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Chu Zhongtian was not in a hurry to renew the contract, and the club also felt that the conditions he proposed were a little unacceptable, and the two sides were temporarily deadlocked. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

But the club still has to be prepared, what if Chu Zhongtian really leaves? They are not roundworms in Chu Zhongtian's stomach, I don't know if Chu Zhongtian will definitely stay in the end. It's all too common in the world of football for a player, even if he is the heart of the team, to leave in the end.

So even though Rangnick is unwilling, he must also be prepared in case Chu Zhongtian is gone, after all, Hoffenheim is a professional football club, and since he can survive without Hope, he should live well without Chu Zhongtian.

So in this year's transfer market, Rangnick has begun to look for Chu Zhongtian's successor.

It's just that in today's world football, there don't seem to be many people who can pick up Chu Zhongtian. Even if there is, people may not want to come to a "small team" like Hoffenheim...... Rangnick once promised Chu Zhongtian that he would make him a "free man" in the new era, and in the second half of last season, they succeeded, and Chu Zhongtian became a free man in a new sense, and even Beckenbauer, the most successful free man, posted a post praising Chu Zhongtian for making his eyes shine.

But not everyone in world football is a free man. First of all, you must have excellent physical strength, which is very important, because the free man must be interspersed from this forbidden area to another forbidden area, and just keep shuttling back and forth, if the physical strength can't keep up, you can't run in half the game, how else to do the core? How can you run two steps and then stop and hold your knees and pant for breath at the core?

In addition to physical fitness, you must also have excellent skills, at least you must be proficient in techniques such as stopping the ball and passing, and you must also be able to pass people, otherwise once you fall into the encirclement of the opponent, you can't bring the football out, and if you can't control the football to get rid of the defense, it is easy to be stared to death. Taking Chu Zhongtian as an example, no one has ever thought that Chu Zhongtian is a dribbling master like Messi and C. Ronaldo, but he can often use his dribbling skills in the game to get rid of defense. For example, the goal he scored in the first leg against Manchester United was to get rid of two defenders in a row before shooting successfully.

Physical fitness and technique are only the basics, and there are not 100,000 or 10,000 people who have both abilities in world football, but having these two things can make you a better player at most, but it does not guarantee that you will become a free man.

One of the most important factors of a free man is the ball quotient. It is the IQ of playing football, including the overall situation, organizational ability, passing awareness, decision-making ability and prediction and other factors. These factors work together to make the right decisions and actions on the field. There aren't too many people who have this...... Some people have only one ability, or a few abilities. But the libero requires all players to be proficient and indispensable. Because the libero is the commander on the field, the core of the team, he must always keep a clear head, and the person who makes a lot of tricks can't be the core. No one has ever seen an idiot as a marshal, has he?

There are very few people who have a golf quotient, and even fewer people who have excellent physical fitness, outstanding technique and a golf quotient at the same time. Rangnick thinks it's a great luck that he can find Chu Zhongtian, find another one? I really don't know where to look for it...... It seems that the plan to cultivate a second free man is about to be abandoned, what he wants to find is not Chu Zhongtian's successor, but to re-train a Hoffenheim core player, such a player may not be as good as Chu Zhongtian's physical fitness, maybe the ball quotient is not as high as Chu Zhongtian, but he can still be the core, and the requirements in all aspects are lowered. Then according to this core candidate, he is adjusting his tactics, no longer letting the players dictate the actions of the team on the field, but letting him control everything as the head coach of other teams.

Now this Hoffenheim team is very special, and it is not the head coach Rangnick who dominates the team on the field, but the captain Chu Zhongtian.

If you lower the requirements, you can still find some suitable candidates.

Of course, Rangnick's main job in the transfer market at the moment is to find new players to join this season. The team strengthened the squad after bringing in a number of players in the summer of last season, which is why they were able to perform so well in the Champions League. It's going to be this summer.

UEFA's rules don't come into effect until next summer, but at least this summer, teams can use Mr. Hope's cheque to buy the players they want.

Rangnick went to Hope once before that, interviewed him, and told him that the current situation is like this - the team needs to invest more and buy some players before the rules are implemented, so that the team can lay a solid foundation for the next few seasons, so that even if we can't spend a lot of money on the players next season, there will still be people available. So the transfer work this season is crucial.

In addition, Rangnick will also hope that the team can go a little further in the Champions League this season. No matter what the future holds, at least for the current season, everyone still has a goal, and that is the Champions League.

Last season we finished in the round of 16, so why can't we go to the quarterfinals or even the semi-finals this season?

If you want to go further, you need to buy people.

Hope also wants the team to perform well in the Champions League, and as the owner of the team, who doesn't want to see their team do well and become a team that attracts the attention of the world? What could be more impressive than an achievement in the Champions League? Hoffenheim only reached the last 16 of the Champions League last season, winning against two strong teams, and attracted worldwide attention.

