Borussia Mönchengladbach - Taking Over Germany and Europe

Today, we have news that Borussia Monchengladbach has sacked Lucien Favre. Other reports claim that he quit, although this is the statement that was released on Gladbach’s website by Chairman, Ralf Konigs:
"Lucien Favre has been relieved of his duties at Borussia Monchengladbach. We wish Lucien the best of luck in the future. Finally, we will be on the lookout for the best candidate interested to take this club forward, so be patient, Foals." (Gladbach fans are nicknamed as the Foals.)
There are many candidates who are up for the job, but there is nothing yet on who will become the new manager.

Today, we have surprising news with unknown Australian-Lebanese Manager Hamoudi Fayad being appointed as the Borussia Monchengladbach manager! Here is what Ralf Konigs had to say:



R - Welcome to Borussia-Park Hamoudi! How do you feel?
HF - I feel like I am on top of the World, first of all Ralf Konigs is a great man for giving me this opportunity. Gladbach is a club close to my heart even though I do not support them, that reason is because I support Liverpool and both clubs' fans have a great link between each other.

R - How will you fare without speaking German?
HF - Well, it will be quite tough although I will have my interpreters along with having German lessons 2-4 times a week.

R - What are your plans for this club?
HF - For this season, the minimum is to qualify for Europe. For the coming seasons, I want to stabilize this team to become a "top-4" team. Then I want to take over Bayern and Dortmund and finally, win the UEFA Champions League. Hopefully with the backing of Ralf, this will happen.

R - How will you plan to do that?
HF - Well, that questions is going towards transfers so, I will be mentioning my love for youngsters. I have a tight transfer budget, I will offload any UN-NEEDED players, but I will keep players over 30 to become role models for my youngsters like Xhaka, Herrmann, Younes, ter-Stegen and more.

R - Finally, will you reveal any tactical advice?
HF - I do not wish to talk about tactics, so I do not expose any of my plans. I have to go now, thank you for having me.

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After a few weeks of speculation, and the start of the European transfer window, there has only been one piece of transfer business at Borussia-Park. Igor De Camargo has departed Gladbach to Werder Bremen for a fee that could reach up to 1.5 million pounds. The only other changes in the squad was Benjamin Barg being released from his contract, and many other members of staff coming in:

Other Staff Members:

Eduardo Silva - Fitness Coach - Free
Miroslav Tangja - Coach - Free
Juan Mendoza - Physio - Free
Sandro Orlandelli - DoF - Free
Carlos Luiz - Coach - Free

OUTS:

Christian Weigl - Fitness Coach
Heribert Ditzel - Physio
Adam Szordykowski - Physio
Michael Korb - Scout
Luuk Balkestein - Scout
Stefan Hertl - Physio
Max Eberl - DoF
Adrian Spyrka - U23 Assistant Manager

Transfer News Around Europe:

Sandro (Spurs) to Man United - 19.5 million Pounds
Kaka (R.Madrid) to Man City - 7.5 million Pounds
Alan Tate (Swansea) to Nottingham Forest - 1.1 million Pounds
Arthur Boka (Stuttgart) to Sunderland - 1.3 million Pounds
Yuto Nagatomo (Inter) to CSKA Movska - 7.25 million Pounds
Marouane Chamakh (Arsenal) to Monaco - 4.6 million Pounds
Jores Okore (Nordsjaelland) to Paris SG - 2.5 million Pounds
Yousuf Mulumbu (West Brom) to Spurs - 15 million Pounds

More to come next week, on the Sky Sports Transfer Window Show!

2 weeks left in the European Transfer Window, and Gladbach Manager Hamoudi Fayad has brought in 4 players for a combined total of 2.2 million Pounds. The transfers were as follows:

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In 11 friendlies, Hamoudi's Gladbach have only won 4. Now, these are friendlies, but we went on to ask him why his team lost to the likes of SK Sturm Graz and Rapid Wien, before the interview, these were the results:
vs. Gladbach II (H) -- 2-0
vs. SK Rapid Wien (A) -- 1-4
vs. Aachen (A) -- 1-1
vs. SK Sturm Graz (A) -- 2-6
vs. Arsenal (H) -- 0-3
vs. Dusseldorf (A) -- 0-1
vs. Napredak (A) -- 1-1
vs. Hajduk Kula (A) -- 1-2
vs. SC Wiener Neudstadt (A) -- 3-1
vs. Bottrop (H) -- 4-2
vs. Wegberg-Beeck (A) -- 2-0

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