Chapter 115 Fire, theft, and poaching
Chu Zhongtian saw the news that Van Nistroy and Simonic joined the team on the Internet. During this period, he has been in the United States, and in addition to managing his own business, he also attended various banquets with Emily. But he did not forget his team.
Hoffenheim won the Bundesliga championship last season, which is certainly worthy of happiness, but in fact he and his teammates were also happy for a long time after that. But the days always move forward, you cannot indulge in the glory of the past. No matter how brilliant the past is, it is just the past.
So he also hopes to see his team take action in the summer transfer market. In fact, seeing whether the boss of a team is really ambitious is definitely not listening to what he promises in person, but looking at what he does. See how much money he spent during the transfer and who he bought. You can immediately know whether his ambition is real or lying.
In my heart, although Simonic and Van Nystruei are not young, one is the best defender in the Bundesliga last season, and the other is the king of the small penalty area who plays quite well. The arrival of these two people can increase the team's stability and combat effectiveness. The team's buyers are indeed heading towards the goal of being more competitive.
Hope is indeed an ambitious boss, and Rangnick really wants to do a big fight. Since that is the case, as a player, he naturally has to work hard to train and play.
Chu Zhongtian was very happy that Van Nystruei was able to join the team. When he was still a fan, Van Nystruei was also one of his favorite players. For him at that time, Van Nystruei was a star who could only watch on TV, as if he was tall and above. Although others were in the UK, they rarely went to watch Premier League teams on site, because Premier League teams' tickets were generally very expensive, and international students who worked to earn money to reduce the burden on their families usually had no spare money to watch the game.
He is very happy now that he can fight alongside Van Nistruei. This holiday is also very happy.
※※ Hoffenheim did not just buy veterans. They also focused on the future. After all, young players can last for a long time, and old players can only come to put out the fire... When Rangnick was still looking for a suitable midfielder who could partner with Chu Zhongtian, he did not forget to reserve talents for the future. On June 21, Hoffenheim officially announced that he would introduce young defensive midfielder Franco Zucurini from the Argentina Athletic Club with a transfer fee of 4.6 million euros.
Although he has played less than 40 times in the Argentine League, Zuculini has received favor and appreciation from many football celebrities, including Maradona. Maradona even recruited him to the national team at the age of 18 and sent him to the game in a friendly match between Argentina and Panama in May this year. Moreover, Maradona is also optimistic that Zuculini will become the main player of Argentina in the 2014 Brazil World Cup.
Therefore, Zuculini also attracted the attention of many clubs. In the competition for him, Hoffenheim once again laughed to the end with the advantage of "rich". Originally, Bremen was the leader, but Hoffenheim, who came from behind, quoted higher than Bremen, and Argentina Athletic Club was eager to sell people to cash out due to its fiscal deficit, so he was only willing to sell Zuculini to Hoffenheim, who had the highest bid.
Rangnick has naturally favored Zukulini for a long time. This young player is active and fearless in running on the court, and his movements are simple and effective and never dragged on. This is the most suitable midfielder to play football in Rangnick. He does not need a player who can use his left foot to pull in advance and then play the guitar with his right foot. As Chu Zhongtian's partner, the midfielder must be simple and fast when handling the ball. If there is a ball under his feet, it will be immediately passed to Chu Zhongtian or other teammates, and try not to use long passes. Short passes within ten meters are the best.
In fact, to put it bluntly, if Marklele could be seven years younger than thirty years old, then Rangnick would not mind immediately spending 30 million to buy him as a partner for Chu Zhongtian. Rangnick's opinion, Marklele and Chu Zhongtian are simply perfect partners. Marklele is responsible for intercepting the opponent's attack behind Chu Zhongtian. Once the ball is intercepted, he will immediately pass the football to Chu Zhongtian in front, and Chu Zhongtian will organize the attack. With him, Chu Zhongtian can devote more energy to organizing the attack.
The strength of Marklele is no longer about his body, but about his ball quotient. He is good at tackles, but about interceptions, which requires outstanding predictions and sense of position. In top football games, it does not require too many tackles to complete defensive tasks. This is the best manifestation of his ball quotient.
He strangled his opponent's midfield in the midfield and took the means to destroy their pass opportunities to the two forwards. Once Marklele gets the ball, whether it is his steal or the defender handing the ball to him, he never wastes possession. According to official statistics, his pass success rate reaches an astonishing 83%. His passes rarely exceed ten yards, and he always keeps the football in athletic condition. He knows very well that he must not concede the ball at this position in the midfield and cannot let the four defenders face strong pressure. Marklele protects the space while defending, and protects the football while attacking.
Only such a midfielder can use Chu Zhongtian's full energy 100%... But unfortunately, such an excellent midfielder can only spend the last part of his career at Paris Saint-Germain. He has decided to retire after a season.
The demands are too high, which is why Rangnick can't find a partner for Chu Zhongtian in the transfer market.
