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While the Hoffenheim football team was training at the Namanga training camp in Spain, Hoffenheim FC was also stepping up their search for players to complement the squad. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The most pressing position is at left-back. The most reassuring part of the back line, apart from the goalkeeper, is the left-back.

The goalkeeper position is now in Hildebrand, uh, the left-back hasn't found the right man yet. Ibertsberger is already a little out of step with the demands of the team. Fatal mistakes were shown in a number of games. Although Chu Zhongtian's main task is to organize the attack, he is still a good defender, but why did Hoffenheim still concede a lot of goals after he came to Hoffenheim? That's because he can't take care of the whole second half alone, defense is never the job of one person, it needs to work together, he performs well, and if his teammates don't give it, there will always be misses. And sometimes, individual mistakes can't be compensated for with tactics, and that's really unthinkable and unguardable.

Rangnick has been thinking about finding a suitable replacement for Ibertsberger, whether the Austrian's position is still on the bench.

But there are too few good left-backs in world football now, and you look up to others, but people don't necessarily look up to you.

There are several left-back names in Rangnick's list for Schendelmeize, and Rangnick means that he will be satisfied if he can buy one of them.

Valencia left-back Moretti (emiliano_moretti) is an interest for Rangnick, but it will be difficult. Moretti has enjoyed a great time at Valencia and is the team's absolute first-choice left-back. Valencia are unlikely to let him go, and despite the fact that Valencia are now in financial crisis, they have two more valuable players, Villa and Silva, and it is obviously more cost-effective to sell them than to sell Moretti.

Moretti himself was not necessarily willing to give up his life in Valencia and come to Germany with him.

Deportivo left-back Brazilian Filipe has been eye-catching this season and is said to have piqued the interest of Barcelona and Juventus. But this is a left-back who is known for his attack, Rangnick wants a left-back who is good defensively, and a left-back like Felipe is not very much needed by the team. So he was last on the shortlist.

Steffen who plays for Blackburn. Volnock (stephen_warnock) was also an option, having been a standout product of Liverpool's academy but ended up moving to Blackburn Rovers because he never got a better chance at Liverpool. He was a regular at Blackburn and was named for England. However, few English players have been able to perform well in other leagues, so there is a big question mark over whether he can adapt to the Bundesliga and Hoffenheim.

In addition, those well-known left-backs, don't think about it, people will not give up their careers in the big clubs and choose to come to a country team. Unless Hoffenheim can win the league this season and qualify for next season's Champions League, they will have the money to recruit those high-profile stars.

With Hoffenheim's current situation, it is suitable to find those mid-range players who are not well-known and not top-notch, but they are not bad.

After negotiations and consultations, as well as contact with the player himself, Hoffenheim finalised their second transfer of the winter break on January 10.

Austrian national team and Middlesbrough double captain Emmanuel Andersbrough. Pogaertz (emanuel_pogatetz) has joined Bundesliga upstart Hoffenheim for five million euros.

Middlesbrough's performances have been impressive at the start of the season, with manager Gareth Southgate (gareth_southagte) even winning the Premier League Manager of the Month. But then the team's results began to decline, and they were winless in eight games before January. The team also slipped into the relegation zone. Although Middlesbrough aim for relegation every season, this time they look like they're coming for real...... Middlesbrough FC have been somewhat indifferent to the situation, and instead of spending money to buy quality players to strengthen their squad, they have sold their captain after the winter transfer window opened. The €5 million price tag wasn't hard to turn down, but they still sold Pogatez, much to the chagrin of manager Gareth Southgate.

Speaking after the move was confirmed, Pogatts said he was reluctant to leave Myburgh but was happy to be back in the Bundesliga. Pogatez have realised that there is no future for Middlesbrough and Hoffenheim, a recent upstart in the Bundesliga, is clearly a smart move to the club. Some media say that Hoffenheim are aiming for the league title, but even if the team does not win the title in the end, they will definitely be ranked higher than Middlesbrough and may even qualify for European competitions.

Pogatts is a versatile defender at the back, playing both centre-back and left-back. Rangnick bought him mainly to play at left-back, but he can also play in the middle if necessary.

Speaking of which, Pogatec and German football really have a fate. He was once considered a talented player in Austria and was bought by Bayer Leverkusen. However, he never played a single game for Bayer Leverkusen's first team, and was loaned out repeatedly over the course of four years before he was sold to Middlesbrough for two million euros.

At Middlesbrough he quickly became a regular and gradually became the captain of the team. He's 1.88m tall but has good pace, he's fierce defensively and he's physically brilliant, making him a perfect fit in the Premier League, which is a touch-oriented, competitive league. Because his defense is very fierce, especially like flying tackles, he was also angrily denounced by Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson as a "black foot", because he once maliciously shoveled Manchester United youngster Possebon (Possebon) into a serious injury in the League Cup in September 2007, at that time he was revealed by the English media to be an out-and-out "butcher" before moving to Middlesbrough, and it was common for him to make similar moves to tackle Posebon. Because he looks like Inter Milan's fiery central defender Materazzi, he is also known as "Austria's Materazzi".

