You see — money can buy you happiness. Just take the grey-haired chap on the right. That’s Dietmar Hopp, the co-founder of the software giant SAP and one of the richest men in Germany. Alongside him is Ralf Rangnick, the former Schalke 04 coach, and they’re celebrating TSG 1899 Hoffenheim’s promotion to the Bundesliga. This promotion completes an incredible rise for Hoffenheim, who are quite possibly the world’s most successful village team. Based in Sinsheim in south-western Germany, they have been backed by Hopp since 1990. After making it as far as the regional third division, they hired Rangnick a couple of years ago and they’ve now clinched successive promotions to the top flight. They’re due to move to a 30,000 stadium next year and who knows where it will all end. A bid to bring Michael Ballack back to the Bundesliga? A place in the Champions League this time next year? Maybe they could offer a certain unsettled Brazilian a nice change from Barcelona...
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3 months ago
3 years before they get a place in the following years champions league as the new game of the world is "footopoly", a game based rather on the original format of monopoly, but with a twist that clubs in the football world each represent a certain road or st etc etc as the game has eg liverpool,ac milan,madrid represent mayfair the richest part of the board and not to offend the supporters of hoffenheim and "chelsea", they would represent old kent road as the club and appeal of the club a few years before there "abramavich" came along,and the goal is to get as many prize points as poss in the season then you get one of the gold keys to the pisser 4 the year so taken hoffenheim on back to back promotions u could say hes well on his way to maybe just maybe there could be a key for him but i think u might have to wait "mr hopp" for your chance to mingle with the big boys for the next couple of years yet, but the best of luck any way on you quest
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