After observing that their colleagues in the world have a good enough midfielder who they hope to get, Rangnick decided to lower his requirements. It is impossible to buy the "Marklelai role" in one go. The long-standing stars may not be willing to come. So they can only start with second-rate and quasi-first-class players.
At present, we need to continue to observe and wait. Anyway, June has not ended, July has not come yet, and the transfer window has not opened yet. There is enough time.
※※※Hoffenheim is poaching people everywhere, and at the same time, he has to worry about being poached.
With their success last season, Hoffenheim is now similar to a player supermarket in the eyes of many European giants. The ideas of the giants are very simple and reasonable - I am a giant, my past is more brilliant than you, and my present is more brilliant than you. According to common sense, my future is also destined to be more brilliant than you. So as long as I can drive similar conditions to you, or even slightly higher than you, what reason does the players in your team have to stay in the country team? How many examples of small teams becoming famous overnight and being divided overnight? Why can Hoffenheim retain those players in his own team? As long as we giants hook up, aren’t your players still coming in a swarm?
Demba's transfer to Stuttgart allowed these teams to see signs.
So Chu Zhongtian, Baker, Ibisevic, Sarihovic, Eduardo and other players have become popular in the transfer market.
Among them, Chu Zhongtian, who led the team to win the league championship, is naturally the dream object of many clubs.
Many giant teams expressed interest in Chu Zhongtian. Inter Milan's head coach Mourinho also expressed his appreciation for Chu Zhongtian: "When he was loaned to Metz by Chelsea, I was very optimistic about him. Unfortunately, he had ambition at that time. We talked very deeply once, and in the end he left Chelsea. But I didn't feel sorry for letting him go, after all, he had not shown his current level at that time..." After saying a lot, Mourinho finally said that Inter Milan is interested in Chu Zhongtian now.
"I think he is a very good player, and he can play as a main player in Inter Milan."
What is this? Did Mourinho regret his behavior when he saw Chu Zhongtian win the Bundesliga championship at Hoffenheim and complete a record 23 assists in one season? This made the Chinese media very excited for a while. If Chu Zhongtian goes to Inter Milan, it would be a good choice. Inter Milan has a large number of fans in China, and the number of these fans is definitely much greater than Hoffenheim fans. Chinese Inter Milan fans are also happy to see Chu Zhongtian go to Inter Milan.
"When Lin Danda comes, we can create a great international era!"
Everyone left messages online.
The excitement is beyond words.
But Chu Zhongtian denied the rumors in the United States through the website "We all love Lindanda": "There are many rumors about my transfer at this time every year. Thank you for your concern for me. But so far, I am very happy in Hoffenheim and I will not go anywhere. This is not the trick of the agents who are speculating about the salary increase of me. My agents, Mr. Meri and Mr. Xu Xiaodi, are both excellent, and I am happy with them. Currently, my annual salary is the highest in the team, and I am very satisfied with this. I do not intend to use the rumors during the transfer to raise my salary. In addition, thank you Coach Mourinho for your appreciation."
Chu Zhongtian also said that he would return to the team four days in advance to conduct early physical training. Please look forward to his outstanding performance in the new season.
Now under Yang Yang's management, this website has completely become Chu Zhongtian's personal website. Of course, it still retains the previous community functions, but any news and trends about Chu Zhongtian will be released first here - of course it was released after Yang Yang sought Chu Zhongtian's consent.
Now many media have specially sent people to site websites to get the latest news about Chu Zhongtian.
※※※In addition to Chu Zhongtian, other players have also been tempted by some other European clubs.
Fiorentina expressed interest in Baker. At this time, Baker was representing the German under-21 youth team in the European Youth Football Championship. As the main player of the German youth team, he performed well in this competition. Coupled with his outstanding performance in Hoffenheim last season, he has attracted the attention of many European teams.
Originally, Baker was selected for the national team, but because he wanted to participate in the European Youth Championship, he did not follow the team to Asia. He also missed the competition between his teammate Chu Zhongtian in the German national team and his club.
Sarihovic has more chasers. Although Chu Zhongtian is the core of the team, Sarihovic has also proved his value with his outstanding free kicks and precise wide assists. He has seventeen assists this season, ranking third in the Bundesliga assist list after Misimovic, surpassing Bremen's young genius Ozil.
Wolfsburg, Schalke 04, Bayern Munich, as well as Rome, Juventus, Lazio, Sevilla, and Liverpool, Tottenham and Chelsea in the Premier League all hope to get him.
Although Ibisevic suffered a serious injury and lost the Bundesliga Golden Boot last season, there are many teams that are pursuing him in the transfer market. It is said that Ferguson is interested in this powerful center, and AC Milan also hopes that he can enhance the team's forward strength.
As for Weiss, Eduardo and other Hoffenheim players who performed well last season, there have been various transfer rumors.
