Chu Zhongtian was not in a hurry to renew his contract, and the club also felt that the conditions he proposed were a bit unacceptable, and the two sides temporarily stalemate.

But the club still needs to be prepared. What if Chu Zhongtian really leaves? They are not the worms in Chu Zhongtian's belly. I wonder if Chu Zhongtian will definitely stay in the end. Even if a player is the core of the team, it is so common for him to leave in the football world.

So although Rangnick is unwilling, he must be prepared to be in case Chu Zhongtian is gone. After all, Hoffenheim is a professional football club. Since he has to survive even if he leaves Hope, he should live a better life after leaving Chu Zhongtian.

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

However, in today's world football, there seems to be no one who can take over Chu Zhongtian. Even if there are, they may not be willing to come to a "small team" like Hoffenheim... Rangnick once promised Chu Zhongtian to build him into a "free man" of the new era. In the second half of last season, they succeeded, and Chu Zhongtian became a free man in a new sense. Even Beckenbauer, the most successful free man, posted a post to praise Chu Zhongtian and made him shine.

But not everyone in this world football is suitable for being a free agent. First of all, you need excellent physical strength, which is very important, because a free agent must intersperse from this penalty area to another penalty area, and keep shuttled back and forth like this. If the physical strength cannot keep up, you can't run in the middle of the game. How can you be the core? How can you stop and support your knees and breathe heavily after running for two steps?

In addition to physical fitness, you also need excellent skills. At least you must be proficient in stopping and passing skills, and you must also be able to out-of-pole. Otherwise, once you fall into the opponent's encirclement, you cannot bring the football out and cannot control the football to get rid of defense, you will easily be stared at. Take Chu Zhongtian as an example, no one has ever thought that Chu Zhongtian is a dribbling expert like Messi and Ronaldo, but he can often use the skills of dribbling in the game to get rid of defense. For example, the goal he scored against Manchester United in the first leg was to get rid of two defensive players and then successfully shoot.

Physical fitness and technology are just the foundation. In the world football world, there are no 100,000 people who have these two abilities at the same time. However, having these two can at most make you a relatively excellent player, but it cannot guarantee that you will become a free agent.

One of the most important factors of a libero is the ball quotient. It is the IQ of playing football, including the overall view, organizational ability, passing awareness, decisive ability and prediction. These factors work together to enable players to make correct choices and actions on the court. There are not many people who have this... Some people only have one ability or several abilities. But libero requires all players to be proficient and indispensable. Because libero is the commander on the court and the core of the team, he must always keep his mind clear, and those who make many tricks cannot be the core. No one has ever seen an idiot as a marshal?

There are fewer people with high-ball merchandisers, and at the same time, they have excellent physical fitness, outstanding skills and high-ball merchandisers. Rangnick thinks that he is lucky to find Chu Zhongtian. I really don’t know where to find one... It seems that the plan to train a second libero is to give up. What he is looking for is not Chu Zhongtian’s successor, but to re-train a core player of Hoffenheim. Such a player may not be as physical as Chu Zhongtian, and maybe the ball merchandisers are not as high as Chu Zhongtian, but can still be the core, just lower the requirements of all aspects. Then, according to the core candidate, adjust his tactics and no longer let the players take over the team’s actions on the field, but he, the head coach, controls everything, just like the head coach of other teams.

Hoffenheim is very special now. The one who dominates the team on the court is not the head coach Rangnick on the sidelines, but the captain Chu Zhongtian.

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

Of course, Rangnick's main job in the transfer market is to find new players this season. After the team introduced some players last summer, they enhanced the team's strength, so they were able to perform so well in the Champions League. This is still something to do this summer.

UEFA's regulations will not take effect next summer. At least this summer, the team can still use Mr. Hope's check to buy the players they want.

Rangnick went to Hope to interview him and told him that the current situation is like this - the team needs to increase investment and take advantage of the regulations before they are implemented, so as to buy some players they like to lay a solid foundation for the team in the next few seasons. In this way, even if we cannot buy people with a lot of money next season, there are still people available. So the transfer work this season is very critical.

In addition, Rangnick also hopes that the team can go further in this season's Champions League. No matter what the future is, at least everyone has a goal in this season, that is, the Champions League.

I stopped in the quarterfinals last season. Why can't I go to the quarterfinals or even the semifinals this season?

To go further, you need to buy someone.

Of course, Hope also hopes that the team can perform well in the Champions League. As the team's boss, who doesn't want to see his team perform well and become a team that has attracted worldwide attention? What can attract more attention than his achievements in the Champions League? Last season, Hoffenheim only entered the semi-finals of the Champions League and won two strong teams, which attracted worldwide attention.

If Hoffenheim can appear stably in the Champions League every year, then Hoffenheim will become an emerging force just around the corner. Now in the Bundesliga, it is still the world of Bayern Munich. It is a long-term thing for Hoffenheim to challenge Bayern. First of all, they must allow themselves to participate in the European game every year. If it is the Champions League, it is best, not the Champions League, but the Europa League is also good.

