"Lewis, welcome back."

In the post-Magath era, Schalke's athletic power was in the hands of Hault.

Of course, in the Bundesliga, apart from Magath, an alternative manager, the competitive power of any club is in the hands of the club's sports manager. Now that Magath is gone, Helt, of course, is taking back his rights.

But he didn't have it easy.

Magath left too much of a mess behind.

The first thing Hult will do when he takes back power is to keep Schalke's young talents, and then to clean up the bloated first-team squad. It's only been one summer, and Schalke has already cleaned up countless players.

Prestan, Asamoah, Pandel, Karimi, Charlistias and several others were all kicked out by Schalke without getting new contracts. These people are all famous players in the Bundesliga, but Helt has not left any of them.

Because there is no place for them in the future Schalke designed by Heult. There is also another reason that these people, as famous players in the Bundesliga, have a low salary. For example, Asamoaddu is at the end of his career, but his salary is 3.5 million euros, which is a high salary in Schalke. Schalke really can't afford that high salary.

And then sold quite a few people.

Schmitz, Reggie Newsen, and Neuer, who was poached by Bayern, and so on.

And some players really can't clean up because they don't want to give up Schalke's high salary. As a result, Helt had no choice but to loan them out, at least their salaries could not be paid by the Schalke club.

Annan, Deyako, Edu, Gavranovic, Pulyazikas. All were loaned to other clubs by Heult.

Before the start of the Bundesliga, Helt had already sent away more than a dozen first-team players in one go. It freed up more than 10 million euros in salary space for Schalke at once. And the current clean-up is not over, with Halter aiming to reduce Schalke's first team to less than 30 men.

Although in the cleaning, of course. But the young genius has to be brought back.

Jin Ming renewed his contract, and Matip is currently also talking about renewing his contract. There is also the young talent Holtby, who was loaned to Mainz by Magath and was taken back by Hault. Mainly because Holtby was very good at his watch in Mainz last season.

Mainz was the big dark horse in the Bundesliga last season, finishing fifth in the Bundesliga. Among them, Holterby was very good as a right winger in Mainz.

This season, Schalke is ready to make big use of Holtby.

Jin Ming and Holterby had a good relationship, so seeing him return to Schalke, he stepped forward and gave Holterby a hug. Jin Ming is glad that Holtby can play in Mainz.

After all, he was squeezed out back then.

This time in Mainz table xiàn outstanding. Returning to Schalke can be regarded as a return to his hometown.

"yes, I'm back."

Holtby was delighted.

But all the same. Holtby also has a lot to worry about. He spent last season on loan at Mainz, where he couldn't compete with Rakitic. Although Rakitic left Schalke in the middle of last season, Magath still brought a number of quality players with him.

Jurado spent Schalke tens of millions of euros in transfer fees. Unlike those Premier League powerhouses, for Schalke. The transfer fee is more than 10 million euros. It's all heavyweight transfers.

In addition to Jurado, Rangnick also holds Baumjohn in high esteem. Although Baumjohn is a bit isolated in the team, Baumjohn's skills are really good, so Rangnick still likes to use him. In addition to them, Schalke had another top-class talent last season. A 93-year-old genius, Draxler.

At the end of last season, the Bundesliga was relegated anyway, and there was no possibility of qualifying for Europe. As a result, Rangnick used young players aggressively at the last minute. Of course, Rangnick himself is a coach who likes to use young players.

Draxler had a lot of opportunities in this situation, and he took advantage of them. Leap to become another top talent in the Bundesliga at the moment.

Whether he can break through from among them, Holtby doesn't have much confidence.

But to be able to come back, Holtby is already happy.

"Let's go. Lewis, the club has changed a lot in the year you've been away. ”

"I know."

Holtby nodded.

Schalke's main lineup has undergone a huge change. Huntelaar, Raul, Jurado, Metzelde, Atsuto Uchida, Papadopoulos, all of whom became the main players of the team last season. And all of them are players who just came to the club last season.

And Holterby left with a lot of changes.

Let Holterby have some strangeness.

But when he saw Jin Ming, Holterby smiled. No matter how Schalke changes, there are still many familiar faces in it. Not to mention Hevedes and Jin Ming, Mainz defender Fuchs, who just transferred to Schalke this summer, is Holtby's teammate in Mainz.

"Hopefully in time for the new season."

Holterby muttered to himself as he walked.

