What exactly makes it so dramatic that other options were asked before?
The search for the A solution was smarter for VfL at the parent club TSG, who quite rightly kept their best man in sporting responsibility. Schicker and Hopp had already given their approval to the change.
It’s questionable where you got your Salzburg story from. As a precautionary measure, the child has already been taken out of the game at vfl. Before the topic with Schicker was even over.
Bringing Schwegler in is an absolutely good decision. He’s not a newcomer, he worked as a scout and chief scout at the best German club, then moved into a more responsible role at TSG and most recently at Eintracht. In addition, as an ex-professional, with impeccable character, with the best contacts to Diego Benaglio, who sits on the supervisory board.
Doesn’t exactly sound like the stupidest decision. I’m happy to bag the next transfers from Krösche in Wolfsburg beforehand.
Just because you don’t like things and you don’t know anything about them, you shouldn’t relegate them to the realm of fables. Since you don’t seem to be able to inform yourself, I’m happy to help you:
https://www.kicker.de/poker-um-abloesesum-conditioning-von-kind-bekommen-salzburg-mann-1174333/artikel
It then also shows Wolfsburg’s rank in the pecking order – somewhere between insignificant and irrelevant. Can we then be robbed of our transfer targets with this status? The sums that VW would have to put on the table for this would probably be difficult to explain to shareholders – I would doubt it.
Salzburg more attractive than Wolfsburg? I don’t know where such nonsense reports come from. If that were the case, Schicker would never have agreed to work with us, especially since he also had an offer from Salzburg, which he felt was a step backwards despite the proximity to his home.
The fact is: Man didn’t have an offer from us. He was on our list but there was no serious interest, just loose interest communicated through intermediaries. Of course, Mann took advantage of this to improve his position. That was probably also a signal to Salzburg that he was also being courted by other clubs.
In our case, we concluded negotiations with Schwegler, our actual preferred candidate after Schicker, during the Frankfurt game last week before Mann “cancelled” us. Man was never really in the running for us. I suggest you do your research before spouting your nonsense.