What next for Wolfsburg after surviving another relegation play
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Record Wolfsburg departures Player Sold to. Transfer fee (from Transfermarkt) Kevin De Bruyne Man City (15/16) 68.4m Julian Draxler PSG (16/17) 36m Edin Dzeko Man City (10/11) 33.3m Andre Schurrle Borussia Dortmund (16/17) 27m Ivan Perisic Inter Milan (15/16) 17.1m Ricardo Rodriguez AC Milan (17/18) 16.2m Mario Mandzukic Bayern Munich (12/13) 11.7m Bas Dost Sporting Lisbon (16/17) 10.67m Timm Klose Norwich (15/16) 9.9m Luiz Gustavo Marseille (17/18) 9m
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„Another problem that Wolfsburg have is they are used as a springboard. After one good season, the best players like De Bruyne for example leave the club very quickly so you can’t create a stable team.
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Kevin De Bruyne spent a year and a half at Wolfsburg before his move to Man City
This time nine years ago, Wolfsburg were celebrating their first league win. Felix Magath one time manager of Fulham guided them to the title with the longest winning streak in the Bundesliga at the time, and secured their first ever appearance in the Champions League. His team included Brazilian striker Grafite and Dzeko, who scored 28 and 26 goals respectively that season, plus defender Barzagli.
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They ended that campaign as Bundesliga runners up, won their first domestic cup competition when they beat Borussia Dortmund in the DFB Pokal and qualified once again for the Champions League.
Mario Gomez has not been replaced up front, says Sky Germany’s Jurek Rohrberg
cheap jordans sale After being voted as 2014/15 player of the season, De Bruyne was sold to Manchester City in the summer but they did not seem to instantly suffer without him, beating Bayern Munich in the DFL Supercup at the start of August. They had a fairly successful Bundesliga campaign finishing in eighth and reached the quarter finals of the Champions League before being knocked out by Real Madrid, which is where Rohrberg says the recent problems began. cheap jordans sale
The 2016/17 season saw them cheap jordans online finish in 16th place on 37 points. Wolfsburg went through three managers as the club struggled to keep their heads above water, with Dieter Hecking, Valerien Ismael and Andries Jonker all having spells at the helm. It was the latter who lead the club into their first relegation play off against Eintracht Braunschweig, winning 2 0 on aggregate to keep themselves in the Bundesliga by the skin of their teeth.
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But lessons were not learnt as they endured cheap jordans in china another season of struggles. Multiple managers were once again the name of the game as Jonker was dismissed in September, being replaced by Martin Schmidt, cheap yeezys who himself lasted six months before the arrival of current boss Bruno Labbadia.
Now that their Bundesliga status is secure for another year at least will Wolfsburg heed the warnings from the last two campaigns? Sky Germany’s Rohrberg believes the club need an overhaul both on and off the field.
Andre Schurrle and Ricardo Rodriguez celebrate with the DFB Pokal trophy in 2015
cheap air force „First of all, the club has to build a structure behind the team,“ he added. „After the bounce from Olaf Rebbe now sporting director at Huddersfield Town there was only Labbadia as the head coach, but I’m not sure if cheap jordans from china he will stay in Wolfsburg. cheap air force
„Wolfsburg don’t have enough know how on football business. Maybe they will install Jorg Schmadtke [as sporting director], who last year worked for Cologne, which would be the first step.
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