His ferocious defence was exactly what Rangnick needed. Hoffenheim's defence lacked some sophistication and ruthlessness, and the arrival of Pogatts could add to those things. Of course, he has a slightly fiery temper, which is something Rangnick needs to control.

After the medical examination and the signing of the transfer contract, Pogatecs went directly to Namanga, Spain, to join the team. Chu Zhongtian and Pehr. Nelsson, Selim. As is customary, the three captains of Tebel introduced their new teammate to the team, as well as to Pogatts.

Pogatts was captain at Millsbrough, but at Hoffenheim he was just a regular player.

The addition of Pogatts could improve the team's defense on the left flank, and Ibertsberger would only be able to substitute for the captain of his national team.

The main force at right-back was Baker, and the substitute was Christopher. Yankel (christoph_janker), but Yankel is not satisfied with the lack of playing opportunities and wants to leave the team to find another place, if he does go, Rangnick will have to find a way to find a replacement for Baker at that time.

At centre-back, Camper was a regular and Nelsson started the season with a solid position, but Jaisler got better and better. There is also Ghana's young centre-back Wossa (isaac_vorsah), but Rangnick is also looking for an experienced centre-back who is in his early twenties with the exception of Nelsson, who is too young for a centre-back.

Rangnick has his eye on Croatian centre-back Simunic who plays for Hertha Berlin this time. Australian-born centre-back Simunic is Hertha Berlin's main centre-back and has been outstanding in the first half of the season, with Hertha Berlin finishing third and his excellent performances.

Simunic, who turns 31 in a month, is not fast, but he has an excellent sense of position and awareness, and can always be seen in key areas of defence. Rangnick values his ability and experience, and hopes that his arrival will add stability to the team's defence.

However, the difficulty of this transfer deal now seems to be too great...... Simunic is Hertha Berlin's main centre-back and the team needs him and he likes Hertha Berlin as well. He has been with the team for nine seasons, has won numerous accolades and is a hero to Berlin fans. On the one hand, Simunic has a deep affection for the club, and on the other hand, the team needs him. If there is any hole to exploit and exploit, it is that Simunic and manager Favre (lucien_favre) do not have a very good relationship. Favre had Simunic play as a substitute in the second round of the league this season, the first time a Croatian centre-back had been on the bench since 22 October 2005, although Favre later explained that it was because Simunic had just played for Croatia and was not in great shape, but Simunic firmly objected to this claim because his centre-back partner Friedrich (ame_friedrich) said before the game that he was not fit enough, but still started. To the displeasure of Simunic and his teammates, it was Favre's direct centre-back Kaka who started in place of Simunic.

Because of this incident, there was a rift in the relationship between Simunich and Favre. If Simunic really wants to leave Hertha Berlin, it can only be for this reason. But for now, the relationship between the two men has not stiffened to the point of letting Simunich leave Hertha Berlin. What's more, Favre soon realized that his team could not do without this Croatian central defender who "carried three yellow cards before going off" (during the World Cup in Germany, in the match between Croatia and Australia, Simunic received three yellow cards before being sent off, and the person who set this record with him was the famous English referee Bohl), and then Simunic started every game, performed well, and the team's results also climbed step by step, and are currently third in the league, behind Bayern Munich and Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim tried to approach Hertha Berlin and received a reply that "Simunich is not for sale".

This matter has been put on hold for the time being, since the other party doesn't want to sell, and Hope doesn't want to be a villain, if the other party doesn't sell him, he won't buy it. However, they will continue to keep an eye on Simunic and take it when the opportunity arises.

While busy looking for people to bring in, Hoffenheim's players were also poached by other clubs.

Because of the outstanding performance in the first half of the season, the Hoffenheim team attracted the attention of the whole Europe.

The brightest of them was naturally the goalscorer Ibisevic, who scored twenty goals.

In fact, Ibisevic did not become famous when he came to Hoffenheim, he had scored a key goal in the French Cup when he played for Metz, helping the team win the French Cup, and also scored in the League Cup. Last season, he scored 25 goals in all competitions in Metz and attracted a lot of interest. In the end, Hoffenheim got him for 10 million euros.

But now Ibisevic is more than just getting attention, he has a dazzling light all over his body, and you can't pay attention to him even if you don't want to pay attention to him - you can't ignore him.

His performances at Metz have made him interesting to many mid-stream teams. And now the transfer scandals with him are all some big teams: Bayern Munich, Inter Milan, Manchester United...... The temptation to come to the team was hard to resist, but Ibisevic announced in an interview with reporters in Spain that he would stay with the team.

