Ahn Jung-hwan hasn't found a home for a while, so he continues to train at Metz, but Fernandez already has a reason not to put him in the squad - he won't be one of our people anytime soon, anyway, so why waste a place on him?

So Ahn Jung-hwan trains in Metz every day, but the game has nothing to do with him.

His agent is said to be in contact with Premier League clubs for him. Ahn Jung-hwan's goal is clear - it is a team in Europe's top league, and he must also guarantee the main position, if he can't guarantee it, he won't consider it.

In fact, with his current conditions, there are really few teams that can meet such conditions...... His affairs have nothing to do with the whole Metz team. The Korean has never been integrated into the team since he joined the team, but he is not as important as Menez, so Fernandes didn't care much about him. He still hasn't learned to speak a word of French, and he usually only speaks Korean, and then communicates it to his coach through an interpreter, so he has even less communication with his teammates.

So how he is doing in the second half of the season, no one cares.

The minds of the Metz players are still in the game.

On the 4th of January, Metz won 2-0 away at Le Mans.

After playing the 4th of January against Le Mans, Metz travelled to play the 32-quarter-finals of the French Cup against a third-division team, Drancy. There are many similarities between the French Cup and the FA Cup, even the format has something in common. The French Cup is played in 14 rounds, with the first to eighth rounds being played by teams from the second division and lower, and the professional teams starting from the round of 64. However, the French Cup is not like the FA Cup, if it is a draw, it has to be replayed on a later day, the French Cup is all a winner, once the draw is played within 90 minutes, it will be directly played for 30 minutes of extra time, if the extra time is still not scored, then the final winner or loser will be decided by playing a penalty.

Basically, there are very few amateur teams that are too low-level to get to this point.

Just like Wimbledon back then, it was amazing to be able to make it to the cup round after the New Year, and every step forward was very difficult.

Poor De Lancey met Metz, who was using the game to adjust his form, so Fernandes did not send a large number of substitutes to play against De Ranci, but almost all-out of the main force.

Metz, who played with an all-out main force, beat De Lancey 4-0 with a spare hand, knocking out the home team at their home stadium.

Fernandes was satisfied, but not with the result, but with the form of the players. The form of the main players in this game is restored, which is good for the team in the future.

On January 11, in the twenty-first round of the league, Metz hosted Saint-Etienne. Metz was doing well in this game, but he was a little less lucky. They eventually lost the game thanks to an own goal from captain Bobiconi. The score was 0:1 at full-time, and the Metz team scored the only goal of the game, but unfortunately entered their own goal.

Bobiconi, who scored an own goal in this game, was really unlucky, not only scored an own goal, but also strained his thigh muscle in the process of scoring an own goal, and was diagnosed after the game and had to be suspended for at least two weeks.

Three days after the match, in the 22nd round of the league, Metz took on Strasbourg away from home, and Promans wore the captain's armband in place of the injured Bobiconi. Metz beat second-to-bottom Strasbourg 2-1 away.

On January 21, at home, Metz welcomed the team they helped last season - Nantes. In the last round of last season, it was Metz who lost to Nantes, and Nantes narrowly escaped relegation. However, this debt has been paid off when the two teams met for the first time this season, and it can't be because Metz has helped Nantes once, and Nantes will have to retreat first when they meet. There is no such reason.

The two sides met like a normal game.

In the 22nd minute, Nantes scored the first goal. Four minutes later, in the twenty-sixth minute, Metz equalised and the goal was scored by Elf. Toom, the man who assisted him was Ribery. Franck Franck Ribery is currently the team's top assister, with 10 assists halfway through the season.

The game was then fully integrated into the orbit of Metz, and in the 42nd, 64th and 90th minutes, Metz scored three goals each. In the end, they won 4-1 against Nantes.

Last season's relegation brothers, Metz were a bit better than Nantes. Why they have such a gap can be clearly seen from this game.

On 28 January, Metz played their final match of the month against Lille who are currently fourth in the league.

In this game, Metz lost 1:3 away from home, which is reasonable.

In this way, Metz ended all six of their games in January, five league games, and one cup competition, and the team had four wins and two defeats, three wins and two defeats in the league, which was okay.

Next up is the French Cup 1/16 final on 1 February, where they will face Marseille.

And after this game, it will be another round of the Lorraine derby, this time Metz will be at home to Nancy, who have vowed to be paid.

Let. Fernandes considered whether to give up the cup for the derby, anyway, every year the cup Metz is a trickster, basically going home after two rounds of cup games.

The derby is obviously a little more important than the cup.

While the January tournament was in progress, Metz also completed several deals on the transfer market.

The first was the purchase of Guinean striker Suleimani from Turkish side Besiktas for 1.5 million euros. Yura (souleymane_youla). It can be seen that Fernandes is still not satisfied with the performance of the striker, after all, whether it is Ahn Jung-hwan or Toum, or any other striker, they have not been able to play consistently. Although Menez was brought in, Menez was a shadow peak, not a real center. Fernandes needs a real centre-forward.

