Chapter 119: An Incomprehensible Transfer
"The top scorer in the German second division is afraid to change the goal, and Schalke 04 striker is about to change blood"; The report of "Bild" immediately attracted a lot of attention, as one of the banners of the mainstream football media, "Bild" has always attracted a lot of attention.
As the third runner-up in the Bundesliga last season, Schalke finally came up with a reform that has not been done for a long time this summer, and invited coach Luten from the Netherlands, Schalke 04's only goal in the new season is to overturn the Bundesliga team Bayern Munich, although their strength is good, but they also know that their hope in the Champions League is really small, so the main battlefield of Schalke 04 is the Bundesliga.
According to the suggestion of the new head coach Luten, what Schalke 04 needs now is to make some changes to the team's frontcourt, and what Schalke 04 lacks is enough offensive ability; Although it is said that defense wins the championship, but the team's offensive problem cannot be solved, then the difficulty of winning the championship will naturally increase, because offense is fundamental.
Ruten hopes that the team can poach striker Farfan and midfield attacker Engrar from the Eredivisie, in fact, the likes of Engal and Farfan already have a certain reputation, and they do have the ability to help Schalke 04 go further. In fact, it's hard to think of any transfer highlights Schalke had after the change of manager. The current manager, Andreas. Muller likes to bring in some cheap players before this summer, and as a result, Sanchez, Ozawa. Roberto, Streit, and others have become masters who can't send them out. Now Schalke 04's management has reached a consensus that strengthening the forward line is the most hode option, but there is some controversy in the selection.
Farfan, who scored seven goals in 29 appearances for PSV Eindhoven last season, may not have scored many goals, but his ability to play as a striker or even on both wings is a great addition to the front. This is also the reason why Lüten has taken a fancy to Farfan.
As for Schalke 04 manager Andreas. Muller took a fancy to Xiao Qing, although the golden boot of the German Second League is not convincing to a certain extent, but Xiao Qing's strength must still be there, and compared with Farfan, Xiao Qing is more familiar with German football, and he can provide the greatest help to the team in the shortest possible time.
It is imperative to supplement the team's forward line, and it is indeed a difficult matter to choose whether Xiao Qing or Farfan is a difficult thing to choose; Farfan can be said to have been famous for a long time. It received a lot of attention during the Peruvian period. After entering the Europa League, he had a good performance in Eindhoven. Although Farfan's goals dropped to seven last season, he also had a history of scoring more than 20 goals in two consecutive seasons at PSV Eindhoven!
The current Farfan is actually only twenty-four years old, as long as he finds his form, then Schalke 04's offensive problems seem to be solved, but his unforeseen slump is also what Schalke is worried about.
As for Xiao Qing, after all, he is only participating in the professional league for the first time, and he is still an embarrassing twenty-three years old. This also seems to indicate that Xiao Qing's upside is not large. Moreover, the Bundesliga is still relatively unconvincing, and Schalke has no more room for reference.
Xiao Qing obviously didn't expect that he would be favored by Schalke 04, a quasi-giant team in the Bundesliga, or that Xiao Qing didn't think about transferring at all. But now that this incident happened suddenly, Xiao Qing was still a little happy, because it was enough to prove that Xiao Qing had left a deep impression on some people in the season that had just ended.
"Shaw is not for sale for the team! Hoffenheim is not a star processing plant, we will have big jihua. We don't sell the team's core players! Hoffenheim's manager Schendelmeizer said in an interview with the Sinsheim Zeitung, "We have three years left on Shaw's contract, and he's very happy here. We have a common goal, so Shaw won't leave Hoffenheim! I'm not trying to explain anything, I'm just trying to tell people not to set your eyes on my players, especially those who are not destined to be sold! ”
Although Shendel Meezer did make a tough declaration, one thing is for sure that Xiao Qing really has a chance to step on a bigger stage. Hoffenheim is not worried about salary pressures. Because they can keep up with the salaries offered by other teams. They were able to find a salary worthy of Xiao Qing's performance. But the congenitally deficient small market is Hoffenheim's fatal wound, and no one dares to guarantee when Xiao Qing will get tired of this small village. And while Hoffenheim can turn down transfer offers from other teams. But once Xiao Qing reaches a private consensus on which team to reach, then the transfer is naturally inevitable; Although this is not allowed by the Football Federation, there are too many such things in football!
