Jorg Schmadtke is in talks to become the new sporting director at Liverpool, who can expect to sign a few Man Utd flops if his record is anything to go by.
After narrowly avoiding relegation in Schmadtke’s first season as sporting director, Hannover were given goalkeeping issues in and out of their control to address. The suicide of captain and starting keeper Robert Enke had understandably stunned the club, with Fromlowitz filling in for the rest of the campaign.
With a European campaign to contend with, squad depth was sought and the malleable Diouf joined in January. The forward scored 10 goals and assisted four in his first half-season, including strikes against Club Brugge, Standard Liege and Atletico Madrid as Hannover reached the Europa League quarter-finals.
No longer is the French youth international a regular, his role under Niko Kovac waning in importance. Wolfsburg would have expected at least £20m for his services until recently, with Chelsea, Newcastle, West Ham, Liverpool and Arsenal also among those linked, but even with a fall in value there would be a decent profit to make.Five years in Middlesbrough is pretty much the limit of even the most tolerant human, never mind the often volatile Pogatetz.
Hoger spent the same amount of time with the Billy Goats, joining them on their journey through the Europa League and down to the German second tier before returning as champions. The midfielder was a dependable starter throughout.It was at Aachen where Schmadtke cut his sporting director teeth, joining the debt-ridden club in December 2001 and overseeing a period of immense success.
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