Then Ahn Jung-hwan finally found his next home willing to accept him - Duisburg, a team in the Bundesliga's relegation zone, with zero transfers and a one-and-a-half-year contract. It is said that the reason for the transfer was that Duisburg promised him a place in the main team, and Duisburg's head coach Jurgen. Kohler (jurgen_kohler) is very optimistic about him, thinking that Ahn Jung-hwan is a good match for his team's tactics.

At the same time as bringing in Jura, Fernandes was also looking for a centre-forward who would match his requirements. When Ahn Jung-hwan confirmed his move to Duisburg, Fernandez finally locked on a target - Bosnian striker Vidad, who plays for Ligue 2 side Dijon. Ibisevic (vedad_ibisevic).

The Bosnia-Herzegovina striker is one meter tall, and in terms of height, he is a material to play as a center forward. He was originally a striker for Paris Saint-Germain, but after joining Paris Saint-Germain, he only played four games for this team and did not score a goal. He was previously a collegiate player who played in the Collegiate League. He spent last season on loan at Ligue 2 side Dijon during the winter break, where he played 12 games and scored four goals in half a season. He has continued his loan spell at Dijon for the new season, where he has played 16 games and scored four goals. The goal rate is up from last season.

Fernandes took a fancy to Ibisevic's physicality, he has the physicality, and he just bought it for Menez as a fulcrum in the frontcourt.

So he asked Paris Saint-Germain to buy this player - although Ibisevic played in Dijon, the ownership still belonged to Paris Saint-Germain.

Paris Saint-Germain have long wanted to get rid of the striker, who has no role other than being big. Ibisevic was on the radar of Halilhodzic (vahid_halilhodzic) and signed to Paris Saint-Germain. Wahid, also from Bosnia-Herzegovina. Halilhodzic was an excellent striker in his playing days and played for Paris Saint-Germain. At that time, he was the head coach of Paris Saint-Germain, but after signing Ibisevic, only half a season later, Halilhodzic was dismissed by the club because of his poor results in leading the team, and he was replaced by Fornier.

Without the backing of his compatriots, no one in the Paris Saint-Germain team was optimistic about him, so he was loaned to Dijon. Dijon behaves decently. Paris Saint-Germain wanted to deal with him in the new season, but Dijon only insisted on a loan.

In this way, when Metz approached the door and offered to buy Ibisevic, Paris Saint-Germain did not hesitate and agreed.

The two teams played into an agreement in a very short time. Ibisevic moved from Paris Saint-Germain to Metz for €800,000. On 28 January, three days before the transfer market closed, Ibisevic ended his loan spell at Dijon and moved to Metz. After the medical examination, he signed a three-year contract with Mace, wearing the No. 19 jersey left by Ahn Jung-hwan.

After buying Ibisevic, Fernandes stopped searching the transfer market. Anyway, the transfer date is almost over, and no matter how much you search, you can't find any suitable players. You can't buy any good players in the winter transfer period, and it's all luck to be able to buy them once in a while. Because both players and clubs want to stay until the summer transfer period, which can often be bought for a good price, and three months is enough time for them to negotiate a contract that will satisfy both parties.

Ibisevic is not like them.

I finally came from the United States to be scouted and came to Europe to play, and I was able to join a big team like Paris Saint-Germain, but I didn't expect to be unable to play, so I could only be loaned to a second division team like Dijon. As soon as he heard that the French team Metz had taken a fancy to him, Ibisevic had no reason to refuse. Immediately nodded in agreement. You know, he's been playing in Dijon for so long, and he hasn't heard of any team interested in him.

Now that he has a chance to return to the top flight, how could he pass it up?

Jura and Ibisevic are the only two players that Metz have brought in in the winter transfer window.

Unlike Menez, these two new players are not arrogant at all - they don't have much to be proud of. Guinean Jura is as lively as any African, and there is no shortage of Africans in the Metz team, so he doesn't feel uncomfortable here.

Ibisevic is the only Bosnia-Herzegovina player in the team, but he also has a cheerful personality, is good at fitting into the dressing room, and is very helpful.

On the first day, he helped Chu Zhongtian, when Chu Zhongtian's shampoo in the dressing room ran out, and his hair was wet before he found out. I thought that it would be just like that, and I didn't wash my hair, but I didn't expect Ibisevic, who was taking a shower on the side, noticed Chu Zhongtian's predicament and took the initiative to hand over his shampoo: "Use mine, Chu." ”

It's a small thing, but it's impressive. In fact, many dilemmas in life are caused by these trivial little troubles. Chu Zhongtian's impression of this Bosnian suddenly improved.

Then he chatted with Ibisevic in the bathroom. When he learned that Ibishevich was still staying in a hotel, he offered to introduce him to a rented house. The place he rented before was nice, nice and close to the stadium, suitable for people like Ibisevic who didn't have a car.

Ibisevic was not polite, since Chu Zhongtian offered to help, he agreed. So the two of them agreed to go to the house after taking a shower.

After Chu Zhongtian came out, he called the landlord first and asked him if the house was rented out. The landlord told him that he hadn't rented it out yet.

