Nowadays, the prevailing opinion in the German media was that Labbadia's time at Bayer Leverkusen had come to an end.
After losing the DFB-Pokal, there was no longer any chance of him keeping his job this season.
The German media didn't seem very forgiving toward this young, distinctive manager.
Only the Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote a report speaking up for Labbadia.
Amidst a sea of criticism, it was a breath of fresh air.
But that wasn't what caught Wang Shuo's attention.
Rather, he remembered that Labbadia had previously blasted Bayer Leverkusen's senior executive, Michael Reschke, in an interview with the Süddeutsche Zeitung. A reporter had asked the questions, and Labbadia had answered.
But this was all just standard practice.
Hadn't Bayer Leverkusen's Wolle said before that Labbadia had been led astray by his media consultant?
It was obvious that Labbadia had some sort of collaboration with the Süddeutsche Zeitung.
