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For Rangnick, there must be a clear direction to strengthen the team. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info he wants to know what the strengths of the team are and what their weaknesses are. The strength of the team is naturally a sharp attack, while the weakness is an inconsistent defense. Hoffenheim have scored 86 goals this season, the most attacking team in the Bundesliga, but they have conceded 43 goals at the same time, and the defense is not good.

So this summer the team is mainly looking for the right players defensively, and only complementing the attack. After Ibyshevic recovered from injury, it was actually equivalent to the team bringing in an attacking player. Plus the team's attack power is already strong.

After bringing in a centre-back, Rangnick will continue to strengthen the team's defence.

However, strengthening the defense is not just about blindly bringing in defenders, it is necessary to find out where the problem is, and then prescribe the right medicine. Rangnick believes that the team's defensive instability is mainly due to the midfield.

Last season, Hoffenheim was unexpectedly good because of the state of the three forwards, and Rangnick was a little reluctant to win whichever he won, so he had to change the original 442 formation to 433, so that the attack is strong, but the defense is weak. Chu Zhongtian is the only midfielder, but most of the time he has to organize the attack, and Rangnick also asks him to boldly step forward, and many times he is not in the defensive position at all. The centre-backs lack a necessary barrier in front of them, can this be done defensively? Although Chu Zhongtian's defense is also very good, if he is allowed to concentrate on defense in the back, the team's defense can also be upgraded to a notch, but in this way, Chu Zhongtian's offensive talent is wasted, this is definitely a matter of picking sesame seeds and losing watermelons, and Rangnick can't do it.

So the key is to return the team's formation to 442 next season, so that Chu Zhongtian can be equipped with a defensive midfield partner, his main role is to steal and intercept in the midfield, in addition, this person's brain must also be clear, to have a sense of the overall situation, to be calm, to be able to quickly analyze the situation on the field, and to be able to quickly pass the football to the players in front of him after intercepting the ball, of course, including Chu Zhongtian. He will not be the protagonist of the game, but he is an indispensable key link, and he is the first stop from defense to attack. In this way, Chu Zhongtian can be liberated to concentrate on being his free man.

It's not that if someone is full-time defensive, Chu Zhongtian can stay in the front court and not come back, that's not good. As a free man in the midfield, Chu Zhongtian must appear in any position on the field, be able to retreat to the front of the penalty area when defending, and rush into the opponent's penalty area when attacking. When it comes to attacking, it's up to him to attack, whether it's with a pass or a dribble.

This is a more traditional free man tactic, but the division of labor requirements of the players of the modern football team is becoming more and more detailed, if Chu Zhongtian takes all the work, then the result is that he can't do anything in a game, just running blindly. Therefore, there must be a person to share his work, this person's ability must be stronger than Chu Zhongtian, or even inferior to Chu Zhongtian, his task is to supplement and assist. Like the king's closest comrades-in-arms, it is an assistant, not a monopoly of power.

Whether it's Beckenbauer or Summer, they are at the peak of their position as free men, and they have a person by their side to assist them. It's just that their assistants are all central defenders, and Chu Zhongtian's assistants are midfielders. This is also a change that Rangnick has made to adapt to the development of modern football in response to the free man tactics. Modern freelancers can't start from the position of scavenger as before, and the increasingly important role of the back is a good choice to open up a new battlefield.

And from this summer, Rangnick will further improve the free man tactics with Chu Zhongtian as the core, and integrate his fighters into the team through training, so that every Hoffenheim player can get used to this kind of football. Once successful, everyone will see that Hoffenheim are no longer blindly fast attacking, and their attacking rhythm will be determined by Chu Zhongtian, and his first pass in the transition from defense to attack will determine whether this attack is fast forward or control the ball. And the level that the team has to train to the point where everyone can understand their leader's intentions from Chu Zhongtian's simple pass.

It takes a lot of training and a lot of playing together for a long time.

Because Rangnick has high requirements for the back of his partner with Chu Zhongtian, he doesn't have too good candidates in the transfer market for a while.

