Company man

Not Kompany man.

n.  A man whose primary allegiance is to his employer  (look whose pic is in the dictionary with that definition).

He’s not going to let another summer go by and miss out on millions by staying with HSV. Nope, he’s encouraging any and all bidders to make a run at him, this season starting with Chelsea. He’s ready to move on from Hamburg, even though they made him a nice offer last summer. He “turned it down because my aim is to move to a big club where I can improve and win trophies.” Because, you know, I haven’t done either of those things at Hamburg and they’re my team.  Go already.  Thank goodness this story is coming around again. I am so sick of writing about how HSV are sucking right now and have pissed given away what appeared to be a sure-thing spot in the Champions League, and I am sick of writing about who their new manager may be. When I write, that is.

On a related note, Gerrard Houllier, too, has told HSV to sod off  thanks-but-no-thanks regarding their manager’s job. I may have to revisit the Succession post and update the candidates and odds at this point. Based on this story, it is looking less and less likely that Fred Rutten is a possibility.  One name that was originally kicked around was Martin Jol. Haven’t heard anything about him in a loooong while.

I am not going to write about the match yesterday with Hertha. If you’re one of those compulsive types who absolutely needs to know, Abby did a great write up here. Suffice it to say, I could only keep up with the match on the GameCast and there was probably more action there than in the real match. Ick.

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