A pleasant bell sounded. Yang Fan turned on his phone.

He looked at the time, then looked up at the sky outside the window. It's a little strange how it gets dark so early.

"There is a time difference of one hour between Germany and the United Kingdom. Michael Baker laughed.

"Ahh He quickly adjusted the time on his phone to German time.

"It's time for you to buy a watch. Michael Baker ostentatiously raises his left arm, "Royaloak", a limited edition from 1972. He found that he liked to joke with this young man, and every time he saw this young man deflated, he would be very happy.

"No money. "Yang Fan flattened his mouth, what a 'royal oak' (royaloak)', he had never heard of it, it was a limited edition from 1972, and this watch could be his father at his age. You can imagine how expensive this watch is.

"If you score more goals, you'll be rich. Baker laughed. This caused side glances from the surrounding passengers. They are already on the train to Wolfsburg. After getting off the plane from Berlin Airport, they take the RE to Berlin Main Station and transfer to ICE. The train will go directly to Wolfsburg.

Yang Fan stared at the watch on Michael Baker's wrist viciously, rubbed his hands, smiled hehe, and said, "Michael, if I scored a goal in the Bundesliga, how about you give me this watch as a souvenir?"

"Don't even think about it. Michael Baker's watch, which had been erected to show off, retracted, "This is my lifeline." ”

"Cut, stingy. Yang Fan snorted coldly, "You wait, when will I ask the manufacturer of this watch to take the initiative to come to me and build me a watch named after me." ”

"It's not a small tone. Michael Baker also sneered. This kid doesn't know where he got so much self-confidence. However, it also reassures Michael Baker that self-confidence is important for a goalscorer. Many strikers have good skills and good goalscorers, but it is difficult to become atmospheric, because they are not confident enough in front of the goal, and if they say it bigger, they lack a domineering spirit.

"Well, what brand is this watch?" Yang Fan asked next.

Mr. Agent glanced at Yang Fan disdainfully and laughed. The latter glared at him.

At this time, Yang Fan's mobile phone rang, he looked at it, it was a message, it was sent by Li Hengfu, asking him if he was in Wolfsburg. Last night, after Yang Fan went to the stadium bar to say goodbye to those old friends, he returned to his residence to say goodbye to Aunt Susan, and finally stayed at Li Hengfu's restaurant, Li Hengfu was like his relative. In the morning, when Baker drove to pick up Yang Fan and set off, Yang Fan, who got into the car, caught a glimpse of Boss Li secretly wiping his tears. He also had a sour nose.

Yang Fan sent a message back to Li Hengfu. Perhaps influenced by this information, the feelings of this young man who had left his hometown were a little depressed.

Michael Baker had planned to continue to tease Yangfan, but he was keenly aware of the change in the young man's feelings.

"We're going to Wolfsburg soon, so I'll tell you a little bit about the history and current state of the club. Michael Baker said.

This immediately diverted Yang Fan's attention, Baker was right, it was necessary to properly understand the situation of the new owner.

From Michael Baker's mouth, Yang Fan has a preliminary impression of the team he is about to play for a year and a half, as well as the city where this team is located.

The city of Wolfsburg is located in northern Germany. It belongs to the state of Lower Saxony, and the world-famous Volkswagen headquarters are located in this city...... Speaking of which, the city is also inextricably linked to Adolf Hitler, which was founded in 1938 on Hitler's orders to house Volkswagen employees. The Volkswagen Group, headquartered in the city, is also the largest company in Lower Saxony.

However, when it comes to football, Lower Saxony, Germany's second largest federal state by area, has always been a forgotten corner of German football.

Lower Saxony is not a traditional powerhouse of German football, but has long been regarded as one of the 'desert areas' of German football.

Of course, football in Lower Saxony has had its fair share of history. Both Bronschweg and Hannover had a great time before the Bundesliga, with Hannover having won the national league twice and being one of the 16 founding members of the Bundesliga. Hannover began to decline at an early age, but Brownschweig was one of the biggest names in German football in the sixties. After the Bundesliga was founded, they won the championship in 1966/1967. You know, at that time, Bayern was just a small club that had just grown up. But since the mid-80s, Bronschweig has followed the path of Hannover and is now only playing in the Bundesliga.

From the 80s to the mid-90s, Lower Saxony did not have a Bundesliga club. But after Volkswagen AG began to intervene in Wolfsburg, football in Lower Saxony reached an inflection point. Since being promoted to the Bundesliga in 1997, Wolfsburg has never been relegated, and Wolfsburg has replaced Hannover 96 as the football flag of Lower Saxony!

Compared with the mediocre Hannover 96, Wolfsburg, which has the financial support of Volkswagen, is more loved by local fans, and Wolfsburg has become the pride and hero of the entire Lower Saxony. On weekends, fans in Wolfsburg jerseys gather at train stations in cities across Lower Saxony, and the Volkswagen Arena in Wolfsburg is their destination. Looking at the whole of Germany, there is no other team that has attracted the support of the people of the entire state as Wolfsburg. Even their rivals in the Bundesliga, the fans of Hannover, have become their fans. In the derby against Hannover 96, if Wolfsburg scored, Hannover 96, as a sworn enemy of the same state, not only did not send boos and abuse, but even sometimes gave applause.

Yang Fan was also very happy to hear Michael Baker say this, and the player naturally likes that the team he plays for can have a lot of enthusiastic fan support. Listening to Beck, Wolfsburg's football market is very hot, and the team's home stadium should be quite good.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Yang Fan and Michael Baker arrived at Wolfsburg Railway Station.

When they came out of the train station, there was already a car waiting for them outside. This is a special car arranged by the Wolfsburg club.

