On the same day, Werder Bremen were held to a draw at home by Cottage Bremen, so Schalke 04 had the same points as them and were in third place on goal difference.

This situation made everyone happy in vain, everyone was looking forward to Cartbus beating Werder Bremen in an upset, Zhang Yuan also specially called Shao Jia and asked Brother Shao to help quickly!

There are four rounds left in the league, neither team can afford to make a single mistake now, and neither of them wants to play in the qualifying round!

After a day of rest, Schalke 04 put himself into the preparation for the game against Bochum, although the situation is tense now, but the three consecutive wins still give Schalke 04 players a strong self-confidence, and everyone laughs and laughs during training, which is a good phenomenon!

At the end of Monday's training, Raphinha, Rakitic and Zhang Yuan, three young people, met to compete in free kick kung fu, Neuer naturally stayed as a free sparring partner, Zhang Yuan worked free kicks, and made rapid progress, Raphinha has been saying that Zhang Yuan is improving very quickly, and everyone usually learns, but today is different, the bet was added, and the dinner in the evening was settled anyway.

Rakitic's free-kick skills are not very good, but after all, he is a young man and will not admit defeat in this regard.

Neuer has no wall in front of him and it will be more difficult to defend, but it will be good for him.

The final result of the three-person competition was Zhang Yuan instead of Raphinha, who everyone thought was the best in free kick skills, Rakitic ranked last, shouted dissatisfaction, and said to Neuer: "Manuel, you can't release water like this! Zhang Yuan kicks you and you release water, Rafael and I kick you and you work hard to defend!"

Neuer was miserable, he explained: "It's not that I deliberately released the water, I often can't guess what kind of free kick Zhang Yuan wants to play?

Zhang Yuan's free kick kung fu has not yet reached its peak, but he learned from Mihajlovic, there are many free kick feints, there is no routine to follow, Neuer's defensive area has increased, and it is normal to not be able to hold it, if it is really lined up with people, Zhang Yuan's free kick will not be so terrible.

Of course, Rakitic invited him for dinner, and after dinner, Raphinha suggested that everyone go to a nightclub, and Brazilians liked it, and everyone had no opinion, so they went to the nightclub where everyone went last time.

With the expansion of the popularity of several young people, there are more and more beautiful women who come up to talk to them, the last time Rakitic and Zhang Yuan had a money-paying affair here, but this time it will definitely not happen.

Many women now want to have a Spring Festival with them and become famous quickly, Rakitic and Zhang Yuan know this, but the two of them are obviously clean and self-conscious, and they don't want to get involved in these things, so they send the women around them early.

Raphinha and Neuer are different, they are obviously much more open, and they may not necessarily do anything in the end, but now that they are in the party, it is not bad to play with oil, and in the end, it is another matter whether they will spend the Spring Festival.

So the two of them went out to hook up with women, leaving Zhang Yuan and Rakitic to sit in their seats and chat and drink.

"Will you stay next season? Don't hide it from your buddies!" Rakitic asked about Zhang Yuan's future as he chatted, he knew that Zhang Yuan was still on loan, and next season was unknown.

Zhang Yuan thought about it, Rakitic is his good friend, it doesn't matter if he reveals the truth, he believes that Rakitic will not say anything in the club, so he said to Rakitic: "To be honest, I haven't made a decision yet, my requirements are very simple, I must be able to play, of course, I don't think it can be worse than me in terms of salary!"

"How much do you get paid?" Rakitic doesn't know how much Zhang Yuan gets, because the player's salary has always been relatively secret, and no club will disclose the team's salary, of course, there are many rumors outside, and the rumors are basically true, but no club will publicly confirm it, and it is not surprising that Rakitic is not clear.

"I'm now 1 million euros after tax!" Mr. Zhang said.

"Oh my God, you get such a high income?" Rakitic was really surprised, he couldn't believe that Zhang Yuan, who was sitting in front of him, could get such a high salary when he was only more than 17 years old, but he felt relieved when he thought of Zhang Yuan's performance.

With his performance, it is not too much for his good buddy Zhang Yuan to get 1 million after tax!

