As an outsider you have to say that it is exactly these messages that trigger understanding for the action of a Maier in me.
Hertha looks megalomaniac (sorry but I can’t think of a more appropriate word).
You can say what you want against a team like RBL, but they have never dealt with their financial resources in this way.
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So sorry, there is a lot of nonsense. Megalomaniac? The word is very bad and inappropriate, if you had thought it over, it is anything but “appropriate”. Hertha has spent EUR 35 million for two young, very talented players. What is megalomaniac about it? Other clubs pay 100 million and 200 million for one (!) Player. Just because Hertha “competes” with clubs like Newcastle, Aston Villa and Tottenham? Because players are (should) be brought from Milan? (Surprise last season, the top shot went from Hertha to Milan, albeit to the sister club). Maybe that’s why you have a good connection to the city. They would be megalomaniac if they tried to take care of Nemar, Messi, Ronaldo and Co, or if they hopelessly got into debt and acted beyond the circumstances (I mean Schalke knows that). Just because there are a lot of irons in the fire and Hertha at least seems to be active in several places, so there are many rumors (!!!), does not mean that all transfers will take place. And also that the transfer (like several others) did not take place in the first step, it took almost 1 mo at Tousart, rather suggests that they are not megalomaniacal. You could have offered 50 million and cut the coal out. But they don’t seem to be making, but rather to look and offer solidly. I really can’t see megalomania just because someone wants to invest the money that is available to them.
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OK. If my post is “nonsense” then I can only give it back to you.
I assume the megalomania not in matters of transfer execution but in matters of transfer requests.
Maybe you have only realized two players with Ascacibar and Tousart. But then there were also two players who realistically fit to Berlin and their ambitions. With Xhaka, Piatek, Sanson, Götze and Draxler, however, in this transfer period alone, various types of players were associated with Hertha, who almost all work for larger clubs, would cost a high transfer fee and would certainly not make any cuts in terms of salary for Hertha.
It is clear that rumors are just rumors.
However, in not a few of these cases, concrete interest, or even offers made by Hertha, were reported.
In my opinion, there is no concept at all in Berlin. You definitely want to invest, whether it will be a striker, a ten or another six, in principle doesn’t seem to matter. At the same time, their own talents like Maier or Mittelstädt fall by the wayside, or seem to be increasingly unclear about their perspective in Berlin.
I find your sweet swipe in the direction of Schalke very nice. I don’t know where you get the reference to “hopelessly in debt”. But a look at the top 20 clubs with the highest turnover in Europe and reading about the financing status of our arena would not hurt you in order to be able to contribute something more serious in the future.
What the Milan Passage is all about is also not clear to me. Just because an association concludes a financially lucrative sale does not usually promote the relationship with a city and all of its associations. In any case, I would not have known that Schalke, after selling Sané to City, would have had extremely good business relationships with United
But to come back to my original statement or the (admittedly offensive) assumption of megalomania: Your contribution is the best example to support my statement.
Not only are you comparing clubs to “paying 100 or 200 million for a single player”. You call yourself in the same breath with last year’s Champions League finalists in terms of interest in players.
Comparing Hertha with these clubs alone (and that’s exactly what you did in your post) is megalomania.
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Uh, what is megalomaniac about it when you inquire about a Xhaka who was on the hit list? What is megalomaniac about Götze, a player who has not received an extension of the contract and can be obtained free of charge? What is megalomaniac with Piatek, Draxler and the others? If Hertha is interested, why shouldn’t they ask so that they remain nice and small and fit into your limited image? Hertha just got money. What should they do Stick it to the wallpaper or what? These are either really great talents or players who help Hertha immediately and who bring some glamor and star feeling to the Spree. Players like Götze or Draxler would also recoup a larger part of the sum through merchandising, because they are popular beyond the club’s borders and find fans. And that also applies to the other players. And everything is under 30 million. I don’t see megalomania there. It’s sad that you sit on such a high horse and are so unfavorable that you don’t even allow other clubs to wish for success without struggling.
Cutbacks or not, you don’t know what packages are put together. Götze will not only have offered 2 million salaries. And if he comes free of transfer, you can easily pay 5 million salary, because you have already saved a transfer fee with a 4 year contract. What is megalomania about it now?
No concept at all? The concept is to bring good perspective players and stars to the Spree, with the help of which you want to play for the EL / CL. What do you think Hertha should do? First draw up a business plan or how? Why do talents like Mittelstädt (defender) or Maier (injured DM / ZM) fall by the wayside when Hertha tries to get a center forward? The story about Maier stinks to heaven anyway, and one thing should be clear to Maier anyway, either way, if you want to reach the goals set CL places, you will hardly be able to do it alone with him. He would be the one who would potentially benefit the most from the acquisitions because similarly good, if not better, players join the team on which he can also grow.
Sweet swipe? Schalke was just before bankruptcy because they lived completely above their means. https://www.stern.de/sport/fussball/fussball-bundesliga-schalke-ist-fast-pleite-3447622.html https://www.welt.de/sport/fussball/article4887388/Dramatik-Lage-Schalke-droht-die-Insolvenz.html It’s sad how forgetful some people are. Even in 2017 Schalke still had EUR 160m in debt. Hertha had 40 million euros and they are paid off. So “who is sitting in the glass house” is what my “swipe” is about. You don’t need others about sustainable investments, megalomania, etc. instruct. Schalke in particular is a prime example of this, or is it normal for you to build an expensive stadium if you don’t even have the cash for it (so much for megalomania). In contrast, Hertha was much more solid and down-to-earth. Even though they have descended twice. I would like to know whether Schalke would still exist today if it had relegated in 2011 or where it would be if it relegated last year.
You don’t check it somehow or. I have not compared Hertha with Tottenham, nor with clubs that spend 100 or 200 million on players. I only wrote that Hertha is not megalomaniac because they “compete” with Tottenham. Sure they may have more money, but 1. Do you know how much they want to pay? 2. Do you know if the player wants to go there at all? 3. Is Hertha automatically out or megalomaniac just because a “richer” club is interested? 4. Maybe he thinks Berlin is cool because it is close to Poland, his buddies can visit him and he can also jet home quickly on weekends. Maybe he doesn’t feel like Brexit-Tottenham or the uncertainties associated with it? Do you know it?
And the mentioned 100 million and 200 million are examples of where there is real megalomania. 30 million is (unfortunately) not that big anymore these days, thanks to the fans who finance the madness. But if you have tips for 5 million bargains, please write them to Michael Preetz. He is guaranteed to be happy to save money and therefore not be considered megalomaniac by outsiders.
“Offensive” insinuation? No, just provocation, clunking or trolling. It is not more. What would you think if someone wrote that Schalke had gone mad because they were interested in Piatek? You probably wouldn’t find it that cool either. You forget that Hertha has over 200 million in bags and an investor in the back, while Schalke made a loss of 35 million in 2019. https://www.transfermarkt.de/schalke-rechnet-mit-fehlbetrag-von-30-bis-35-mio-euro-in-2019/view/news/346307
So maybe just a little more humility and expertise and less “offensive” insinuations. Then everyone gets along better.
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