In response to these transfer rumors, Rangnick concentrated on refuting the rumors: "Some are false rumors, some are indeed true, but whether they are true or false, I have to tell them - no need to call us, these players are the foundation of Hoffenheim and will always have their names in the plans for the next few years."
When facing the giant teams or nouveau riche teams waving checks, Hope also said: "My team will not sell players just because they want to use money. The idea that if you have money, you can poach people will not work for me. We are going to participate in the Champions League next season, and there is no reason to sell our main players in large quantities."
In terms of retaining his own players, Hoffenheim has a tough position, and there is no situation where the outside world speculates that the heroes are tempted by high salaries and fall apart as soon as the team wins the championship. In fact, this situation is indeed common in the football world, but those are small teams without foundation, and are real grassroots teams that cannot be grassroots anymore.
Dietmar Hopp's Hoffenheim is different. Although his team was unknown before, its various conditions were not inferior to the wealthy. Strictly speaking, Hoffenheim is not a real grassroots team. It requires money, people, software, and hardware. What is different from those wealthy families is just brilliant achievements, and brilliant achievements are created by people... Now they are on the road to creating a brilliant history.
※※※ As Chu Zhongtian said on the website "We All Love Lindanda", he ended his vacation four days in advance, flew back to Hoffenheim, and started his summer training in advance. Although he insisted on spending two hours a day during the holiday, after returning to Hoffenheim, he started with physical training first.
In the team's gym, he saw the forward Ibisekic who also returned to the team early.
"Hi, Ibi." Chu Zhongtian greeted Ibisek.
Ibisevic, who was sweating profusely running on the treadmill, suddenly saw Chu Zhongtian at the door and was startled. His steps followed, almost causing him to fall from it.
Chu Zhongtian laughed: "How long have you been running, Ibi?"
"It's not yet half an hour..." Ibisevic lowered the speed of the treadmill and walked on the treadmill at a slow speed. "Why did you come back so early, Chu?"
"Come back for physical training." Chu Zhongtian found a piece of equipment and sat on it.
"I wasted two months, why are you?" Ibisevic turned his head and looked at Chu Zhongtian sitting next to him.
"Preparing for the new season." Chu Zhongtian smiled.
Ibisevic carefully observed Chu Zhongtian's exposed body, especially his thighs and calves. He shook his head: "I think your body can play directly, Chu. You don't need to come back four days in advance to toss yourself."
"It's okay. Anyway, it's boring after a long vacation. I'm at home all day long studying the opponents we might meet in the Champions League that we may meet in the new season, and Emily thinks I'm crazy."
"You're really crazy!"
Chu Zhongtian burst into laughter.
"Have you developed anything?" Ibisevic asked.
"I found that almost every opponent is difficult to deal with." Chu Zhongtian grimaced.
"You're talking nonsense, Chu. We all know that opponents in the Champions League are difficult to deal with." Ibisevic rolled his eyes.
"But this is making me full of fighting spirit." Chu Zhongtian clenched his fists and said. In fact, he found many opponents worth fighting from his research. In the past, those opponents could only look up on TV and watch them cheer on top stages. Now they also have hope to fight those people, such as Messi, C. Ronaldo, Kaka, Gerald, and Rooney... He is eager to fight against powerful enemies.
"So because of this, you came back early?" Ibisevic asked.
Chu Zhongtian nodded: "And we have strong support this season, and our own performance is not inferior to them. I hope Weiss and the others will not have a bigger belly when they come back."
The two started their own training in the gym.
On the same day Chu Zhongtian returned to the team, Hoffenheim also gave up his plan to acquire Lucio. On the one hand, Lucio was not interested in Hoffenheim. Although Hoffenheim won the Bundesliga championship, for Lucio, an old Bundesliga player, the only team that is truly competitive in the entire Europe is Bayern Munich, and he doesn't like other teams. He won the Bundesliga championship and the World Cup, but he lacked a Champions League championship. In Leverkusen, he was close to the Champions League championship, but he lost to Real Madrid with Zidane. He left Bayern and wanted to find a team that could compete for the Champions League championship. In his opinion, Hoffenheim obviously does not have such strength.
So he always responded to Hoffenheim with the words "I am participating in the Federation Cup and will not discuss my future issues before the Federation Cup ends." In fact, this was a tactful rejection. During this period, after Inter Milan joined, he immediately turned to Inter Milan. He believed that Inter Milan, with Mourinho and many big-name stars, would definitely be able to win the Champions League championship.
Lucio believes that with such an identity, he can obviously only join the giants.
If he wants money, Hoffenheim can completely satisfy him, but if he wants a brilliant past, Hoffenheim can do nothing and regretfully give up this world-class central defender.
Since Lucio cannot agree, Hoffenheim will immediately accelerate their second plan - buying Metzeld from Real Madrid Players Supermarket.
This is a difficult deal.
Chapter completed!