As long as the team can be guaranteed to participate in such European competitions every year, the team's fame and strength will gradually be improved.

Hope does not want Hoffenheim to be the kind of team that will shine in the first year, and then fall into the abyss of eternity. Where is the old English volleyball team that defended the Champions League in the Champions League? Hope does not want his team to be like that. He believes that his team should have a stable development, rather than a big ups and downs like a roller coaster.

He agreed to Rangnick's transfer fee requirement. He no longer showed up beforehand, but he would not get a penny of the money he deserved. He just reduced his chances of showing up in the public, but he didn't say that he would let go.

※※※Rangnick, who received the promise from his boss, began to look for suitable candidates in the transfer market. According to Chu Zhongtian's suggestion, fast football will become the team's tactical style next season. If possible, he will stick to this style in the future.

First of all, in the position of the wing forward, the four wing forwards are not fast assault type, so adjustments must be made. Salihovic is all fine. Although he is not fast, his speed is fast and his shot is fast, and overall he still does not slow down the team's speed. But Eduardo is different. The Brazilian is indeed very good, but when he gets the ball, he always likes to control it, which will slow down the team's offense. It was okay before. According to the plan of Rangnick and Chu Zhongtian, Hoffenheim will be very, very fast next season. If he wants to control the ball when it is time, it will make the team's offense lose its chance.

Rangnick hasn't figured out how to adjust Eduardo's position yet, so Eduardo took the lead in attacking. Although the team is in good momentum at present, the media suddenly broke out the rumors about him having been flirting with many European clubs.

In fact, when Hoffenheim shined in the Champions League, there were many such rumors. Almost every Hoffenheim player was related to those well-known and unknown clubs. Some were true, while others were simply fabricated.

Of course, Chu Zhongtian has the most rumors, but he denied them all. Now his contract renewal negotiations with the club are in a stalemate, and the possibility of him leaving the team is also increasing. There are also some rumors outside now, and I don’t know where the media got the news. Maybe it was deliberately released by Meili, or maybe it was released by the club. But Chu Zhongtian never made any defense of these voices. He just focused on playing football. He didn’t want to consider his future now. Anyway, there are still two seasons left for the contract expiration, and even if he wanted to discuss it, it would be said that in the second half of this season.

Chu Zhongtian has the most rumors of transfer, but the price to take him away is also very high. Hope spent 30 million euros to buy him, but now he has led the team to win the domestic league championship and is still shining in the Champions League. This price will only rise and not fall. If you want to take Chu Zhongtian away from Hoffenheim, 30 million euros is probably not enough. When Real Madrid was harassing Ribery, Bayern Munich priced Ribery 75 million euros. Rangnick also imitated Bayern Munich. Facing the media who came to ask about the news and potential buyers, he said Chu Zhongtian would also need at least 80 million euros!

This transfer fee is enough to scare away 99% of buyers.c. Ronaldo's transfer from Manchester United to Real Madrid is 94 million euros, which is the first value in world football today. The second highest value was created by Real Madrid in 2001. They spent 76 million euros to buy Zidane. The third highest still belongs to Real Madrid. They spent 65 million euros last summer to bring Kaka from AC Milan.

The transfer fee for Chu Zhongtian bid was actually more than Kaka and Zidane. If a team was really willing to pay this money, it would probably be impossible to prevent the transfer transaction from finally realizing. Chu Zhongtian will also become the second highest-priced player in world football history... So everyone thinks that the price of Rangnick is simply unreasonable. No matter how good Chu Zhongtian performs, it cannot surpass Zidane and Kaka. This price is just what Rangnick shouted randomly to get rid of harassment. If Chu Zhongtian wants to take Chu Zhongtian away, it is actually about 50 million euros... Of course, even 50 million euros will be a huge sum of money in the current economic downturn.

Compared with Chu Zhongtian, the value of other Hoffenheim players is not that exaggerated, and is basically in line with the current market economy laws and the players' own strength.

For example, Ibissevic, when Hoffenheim bought him for 10 million euros, the media generally believes that Ibi's net worth is around 26 million euros. If he hadn't scored slightly fewer goals last season, he might have been even higher.

Salihovic's net worth is now close to 20 million.

And Sana, who buried ten million mines last year, and at least 15 million this year.

Eduardo is also a player whose value has soared. When he came to Hoffenheim, he only had a net worth of 7 million euros. Now, after renewing his contract with the club, his liquidated damages are as high as 50 million euros. That is to say, as long as a team can afford 50 million, he can take Eduardo away. Of course, Eduardo himself is definitely not worth such a high value. The liquidated damages are more of a warning and constraint on players and those unwilling clubs.