However, in the choice of defenders, Rangnick saw another opportunity.

It was mid-June, and in South Africa, the South African Confederations Cup, which was in full swing for the World Cup a year later, was in full swing, and Brazil, the winners of the last Copa America, was invited. Their captain is none other than Lucio, who currently plays for Bayern Munich. This is a very strong player, and even though he is 31 years old, he is still very good at Bayern Munich and is the pillar of the Bayern Munich backline.

Such an excellent centre-back, but there have been recent reports that Bayern Munich do not need him and that he is not in the plans of new manager Louis van Gaal for next season.

Generally speaking, the transfer period has arrived, and it is not surprising that there are many such rumors. But what made Rangnick feel that the opportunity had come was that in response to this rumor, Bayern Munich did not refute the rumor. What does this mean? It shows that Bayern Munich does have the intention of driving away the Brazilian, obviously he does not have a good relationship with the new head coach Van Gaal, and the club also feels that he is old and has no use value, and intends to get rid of him.

If these inferences are true, this is a great opportunity for Hoffenheim!

Being able to get a central defender of Lucio's level is a great boost to the team's strength and image. How can such a star player be let go?

Simunic came, but he was too slow, Lucio was much better than Simunic in terms of speed, and Lucio had won the Confederations Cup, the Copa America, the World Cup, and three Bundesliga titles, so he was a truly experienced champion.

Rangnick has heard rumors that Lucio is very dissatisfied with the attitude of Bayern FC and has said that he will definitely leave Bayern. That's good news for Hoffenheim, but the bad news is that there are plenty of clubs interested in Lucio, including big clubs, so can Hoffenheim win against other big clubs?

Rangnick decided to strike first this time and not wait patiently like he did with Simunic. Time is of the essence and once this rumour is confirmed by more clubs, Hoffenheim's advantage will be gone. Fortunately, Hoffenheim are the new Bundesliga champions, which is still attractive for a Bundesliga player, and it is also good for those who can play in the Champions League. As for personal treatment...... Since Bayern Munich wants to release people, it is definitely impossible to make more difficulties in the transfer fee, coupled with the good relationship between Hope and Rummenigge and Beckenbauer, it should also play a certain role, so that the savings on the transfer fee can earn a salary, give Lucio better personal treatment, and attract him to join the Hoffenheim team.

Of course, Rangnick will not hang himself from a tree, and Hoffenheim has also prepared a second plan before contacting Lucio's agent, which is to buy German central defender Metzeld, who is depressed at Real Madrid.

Metzelder made a name for himself at the 2002 World Cup in South Korea and Japan, and was once considered Germany's most promising newcomer, but he was knocked down by frequent injuries and difficult to play because of injuries and ups and downs after moving to Real Madrid. Now he is tired of such days and intends to leave Real Madrid. It is said that there are some teams from the Bundesliga and the Greek league who are interested in him, and Metzelder himself wants to return to Germany, of course, not to the Bundesliga. If there is a team in the Bundesliga interested in him, he should be happy to join.

The difficulty of acquiring Metzel is much lower than that of acquiring Lucio, on the one hand, Metzelde is not as big as Lucio, and he will not ask too much in terms of personal treatment; On the other hand, because Metzelde's previous frequent hands made his value plummet, Real Madrid didn't spend a single euro to buy him, so I believe the price will not be too high if he sells it. The third point is naturally related to the president of Real Madrid's rookie club, Florentino, who has returned again.

