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The news that Lucio didn't come made Chu Zhongtian a little disappointed. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info had been looking forward to it when he heard that the club had such a plan. He really wants to play alongside a championship-level team like Lucio, but he can't help but look down on the small temple of Hoffenheim. Perhaps it will be until Hoffenheim participate in the Champions League and make a name for themselves in Europe that more first-class stars in their prime will be willing to join. The current Hoffenheim is more like picking up rags in the transfer market, and can only pick the remaining targets.

Of course, Chu Zhongtian didn't think that Metzelder was picked by others.

Metzeld's ability is still there, but frequent injuries have greatly reduced his form. If you heal your injuries, I believe you can still play a big role.

Real Madrid has long wanted to get rid of Metzelde's burden, because he joined for free, so it will not be too expensive to sell him now. For Real Madrid, Metzelder is like another centre-back named Woodgate who joined the team many years ago. Woodgate was considered a promising defender at Leeds, but after joining Real Madrid, he was plagued by frequent injuries, and his years at Real Madrid were largely spent in hospital beds and gyms.

Metzelder seems to have been cursed by Woodgate, who moved to Real Madrid in 2007 and made just 28 appearances for Real Madrid on all fronts in two seasons.

Looking at this number of appearances, it is normal for Real Madrid to buy him, after all, if he can't sell him this summer, his contract will expire in June next year, and Real Madrid will not be able to earn a penny by then. What if we wait until the winter transfer window...... Savvy German clubs also don't pay a transfer fee to a player whose contract ends in five months – Metzeld himself prefers to return to Germany rather than go anywhere else.

Metzelder himself has a strong desire to leave Real Madrid, as not being able to play at Real Madrid has cost him his place in the German national team. If he wants to play in the World Cup in South Africa, he can't stay on the bench at Real Madrid.

Hoffenheim wants to buy people, Real Madrid wants to sell people, and Metzelder himself wants to leave. All three parties have the same goal, and things are much easier.

Negotiations went well, and 29 days before Hoffenheim's training camp, the two clubs, as well as Hoffenheim and Metzelder themselves, reached an agreement that Metzelder would move to Hoffenheim on a four-year contract of €3 million a year before taxes from 2009 to 2012. Hoffenheim only needs to pay Real Madrid four million euros.

The 28-year-old Metzelder is in his prime, and as long as he is not in good health, he can still greatly improve the quality of the Hoffenheim defensive line, especially the air defense capability. Rangnick, on the other hand, hopes that Hoffenheim's most expensive high-tech clinic will help Metzelder stay healthy most of the time.

※※※June 29 is the day of Hoffenheim's pre-season training. The players were almost all back at Hoffenheim a day or two early. On this day, they will be examined by the club doctor to check their physical condition after the holiday, so that the coaching staff can arrange a training plan for their physical condition.

The results of the physical examination came out quickly, among all the thirty-one players who participated in the physical examination, it was not surprising that Chu Zhongtian's physical condition was the best, and the team doctors found that after a holiday, the fat content in Chu Zhongtian's body did not increase in the slightest, and everything remained in the condition of the season. Team Doctor Peter. Bex lamented that Chu Zhongtian's body can directly participate in the new season, and there is no need to adjust it at all.

Elsewhere, unsurprisingly, several players are showing signs of losing shape after a holiday, and Rangnick has ordered them to lose weight and not want to play any games until their fitness is back to normal.

On the afternoon of the same day, the club held a joining ceremony for the new team Simunic, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Metzeld, and 5,000 fans welcomed the two veterans of Simunic and Ruud van Nistelrooy, as well as Metzeld.

Prior to this, Chu Zhongtian, as the captain, had already welcomed the three new players on behalf of the team. Many players were excited about the addition of Van Nistelrooy, but Chu Zhongtian still maintained the aura of captain in front of Van Nistelrooy, and did not wait to find Van Nistelrooy for an autograph like other teammates...... After that, the team held a new captain election. With the exception of the first season, where the captain was appointed by Rangnick, the next captain will be selected by the players. After last season's No. 1 captain Tebel left, Chu Zhongtian was selected as the first captain of the team for the new season. Nelsson's second captain and third captain were newcomer Simunic. The captain of the three guards will also form the Hoffenheim team committee for the new season with goalkeeper Hildebrand, defender Camper and midfielder Sarihovic. The team committee is mainly responsible for communicating with the coach and the club's senior management to protect the interests of the players. For example, the rules for each season's prize money are distributed by them in consultation with the club. If the players have any problems that are inconvenient to solve, they can also go to the team committee and the team committee will discuss and solve them. In addition, if a teammate celebrates his birthday, the team committee will also pool money to buy a cake for the teammate and organize a simple celebration.

Back at the training base in Hoffenheim, everyone noticed that the house diagonally opposite the gate of the base was now painted blue and white, not only the exterior walls, but also the chimney. That's Cornelia's home, and after the team won the championship, she painted the chimney of her house in the colors of the Hoffenheim team.

