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Chapter 448

Chapter 448

While the Hoffenheim players were having a frantic party at Long Bisheng's home, their immediate boss, that is, Hoffenheim's coach Rangnick, was invited by his immediate boss, Hoffenheim's chairman, Mr. Hoffman, to hold a special Christmas party at his home.

Rangnick was a little uneasy when he was invited to go. Compared with the glory of last season, Hoffenheim’s performance in this half of the season can be described as terrible. Although this is not entirely Rangnick’s fault, but for a club, changing the coach when the results are extremely bad is the best way. The only way to divert attention and unite the team.

However, with Mr. Hoffman's style, he should not push all the responsibilities on himself, and the Hoffenheim fans are not the kind of fans who have been fed up with honor. Although the contrast between this season and last season is bigger, they will not easily blame themselves.

In the first season of being promoted to the Bundesliga, the second half of the game was even more unsuccessful.

Lannick drove to Hoffman's villa by himself, and parked the car under the guidance of the servant. After getting out of the car, he found that there was already a car parked there before him.

Lannick froze for a moment - he was familiar with this car: "Is Mr. Rothouse here too?"

The servant nodded: "Yes, it has arrived 5 minutes before you...the master is talking to him."

Rangnick nodded. Jochen Rothaus is the general manager of the Hoffenheim club and one of the three most important people in the Hoffenheim club. In the first season of entering the Bundesliga, chairman Peter Hoffman, general manager Jochen Rothaus and head coach Ralph Rangnick are known as the troika of Hoffenheim's management.

If Rothaus also came, then it would definitely not be something like an ultimatum to Lannik, maybe it would be an ordinary Christmas party, maybe it would be a secret meeting of the club's top management, in short, it would not be the kind of thing that Lannik was worried about.

Lannick was determined, and followed the servants into the hall of the villa, which had been decorated in a festive atmosphere. Hoffman, Rothaus, and another middle-aged man who was nearly 50 years old were sitting together and talking about something.

Seeing Lannik coming in, Rothaus immediately stood up and greeted him with a smile. Lannik shook hands with him, and then nodded to Hoffman who was sitting on the chair: "Mr. Chairman, I'm here."

"Well, Ralph, you're not slow to come here." Hoffman, with a full head of snow-white hair, nodded and stroked his knee: "I'm getting old, and my knees hurt in winter, so I can't stand up anymore... Ralph, when I hired you as the head coach of Hoffenheim six years ago, I was still in good health! But these two years... Well, it's always hard to be dissatisfied."

"In fact, you are still in good health." Lannick sat down on a chair beside him, and nodded to the strange middle-aged man. He didn't know who this middle-aged man was, but being able to appear here at this time is probably a person that cannot be ignored.

"Ralph, don't comfort me. I know my own body..." Hoffman laughed and pointed at the middle-aged man: "This is my eldest son Hans...he used to pursue his own career, but now I can't do it anymore, and he will always inherit my career...Before the start of next season, I will announce that he will officially take over the Hoffenheim Club, but within half the season, Hans will gradually become familiar with the club's regulations. Just help Hans."

The middle-aged man Hans Hoffman smiled at Lannik, and then extended his hand to him. Lannik quickly stood up and held Hans' hand: "It's a pleasure to meet you."

"I invite you to come here as guests today. Apart from announcing this, there is one more thing to say." Hoffman said with some difficulty: "Ralph, we had bad luck in the first half of the season...Of course, I know it's not your fault. Supplementing players can only be a waste, we are not qualified for this kind of waste now...so during the winter break, the club did not invest in bringing in players for you, you can only play the rest of the game with the existing players, I hope you don’t have any opinions.”

Rangnick shook his head silently. He originally wanted to propose adding at least one capable player to the right forward and left back positions during the winter break, especially the left back position. But Hoffman has already said that, so what can he say?

In fact, it's not that Hoffman can't afford to spend money, but his current assets have shrunk a lot during the financial turmoil, so he has ended his other businesses, and all his assets are only in the Hoffenheim Club. Although he has money, he has to gradually consider the balance of payments.

More importantly, next season will be the day when Hans officially becomes the chairman of Hoffenheim. If the club can make a few heavyweight acquisitions at that time, then Hans, the new chairman, can quickly establish his status in the hearts of fans.

As the son inherits his father's legacy, Hoffman must of course provide better conditions for his son. Even if this season fails, it can also become a reference for the next season's glory.

Compared with just entering the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim's performance in the first half of this season is not bad. At least they won the Champions League and entered the semi-finals of the German Cup.You must know that Hoffenheim's strength is already very strong now.

"Okay, don't talk about these unpleasant things today..." Hoffman laughed: "I prepared a good dinner. The three of you young people chat together and get in touch with each other more. You will be colleagues in the future, and I will retire. In the past [-] years, I have put a lot of things into Hoffenheim. I hope you can continue to keep it, at least...to keep it in the Bundesliga and continue to bring joy to Hoffenheim fans. In fact, they are easy to be satisfied."

Rangnick was silent, and Rothaus did not speak. They only became a part of the club after Hoffenheim entered the Bundesliga Bundesliga. Of course, their feelings are not as deep as Hoffmann, who has spent more than 20 years with Hoffenheim.

"I will do my best, as long as I am still here." Rangnick vowed silently in his heart. Hoffman also has the kindness to him, and in Hoffenheim, he can also let him give full play to his abilities, because before entering the Bundesliga, Hoffenheim is a blank slate, allowing him to smear and display his talents to his heart's content.

Although the club belongs to Hoffman, this team was built by him alone. All the players in the team were selected by him, and those young players were also selected by him. They may not be strong enough, but they have no impact on the locker room. Coaching such a team that is completely built by oneself is the coaching environment that a coach dreams of the most.

Hoffman was pushed away by the servants, while the three middle-aged men sat down at the dining table, tasting beer and sausages, and talking about what might happen in the future.

"Next season, I will definitely strengthen the team. If we can enter the Champions League, I will invest at least 3000 million euros. At the same time, you can also use most of the players' transfer fees." Hans gave Lannick a reassurance: "I also have a company, but the club is my father's painstaking efforts. He needs to find someone to inherit it, so I ended my company's business and invested in the club, so our finances should be very good next season."

Hans' words made Rangnick and Rothaus settle down, and Hans continued: "I'm also a fan... well, but I'm not a Hoffenheim fan, because when I was a child, Hoffenheim was just an amateur team. I liked Frankfurt nearby, huh, but now our Hoffenheim is much stronger than Frankfurt. But Ralf, if we can't enter the European arena next season, or even play in the Europa League, then the investment may be reduced. After all, the Europa League and Bundesliga are not too much. , the prize money for participating in the Champions Cup is the big one... If something like this happens, you have to understand."

Lannick shrugged. What else could he say?But although Hoffenheim is only ranked seventh now, Ibisevic is back and Marin is coming back. Even if Kolarov misses all the next games, Rangnick feels that Hoffenheim has a chance to enter the Champions League next season.

(End of this chapter)