An Audi A8, seeing this car, Yang Fan whistled, good car. Worthy of the big tree of Volkswagen, the official cars of the Wolfsburg club seem to be Volkswagen. Of course, this is mainly to save face for Michael Baker, if it is just Yang Fan, it is estimated that Wolfsburg can let a Passat pick him up.

Yang Fan met Augenthaler in the head coach's office on the third floor of the training base in Wolfsburg.

The former Bayern Munich captain, Germany's 1990 World Cup winner, and current Wolfsburg manager, has a somewhat pale face and looks uneasy. However, Yang Fan still saw the kind of characteristics belonging to the German from Augenthaler's face, and the sharp edges and corners of the face showed that this was a person with a resolute character.

This is not an easy manager to get along with, and this is Yang Fan's first impression of Augenthaler.

When he saw Yang Fan and his agent Michael Baker, a smile appeared on Ogenthaler's face, and he hugged his old friend Michael Baker, and then did not immediately shake hands with Yang Fan, but looked at Yang Fan before reaching out his hand, "Welcome, Yang!"

Augenthaler speaks German, and I don't know if he doesn't speak English or doesn't like it, but Yang Fan immediately realized that in order for him to gain a foothold in Wolfsburg, the first thing he has to pass is the language barrier! He must learn some basic German phrases as much as possible, otherwise, it will be difficult for him to integrate into the team and correctly understand the tactical intentions of the head coach.

Fortunately, Michael Baker was on hand to translate for Yang Fan, and Yang Fan was able to communicate with Ogenthaler at this time.

Yang Fan shook hands with Augenthaler, "Hello, coach. ”

"What do you think of Wolfsburg?" asked Augenthaler with a smile after shaking hands.

"A vibrant city, beautiful. Yang Fan replied.

"Well, that's right, vibrant, I love that word. Augenthaler nodded, "Hopefully you'll enjoy it!"

"I think I will. Yang Fan replied.

After a brief greeting, we get to the point: "Objectively speaking, Wolfsburg chose to loan you mainly because of Michael's recommendation, and I believe in his vision. Augenthaler said.

Hearing Augenthaler say this, Yang Fan was a little nervous, but he quickly calmed down his feelings, did not speak immediately, but looked into Augenthaler's eyes and chose to continue listening.

Augenthaler glanced at Yang Fan, the young man was calmer than he thought, he said that he said it on purpose, to see Yang Fan's reaction. It should be said that Yang Fan's appearance is quite satisfactory to him.

'Of course, the technical department also got the footage of your match against Arsenal and Chelsea and I knew I made the right decision and hopefully I will stick to it at the end of the season. ”

"Yes. "I will prove that I can provide important help to the team." ”

Augenthaler laughed, and he noticed that this young man was talking about 'providing important help to the team', and many young people came to unfamiliar teams, and more often than not, they said 'help to the team', and this young man added the word 'important'. The taste is a little different.

He looked at Michael Baker, who laughed, "I'll just say it, you don't have to worry about him being a coward in front of the door." ”

"Hmph, anyone can say big things. Augenthaler snorted. While talking, while walking in front, he was going to take Yang Fan to a physical examination, originally, he was not more than willing to do this kind of work, but because of the arrival of Michael Baker, an old friend, and Ogenthaler was indeed very curious about this young man who was very respected by his old friend, he personally came over to arrange it.

"What did the coach say?" Yang Fan followed behind, asking Michael Baker in English.

"He said you're talking big. Baker said.

"I'm going to make the coach realise he's wrong. Yang Fan said. His voice was a little loud.

"Good, I'd love to see you prove it. Augenthaler stopped abruptly, said, and continued without looking back.

Yang Fan was dumbfounded, pointing at Augenthaler's back, "He-he's not-"

"Who sued you that he doesn't know English anymore?" said Michael Baker, rolling his eyes.

Yang Fan turned into a bitter gourd face.

"He did it on purpose, and he would tell the new players something in this way every time. ”

"What's the matter?"

"You have to learn German as well as you can. Don't expect him to communicate with you in English during tactical briefings. Michael Baker said.

Yang Fan's facial muscles twitched, and he had to admit that this was indeed a good way to force the new players to learn German well. In the team, you don't expect the manager to speak English and the coach only speaks German, so in this case, the players have to keep up with the team, they have to understand the tactical intentions of the manager, they have to compete with the main team, they have to win the favor of the coach, and they have to try to get the language through first.

In essence, Organthaler's behaviour is also a great help for the players, who are able to communicate in German and integrate into the team faster.

Yang Fan nodded, this iron coach who is known for his sternness is actually very good for players, but you need to really understand this 'alternative' way of helping.

Winter in Germany is cold, with just a heavy snowfall.

The training ground in Wolfsburg has a lot of vegetation, and the roads are lined with lush trees.

Yang Fan walked behind Augenthaler, looking at the scenery with interest, the branches of the trees along the way were covered with snow, like blooming pear blossoms.

Suddenly, not far in front of him, a small squirrel popped up.

The little squirrel looked at him, and he looked at the little cutie.

"Hey, did you say welcome to me?" Yang Fan bent down and said.

"He doesn't understand English. Augenthaler's voice rang out.

The little squirrel was frightened by the loud voice, and scurried into the trees beside the road, and was out of sight.

"Klaus, after all these years, you're still the guy who doesn't even like squirrels. Michael Baker teased an old friend.

Augenthaler's face was embarrassed.

Yang Fan couldn't help but smile.

Augenthaler glared at him and moved on.

Yang Fan was in a happy mood, his feet were brisk, stepping on the snow, squeaking, creaking, creaking