ROB-THE-BLUE Posted 5 July 2017 Posted 5 July 2017 48 minutes ago, MC Prussian said: Peanuts from a PL club's perspective, but rather a lot of money for a bit of a mediocre Bundesliga outfit like Mönchengladbach. Oh absolutely, and fair play to them. The glitz and glam of the Premier League massively exaggerates the actual quality of it. Ginter would have been double that price had he been English and playing in the Prem!
Blue ROI Posted 5 July 2017 Posted 5 July 2017 From a sports article that appeared in the Irish Examiner on saturday: At eighteen, Phillip Lahm was a highly regarded prospect at Bayern Munich. With outstanding French full-backs Willy Sagnol and Bixente Lizarazu the unrivalled custodians of the No’s 2 and 3 jerseys, the club sought to send the young defender out on loan to continue his development. However, despite coach Hermann Gerland’s total faith in the talent and application of the young man he could find no takers. As the story goes, one manager travelled a distance to scout Lahm but was so unimpressed by what he saw that he demanded Gerland cover the petrol money he had spent. The doubters are always there to put you down, but eight Bundesliga titles, six German cups, a Champions League and the World Cup later, it’s fair to say Lahm had more than paid his way in terms of mileage.
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