An Jung-hwan hasn't found his next home yet, so he continues to train at Metz, but Fernandez already has reason not to put him on the roster - he will no longer be ours anyway, so why waste his place?

So Ahn Jung-hwan trained at Metz every day, but he didn't have anything to do with the game.

His agent is said to be contacting him with Premier League clubs. An Jung-hwan's goal is to be a team in the top European leagues, and he also needs to ensure the main position. If it cannot be guaranteed, he will not consider it.

In fact, based on his current conditions, there are quite a few teams that can meet such conditions... His affairs have nothing to do with Metz's entire team. This Korean has never been integrated into the team since joining the team, but he is not as important as Menez, so Fernandez doesn't care much about him. He has not yet learned to speak a word of French. He usually speaks only Korean and then conveys it to the coach through translation, so there is even less communication with his teammates.

So how he is going on in the second half of the season, no one cares about it.

The mind of the Metz players is still in the game.

In the game on January 4, Metz defeated Le Mans 2-0 away.

After playing the league with Le Mans on January 4, Metz went to play the 32nd finals of the French Cup away, and its opponent was a Class C team Delanci. The French Cup and the FA Cup have many similarities, and even the match system has common points. The French Cup was held in 14 rounds, and the first to the eighth rounds were participated by the League Two and lower-level teams. Professional teams started from the semi-finals of the FA Cup. However, the French Cup was not like the FA Cup, if it was tied, it would be a day to rematch. The French Cup was all a game of winning or losing. Once the draw was tied within 90 minutes, it would be directly played in 30 minutes of overtime. If there was still no winner in overtime, the final winner would be decided by playing a penalty kick.

Basically, there are not many amateur teams that are too low-level.

Just like Wimbledon Athletics back then, it was amazing to be able to reach the Cup round after the New Year, and it was very difficult to move forward every step forward.

Poor Delanci met Mess, who happened to use this game to adjust their state, so Fernandez did not send a large number of substitutes to play against Delanci, but almost dismissed all the main players.

Metz, who played with all the main players, beat Delanci 4:0 with the help of his hand and eliminated the home team at their home court.

Fernandez was very satisfied, but what he was satisfied with was not the result of the game, but the state shown by the players in the game. The state of the main players in this game has been restored, which is very beneficial to the team's future games.

On January 11, in the 21st round of the league, Metz played against Saint-Etienne at home. Metz performed very well in this game, but was a little bit unlucky. They finally lost the game because of an own goal by captain Bobby Coni. The score was 0:1. Metz scored the only goal in the game, but unfortunately entered his own goal.

Bobby Coni, who scored an own goal in this game, was really unlucky. Not only did he score an own goal, he also injured his thigh muscles during the own goal. After the diagnosis after the game, he would have to be on standby for at least two weeks.

Three days later, in the 22nd round of the league, Metz challenged Strasbourg away, and Promont put on the captain's armband instead of the injured Bobby Coni. Metz defeated Strasbourg, the second-to-last away game 2:1.

On January 21, at home, Metz welcomed the team they helped last season - Nantes. In the last round of last season, Metz lost to Nantes, and Nantes was thrillingly relegated. However, this favor debt was paid off when the two teams met for the first time this season. It is not because Metz had helped Nantes once, and Nantes had to retreat and fight after meeting. There is no such reason.

The two sides confronted in this game as if they were a normal game.

In the 22nd minute, Nantes scored a goal first. In the 26th minute four minutes later, Metz equalized the score. The person who scored was Elf Toum, and the person who assisted him was Ribery. Ribery is currently the team's number one assist, with ten assists halfway through the season.

The next game was completely included in Metz's track. In the 42nd minute, the 64th minute and the 90th minute, Metz scored three goals respectively and finally won Nantes 4:1.

The two relegation brothers last season, Metz was better than Nantes. Why did they have such a gap clearly see from this game?

On January 28, Metz's last game in January, their opponent is Lille, currently ranked fourth in the league.

In this game, Metz lost 1:3 away, which is reasonable.

In this way, Metz ended all six games in January, five league games, and one cup game. Metz scored four wins and two losses, and three wins and two losses in the league, which is pretty good.

The next game is the 16th-finals of the French Cup on February 1, and their opponent is Marseille.

After this game, there is another round of Lorrin derby. This time Metz will be at home and welcome Nancy who is vowed to pay.

Jean Fernandez considered whether he gave up the Cup for the derby. Anyway, Metz is a supporting role every year in the Cup, and basically he went home after two rounds of cup games.

The derby is obviously more important than the cup.

※※※While the game in January was in progress, the Metz team also completed several transactions in the transfer market.

First, he spent 1.5 million euros to buy Guinea forward Soleimane Yula (souleymane_youla) from the Turkish team Besiktas. It can be seen that Fernandez is still not satisfied with the performance of the forward line. After all, neither Ahn Jung-hwan nor Toum, or any other forward, he cannot perform stably. Although Menez was introduced, Menez is a shadow peak, not a real center. Fernandez needs a real center.

