Enrico Pucci
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noon
"Well, welcome back," I said to Thomas Hengen as his footsteps echoed around the empty cafeteria inside the Fritz-Walter. The only staff here today were the sales and marketing team selling tickets, a skeleton crew in the office and a few guys from security. We actually preferred meeting here as opposed to a board room or a conference room. Mainly it was for the natural light and the view out across the city.
"Ja, good to be back," he said.
He, Olaf Marschall, Jörg Weber and I exchanged pleasantries about our vacations for several minutes.
"Shall we?" I asked. They all nodded. "I filed Oliver Hüsing's contract extension this morning. 16k for two years, nothing special. We are likely to have a development in The Billy Situation today. I'll text everyone as soon as I know anything."
"I spoke to legal," Thomas said looking for something on his iPad. "Uh, here it is. They feel as his employer and a party interested in his welfare, we are within our rights to pay his bail."
"Okay, thanks for that," I said. "Now, Olaf. I think I managed to find an interesting player for us and I'd like your thoughts. Josua Meijas is a young Venezuelan central defender for Leganes in Spain. Leganes are the city of Toledo's club and in La Segunda. Meijas He has played all of one match for them in four seasons though they loaned him to a Israeli club season before last. He wants out. What is your assessment of him?"
"Ja, I know him," Olaf said. He searched on his iPad for a moment. "Ja. Meijas. They want 350k for him and that's way below market value for a player of his ability. He's fourth in the central defender pecking order and for whatever reason hasn't impressed is coach. Well, he's impressed Aranalde and Vicente. They've both seen him and talked with him. Great in the air, athletic, strong, good positional sense, and good anticipation. He can fill in at right back in a pinch. He reads the game well."
"Ja, f***ing robbery at 350," Jörg agreed. "Watched his vids."
"Well, he's likely going to be our first purchase of the Pucci era," I said, smirking.
"Where are you at with backup forwards?" Thomas asked.
"Ja ..." Olaf said.
"Well ...," I added.
"There are so f***ing many available," Jörg concluded.
"For free even," I said. "We're going to invite a bunch here for trials if their clubs will let them. If they don't, we'll just invite them when they've been released. Its the same situation for fullbacks. We keep narrowing our list of potential candidates."
"Ja, and then there are the potential loan signings," Olaf said. Jörg and I nodded in agreement. "We might very likely have four very strong strikers on the roster for next season. Fullbacks, too."
"There is a long time to go before this all needs to be decided," I said.
"Question," Jörg said. "You think Kiprit will demand a new contract?"
"Ja, I imagine his agent is working him up into a lather," I replied. "I imagine his agent sees an opportunity to grind some money out of Kaiserslautern for himself. F*** I hate agents. Well, I mean everyone else's. Mine, Luca, is great." The three all chuckled. "His agent is known to tout his clients to other clubs. I mean, he's done it with me."