Stuttgart manager http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Bruno-c8098 Labbadia fears that his clubs strict policy on wages could force their star defender out.
The defender came through Stuttgart’s youth ranks and has been an integral part of their squad since his promotion to the first team in 2006. He made his debut for Die Roten at just 19 years of age.
Since his promotion to the first team, the 25-year old has made 151 appearances for the Bundesliga side to date. The Stuttgart native was eligible to play for http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Turkey-c3026, due to his Turkish ancestry, but he opted to play
for his country of birth.
He made his debut for Germany against http://www.senore.com/Football-soccer/Belgium-c2850 in Nuremberg, and briefly featured for the Mannschaft in the 2010 World Cup. The centre-back has a total of fourteen appearances for Joachim Low’s side.
Recently, reports started to circulate of Barcelona’s interest in the young Germany international. Due to the Bundesliga side’s decision to minimise their wage bill, they are understood to be willing to offload him to the Spanish
side to cut their costs.
The Reds’ manager believes his club is unable to compete with their rivals in terms of wages and transfer fees but he insists that something has to be done to reduce that disadvantage.
"We already have a small competitive disadvantage regarding our main rivals in the league. Of course, we have to be aware and we have to ensure this disadvantage is not getting out of hand,” the Stuttgart tactician is quoted as
saying in an interview.
Labbadia fears that the club’s new policy of minimising their costs will affect his team, and he believes that this will force their start defender Tasci out of the club. If the defender is sold, the manager fears the club will
not sign a replacement.
"I am very worried about Tasci, like I am worried about every player of my first-team squad. We would not possess the resources to sign a good replacement," he added.
The financial crisis has hit Die Roten hard and has left the club to feed on the scraps. Stuttgart chiefs will have to pay what it takes to keep their start players at the club otherwise they will have to see the club falling in
front of their eyes.
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