Then Ahn Jung-hwan finally found a team willing to accept him - Duisburg, a team in the relegation zone in the Bundesliga, has zero transfers and signed for one and a half years. It is said that the reason for the transfer is that Duisburg promised to give him the main position, and Duisburg's head coach Jurgen_kohler is optimistic about him and believes that Ahn Jung-hwan's tactics are very consistent with his team.

While introducing Yula, Fernandez is still looking for a center that meets his requirements. When An Jung-hwan confirmed to transfer to Duisburg, Fernandez finally set a goal - vedad_ibisevic, a Bosnian striker who plays for the French Ligue 2 team Dijon.

The Bosnia and Herzegovina striker is 1.89 meters tall, and in terms of height, he is a center. He was originally a forward of Paris Saint-Germain, but after joining Paris Saint-Germain, he only played four games for this team and did not score a single goal. He was a college player who played in the American College League before. He was loaned to the French Ligue 2 team during the winter break last season, and scored four goals in twelve games in half a season. He continued to be loaned to Dijon in the new season. He has played sixteen games and scored four goals. The goal rate has increased compared to last season.

Fernandez took a fancy to Ibisevic's physical fitness. He had the body and happened to buy it as a frontcourt fulcrum for Menez.

So I asked Paris Saint-Germain for this player, although Ibisevic played in Dijon, the ownership still belongs to Paris Saint-Germain.

Paris Saint-Germain had long wanted to deal with this striker who had no effect except being big. Ibissevic was attracted to vahid_halilhodzic and signed with Paris Saint-Germain. Vahid, who is also a Bosnian, was an excellent striker in his player age and once played for Paris Saint-Germain. At that time, he was the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain, but after signing Ibissevic, only half a season later, Kalihodzic was dismissed by the club because of his poor performance in leading the team. The person who replaced him was Fornier.

Losing his backing for his compatriots, none of the Paris Saint-Germain teams were optimistic about him, so he was loaned to Dijon. Dijon performed well in Dijon. Paris Saint-Germain wanted to deal with him in the new season, but Dijon only insisted on loan.

In this way, when Metz came to the door and proposed to buy Ibisekic, the Paris Saint-Germain Club agreed without any hesitation.

The two teams reached an agreement in a short time. Ibissevic transferred from Paris Saint-Germain to Metz for 800,000 euros. On January 28, three days before the transfer market closed, Ibissevic ended his loan career in Dijon and came to Metz. After the physical examination, he signed a three-year contract with Metz, wearing the No. 19 jersey left by Ahn Jung-hwan.

After buying Ibissevic, Fernandez stopped searching in the transfer market. Anyway, the transfer date is almost over, and no suitable players can be found after searching. Basically, you can't buy any good players during the winter transfer period, and it's good luck to buy them occasionally. Because whether it's a player or a club, you hope to stay for the summer transfer period before transferring, you can often buy a good price, and three months is enough for them to negotiate a contract that will satisfy both parties.

Ibisevic is different from them.

Finally, he was caught by scouts from the United States and came to Europe to play football. He was able to join a big team like Paris Saint-Germain. Unexpectedly, he couldn't play the ball and could only be loaned to a second-tier team like Dijon. As soon as he heard that the French Ligue 1 team Metz had fallen in love with him, Ibissevic had no reason to refuse. He nodded and agreed immediately. You know that he had played in Dijon for so long, but he hadn't heard that any team was interested in him.

Now that he has the opportunity to return to the top league, how could he give up this opportunity?

Yula and Ibisevic are the only two players Metz club has introduced during the winter transfer period.

Unlike Menez, these two new players are not arrogant at all - they don't have much capital to be proud. Guinea Yula is like any African, very lively, and Metz's team is not short of Africans, so he doesn't feel uncomfortable here.

Ibisevic is the only Bosnian on the team, but he is also very cheerful and good at fitting into the locker room. He is also very helpful.

He helped Chu Zhongtian on the first day. At that time, Chu Zhongtian used up his shampoo in the locker room and his hair was wet. He realized that he wanted to let it go and not wash his hair. Unexpectedly, Ibisevic, who was taking a shower on the side, noticed Chu Zhongtian's dilemma and took the initiative to hand over his shampoo: "Use mine, Chu."

Although this is a very trivial thing, it is impressive. In fact, many difficulties in life are caused by these trivial little troubles. Chu Zhongtian's impression of this Bohai man suddenly improved.

Then he started chatting with Ibissevic in the bathroom. When he learned that Ibissevic was still staying in a hotel, he asked to introduce him to the rented house. The place he rented before was very good, the environment was good, and it was very close to the stadium, which was suitable for people like Ibissevic who had no cars.

Ibisevic was not polite. Since Chu Zhongtian asked for help, he agreed. So the two of them agreed to go to see the house after taking a shower.

