The transfer market always leaves big surprises. However Few people could change history nearly as much as the event that occurred in 1975. This is the year when a move announced by AS newspaper two years ago will be completed. In particular, on March 15, 1973, when the sports newspaper published the following news: He joined the paths of Hercules and one of the best players of the age -and at the end of history- the recently deceased Franz Beckenbauer.
The information was recovered by Twitter user @Bardin1935, who wanted to pay tribute to the Kaiser’s legendary figure with a cover that invites us to think about what is called “Ney” in most modern language, on the day the Kaiser’s death was learned. “suppose”. The translation would be something like “What if” or “what if”In this case, if the legendary German football player had played for the Alicante club.
And signing was almost taken for granted sports tabloid newspaper of the period, prominent in capital letters: “Beckenbauer will live – I wonder: in those years typewriters did not allow capital letters to be marked – in Spain in two years.” The headline was accompanied by a photo of the German libero, but the key to the information was hidden in the subheading: “He will reside in Alicante and by then, if the Regulations allow, he will be offered to the team from that city.”
What would have happened if Beckenbauer had starred in Hercules?
According to the information provided by AS, his arrival would take place in 1975. The blue-white team had the best season in its history. Hércules finished the League in fifth place and the transfer of Kaiser would be a unique achievement in consolidating a sporting project among the elite of Spanish football. His past and impeccable career invite us to dream of best-case scenarios. The German football player is the structural piece on which a winning team will be built, but playing with conditions also has some risks.
It’s hard to imagine such a big football misfortune, butNothing can be ignored in the field of football fiction. There was not even the idea that Beckenbauer was joining the list of disappointments that make up the great players (obviously not on his level) who passed Rico Pérez without suffering or triumph, despite the immense enthusiasm they generated.