And although Hoffenheim qualified for the Europa League, Schalke 04 qualified for the Champions League; What's more, the quasi-giant team is definitely a huge temptation for young players; Hoffenheim also started to worry at this time, because their transfer work has not yet begun, but someone has already come to dig their corner.
"Rest assured, I won't transfer, at least this season." Xiao Qing gave head coach Rangnick a reassurance, "Although they have a bigger market, although they can play in the Champions League, I know that the most important thing for me is to have enough opportunities to play and practice now. I don't deny the appeal of the big teams to me, but I know better that I don't have enough qualifications to be in the big teams right now. ”
Although Xiao Qing is a little interested in the quasi-giants, but the beginning of his career at Hoffenheim can be more perfect, Xiao Qing can't waste a little time now, he must seize the opportunity. So Schalke 04 may be better, but the most suitable Xiao Qing for now is Hoffenheim.
The team was reluctant to sell, and Xiao Qing himself did not plan to transfer, so the news of Xiao Qing's possible transfer was instantly extinguished as soon as "Bild" was exposed; This is also good news, because Hoffenheim can now start their work in the transfer market with peace of mind, because their core Xiao Qing has no intention of transferring.
Xiao Qing's unabashed attitude made Hoffenheim's management feel at ease, but for Xiao Qing's agent Alan Cha, Xiao Qing's decision was wrong; Although Alan Tea also believes that now is not the best time for Xiao Qing to transfer, Xiao Qing simply said that staying in the team will make him lose some initiative at the negotiation table, originally Schalke 04 jumped out is the most haode price increase opportunity, but now Xiao Qing basically let go of this rare opportunity.
Although Xiao Qing was very happy in Hoffenheim, there was no reason why he couldn't get along with money, so Xiao Qing promised that he would keep an eye on it next time something like this happened. As for now, Alain Tea is going to negotiate with Hoffenheim's management.
Hoffenheim also began to methodically start to reorganize the team's squad, Hoffenheim really still have a lot to do after being promoted to the Bundesliga, they must upgrade the team. The likes of Padzic, Szpiracek, Marić and Haas were sold on a free transfer or for almost nothing, and now Hoffenheim has embarked on a purge.
Of course, there is also a need for some reinforcement in the cleaning, and goalkeeper Ozcan performed well, so Hoffenheim chose to buy out Ozcan after the loan expired; Ozcan is also treated as a midfielder Gustavo, who has been in Hoffenheim for all and is really a very good midfielder. Among them was centre-back Wowsa, who ended up staying at Hoffenheim for a million as soon as the transfer market opened. All three players who came to Hoffenheim during the winter break performed well.
In the Bundesliga, the backline is naturally in need of reinforcement, so Hoffenheim is very simple; Beck, who is already a well-known full-back, joined Bundesliga promotion Hoffenheim for three million euros after an unsatisfactory season in Stuttgart.
The 20-year-old Wellington moved to Hoffenheim from the Brazilian International Club for a transfer fee of 3.5 million and signed a five-year contract; Now Wellington obviously can't threaten Xiao Qing's position, this is the team to develop young players, and if Hoffenheim wants to improve all the time, then they need to have enough bench depth.
Although this offseason does not seem to have the "transfer storm" like Bayern's 70 million euros to bring in Ribery and Toney last year, it is possible that it will be waiting for the end of the European Championship to set off a transfer frenzy. But all this has nothing to do with Xiao Qing for the time being, although Xiao Qing will not play in the jersey of the national football team, but fortunately, Xiao Qing has not paid attention to the national football team for a while, they can do whatever they like, so that Xiao Qing can be more attentive to watch the Olympics with his parents.
Schalke 04 is really ruthless, bringing Farfan from PSV Eindhoven for 10 million euros, and the team's first striker option seems to be in place. But at this time, Schalke 04 is not satisfied, since Xiao Qing can't dig it, let's dig up other people; Demba Ba is a good choice, he has conflicts with Xiao Qing, and was even completely refrigerated by Hoffenheim; So the sale was a big sale at a loss, selling Demba Ba for two million euros, and Hoffenheim spent three million when he bought Demba Ba a year ago; Although it is a loss of one million, as long as there is a little stability in the locker room, it is nothing for Hoffenheim, who has deep pockets.
Xiao Qing is also more concerned about the team's transfer work, but Xiao Qing is increasingly unable to understand the team's transfer strategy; They finalised the transfer as soon as the transfer window opened, but then they were silent. Xiao Qing wondered, did he want to rely on such a lineup? ! (To be continued......)