In fact, Schalke informed Holtby early on that they wanted Holtby to stay in Schalke's first team next season. But Holter hesitated for a long time than himself. It's really because Schalke is a bit competitive in the first team, especially in the Holtby position.

As a result, Holtby has been hesitant to continue on loan.

Fortunately, at the last minute, Holtby decided to return to Schalke.

But by the time Holtby decided, time had been wasted. Schalke's training camp started more than ten days, and Holtby was much later. Pre-season training is very important.

This is because the manager will arrange the squad at the beginning of the season according to the state of training before the season.

"No problem. This season we have to play on three fronts, no matter how we do it, we will have a chance. ”

…………

Holterby came really late.

Wait until Holtby reports that Schalke played two warm-up games. Immediately came the first round of the German Cup.

August 1, 2011.

Schalke met their opponents in the first round of the German Cup, Tanningen FC from the Amateur League.

Not the Bundesliga or the Bundesliga, but a team in a real amateur league.

"Kim. Don't just stick to the left. ”

Rangnick is known as a professor, and he himself is from the academy, so he has a deep understanding of the changes in various formations. Before the game, Rangnick called Jin Ming and Draxler.

Then write the location of the two people on the tactical board.

"See not here. You and Julian can switch positions at any time, and you both have different styles of play, which can completely disrupt the opponent's defense. ”

Compete with amateur teams.

Rangnick didn't have a lot of pressure, so he put a lot of young players on the pitch.

In addition to the two men in the front line, Huntelaar and Raul, the attacking line in the midfield can see what Rangnick is thinking. Holtby on the right. Draxler in the middle, Jin Ming on the left.

All three are post-90s, and Jin Ming and Holtby are players in the 90s. Draxler was a player of '93.

Behind them is a single midfielder, Joel Matip, a player of '91.

The four members of the midfield are all post-90s players. On the other hand, you can see Schalke's reserves of talented players. Although the youth training of the Bundesliga is very good, among the strong teams in the Bundesliga, they can put out a complete post-90s lineup in the midfield. It was definitely not easy.

"Kim. When you get to the middle, play your long-range shots. You can be bold and go straight here, and don't hesitate to shoot when it's time to shoot. ”

"Yes."

Jin Ming nodded.

Rangnick meant that Jin Ming understood perfectly. It was Jin Ming and Draxler who worked together to penetrate the opponent's right side defense, and also changed positions at any time, making the opponent's defensive line scratch their heads.

Draxler is a genius, and Jin Ming really thinks so. In terms of ball control and breakthroughs, Draxler is better than Jin Ming. In particular, the ability to break through within a small area is excellent.

Of course, there are many deficiencies in Bijin Ming.

For example, the ability to cross, speed, and shooting ability are far inferior to Jin Ming.

But Draxler has one characteristic, and that is that he is very comprehensive. Although in the Academy he was born as a left winger. But he can play in a midfield position and even on the right side. It can be said that he can play in any position on the offensive line.

So his position is very flexible.

In this game, Rangnick arranged Draxler to play in the middle. But because he's also a left-footed player, he's a left-winger. So Rangnick wanted to give it a try, and let Jin Ming and Draxler increase their cooperation and flexibly switch each other's positions.

Rangnick also made some changes to see how it worked.

"Kim, why don't you say me. I can also play in the middle. ”

Holterby whispered to Jin Ming after Rangnick finished arranging.

"Huh. Julian, who came from a left winger. ”

"Cut, it's not like he can't play on the right side."

Holtby was still not satisfied.

Although Holtby started the game, Holtby felt that Rangnick still didn't take him seriously. On the right side Schalke has Farfan, who can shake Farfan's position.

The competition in the middle is already fierce, and watching this game, you know that Rangnick values Draxler more. Holterby also comes from playing in the middle, but Rangnick would rather let Draxler play in the middle than let himself play in the middle.

"Let's change then. You can signal me when you play, I'm going to play on the right side. ”

Seeing that Holterby was a little disappointed, Jin Ming smiled and asked him to build yì.

"You, have you played on the right side?"

"Nope."

Jin Ming just comforted Holtby.

Jin Ming has never played on the right side since he was a child, and he has always played on the left side.

"Forget it. It's not like I can't play on the right side anyway. ”

Holtby shook his head.

Although Holtby came from a central midfield, it was last season that he really made a name for himself in German football. Last season, he made German football really know him with his Mainz watch. In Mainz, he played on the right wing.

"Look again. If we can, we can change positions at any time. (To be continued......)