he had no objection at the time.

According to Gao Han's understanding, a very important reason why Kahn changed his attitude is that after the reorganization, there was a gap between the new aid and the old ministers, especially the support obtained by strong aids such as Franck Ribery, Robben and Klose. The high annual salary broke the team's original salary structure and shook Kahn's original position as the boss of the locker room.

Under this situation, coupled with the provocation from some media and agents, Kahn's mentality naturally changed.

Some time ago, Bayern Munich's performance continued to be sluggish. Media reporters generally believed that it was due to a decline in form. Gao Han's internal explanation was the fatigue caused by multi-line operations and seasonal factors, but there is another very important reason behind it. It's the salary.

There is a saying that goes well, if you want a horse to run, you have to let it eat grass.

Bayern Munich's management broke the team's salary structure when recruiting players in the summer, but it has been slow to take action on the contract renewal of many main players such as Lahm, Bastian Schweinsteiger, and Lucio. , which naturally led to conflicts within the locker room.

The players were unhappy, which more or less affected their performance on the court.

Relying on his own authority and influence, Gao Han can hold it down for the time being, but what will happen over time?

This has just started, what about next season?

This matter must be resolved quickly!

Gao Han thought together, and when he was about to get up to find someone, he saw Beckenbauer, Rummenigge and Hoeness walking towards him with smiles.