Real Madrid dropped their first bombshell of the summer transfer market at the start of the summer, announcing on June 9 that they had acquired former World Footballer of the Year, Brazilian Kaka, from AC Milan for 65 million euros. Two days later, Fiorentino shocked world football once again when they and Manchester United announced last year's World Footballer of the Year, European Ballon d'Or winner Cristiano. Ronaldo joined Real Madrid for a world-record transfer fee of 94 million euros!

spent more than 100 million yuan in the transfer market, and naturally had to sell people to balance the financial balance, so now Real Madrid is in a hurry to purge a group of players in the team who are useless to them. Real Madrid is actually a different kind of supermarket - in the past few years, they have bought a lot of good players from all over the world, and they have spent a lot of money. But in the past few years, because they have not achieved much, the value of those players who joined at that time has now fallen. At the same time, after the new chairman comes to power, he will inevitably purge the forces of the previous one, so these players have become the targets of purge, and everyone can choose the players they are interested in from the Real Madrid squad at this time, and then bargain with Real Madrid. Because of the eagerness to purge the players, Real Madrid at this time generally does not make too much trouble in the value of the players, and often sells them at a price much lower than the market price. Real Madrid don't worry about trading at a loss, because they don't have a shortage of money at all.

Sneijder, Van der Vaart, Robben, Metzelde, Gago, Drenthe, La Sena. Diarra, Guti, Van Nistelrooy...... There are other transfer rumors of players, and even Higuain and Raul are considered to be the targets of Fiorentino's purge.

With so many players, finding any one to go to other teams is the treatment of the core and main force, but in Real Madrid, they will either sit on the bench or be purged. Real Madrid is really generous.

Rangnick doesn't just want to buy a defender, he needs an experienced striker, preferably in the Champions League. He set his sights on Real Madrid again and found the man he was looking for – Dutchman Ruud van Nistelrooy, who had just returned from injury.

Late last year, Vanney suffered a worsening knee injury and had to undergo surgery. After the surgery, Ruud van Nistelrooy is recovering aggressively and hopes to use his performances to earn a place in the World Cup squad for the Netherlands. But this season's Real Madrid is already a thing, and after buying Kaka, Ronaldo and other attackers, he is not satisfied, and it is said that Florentino has personally flown to France and intends to invite Benzema to join. As a result, the thirty-three-year-old Van Nistelrooy has little room to survive at Real Madrid. If he can't play, Ruud van Nistelrooy's World Cup dreams will be shattered, and the Dutch manager will not be able to make a player who can't even play in the league into the national team.

So in order to get more appearances, Ruud van Nistelrooy must leave Real Madrid, although he was happy at Real Madrid before the injury.

Rangnick believes Ruud van Nistelrooy is the kind of centre-forward he wants to be – well-rounded, super-conscious, and despite his age, it hasn't affected his form from his past games, and he also has a wealth of Champions League experience, and he and Real Madrid team-mate Raul are currently the top two goalscorers in the history of the Champions League. His arrival can definitely help the team go further in the Champions League.

Plus Dengba. Ba's agent is in talks with the club to renew his contract. Ba's agent offered too high, and the club did not agree. So his agent contacted Stuttgart. Stuttgart are interested in the powerhouse striker, who scored 22 goals last season. Demba. Ba's agent intends to use this to force Hoffenheim to comply, and he believes that Hoffenheim will never dare to let go of a striker who can score 22 goals in a single season.

Knowing that Hoffenheim didn't give in, they immediately contacted Real Madrid's Ruud van Nistelrooy. Demba. Ba's agent miscalculated the situation at one point, thinking that Hoffenheim's contact with Van Nistelrooy was just a rumor, and the purpose was also to put pressure on them if at this time he and Demba were to contact him. If he relented, it would be a waste of his work, so he continued to assert that Stuttgart was interested in his players and were ready to buy them, while on the other hand adamantly disagreeing to lower his salary demands.

Unexpectedly, Hoffenheim FC was even more desperate than him, and it didn't take long for the media to start spreading Demba. The news that Ba Ingratitude is going to move to Stuttgart has made many Hoffenheim fans angry, and even the Hoffenheim players on vacation have been angry with Demba. Dissatisfied with what Ba did, Sarihovich directly rebuked Demba in an interview with reporters. Ba: "He wants to know, who gave him a chance when he was still unliterate?" Who is it that he can win the Bundesliga title and score 22 goals in one season? I think a player should have a basic sense of gratitude. Now that he's famous, he thinks of the big places that pursue a higher salary, and I think he'll regret it later! ”

Public opinion is one-sided against Demba. Ba unfavorable, Demba. Ba's agent still thinks that this is Hoffenheim's ploy, the purpose is to force them to comply. This is a critical moment, and it is absolutely necessary to withstand it.

