Berlin News

[Andy@Berlin]

The celebrations continue in Berlin as they make the most of the moment, in winning the Darren Bradwell Cup. Its been a long time coming for the Germans but in ABs first season in Germany they lift the Cup after defeating much stronger sides throughout the competition from all divisions and across Europe. Though Atalanta pushed our boys to the limit it was Berlin who dug in and ground the result out after extra time and pens. There was sheer joy in the city instantly, and throughout the last few weeks. Business has boomed and companies have formed a que to offer sponsorship to the club. ABs has become as overnight hero as the open top bus paraded the silverware around the packed City. But no matter how important it is to celebrate success the new season looms, and here is what the great man had to say today outside the training ground.

AB, Yes we won the Cup and no one was more happy than me when that moment hit. The players, Supporters, owners ,and indeed the people of Berlin deserved this and its for all of them, .I will add that Im personally honoured to have won this great trophy, and pay my respects to Darren himself, who I spoke to many times on the phone, but never got to meet him in person, RIP my friend.

AB, we now face another season and one that we play in the DPT competition which is again a higher grade of teams taking part and higher revenue as well. A lot to look forward to again but I repeat we are planning for the future and will not change this course at all. We will again increase the capacity of the ground which will further increase our revenue stream, also invest in another full time coach which will assist out current coach and enhance the quality of the players in our Academy department. There will be at least two more youths joining us and two more will be promoted to the first team pool in the nest few days to begin pre season training with the first team squad. In addition to this we say fairwell to Kilman, Roussillon and Ronnow and wish them the best in their future careers away from Berlin as they leave for pastures new. We do not expect instant success at Berlin but will bide our time and eventually we will see the benefit of forward planning Im sure. I can confirm, I did not apply for the recent vacancies at Real Madrid and Bayern Munich, despite certain newspapers saying I did. My commitment is with Berlin. Thank you.

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Andy Babbs flew back from Spain today after his trip to see his long time friend Freddie Kaye. AB first of all wanted to congratulate the new Real Madrid boss on his recent appointment in the hot seat at the Santiago Bernabeu .Of course whilst in Spain business was done as well as you might expect, but not until the wine was drunk and a good old natter about the good old days when AB was in charge Real Zaragoza, and Freddie was boss at Seville. Many a good tussle was had but always the friendly hand shake at the end win lose or draw. Perhaps the old ways were the best instead of the in house fighting we witness today.
But down to business it was as little old Union Berlin did business with the giants of the ffo game Real Madrid. The news is that Real Madrid have agreed to send youngster Sergio Aguero to Berlin for the coming season, and will pay the German club 5m pounds in cash in return. This suits Berlin down to the ground, and Sergio will certainly be looked after, and gain valuable first team experience in Germany at every opportunity.
Berlin hope to do further business with real Madrid in the future, and thank them very much for the loan of Sergio.

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Berlin have been busy in pre season preparing for their EFL 2 challenge in season four. They have also received news that they are the most profitable club in the whole of ffo World according to the latest figures released a few days ago. This have clearly gone down well with the powers that be at Berlin HQ. The work that goes on behind the scenes is often un noticed so its good to see that the club and in particular the individuals have been credited with this outstanding accolade. This news comes hot on the heels of and outstanding Cup final against Atalanta and further under lines the direction and purpose shown by the club. The latest financial figures at the club show a healthy bank balance of 35m to spend on players, and with additional monies coming in from the various cup competitions next season, Berlin have very little to worry about on the money front at least.

AB, also has gone on record with his delight at the progress of the academy at Union Berlin stating several of the youngsters within the academy would go on to have a very good career in ffo playing at the highest level hopefully with Berlin. Two young defenders have been promoted from the Academy for the coming season and will get full game time in Berlin, and their are plans to promote at least two next close season as well. A further scout has been recruited and also an additional coach so the training will be intense next season and also more of it in an effort to further improve the young players. The ground improvement have finished and the capacity is now 55k and that spells more money at the turn styles and the ability to pay higher wages which in tun will eventually attract and retain better quality players in the future ,and to retain the quality young that Union Berlin will create themselves through their academy. All good news in Germany and only positive for the future of German football.

AB also touched on the politics within the game today but wouldnt be drawn to much and distancing himself from the issues raised recently in ffo. He did say that he wouldnt get to involved on the FFO chat site known as discord, as it was full of negative comments and created far more issues than it solved. He also commented on his caretaker role at Celtic saying this was only a caretaker role and he would not be taking over at the Scottish side, and would step aside if a full time manager could be found. He also confirmed that he has been interviewed recently for the vacant Juventus job but was unsuccessful at the interview stage for the role.

Finally AB has made several suggestions for the future of the academy in the hope that the ffo head sheds would take some of them on board.

1. Increased capacity to 14 players from the current 12.
2.Do away with mid season events no need for them.. The last thing managers want is a negative one after the massive effort involved in progressing the players and academies.
3.Lower cost of scouts for top leagues from 45m to 35m .
4.Make the quality of the lower academy players at entry level the same as top leagues
5.Wages to be lowered especially for lower league sides ,this would aid the development of clubs in these leagues.
6.Make lower league clubs more attractive to managers which would help the current shortage of managers in the lower leagues.

Overall ffo is a fun game to play, and academy additions have only added to this. The managers who have taken the plunge, and taken on a lower league club deserve a realistic chance of being able to develop their youngsters and help make small clubs big. They should be on level par at least. Academies are a great addition and should be maintained and enhanced for the good of the game.

Enjoy and remember what you have.

AB.

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News coming out of Berlin that central defender "Danilho Raimundo Doekhi" has fallen out with head coach Andy Babbs, and will almost certainly leave Union Berlin. Any deal deal will only happen when a suitable replacement has been secured and it is understood that than agreement has been reached with an unknown club, for a younger up and coming central defender who is keen to move to Germany. Babbs is known for his academy commitment at the club ,so watch this space in the coming days as Doekhi seems to be on borrowed time ,and a player is on the brink of joining Berlin as his replacement.
Mean while Babbs has again risked angering the Berlin fans by repeating he is not interested in promotion in the near future with Berlin. He states that the quality of teams coming down are far above the current EFL2 teams, so what are the existing team like in EFL1,doesnt take much working out does it. Hard to argue with the Berlin boss as theres a clear case to argue that academies in the lower leagues especially need to up their game, if they are to have any chance of competing against top class opposition. Interesting to see how this pans out over the coming few seasons as Berlin expect change as each season goes by. Mean while the Berlin squad gets younger and the every increasing overheads are watched like a hawk.
News from the Berlin Academy underlines the berlin way as several players in the current Academy are expected to have a bright future in the game.

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