If they can make a consistent appearance in the Champions League every year, then Hoffenheim is just around the corner to become an emerging power. Now in the Bundesliga, it is still Bayern Munich's world, Hoffenheim wants to challenge Bayern is a long-term thing, first of all, they must allow themselves to participate in European competition every year, if it is the Champions League, it is the best, not the Champions League, it is not bad in the Europa League.

As long as the team can guarantee to participate in such European competitions every year, the team's reputation and strength will gradually increase.

Hope doesn't want Hoffenheim to be the kind of team to shine the first year and then fall into the eternal abyss. Where is Nottingham Forest, England's oldest volleyball team, which defended the Champions League in the Champions League, now? Hope doesn't want his team to be like that, and he believes his team should have a steady development instead of riding a rollercoaster ride.

He agreed to Rangnick's request for a transfer fee. He doesn't show up much now, but he won't lose a cent of the money he should pay. He was just trying to reduce his chances of being seen in public, but he didn't say that he was going to leave it alone.

※※※ Rangnick, who has received the owner's promise, began to look for suitable candidates in the transfer market, and according to Chu Zhongtian's suggestion, fast football will become the team's tactical style next season, and if he can, he will stick to this style in the future.

First of all, in the position of full-back, none of the four full-backs are currently fast-attacking, so it must be adjusted. Salihovic is okay, although he is not fast, but his speed is fast, his ball is fast, and the overall speed of the team is still not slowing down. But Eduardo is different, the Brazilian is indeed very level, but he always likes to control the ball, which will slow down the pace of the team's attack. It was good to say that according to the plan of Rangnick and Chu Zhongtian, Hoffenheim will be very, very fast next season, and if he wants to control the ball when it should be fast, it will make the team's attack lose the opportunity.

Rangnick hadn't figured out how to adjust Eduardo's position, but Eduardo was the first to attack. Despite the team's current momentum, the media suddenly broke the scandal between him and a number of European clubs.

In fact, when Hoffenheim shone in the Champions League, there were many such rumors, and almost every Hoffenheim player was involved with those well-known and unknown clubs, some of which were true, and some of which were simply made up.

Of course, Chu Zhongtian had the most rumors, but he denied them all. Now that his contract extension talks with the club are at an impasse, the possibility of him leaving the club is also surging. There are also some rumors in the outside world now, and I don't know where the media got the news, maybe it was deliberately released by Merry, or maybe it was released by the club. But Chu Zhongtian never defended these voices. He's just concentrating on his own future, he doesn't want to think about it now, anyway, there are two seasons left when his contract expires, and even if he wants to talk about it, it's the second half of this season.

Chu Zhongtian has the most transfer rumors, but the price to pay for taking him away from those clubs is also very high. Hope spent 30 million euros on him, and now he has led the team to win the domestic league title and shine in the Champions League, and this value will only go up and not down. If you want to take Chu Zhongtian away from Hoffenheim, it is estimated that 30 million euros will not be enough. When Real Madrid was harassing Ribery, Bayern Munich offered Ribery a price tag of 75 million euros. Rangnick also followed the example of Bayern Munich, facing the media who came to inquire about the news, as well as those potential buyers, he said that Chu Zhongtian also needs at least 80 million euros!

That's enough to scare away 99 percent of buyers. C. Ronaldo's transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid is worth 94 million euros, which is the first value in world football today. The second highest value was set in 2001 by Real Madrid, who paid 76 million euros for Zinedine Zidane. The third highest still belongs to Real Madrid, who brought Kaka from AC Milan for 65 million euros last summer.

And Rangnick's transfer fee to Chu Zhongtianbiao actually exceeded Kaka and Zidane, if there is really a team willing to pay this money, it is estimated that Rangnick will not be able to prevent the transfer deal from finally being realized. And Chu Zhongtian will also become the second most valuable player in the history of world football...... Therefore, everyone thinks that Rangnick's price is not reasonable at all, even if Chu Zhongtian performs well, it is impossible to surpass Zidane and Kaka. The price was just Rangnick's shouting out in order to get rid of the harassment. If you want to take Chu Zhongtian away, in fact, fifty million euros is about the same...... Of course, even 50 million euros is a huge amount of money in the current economic downturn.

Compared with Chu Zhongtian, the value of other Hoffenheim players is not so exaggerated, and it is basically more in line with the current market economy and the strength of the players themselves.

For example, Ibisevic, Hoffenheim spent 10 million euros to buy him, and now the media generally believes that Ibi's worth is around 26 million euros. If it weren't for the fact that he scored slightly fewer goals last season, it could have been even higher.

Salihovic is now worth close to 20 million.

And Sana, where 10 million were planted last year and at least 15 million this year.

Eduardo is also a player whose value has soared, when he came to Hoffenheim, he was only worth 7 million euros, and now after renewing his contract with the club, his liquidated damages are as high as 50 million euros, which means that as long as a team can afford 50 million, he can take Eduardo away. Of course, Eduardo himself is certainly not worth such a high price, and the liquidated damages are more of a warning and constraint to the players and those clubs that do not give up.

