The city of Gelsenkirchen is actually not a big city, even if it was once so glorious that it was called the "City of a Thousand Fires", but with the decline of the old industrial age, Gelsenkirchen also declined, and even if the economic transformation is successful, it is no longer as prosperous as it used to be.

Fortunately, the current Gelsenkirchen is not the city where countless chimneys emitted dense smoke all day and night, if that were the case, Ye Feng would not have chosen to come to Schalke 04 at all - he has rhinitis!

The greenery in Gelsenkirchen is very good, and the city is full of greenery, which can't help but calm people's minds.

It's just that the Schalke 04 training base and home stadium are located in the northern suburbs of Gelsenkirchen, and the surrounding area is empty, and the towering chimneys of the Ruhr area are everywhere, which is very depressing.

Therefore, even the long-term Schalke 04 players do not live in this vicinity, not even in the center of Gelsenkirchen.

The cosmopolitan city of Dusseldorf is only about half an hour's drive southwest of Gelsenkirchen, so many Schalke 04 players prefer to live in Düsseldorf, which is better equipped there.

Of course, in fact, Gelsenkirchen is closer to Dortmund, another big city, but there is a natural rivalry between the two cities, and Schalke 04 is the real enemy of Dortmund, so the Schalke players will not live in Dortmund.

Ye Feng himself doesn't need to think about it so much, he lives alone, and there is really no need to go to Düsseldorf to rent a house.

It was torture to make him spend more than an hour a day on the road.

Is it bad to play cards at that time?

Flying to Düsseldorf Airport, the staff of Schalke 04 had already been waiting there and drove Ye Feng to the hotel in the center of Gelsenkirchen to check in.

The next day, Ye Feng went to see the house with the real estate agent he had contacted earlier, and finally chose a villa near the Rhine Park.

The villa is divided into three floors, with a total of 14 rooms, including a small indoor swimming pool, an indoor gym, and the most satisfying thing for Ye Feng is that there is also a small football field in the large courtyard.

Ye Feng liked this villa very much, and immediately signed the contract.

He can still afford a year's rent.

However, when he saw that the villa garage could actually accommodate 6 cars, Ye Feng knew that his biggest expense in the future was to work hard to fill this garage......

gave the housekeeping staff two days to clean up the villa, and in these two days, Ye Feng was familiar with the city, a city where he would stay for the next year and a half.

However, compared with the urban style, Ye Feng is more concerned about the situation of Schalke 04, which is related to his future development.

He has played against Schalke 04, so he has a certain understanding of this Ruhr team, plus he has found some information about Schalke through the media news, and now he dare not say that he is familiar with Schalke to the core, but he is by no means a stranger.

In fact, Schalke is still very strong on paper.

The goalkeeper is Germany's No. 1 national goalkeeper Neuer, Germany's most reliable goalkeeper after Kahn, so big, just standing in front of the goal has a strong deterrent.

Captains Kelstajic and Bordon are both strong defenders, while Hevedes and Westermann, both fringe internationals in the German team, are also strong.

In midfield, there is a brutalist midfielder like Jones and an all-round playmaker like Rakitic, who is also very dominant.

On the forward line, the combination of Kulanyi and Farfan is the envy of many Bundesliga teams, not to mention the strength of Asamoah and Altentop Jr. on the bench.

Of course, strictly speaking, a large part of the reason why Schalke 04 have struggled in the league this season is that they have to be distracted by the UEFA Cup games, and the relatively thin squad is not enough to support them on two fronts.

Fortunately, Schalke 04 has been eliminated from the group stage, and as long as the next half season is single-minded, then it is still very likely to reach the European zone.

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The Bundesliga's winter transfer window has always been flat, and even in the summer window, teams are also in the middle of a small fight.

The news that Ye Feng joined Schalke 04 on loan from Bayern Munich was published by the media, which may not be a big deal in German football, but in Gelsenkirchen, it is definitely earthquake-like news.

It was Ye Feng's howitzer throw-in that blew Schalke 04 to pieces.

In the impactful video, Schalke 04 completely became the background of Ye Feng's howitzer, which shocked the fans when they scored, and they also sympathized with them.

Even though Ye Feng has only made two appearances in the Bayern first team, the attention he has received is definitely top-notch traffic.

Now, Bayern actually released this star of hope and exercised in Schalke 04?

For a while, miner fans had a feeling of surprise when they won the lottery.

Even if he joins on loan, even if Ye Feng's ownership is still in Bayern, he has to play for Schalke 04 for this season and a half.

I don't care about how long it lasts, I only care about what I once had, that's probably what it means!

Besides, if Bayern makes a brain twitch and swarms up stars in the midfield, they may be able to buy out Ye Feng at that time!

Because of Ye Feng's arrival, the miners fans were really excited for a few days.

Previously, they were worried about Ernst's declining form and the team's defensive imbalance in midfield.

Now Ye Feng has directly filled this loophole, and maybe it can also bring a qualitative improvement to the Schalke 04 midfield.

With Ye Feng's joining, the flow of the rest of the personnel is no longer important, even if Ernst really transfers and leaves, it does not make too many waves in the hearts of fans.

- We thank you for your efforts and wish you a better future, but we will not be sad because we have a better choice!

However, Schalke 04 fans were happy, Bayern fans were not so happy.

Their expectations for Ye Feng are extremely strong, with Ye Feng's amazing performance as a substitute twice, Bayern fans are looking forward to the day when Ye Feng will gain a foothold in the first team, become the darling of the Allianz Arena, become the leader of the Allianz Arena, and lead Bayern all the way forward.

But they never thought that Bayern would quietly loan Ye Feng out!

These losers!

Give birth to your own child, let others play!

You are willing, but we are still reluctant!

For a while, Bayern fans were full of resentment towards the club!

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