Because Hoffenheim won the championship, more people came to Hoffenheim this summer, and many people came to this town to come to see Cornelia's home, this blue and white house has become a local tourist scene.

Many tourists come to Hoffenheim and take a group photo outside Könelia's house, and when the major media report on this small place in Hoffenheim, Kneelia's home will also appear as a landmark in the media. Cornelia's house became the most recognizable building in Hoffenheim.

This summer's training camp in Hoffenheim is still in the tourist resort town of Leogang on the German-Austrian border. Last season they had a pre-season training camp in Leogang, Austria, and the team had a surprising performance in the new Bundesliga season. The whole Hoffenheim team regarded this place as a blessed place, so this season's pre-season training camp was arranged in Leogang. This is the sixth time they have come here for a training camp, and Rangnick really likes this tourist resort.

Another Bundesliga side has also used Leogon as their pre-season training camp, and this team is Stuttgart, who have some old and new animosities with Hoffenheim.

Because they are in Baden-Württemberg, the two teams are in direct competition. The Stuttgart people have always believed that Hoffenheim's rise is due to Stuttgart, and their squad, from the manager to the players, is from Stuttgart. Stuttgart fans also nicknamed Hoffenheim "Stuttgart Third Fronters", which is not a friendly and affectionate name. In last season's Baden-Württemberg derby, Hoffenheim relied on Chu Zhongtian to make a penalty at the last moment and scored his own penalty, and defeated them 4:3 on Stuttgart's turf. Gomez's public call out for Hoffenheim's players in the media added to the smell of gunpowder.

Although Hoffenheim won the championship later, it was also thanks to Stuttgart for blocking Wolfsburg at home. But that's definitely not something the Stuttgarts are happy to do, they just need to win themselves.

Stuttgart has always been the boss of Baden, and now Hoffenheim's rise threatens his dominance. This is actually a direct conflict between the old king and the new forces. Both sides see each other as their most direct competitors, whether it is young player resources, fans, or honors.

This is the old grudge, and the new grudge is Demba. Ba's transfer. Anyway, Demba. Ba also scored 22 goals for Hoffenheim last season, and Hoffenheim fans believe that it was Stuttgart's small moves behind the scenes that allowed Demba to be left behind. Ba and the club hid the sky-high price, which led to the unsuccessful renewal of the contract and finally Demba. Ba can only move to Stuttgart. Stuttgart fans, on the other hand, thought that Hoffenheim had used Stuttgart as a gunman, which was despicable.

For these reasons, most fans in Stuttgart are unhappy with Hoffenheim. Therefore, for the safety of the team, Hoffenheim specially hired two tall and strong bodyguards, whose main role is to prevent Stuttgart fans from approaching Hoffenheim's players.

And this move also angered the fans in Stuttgart.

Not long after the team arrived in Leogang, Stuttgart fans drove to the hotel where the Hoffenheim players were staying in the early hours of the morning, honking the horn, turning on the loudspeaker, and playing the Stuttgart team song. It's a pity that at this time, the bodyguards hired by Hoffenheim did not work. Their leave time is 11 o'clock in the evening, according to the rules of the Germans, when the end of work time comes, they don't have to worry about the sky falling...... ※※※ As soon as the training camp began, the team began to have injuries. Zucurini, a new member of the team, was injured in training, followed by Weiss, who was also diagnosed with hydrocystis in his left knee during an MRI and required conservative treatment. Luckily, the team also has Vosa and Gustavo. Ghanaian Wosa can play as a centre-back or a central midfielder, but he has played very little last season, not because of his lack of quality, but because he has spent most of his time recovering from injury. Gustavo, on the other hand, has lost faith in Rangnick due to a series of poor performances in the final stages of last season. He is still looking for a suitable midfielder and is clearly going to give up Gustavo either to stay on the bench or to find another place.

Gustavo also seems to have sensed something from a series of transfer rumours in the club, and his agent is also said to be helping him find a home.

Weiss can play in the back, Zucurini is called "Little Mascherano", and he is naturally also a talent in the back, Wossa can also make a cameo in the back, plus Chu Zhongtian and Gustavo, Hoffenheim currently has five backs, but Rangnick is still looking for it, which shows that he is not too satisfied with the existing people, except for Chu Zhongtian. In Rangnick's arrangement, his team is playing 442, and Weiss can occupy one of the four midfield positions, but not in the back position, but in the right wing-back, which was his best performance last season. This offensive and defensive player has performed well in both attack and defense, with eight assists in a season, ranking fourth in the team, behind Chu Zhongtian and Sarihovic, as well as Eduardo.

Weiss is known as the "German Gattuso" in Germany, and Rangnick's use of him is somewhat similar to that of AC Milan's Gattuso, but his attack is a bit stronger than Gattuso. But in defence, he has to be active as a right midfielder, and sometimes even go to the middle to assist the defense.