In the contract renewal negotiations between Chu Zhongtian and Hoffenheim, which have been temporarily suspended, Hoffenheim proposed a clause to increase the liquidated damages for Chu Zhongtian, with an amount of up to 150 million euros! This can be called sky-high in the entire Bundesliga, which shows how important Chu Zhongtian is to Hoffenheim. However, this clause was used by Chu Zhongtian's agent James. Merry refused. He absolutely could not allow such a liquidated damages clause to exist to restrict Chu Zhongtian's freedom. Chu Zhongtian should be able to go to any club he wants, and players must enjoy such freedom. James. Merry is a resolute opponent of liquidated damages, and the existence of liquidated damages also makes their agents make a lot less money, from the current point of view, there is no team in this world that is willing to pay 150 million euros for Chu Zhongtian, so this liquidated damages also means that if Chu Zhongtian wants to leave the team one day, he will face huge resistance.

Eduardo's liquidated damages are 50 million, but many teams believe that as long as they can pay 20 million, it is possible to take him away from Rhine-Neka. Because in many transfer deals, it is not the will of the club that decides, but the will of the player.

Now, Eduardo has the intention to leave the team. Because of his lack of discipline, some of his teammates in the team became less fond of him, and after Gustavo was sold by the club, he was left with only one Brazilian friend, Wellington, who rarely got the chance to play, and in fact his social circle was small. That's one of the reasons why he'd rather play beach soccer on the beaches of Brazil than come back for the team's winter training camp.

Another reason why he wanted to leave was that Rangnick always let him play on the wing, but his preferred position was in the middle, and he, like Salihovic, was a midfielder. But because of Chu Zhongtian's existence, he could only give up the middle and go to the side to compete with Salihovic, Weiss and Azavag, although the performance was also excellent, but he himself felt very uncomfortable fighting. He wanted to go back to the middle and do the work of organizing the attack, but with Chu Zhongtian in Hoffenheim, it was impossible for him to realize this wish. Chu Zhongtian is the absolute core of the team, he has the final say on everything, he said that he wants Eduardo to go to the side, then Eduardo has to go to the side, if he doesn't go, don't think about the next game, anyway, there are three other people in Rangnick on the side.

None of the three of them want to have the same strong central ambitions as they do, and Salihovic is content with playing well on the left flank.

Eduardo, on the other hand, thinks that playing on the wing is only a stopgap measure, it is temporary, and that I can play on the wing does not mean that I like the wing. Rangnick didn't care so much, just let him play on the wing.

In this way, the contradictions between the two sides were gradually buried.

Now seeing that Chu Zhongtian's role in the team is becoming more and more important, Eduardo also knows that he will either play on the wing for the rest of his life at Hoffenheim or go to the bench. Of course, he doesn't want to go to the bench to sit on the cold bench, after all, he is still young, and there is still a lot of room for development, what will he do in the future if he sits on the bench at such a young age? He was selected for the national team once in Hoffenheim, but then faded out, and the biggest dream of any Brazilian player from a young age is to wear the yellow and green jersey of the Brazilian national team and play for his country, just like their predecessors Vava, Didi, Pele, Garrincha, Alberto, Zico, Socrates, Careca ...... That's it. In order to be able to have a place in the Brazilian national team, it is necessary to play in the position that he does best and loves so that he can bring out his best talents.

For that, he had to move out of Hoffenheim.

Rangnick didn't want to let him go because he was a great addition to the team. Eduardo had seven league goals and eight assists last season. Although there are times when you are sticky and undisciplined, these can be corrected and overcome.

With Eduardo gone, his wing strength will be weakened. This season's tactical focus is on the wings, how can it be possible to let go of the wide generals?

But this time Eduardo is determined to leave, and he has already let his agent spread the news that he and Rangnick are not on good terms and wants to leave the team. Public opinion immediately followed, and the media were concerned about the Hoffenheim's midfielder's intention to leave.

After the end of last season, everyone thought that Hoffenheim should have done something bigger this season, but it didn't start yet, but there was news of discord between the generals and coaches, first Chu Zhongtian and Hoffenheim's contract renewal negotiations were postponed again and again, and now they are suspended. Then there was Eduardo's clamoring for a transfer.

The media lamented that Rangnick was disgraced at Schalke 04 because he didn't get along well with the bigwigs in the dressing room, and it seems that after so many years, he still doesn't get along well with the big-name stars...... In fact, the media wronged him, and this time it has nothing to do with his bad relationship with those big-name stars. Chu Zhongtian is in a special situation, he is ambitious, and naturally hopes that the club will be as ambitious as him. Eduardo, on the other hand, simply wanted to move because he couldn't meet the tactical requirements.

After a stalemate, Hoffenheim realized that they would not be able to keep Eduardo in the end, and agreed to negotiate with a team interested in him.

Russian Premier League champions Kazan Rubin had the upper hand in the race, and they were able to give Eduardo his coveted midfield position and main commitment, and they eventually took Eduardo from Hoffenheim for 20 million euros to sign him for four years.

This summer, Hoffenheim has not bought one, but sent one away, which does not seem to bode well......

(To be continued)