Unexpectedly, on June 17, the official websites of Real Madrid and Hoffenheim suddenly announced at the same time: Van Nistelrooy has joined Hoffenheim on a free transfer!

In order to thank Ruud van Nistelrooy for his three seasons at Real Madrid, Real Madrid were very kind not to make things difficult for Van Nistelrooy and Hoffenheim in the transfer matter, they were so generous that they did not charge Hoffenheim a penny in the transfer fee, and Hoffenheim could offer Van Nistelrooy a higher salary.

Hoffenheim signed a two-year contract with Van Nistelrooy, which would be the final two years of his career for his age, and he looked destined to retire at Hoffenheim. In terms of annual salary, he earns 3.5 million euros before tax (thanks to the help of many friends on Weibo), which is far less than his income at Real Madrid, but for a player who is at the end of his career and desperate to play, this difference is no longer something he cares about.

At the same time as the announcement of Ruud van Nistelrooy's arrival in the team, Hoffenheim also informed Demba Brown. Ba's agent, the renewal negotiations are over, and the club will not have any further negotiations with them about the contract extension. Anyway, Demba. Ba and the team have two years left on his contract, either Demba. Ba will play in the team for two years with his current salary, and then compete with Obasi, Ibisevic, Wellington and Ruud van Nistelrooy, or find Demba as they say. Bar is interested in Stuttgart.

Because I said it too hard before, Demba. Ba's behaviour has already caused a lot of displeasure within the Hoffenheim team, and it is clearly not good for him to remain in the team. So Demba. Ba's agent had to take the second route and go to Stuttgart. Stuttgart does vs Demba. Ba was interested, and they expressed that interest in the middle of last season, when both Hope and Rangnick vehemently denied that they wanted Demba Brown. Rumors of the sale of Ba to Stuttgart. It's different now, the team is rebuilding, Demba. Ba is no longer the indispensable person. If he wants to go, he can go.

So Demba. Ba eventually moved to Stuttgart for 10 million euros. Not many fans lamented his departure, as everyone was still basking in the joy of a goalscorer of Ruud van Nistelrooy's calibre joining the team. Although Van Nistelrooy is a little outdated, for Hoffenheim fans in small places, Van Nistelrooy is still the "king of the small penalty area" that intimidates the enemy.

"We're finally here to see world-class football players perform for us up close!"

Excited fans left messages on the club's official website.

"Stupid! Chu is also world-class! ”

"Ah, right...... But in terms of previous fame, Fanny is bigger......"

"Chu must be world-class in the future, but Van Nistelrooy is not bad. I'm very happy to have him join us. It was said that it was because our team was able to play in the Champions League and just won the Bundesliga that attracted him? ”

"Well, as much as I don't like the Dutch, except for this Dutchman."

"It seems that the old man Hope is really ambitious, he bought Simunich and Van Nistelrooy, and it is said that he is still chasing Lucio and Metzelde...... Hoffenheim next season is really looking forward to it! ”

About Demba. The comment on Ba's departure did not even appear on the first page of the message board on the official Hoffenheim website. Before Demba. A series of words and deeds of Ba's agent have long since made everyone lose their goodwill towards this player.

So far, Hoffenheim have spent seven million on two veterans, but Hope and Rangnick's action will not end there, they continue to attack Lucio, hoping to surprise the fans continuously.

This summer, Real Madrid fans are undoubtedly the happiest, as they have both the coveted two superstars, Kaka and Cristiano Ronaldo. But in the small part of Hoffenheim, the fans are just as happy as they are witnessing the gradual improvement of the team, which makes them look forward to next season.

(To be continued)