"Hey, you kid, the four of us are the best of yours!" Rakitic said indignantly.

"No, how much do you take?"

Rakitic raised a finger and said with a bitter face: "One million!"

"That's the same as mine!"

"It's the same as you?!It's a salary before taxes, hum, after deducting taxes, I can take half of it!" Rakitic is clearly dissatisfied with the German tax system.

The tax system is also one of the reasons why Bundesliga clubs vigorously promote young people, after the emergence of the 50+1 rule of Bundesliga clubs, because most of them are membership clubs, other shareholders are not very willing to invest money, after all, this is a thankless thing, and the funds are not abundant.

Germany has a heavy tax on professional players, like Rakitic, who has an annual salary of one million euros, pays taxes of almost 500,000 euros, and he can only get a little more than 500,000 euros.

The club is naturally reluctant to bring in high-paid players and simply cannot afford it, and Dortmund after the listing is a lesson from the past.

Zhang Yuan's situation can only be said to have done a good thing at the beginning, Italian professional players need to pay taxes of about 30% of their annual salary, and Chairman Moratti has also given up money over the years, and Blanca gave Zhang Yuan, a young talent, an unprecedented annual salary of 1 million after tax.

On loan to Schalke 04, this money is naturally borne by Schalke 04, and they can't drop the price, otherwise Zhang Yuan won't come at all.

These salaries and everything are Raiola is talking about, Zhang Yuan is not clear at all, so he is not clear about the tax system of Italy or Germany, so Rakitic said that the tax has to be paid about half, Zhang Yuan exclaimed: "So much?"

"You don't even know this?" Rakitic was speechless.

"I really don't know, these things are handled by my agent!" Zhang Yuan explained embarrassedly, he secretly thought that he would have to ask Mai Xuewen when he went back to this matter, Mai Xuewen would not be unclear about the tax system after staying in Germany, this is his vital interest.

"Hehe, you should know something yourself, after all, it's your own vital interest!" Rakitic said, taking a sip of beer.

"Well, you're right, I'll go back and check it out!"

"You don't want to stay in Schalke?" Rakitic continued to ask, he was really reluctant to leave Zhang Yuan, the two not only had a good relationship, but also had a tacit understanding on the court.

"A small disclosure, of course I want to stay, but in the end, it depends on how the conversation goes!" Zhang Yuan said with a smile.

"Do any other clubs want you? I heard that Bayern Munich wants you, is it true?" Speaking of this, Rakitic was very envious when he saw Zhang Yuan's transfer news in the newspaper, and the Bundesliga team leaders all wanted Zhang Yuan, which shows that Zhang Yuan has really been recognized by the Bundesliga football world.

"It's true, Inter Milan also wants me to go back!" Zhang Yuan replied truthfully, Raiola told Zhang Yuan about these things on the phone a few days ago.

"I really envy you, even Bayern Munich wants you!" Rakitic's tone was clearly envious.

"What is there to envy, you haven't been to a big club and don't know what it's like to be a big club! Inter Milan is a big club, I sat there on the cold bench for half a season, Mancini just didn't want to use me! Wasted half a season in vain, so the next step is definitely to go to the club that guarantees my playing time instead of some bullshit giant! Of course, if the big club can guarantee my playing time, I am willing to go, I also want to win the championship!" Zhang Yuan is still angry about Mancini at least now, Balotelli contacted him some time ago and said that Mancini had to leave at the end of the season, and the new appointment was the madman Mourinho, and he was still looking forward to Zhang Yuan going back to partner with him.

Zhang Yuan wished that Mancini would leave quickly, but what if Mourinho came, he might not give Zhang Yuan a chance, it can be seen from the change of coach that Daddy Mo still wants the Champions League record, Mancini did not choose Zhang Yuan under the weight of results, will Mourinho be?

Therefore, Zhang Yuan has always insisted on two standards, one is to ensure his playing time, and the other is that his personal treatment cannot be lower than now, it makes no sense that I will perform so well after taking one million taxes now, and I will reduce my salary when I go home. (To be continued.) )