In this year's Hamburg youth team, there are not many people who can really be called famous.

The U23 youth team is basically a group of mediocre players, at least none of them are worthy of Pan Yi's attention.

In the U18 youth team, there are two that are not bad.

One, is the current captain of the German U17 national team, Jonatan Tower.

The future was also selected as a centre-back for the German senior national team, with a height of 195 and excellent ability to read the game on the pitch.

The only problem is that he is only 16 years old this year, which is a bit too young, and there is still a bit of a gap compared with the current main central defender combination of Kjaer and Rudiger in Pan Yi's mind.

At most, I can only use it as an emergency, but I am not in a hurry to promote him to the first team.

The other one is a midfielder who Pan Yi was more familiar with in his previous life.

That is the Turkish star, Calhanoglu, who later became known as the "King of Chess" in the Bundesliga.

Although he is only 18 years old this year, he made 16 appearances for Karlsruhe in the Bundesliga last season.

Despite Karlsruhe's eventual relegation from bottom three in the Bundesliga, Calhanoglu's performances caught the attention of many teams and led to a move to Hamburg's youth system.

This season, Hamburg originally wanted to put Calhanoglu back on loan to Karlsruhe for another season, but Pan Yi decided to promote him to the first team ahead of schedule.

The main reason is that Hamburg often played in the formation of 343 or 442 last season, and with the change of players in the summer window, there is no serious midfielder in the team except for De Bruyne.

Calhanoglu is best positioned as a midfielder, so it is appropriate to use him as a replacement for De Bruyne.

And the reason why Calhanoglu was able to make a name for himself in the Bundesliga is not actually how accurate his passing is, but mainly because he has a unique free kick.

He can score 6 free-kicks in a single season!

Even in FM2012, at the age of 18, his free kick value has reached 15.

So Pan Yi put him in the first team, and sometimes let him play, which may also have a special effect.

So, they are also little demons, why is Pan Yi not ready to vigorously cultivate Calhanoglu and let him quickly grow into a world-class star, but is only ready to let him be De Bruyne's replacement?

First of all, no matter how strong the "Chaqiu King" is, it is not as strong as "Teacher Ding".

In Pan Yi's previous life, De Bruyne was the brain of Manchester City, the midfield commander, a top star who would be called "the world's No. 1 midfielder" by countless fans, and a great figure who could often be selected for various annual teams.

And Calhanoglu, although he also plays for strong teams such as Bayer Leverkusen, AC Milan, and Inter Milan, is a star between first-class and second-rate after all, and he is still a lot worse than the level of "superstar".

In other words, his potential is limited, at least not to the level of De Bruyne.

Now that Hamburg has De Bruyne in the team, why bother to train Calhanoglu?

Isn't this a watermelon and a goose feather?

Secondly, Pan Yi is also a little embarrassed in his heart: that is, Calhanoglu's character is really not good.

Just last year, Calhanoglu's father signed a contract with Trabzonspor on behalf of Calhanoglu and accepted a signing fee of 100,000 euros.

But then, Calhanoglu renewed his contract with Karlsruhe, leaving his contract with Trabzonspor a dead letter.

The contract dispute lasted for several years, and in 2017 the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld FIFA's 2016 decision: Calhanoglu was banned for four months and fined Trabzonspor 100,000 euros.

At the end of the 2013-14 season, Calhanoglu helped Hamburg relegate and announced his intention to stay longer at Hamburg.

However, in the summer window, Bayer Leverkusen provided Calhanoglu with more money and the number 10 shirt for him, so Calhanoglu changed his mobile phone number in order to join Bayer Leverkusen, and went to the doctor to tell him that he had a psychological problem and could no longer train with Hamburg.

Eventually, Calhanoglu left Hamburg and moved to Bayer Leverkusen.

However, after Calhanoglu completed his medical to Bayer Leverkusen, he started to feel good mentally again and was able to train normally......

At that time, he was in tune with South Korean striker Son Heung-min, who had also moved to Bayer Leverkusen at the time, and showed his ability to handle set-pieces to help the team play in the Champions League for several seasons;

But when Son made the switch to Premier League side Tottenham in 2015, Calhanoglu publicly criticised the South Korean striker for not thinking about the source – but it was clear that it was just "50 steps and 100 steps" and not convincing.

Then there is the commotion after his transfer to AC Milan.

When he negotiated a contract extension with the team, he "opened his mouth" and offered a condition that far exceeded the salary cap set by the team, and was considered by the team to be insincere, and finally the negotiations broke down, and finally transferred to the city rival Inter Milan as a free agent.

After leaving, he also made remarks similar to the level of AC Milan players, which made many AC Milan fans deeply unhappy with him.

In the first Milan derby since the defection, Inter Milan were awarded a penalty, which was originally headed by Argentine striker Lautaro Martinez, but Calhanoglu snatched the ball from the former and automatically took it in.

The point is that after scoring the goal, he staged the famous scene of "slipping and kneeling and kowtowing", and even celebrated and even made provocative actions in front of AC Milan fans, which made all AC Milan fans hate him to the core.

In fact, in addition to AC Milan fans, many Inter Milan fans are also quite complaining and even dissatisfied with his approach, because most of the latter's fans respect players who know how to be grateful and affectionate, but Calhanoglu's behavior is disgusting.

When it came time for Milan to win the championship season, many Milan players even scolded Calhanoglu at the championship celebration......

It is precisely because of these events, especially that Pan Yi now has a deep affection for AC Milan, which makes him really dislike Calhanoglu.

Therefore, to allow this Turk to enter the first team as a substitute, Pan Yi is already very lenient to him.

Of course, there is another point because most of those bad things happened in Pan Yi's previous life, and the current Calhanoglu is still a child!

Either way, he shouldn't be held responsible for what he hasn't done, right?

Maybe in this life, King Qia Qiu will be a little more restrained under Pan Yi's command, and there is a certain chance of becoming a good baby?

Will the butterfly effect after his crossing affect such a character's personality?

This also made Pan Yi have a certain curiosity, which can be regarded as one of his motivations for preparing to use Calhanoglu.

And after the recruitment of new recruits is almost completed, Pan Yi can focus on various training and pre-season warm-up games!

(End of chapter)