The rest, whether it is Zucurini or Vosa, who have just joined, are not Chu Zhongtian's good partners. Zucullini is still too young, and Rangnick plans to train him for a few years before speaking. And Vossa is not at the level and is a good jack-of-all-trades substitute, but he is not qualified to start. Originally, Rangnick had high hopes for Gustavo, but Gustavo's ball intelligence was too poor to meet Rangnick's requirements, even if the standard was lowered.

In this way, Chu Zhongtian's partner will continue to look for it.

※※※On the 4th of July, Beck, who won the European Youth Championship for the German youth team, returned to the team with a full line-up.

On 5 July, the team played their first warm-up match against an amateur team, Altentis, which attracted 2,000 spectators. Even the president of the German Football Association, Zwanzig, was on the scene. The game was one-sided due to the weakness of the opposition, and goalkeeper Hildebrand, who played at right-back in the first half, scored Hoffenheim's first goal of the new season. Chu Zhongtian scored twice, Eduardo and Wellington scored hat-tricks, and new additions Ruud van Nistelrooy and Perl. Nelsson, as well as Vukocevic, who had just been awarded a professional contract for a short time, scored a goal each. In the second half, Obasi scored five goals after substitution, teenager Tracino scored a hat-trick, Sarihovic scored twice, Woza scored a goal with the icing on the cake, and in stoppage time, the opponent also gave an own goal.

The game ended with Hoffenheim 24:0.

※※※ On the one hand, the pre-season training camp and warm-up matches are in full swing, and on the other hand, Hoffenheim's battle in the transfer market is not over.

After taking out Metzeld, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Simunich and Zucurini, Rangnick wants to strengthen the ability at left-back, Pogatts performed well in the first half of the season, but there is no suitable candidate other than him, Ibertsberger is the one who was put on the purge list by Rangnick, if nothing else, he should not be able to play in the new season of the Bundesliga. Rangnick wants the club to buy another good left-back, and he already has several targets in mind.

First up is the Russian international Zhirkov (yuriy_zhirkov), who excelled in CSKA Moscow. The Russian international is already one of the most sought-after left-sided players in European football, playing as a left winger, as well as a left-back and left-back. It has the title of "Little Luo of Eastern Europe". If you can get Zhirkov to join, of course. But Hoffenheim faced a lot of rivals, especially Chelsea.

In terms of financial resources, Chelsea is not weaker than Hoffenheim, and in terms of connections, Chelsea is much stronger than Hoffenheim. Chelsea's owner is Russian Roman Roman Abramovich, who has been hoping for a Russian player to join Chelsea. After unsuccessfully pursuing Arshavin of Zenit, he set his sights on Zhirkov. Russian head coach Guus Hiddink, who worked for Chelsea on a short-term basis, played a decisive role in the deal, recommending Zhirkov to Abramovich and persuading him to join Chelsea.

Hoffenheim didn't have that connection, so in the end they could only watch as Zhirkov joined Chelsea for 18 million euros.

Throughout the transfer, Hoffenheim was like watching a play and couldn't get involved at all.

However, Rangnick has a habit of preparing a second package no matter what the transfer. Once the goal of the first plan cannot be achieved, the second plan can be accelerated immediately, and it can often be successful. That's how Metzelde came to be.

Rangnick's second plan was for Lazio's Kolarov (aleksandar_kolarov). This man was called "Robert of Lazio. Carlos", is a left-back with a strong ability to assist. There was an excellent free-kick, much like Mihajlovic who played for Lazio.

Lazio acquired him in 2007 for just 800,000 euros, and last season he gradually established himself as a regular in the team, performing well in a number of important matches. Among them, Lazio's 4-2 victory over Roma, he received the ball and scored a goal from a long distance of 85 meters, which became a good story. He is fast, assists, good at free-kicks, and has a powerful long-range shot. At left-back, the current Hoffenheim Austrian captain Pogatts is more defensive, while Kolarov can contribute more in attack if he arrives, so that the team's attack on the left side will not rely only on Sarihovic or Eduardo. At the same time, Rangnick also hopes that with his arrival, the left side of the team will enter healthy competition.

For Kolarov, Hoffenheim's appeal is twofold, the first being that they will be able to play in the Champions League for the next season, while Lazio will only be able to play in the Europa League Cup, formerly known as the UEFA Cup. It is clear that the temptation of the Champions League is greater than the temptation of the UEFA Cup.

The second point is that in terms of personal treatment, Hoffenheim, who has deep pockets, also has an advantage over Lazio.

Another reason is that although there are many teams interested in Kolarov now, most of them are still in a wait-and-see state and have no intention of making a move, and Hoffenheim faces much less competition. As long as Hoffenheim can make a price that Lazio finds acceptable, Kolarov should be able to win it.

And money is exactly what Hoffenheim lacks the most.

For Hoffenheim, all the problems in this world that can be solved by money are not called problems.

(To be continued)