Chapter 286: First in the World
Sinsheim Indoor Track and Field Training Hall, perhaps due to the increase of physique to full value, the potential of speed to full value, and so on, Lu Wenbin trained with Noel for a few days, and the current ability value of speed increased a little, becoming 15/20, which surprised Lu Wenbin.
That's a saving of a skill point.
Noel's surprise, of course, was even greater.
Judging by the potential shown by Lu Wenbin, if Lu Wenbin follows him to concentrate on training for a few years, he may even participate in the Olympic sprint final.
Of course, it is impossible for Lu Wenbin to participate in sprint competitions, what he likes is football, and his plug-in is also a football championship system, and football is more profitable than track and field.
Moreover, it is impossible for Lu Wenbin to practice sprinting alone, as well as switchback running, sharp turns, emergency stop sprinting, running with the ball, etc.
But if a professional sprint coach like Noel said such a thing, his speed will be added to the full value in the future, and there will be someone to stand up for him, which proves that it is not that his speed has improved too abnormally, but that he has great potential in his own right, and he is only now digging out.
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When Lu Wenbin increased his speed, Hoffenheim also got the contract extensions of other players in the team.
Ozcan, Jankel, Copado, Eduardo, Palgic and others, who were also invited by the giants, chose to stay, renew their contracts with Hoffenheim, and continue to fight side by side with Lu Wenbin.
This is the reason why Hoffenheim will keep Lu Wenbin even if he gives 19-year-old Lu Wenbin the highest salary in the Bundesliga, because everyone else is watching Lu Wenbin's movements.
Lu Wenbin stayed, and the others had the confidence to stay and compete for honor.
If Lu Wenbin leaves, they will have little confidence.
It is better to go to other teams with the honor of the treble to get a high salary and save face than to stay in Hoffenheim, a country club with no background.
Of course, it's useless to just get the existing players renewed.
The competition in the Champions League next season is much more fierce than the UEFA Cup, and Hoffenheim must strengthen the squad if they want to go further in the Champions League and even win the championship.
Especially in the central defender position, there are only two main central defenders of Yankel and Nelsson, and Compel is a right-back after all, and can only make occasional cameos.
Two regular central defenders and a cameo central defender can be used just to play the Bundesliga, but it is definitely not possible to fight on the third line.
If anyone gets hurt again, it will make matters worse.
No matter how good Lu Wenbin can score, if the back line is not good, he may be beaten into a sieve, Lu Wenbin scores 3 goals, and the opponent may score 4 goals.
Therefore, the introduction of a strong central defender is urgent.
On the advice of manager Ralph, Hoffenheim first brought in central defender Eichner, who had expired on a contract, on a free transfer from relegated Karlsruhe, and then also set his sights on Hertha Berlin's main central defender Simunich.
Eichner is on a free transfer at the end of his contract without any obstacles, but Simunic is the main centre-back of Hertha Berlin, who finished fifth in the Bundesliga last season and qualified for Europe.
With a height of 195cm and a weight of 89kg, Simunic is taller and stronger than Yankel and Nilsson, and his headers and high-altitude balls in the no-zone zone naturally dominate.
Moreover, Simunic has a high ball quotient, a strong ability to read the game, accurate and decisive card positioning, and a very high steal success rate.
Such a central defender is exactly what Hoffenheim needs, but Hertha Berlin naturally will not let him go easily.
Not to mention Simunich's importance to Hertha Berlin, just because Hoffenheim itself is Hertha Berlin's rival in the league, Hertha Berlin will not let him go easily.
However, Simunich wants to leave, wants to play in Hoffenheim, who can play in the Champions League and has the strength to compete for the title, and his mind is not with Hertha Berlin.
As a result, Hertha Berlin can only negotiate with Hoffenheim for a specific transfer fee.
Just when Hoffenheim and Hertha Berlin were in a tug-of-war negotiation, on June 26, 2009, Real Madrid announced again on its official website that they had officially signed a transfer contract with Manchester United superstar and Ballon d'Or Cristiano Ronaldo, and the contract would take effect on July 1.
Ronaldo's transfer to Real Madrid was expected by everyone, but Ronaldo's transfer fee caused a shock around the world.
According to Manchester United, Ronaldo's transfer fee is as high as 80 million pounds, which is equivalent to 96 million euros, almost 100 million.
Coupled with the signing fee, commission to the agent, etc., I am afraid that Real Madrid really spent more than 100 million euros on Ronaldo.
This is the real Mr. 100 million euros, which is much more real than Lu Wenbin's 100 million euros in liquidated damages.
As a result, Ronaldo surpassed Zidane and became the football superstar with the highest transfer fee in world football, ranking first in the world.
The sensation it caused shocked the triple crown of the sworn rival Barcelona and was thrown out of the clouds.
All the media and fans are talking about Ronaldo's 96 million euro transfer fee and Florentino's Galaxy Battleship Phase II.
With the introduction of Kaka, Galeries Lafayette has spent more than 160 million euros.
The arrival of the two Golden Globe gentlemen, plus superstars such as St. Cassie, Raul, Guti, Van der Vaart, etc., countless people exclaimed that the era of "white terror" ruling La Liga and even Europe is coming again.
In such an atmosphere, both Hoffenheim and Hertha Berlin felt that their back-and-forth over Simunic's multimillion-euro transfer fee seemed a bit boring.
Anyway, Simunic is determined to leave and can't stay, Hertha Berlin doesn't want to waste time, and they can find Simunic's replacement if they get the transfer fee early.
As a result, the two sides quickly reached an agreement.
On June 30, the last day before the start of the summer transfer period, Hoffenheim and Hertha Berlin agreed on a transfer fee for Simunich, and both parties announced Simunich's transfer to Hoffenheim at the same time, with the contract effective July 1.
Next season, Simunic will play for Hoffenheim.
As for the transfer fee, it is 7 million euros.
In the Bundesliga, which pursues a financial health policy, the price of players is not high, and they are still defenders, so there is only such a price.
Even so, this price is one of the heavier transfers in the German transfer market, and it is estimated that it can enter the top 10 of the Bundesliga transfer period in the summer of 2009.
Other transfers of more than 10 million, it is estimated that there will not be many, just look at what means Bayern Munich, which was empty last season, will come up with.
It is said that Bayern is eyeing Real Madrid's Arjen Robben and Stuttgart's Gomez, and it is estimated that if these two players are successfully transferred, they should be the top two transfer fees in the Bundesliga this year.
In addition to Simunic and Ezina, Hoffenheim continue to search for players and strengthen their bench squad.
Jochen Seitz and Teber, who made few appearances last season, are confirmed to leave, as is Sanogo, who is on loan from Bremen, and Hoffenheim are looking for a replacement for them.
The big news is that center forward Ibisevic has returned from recovery and will be able to participate in the first day of the team's training camp in the new season.
Hoffenheim's second Bundesliga season is about to begin!