After Chu Zhongtian came out, he called the landlord first and asked him if the house had been rented out. The landlord told him that he had not rented out yet.

This is even better. Chu Zhongtian told the landlord that he would take a friend to see the house and make an appointment in advance.

Then the two of them changed their clothes, said goodbye to other teammates and walked over there. In order to let Ibisekic see how close the house is to the training ground, they did not take the bus, but walked over directly.

The two of them walked and chatted. The new teammate was not silent. He was different from Menez. He was very talkative. Soon Chu Zhongtian knew about his general situation - his motherland was Bosnia and Herzegovina, but because of the war, he escaped with his parents at a very young age. First, he fled to Switzerland as a refugee, where he stayed with his family for a short stay, where he played football for the local team FC Baden. Later, he went to the United States with his family, where he continued to play football and went to school. After completing his high school studies in the United States, he continued to study at St. Louis University and participated in the college league. He broke all team records.

He also won many honors. It was from that time that his performance attracted the attention of some European scouts, including his fellow villager Halihodic, who came to France... After hearing this, Chu Zhongtian sighed that he was surrounded by people with stories... He started playing football in the UK as an international student, while Ribery was working as a construction worker while playing football. Ibissevic's original identity was actually a refugee... After being in the second-tier team for so many years, Chu Zhongtian felt that everyone had the same experience, so naturally they had the same language. No wonder he liked Ibissevic, it turned out that it was because of this relationship.

In fact, he didn't know what kind of ability Ibissevic had, nor did he know what the head coach Fernandez valued the Bosnians. But this was not important. Making friends was not about strength, but about character. In terms of character alone, Chu Zhongtian felt that Ibissevic was worthy of being a match.

※※The two of them talked and walked, and soon they arrived at the downstairs of the apartment he had rented before.

When he and Ibisevic walked into the building, they saw Chu Zhongtian’s tenants greeting him warmly.

"Hi, Chu! OK! Why do you think about coming here?"

"Good evening, Chu!"

"I said Chu, you have performed well in the game, but I still want to see you score! You should increase your shots more, and don't always think about creating opportunities for your teammates!"

"Oh! See who is back? It's our Derby hero Chu!"

...Along the way, someone greeted Chu Zhongtian, and Chu Zhongtian also returned the greetings one by one. Then he introduced Ibisevic around him to those enthusiastic neighbors.

Ibisevic is just a supporting role, and everyone is paying more attention to Chu Zhongtian. The Bosnians also saw the popularity of Chu Zhongtian in public among Metz fans for the first time - before in the training ground and in the locker room, I really didn't see that this Chinese had such a great influence.

Chu Zhongtian saw Ibisevic's doubts, shrugged and smiled at him, "I have lived here for a season, and they and I are very familiar with each other. I will take you to see an old man later. I believe you will like him very much."

The house viewing process was very smooth. When I heard that it was a friend introduced by Chu Zhongtian, the landlord said that the other party was interested in the house and the rent was easy to talk about. Ibisevic was also very satisfied with the environment here. After consulting some questions in detail, he decided to rent it on the spot.

The two sides agreed to sign the contract the next day, and after that, Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic said goodbye to the landlord. Then Chu Zhongtian took Ibisevic to meet Legov who lived downstairs. He received several bottles of champagne from him. Since he came, how could he not visit him?

So Ibishevich took me to meet Legov.

The old man Legov seemed very happy to see Chu Zhongtian and must leave two people to eat. It was difficult to refuse the affection, so Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic stayed.

During the meal, Chu Zhongtian introduced Ibishevich to Legov and told him that the Bosnians were about to be his neighbor.

Legov loved the house and U.S. Ibissevic liked it. He immediately pointed to the whole wall of champagne and said to Ibissevic: "I was elected as the best in the game. I will give you a bottle of champagne, boy!"

Ibisevic quickly thanked him.

Chu Zhongtian was very happy that the two of them could get a talk.

Ibisevic is such a good person to get along with.

At this dinner, the guests and guests were having fun. Old man Legov was always very happy and his face was flushed. Before leaving, his daughter came out to see her guests and expressed her gratitude to Chu Zhongtian for coming to see her father.

"Actually, he had an illness some time ago. He has not been in a good mood these days and was a little depressed. Today is his happiest night, thank you!"

Chu Zhongtian said to Legov's daughter: "Please tell Mr. Legov that he must take care of himself. Ibi and I are still waiting for his champagne!"

I said goodbye and came out, and it was already half past nine.

Two people stood by the roadside waiting for a taxi.

Ibisevic is very interested in the story of Old Man Legov who will give him champagne according to the tradition of the English League after he was elected as the best in the game.

"The fans here are so nice to you, Chu."

"That's because my performance is worthy of their liking..." Chu Zhongtian murmured at the windows on the apartment building with lights on.
Chapter completed!