An Shuai talks about being fired by Bayern: It is a mistake to give up the elderly wing, and the board of directors thinks I m the problem
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In this season (16-17 season), we were far ahead of our competitors with a huge advantage and finally won the championship with a 15-point advantage, which is 5 points higher than the difference between Guardiola and the second place when he led the team in the previous two years. However, at Bayern, this is not considered a success, it is just the lowest expectations people have for the team.
Whenever the media hypes up, I can deeply understand the uniqueness of this job. What makes me most novel is that the operation of this club is completely out of control by a certain boss. Instead, there is a diversified shareholder group, and the club management has always been led by legendary celebrities.
The presidential position changed in the middle of the season, and Uli Heness took over the power. When I played for Inter Milan when the chairman of the board of directors Rummenigge was a player, I played for Roma. When I was confronting him on the court, I might have even tackled this future boss? Of course there have been, after all, that is my job responsibility.
I need to be responsible to multiple important figures at the same time, and it is difficult to clarify who has greater real power. After a few weeks of taking office, I even privately solicited Ram's opinions. But I always do my best to maintain autonomy. Once, the management asked me to strengthen player discipline and gave me a copy of five rules for me to read. But I think it is facing top professional teams rather than youth teams, and should be handled in a way that suits professional players.
So I stood in front of the team in the locker room, took out the paper from my pocket and said, "The board of directors asked me to read this rule." This is how I drew a line with this directive.
When I played against another old club, Paris at the end of September, I decided to give up the elderly wing combination and let the defenders step forward more and focus on the middle attack. This is a mistake, the tactical balance was broken, and the opponent completely defeated us with a defensive counterattack. They opened the first record in the second minute of the game, and the final score of 0:3 set the worst defeat in the Champions League in 21 years.
The club board of directors held a meeting the next day after the game and determined that I was the root of the problem. Rummenigge concluded: "The team's performance since the new season has not met expectations, and the game in Paris clearly shows that we must take action."
So far, I have been fired by the giants four times: Juventus, Chelsea, Real Madrid and Bayern. This fully demonstrates that the one who fires you may not be a capricious chairman or an elusive boss, and shareholders of listed companies can do the same.