This is better, Chu Zhongtian said to the landlord that he would bring a friend to see the house for a while and make an appointment in advance.

Then the two of them changed their clothes, said goodbye to the rest of their teammates, and walked over there. In order to give Ibshevic a first-hand idea of how close the house is to the training ground, they did not take the car, but walked straight to it.

The two of them walked and chatted at the same time. The new teammate is not silent, unlike Menez, he is very talkative. Soon Chu Zhongtian knew his general situation - his homeland was Bosnia and Herzegovina, but because of the war, he fled with his parents at a very young age. He first fled as a refugee to Switzerland, where he stayed briefly with his family, where he played for the local club FC Baden. Later, he went to the United States with his family, where he continued to play football while also going to school. After completing high school in the United States, he continued his education at Saint Louis University while competing in the Collegiate League. He broke all the team records and won a lot of honours. It was from that time that his performances caught the attention of some European scouts, including his fellow countryman Halilhodzic, and so he came to France...... After hearing this, Chu Zhongtian sighed that all the people around him had stories to tell...... He started playing football in the UK as an international student, while Ribery played football while working as a construction worker, and Ibisevic was originally a refugee...... After being mixed for so many years, he is still playing in the second division team, which makes Chu Zhongtian deeply feel that everyone has the same experience, and naturally they have the same language. No wonder I look at Ibisevic pleasing to the eye, it turns out that it is because of this relationship.

In fact, he didn't know what Ibisevic was capable of, and he didn't know what Fernandez coach valued about Bosnia and Herzegovina. But it doesn't matter, making friends is not about strength, but about character. In terms of character alone, Chu Zhongtian feels that Ibisevic is a person worth befriending.

※※※The two of them walked while talking, and it didn't take long for them to come to the downstairs of the apartment he had rented before.

When he and Ibisevic walked into the building, they saw that Chu Zhongtian's tenants greeted him warmly.

"Hi Chu! All right! How did you think you're here? ”

"Good evening, Chu!"

"I said Chu, you have done well in the game, but I still want to see you score! You should increase the number of shots you have and don't always try to create chances for your teammates! ”

"Wow! See who's back? It's our derby hero Chu! ”

…… All the way, people greeted Chu Zhongtian, and Chu Zhongtian also returned the salute one by one. Then he introduced Ibisevic to his enthusiastic neighbors.

Ibisevic is just a supporting role, and everyone pays more attention to Chu Zhongtian. And the Bosnian and Black people also saw for the first time the extent of Chu Zhongtian's public popularity among Metz fans - before on the training ground and in the locker room, I really didn't see that this Chinese had such a big influence.

Chu Zhongtian saw Ibisevic's doubts, he shrugged his shoulders and smiled at him: "I have lived here for a season, and they are very familiar with me. I'm going to take you to see an old man in a moment, and I'm sure you'll like him very much. ”

The process of looking at the house was very smooth, as soon as I heard that it was a friend introduced by Chu Zhongtian, the landlord said that the main party had taken a fancy to the house, and the rent was easy to say. Ibisevic was also very satisfied with the environment, and after consulting some questions in detail, he decided to rent it on the spot.

The two parties agreed to sign the contract the next day, after which Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic left the landlord. Then Chu Zhongtian took Ibisevic to see Le Goff, who lived downstairs from him. I have received several bottles of champagne from him, so how can I not visit his old man when he comes?

So he took Ibshevich to see Le Goff.

The old man Legov looked very happy to see Chu Zhongtian coming to see him, and he must leave two people for dinner. It was difficult to resist the enthusiasm, and Chu Zhongtian and Ibisevic also stayed.

During the feast, Chu Zhongtian introduced Ibshevic to Legov and told him that the Bosnian was about to become his neighbor.

Le Goff loved the house and the U, and even Ibyshevich liked it together, and immediately pointed to the whole wall of champagne and said to Ibisevic: "If you are elected the best of the best, I will give you a bottle of champagne, young man!" ”

Ibisevic hurriedly thanked him.

Chu Zhongtian was very happy that the two of them could talk.

Ibisevic is such a nice guy to work with.

At this dinner, the guests and the host are happy. Old man Le Goff had been very happy all the time, and his face was flushed. Before leaving, his daughter came out to see off the guests and thanked Chu Zhongtian for being able to come to see her father.

"Actually, he had another illness some time ago. I'm not in a good mood these days, and I'm a little depressed. Today was his happiest night, thank you! ”

Chu Zhongtian said to Legoff's daughter: "Please tell Mr. Legov that he must take care of his health, Ibi and I are still waiting for his champagne!" ”

Saying goodbye, it was already half past nine when I walked downstairs.

Two people stood on the side of the road waiting for a taxi.

Ibisevic was intrigued by the story of the old man Le Goff's club who gave him champagne in accordance with the English league tradition after Chu Zhongtian was voted Man of the Match.

"The fans here are so good to you, Chu."

"That's because my performance deserves to be liked so much...... Chu Zhongtian muttered as he looked back at the windows on the upper floor of the apartment.

(To be continued)