The Half-Back Delivery - Issue 3 - Welcome Half-Back

The Half-Back Issue 3 - 19/8/17DeliveryYour Football Manager FixWelcome Former inter mi-Half- lan manager hasBack...and swapped pizza andhis many peroni for brat-signings! wurst and beer at borussia dortmund... read more on page 2

Pizza&Pasta for Bratwurst&beer half back is the new borussia dortumund gaffer Following 3 dismal years at capable of competing at the and finally the players I worked Signal Igunda Park, Rafa pinnacle of Europen football with. At times we played some Benitez just weren’t living up and finally a change in scenary crazy formations but they to expectations, so when Paris for Half-Back who had been always trusted me and worked Saint Germain came calling for unlucky so to say in italy. hard. I will miss Milan but now him he was off. my focus is here in Dortmund. Mr Back threw his hat into the Half-Back was just entering ring and was appointed be- Half-Back won’t have an easy into Pre-Season with Inter fore you know it. Mr Back was time on his hands at Dortmund Milan following their disap- signed to a 3 year deal worth with fans and board alike ex- pointing end to the season £39k a week, pecting big things from the club where they finished runners up especially after 3 years float- in both the Europa League and Following his appointment, Mr ing around 4th and 5th in the the Serie A. Back had the following to say. league. It has been a few yers “Leaving Italy wasn’t an easy since the club were challeng- Hans-Joachim Watzke had decision. One I didn’t make ing for the Bundesliga so that identiifying Englashman Mr lightly. There were a lot of rea- will be high up on Half-Back’s Back, as the next manager sons I wanted to stay at Inter priority I imagine, alongside to experience German Foot- Milan, but ultimately the time ensuring qualification into the ball and the Yellow wall of the was right for a change, and Champions League is secured Signal Igunda Park. Hans, had Borussia Dortmund could offer and they put up a fight. a vision to pitch to the aspiring me that. I would like to thank manager with finances seem- the board for my time here as Bruno Meyer (head of Sup- ingly limitless, an atmosphere they trusted me when relatively porters club) had this to say and stadium the woulld rival unknown and backed me. The about the appointment. “He is any other in Europe, a squad fans for trusting me and sup- a young exciting English man- porting me week in week out, ager with an attacking style.Page 2 there aren;t many fans like you Hopefully it translates to tro- phies and goals!”

Borussia the bank! Half-Back wastes now time splashing the cash! Having only been in the job a matter of weeks, Half-Back hasn’t held back in spending the riches of Borussia Dortmund. Since his arrival there has been an expenditure of £118 million pount and thats on top of te £27 million spent by former manager Benitez. Below is a look at the signings made by Half-Back. Name: Matthias Ginter Age: 25 Transfer Fee: £26.5M (£29.5M) Matthias returns back to Dortmund after 3 years to add some much needed steel at the back.Name: Julian WeiglAge: 23Transfer Fee: £73MJulian returns back to the club after 2 years in England withManchester City. Despite the big money move he failed to settle,and has been brought home in hope to revive his form. Name: Timo Horn Age: 26 Transfer Fee: £15.5M Timo has proved himself over the years at Koln and led them to runners up in the Europa League two years ago. A great addition in the long run for Dortmund. Page 3

The Half-BackDeliveryAnd in other news... Issue 3 - 20/8/17 Half-Back was hoping to take Borussia Dortmund far into the Champions League this year and if ihe is to do it, they will need to escape the Group of death. Not only is it the toughest group, there is also the highly anticipated clash against his former club Inter Milan. Football and its romance!As mentioned earlier Half-Back hasn’t held backwith the spending and it can be seen here with thembreaking the transfer record for most spent on aGerman Player and also the most spent by a Germanteam in a single window, Money Money Money! Finally a look at the league table. Things haven’t got off to the greatest of starts for Mr Back at Dortmund despite opening up with a 2-1 win over reigning champions Bayer Leverkusen. They remain unbeaten and hope to improve the win column in the near future.Please interact with us on twitter at @The_half_Back