Chapter 162: A New Season Begins

After returning to Hoffenheim, Lu Wenbin first rented an upscale community suite with a doorman in Rhine-Nekar County.

Because most of the team's teammates, including captain Salihovic, live in Rhine Neckar County, and when the team's new home is completed next year, the Rhine Neckar Stadium will be closer to home games.

Therefore, Lu Wenbin followed the trend and rented the house in the county seat.

After renting the house and moving his luggage and personal furniture and electrical appliances from Hoffenheim, Lu Wenbin first hired Alden, a short-term car trainer with a three-month contract, and then went to buy the car accompanied by Alden.

Mercedes-Benz is originally a German company, and it is much cheaper to buy Mercedes-Benz in Germany than in China.

Lu Wenbin spent less than 200,000 euros to buy a top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz S600.

Then, Alden became Lu Wenbin's full-time driver, and took Lu Wenbin to the driving school to sign up first.

After registering, he usually took classes to study in a driving school, and after class, Alden taught Lu Wenbin and continued to practice driving.

Therefore, Lu Wenbin learned to drive quickly.

Just a month later, Lu Wenbin was allowed to take the road test and successfully passed, and received a German car license before the team began training.

However, Lu Wenbin did not fire Alden, and usually let Alden sit in the passenger seat when he was driving, reminding himself of some precautions in daily driving, and waiting for him to leave after the expiration of his three-month employment period.

On June 29, the Euro 2008 final came to an end in Vienna, Austria, where Spain won Euro 2008 by beating Germany 1-0 thanks to Fernando Torres' strike.

That night, the whole of Germany was in a state of depression.

When Lu Wenbin called Kate, Kate was also in a bad spirit.

Although Kate usually doesn't watch the game, she will still pay attention to this kind of final in which the German national team participates.

As a result, seeing the German team lose with their own eyes, it is no wonder that the spirit is not good.

Kate had already gotten her graduation certificate and returned to her home, but she didn't tell Lu Wenbin where her home was, let alone invite Lu Wenbin to her house as a guest.

At present, Kate is still reading Chinese online novels with relish, and according to her, she has gained a lot of inspiration.

She believes that when the time comes, the novel she creates with the background of Western mythology combined with the creativity and writing method of Chinese online novels will definitely be a great success.

Practice during the day and talk to Kate on the phone at night, and soon, the time came on July 5, the day of the team's training camp.

On the first day of the team's coverage, there were a lot of reporters and fans gathered at the gate of the training base, as well as security guards to maintain order.

Lu Wenbin's car drove to the training base for the first time, there was no record, and the security guards did not know him, for fear that fans or reporters would get in, so he naturally stopped Lu Wenbin.

Lu Wenbin had to open the car window to show up and ask the security guard to open the door, so he was recognized by reporters and fans.

While answering questions from reporters such as "Lu, when did you learn to drive" and "Can you still perform as well as the Bundesliga this season", he signed several fans, and then Lu Wenbin apologized repeatedly that he was going to be late, and asked the security guards to isolate the reporters from the fans, and Lu Wenbin drove into the training base.

Although Lu Wenbin thinks that his car is cheap, it is actually because his annual salary and bonuses are very high.

For some marginal players in the team who have low salaries and it is difficult to earn appearance fees, the top-level Mercedes-Benz S600 is still very expensive.

Therefore, in the parking lot, Lu Wenbin gained the envy and compliments of many teammates.

However, everyone also knows that this is what Lu Wenbin deserves. Lu Wenbin's performance in the team last season deserved a high salary and bonuses.

On the first day, there was no training, just a greeting and then a physical examination at the medical center under the leadership of the assistant coach.

Although the summer transfer window just opened on July 1 a few days ago, Hoffenheim has already confirmed the departure of several people, and the transfer was carried out as soon as the transfer window opened.

Last season, there were a few first-team players who didn't make a single appearance, and staying in the team was a waste of wages and a bad game for the players themselves.

Moreover, the first-team lineup of more than 30 people is also a little too bloated, more than the top giants who fight on multiple fronts.

As a result, those players were half-sold and half-giveaway.

Of course, in order to prepare for the Bundesliga, German Cup, and League Cup, which are much more demanding than the German Second Division, Hoffenheim is also continuing to buy people and strengthen the squad.

However, although Hoffenheim played in the Bundesliga last season, the team is already very strong, otherwise it would not have beaten Dortmund and Bayern Munich in a row to win the German Cup and complete the double.

Therefore, there are not many changes in the team's main lineup, mainly to fill in some corners and strengthen the bench.

The team's main job is to renew the contracts of Lu Wenbin, Gustavo, Eduardo, Ibisevic and others, who won the double for the team last season.

The final squad for this season's Bundesliga will only be confirmed after the end of the transfer window on 31 August.

However, one thing is certain, this season Lu Wenbin will no longer use the largest No. 90 jersey, but will wear the No. 9 jersey, which represents the core and main striker.

It turned out that Marić, the center forward who wore the No. 9 shirt, was a veteran and hero of the team's promotion from the German regional league to the German Bundesliga, but he could not keep up with the team's strength in the German Bundesliga, and there were not many opportunities to play in the Bundesliga.

After the team was promoted to the Bundesliga last season, Marić was even worse, not playing a single game.

As a result, Hoffenheim terminated Marić's contract this summer, allowing him to join other lower leagues on a free transfer, with no transfer fee and perhaps a higher salary.

In the end, Marić did find a Bundesliga team willing to accept him, with a salary similar to that of Hoffenheim.

But at least there are games to play, and careers won't be wasted. And having the opportunity to come up with a field fee, a goal award, etc., is still much better than sitting on the bench at Hoffenheim.

On the first day, it is just a medical examination, and the results of the medical examination will not be available until the second day.

After the medical examination, everyone went back to their accommodations.

The next day, when the results of the physical examination came out, Ralph reprimanded Demba Ba, Seitz and several other team members who had soared in weight and fat with a black face.

Then, the team began to train in earnest, and the strength and conditioning coach Bilbohm began to arrange a physical training program with different levels of intensity according to the results of each person's different physical examinations.

PS: Emotional drama is really not my forte, but it is impossible to make the protagonist a monk, so I have to give a heroine. But I won't write too much on the heroine, this book is the story of the protagonist who is crazy to upgrade and crush the football world all the way. As for why the heroine speaks Chinese and yearns for China, and what her family and growth environment are, I will give you a surprise explanation later.