In the contract renewal negotiations between Chu Zhongtian and Hoffenheim, which have been temporarily interrupted, Hoffenheim proposed a clause to increase the penalty for Chu Zhongtian, with an amount of up to 150 million euros! This can be called a sky-high price in the entire Bundesliga, which shows how important Chu Zhongtian is to Hoffenheim. However, this clause was rejected by Chu Zhongtian's agent James Meri. He must not allow such a penalty clause to exist to limit Chu Zhongtian's freedom. Chu Zhongtian's club should be able to go to, and players must enjoy such freedom. James Meri is a firm opponent of the penalty, and the existence of the penalty also allows their agents to make a lot of money. From the current point of view, no team in this world is willing to pay 150 million euros for Chu Zhongtian, so this penalty 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, they may take him away from Rhine-Neka. Because in many transfer transactions, it is not the club's wishes, but the players' wishes.

Now, Eduardo has the intention to leave the team. Because of his undiscipline, some teammates in the team have become less liked by him. After Gustavo was sold by the club, he only had a Brazilian friend Wellington left in the team, and Wellington rarely got a chance to play. In fact, his social circle is very small. This is one of the reasons why he would rather play beach football on the beach in Brazil than want to come back to participate in the team's winter training camp.

Another reason why he wanted to leave was that Rangnick always asked him to play on the wing, but in fact his favorite position was in the middle. Like Salihovic, he was both a midfielder. However, because of Chu Zhongtian's existence, he could only give up the middle and compete with Salihovic and Weiss and Azawag on the wing. Although his performance was excellent, he felt uncomfortable in the fight. He wanted to return to the middle to organize the offense, but with Chu Zhongtian in Hoffenheim, he could not realize this wish. Chu Zhongtian is the absolute core of the team. He had the final say on the court. He said that if Eduardo wanted to go to the wing, Eduardo had to go to the wing. If he didn't go, he wouldn't think about it in the next game. Anyway, Rangnick had three other people on the wing.

None of them wanted to have strong ambitions in the middle lane like that. Salihovic also played well on the left side, and he was very content.

Eduardo didn't think so. He thought that going to play the wing was just a temporary measure and was temporary. If I could play the wing, it didn't mean I like the wing. But Rangnick didn't care about that much, so he let him play the wing.

The conflict between the two sides was gradually planted.

Now seeing Chu Zhongtian's role in the team is becoming more and more important, Eduardo also knows that he will either play on the wing or bench in Hoffenheim for a lifetime. Of course, he is unwilling to sit on the bench on the bench. After all, he is still young and has a lot of room for development. What should I do if I sit on the bench at such a young age? He was selected for the national team once in Hoffenheim, but later faded out. The greatest ideal of any Brazilian player since childhood is to wear the yellow and green jersey of the Brazilian national team and fight for the country, just like their predecessors Vava, Didi, Pele, Galincha, Alberto, Zico, Socrates, Kareka... In that way, in order to be able to play in a certain position in the Brazilian national team, he must play football in the position he is best at and favorite, so that he can play his greatest talent.

For these reasons, he must transfer to Hoffenheim.

Rangnick didn't want to let him go because he was a very helpful addition to the team. Last season, Eduardo had seven league goals and eight assists, and performed well. Although he was sometimes sticky and not very disciplined, these can be corrected and overcome.

Once Eduard leaves too much, his strength on the wing road will be weakened. The tactical focus of this season is on the wing road, so how can he let go of the wing road general?

But this time Eduardo was determined to leave. He had asked his agent to spread news everywhere, saying that he had a bad relationship with Rangnick and hoped to leave the team. Public opinion followed immediately, and the media were concerned about the news that the Hoffenheim midfielder was planning to leave.

After the end of last season, everyone thought Hoffenheim should have made something bigger this season. However, before this began, news of the disagreement between the generals first came out. First, the negotiations between Chu Zhongtian and Hoffenheim were pushed up again and again, and now it was suspended. Then Eduardo was making a move to transfer.

The media lamented that Rangnick was dismissed at Schalke 04 because he had a bad relationship with the big guys in the locker room. It seems that after so many years, he still had a bad relationship with big-name stars... In fact, the media wronged him, and this time he had nothing to do with the big-name stars. Chu Zhongtian's situation was special, he was ambitious, so he naturally hoped that the club would be as ambitious as him. Eduardo simply wanted to transfer because he could not meet the tactical requirements.

After a stalemate between the two sides, Hoffenheim realized that they could not retain Eduardo in the end, so he agreed to negotiate with the team that he was interested in.

Russian Premier League champion Kazan Ruby gained the upper hand in the competition, and they could give Eduardo his dream midfielder position and main commitment, and eventually they took Eduardo from Hoffenheim for 20 million euros and signed with him for four years.

This summer, Hoffenheim has not bought one person yet, but has sent one person away first, which does not seem to be a good sign...
Chapter completed!