'I'm on a four-year contract with the team, I've just moved here, how can I leave? I don't know if it's too far into the future, but I'm definitely going to stay with the team next season. I love Hoffenheim, I'm having a good time here, I can't think of why I'm going to risk it to those teams...... Even though I was happy with the invitations from the big teams, because it showed that my ability was recognized, which is always a good thing. ”

Ibisevic has just cleared up those transfer rumours, Demba Demba. There was another scandal between Ba and Stuttgart. But judging from the media reports, this is more like a score.

Others like Salihovic, Eduardo, Weiss, Baker...... There are all kinds of rumors about the players.

As the captain of the team, Chu Zhongtian has no fewer transfer rumors around him than other players. Although he, like Ibisevic, has only only joined Hoffenheim for half a season, Hoffenheim's crazy performance is all directed by him. Fans love to watch the excitement and think that the player who scores more goals is the most valuable. But the connoisseurs knew at a glance that only Chu Zhongtian was indispensable to this team. There are many strikers who can score goals and many midfielders who can pass the ball, but there are too few players who can score goals and assist, and can lead the whole team to fight non-stop, and are good at controlling the pace of the game and defending...... Bayern Munich's general manager Hoeness praised Chu Zhongtian, believing that he is Hoffenheim's most dangerous player and Hoffenheim's number one star. Then the media broke the news that Hoffenheim received an inquiry from Bayern Munich, and they wanted to buy Chu Zhongtian!

Hoffenheim certainly can't sell the captain and absolute core of their team. So this is the end of the deal, without any follow-up story.

As for the rest, whether it is Manchester United or Inter Milan, or Real Madrid, Barcelona, AC Milan...... All of them were clarified by Hoffenheim: "We have not received offers from these clubs. In fact, even if we receive it, we won't sell it. Chu is our treasure and is absolutely not for sale! ”

That's what the club's general manager, Rothouse, said.

Hope then also expressed his opinion on Chu Zhongtian's transfer rumors: "We will not sell any players. Hoffenheim don't need to fire out players for money. ”

Hope is very confident in saying that Hoffenheim really doesn't need to sell players to make money. This is an important difference between them and the team that Chu Zhongtian played for before, Metz. This is also one of the reasons why Chu Zhongtian favors them - they don't need to sell players to make money, which means that they are financially stable. Modern football is a game of money, don't talk about anything without money, with money you may not be able to become a champion, but money lays a solid foundation for success.

※※※Someone comes, someone leaves.

Because Hoffenheim are a promoted team, it is inevitable that there will be many traces of the lower leagues in the team. For example, there are some players who have played with the team all over the world, but after being promoted to the top league, they can't get the opportunity to play because of their own strength. Some of these people have voluntarily asked to leave, while others have been abandoned by the club.

The team witnessed the triple jump for two years, Francisco. Copado (francisco_copado) is such a person. In the summer of 2006, he moved from Eintracht Frankfurt for 300,000 euros to Hoffenheim, who were still playing in the southern German regional league, and he made a total of 66 appearances for Hoffenheim, scoring 25 goals. The 34-year-old was unable to meet the demands of the team in any way, so he offered to terminate his contract so that he would return to Unterhachen, where he had played for five years as a free agent, and the team is now also in the regional league.

On 24 January, the team's new stadium, the Rhein-Neckar Stadium, will be officially opened, where Hoffenheim will play its opening match, which will also be the farewell match for Copado and the fans in attendance.

Another 29-year-old left-back Loew (zsolt_low) wants to leave the club because he has only played one game in half a season. The club has acceded to his request.

Thirty-two-year-old veteran Seitz (jochen_seitz) is also planning to leave in the winter, with his contract set to expire at the end of the season and the club have no plans to extend his contract. Although Seitz had just earned his coaching certificate, Hoffenheim had no intention of giving him a job as a coach. In fact, back last summer, Rangnick agreed to Seitz's transfer request. He knows that he will have a hard time playing in this promoted team, so he might as well move away. It's just that there was no suitable place to go at that time, so he stayed for the time being.

In addition, Baker's substitute Jankel also wanted to transfer away because of his low number of appearances.

In addition, the team's young goalkeeper Kirschbaum (thorsten_kirschbaum) is also planning to leave the team and go to a club that can give him a chance to play, knowing that with the arrival of Hildebrand, he has no future at Hoffenheim.

Hoffenheim became the winter champions of the new Bundesliga season and are currently in the spotlight, with Bundesliga scorer Ibisevic and Bundesliga transfer champion Chu Zhongtian this season. But none of this glory has anything to do with them as marginal figures. The glory belongs to the club, to the big players, and they themselves have to fight to survive.

(To be continued)