knife guard

Chapter 512
The second player to join Hoffenheim is Timoshchuk. Zenit's midfielder weighed Bayern and Hoffenheim and finally chose Hoffenheim. Timoshchuk's transfer fee is 900 million euros, with an annual salary of 450 million euros, the Ukrainian international said at a press conference held for him in Hoffenheim, "I chose to join Hoffenheim not just because the annual salary Hoffenheim gave me was higher than that. High, mainly because the competition for Hoffenheim's midfielder position is not as fierce as that of Bayern. Coach Rangnick said that in the new season, Hoffenheim will be more balanced, and the team will have a single midfielder and a double midfielder And this season's Hoffenheim has a higher goal, they hope to make a difference in the Champions League, which is consistent with my goal."

But Bayern didn't think so. Bayern's manager Hoeness was very dissatisfied with Hoffenheim's robbing their prey. He said sarcastically, "If we give him (Tymoshchuk) an annual salary of 500 million euros If that is the case, he will definitely not say that. Since last year, Hoffenheim has been disrupting the transfer market. He has increased the transfer cost of the Bundesliga every year. However, I think it is not us who are hurt the most, but those Small ball club."

Schindelmaizer countered this: "If you want to talk about disrupting the market, Chelsea the year before last, Manchester City this year are much crazier than us, we are not waving hundreds of millions of checks to poach people everywhere, Timosh Chuuk came to Hoffenheim voluntarily, some people dare not say a word to a club like Chelsea, but they can only say something to a small club like us."

Since Demba Ba's contract has not been finalized, and veteran Koppardo has announced his retirement, Hoffenheim has only four players available on the front line: Ibisevic, Obasi, Helderling and Wellington, and Hale Delin was bought from Mannheim in the German third division. His strength is mediocre. Last year he hardly played a league game except for the German Cup. Wellington is also useless. Hoffenheim wants to maintain the attack power of last season. You have to buy a striker again.

In mid-July, Schindelmaiser had a meeting with Van Nistelrooy's agent, and then he came back from Madrid angrily, and Hoffenheim never mentioned the name Van Nistelrooy. According to the "Rhein Neckar Zeitung", Van Nistelrooy’s agent, Linton, asked too much for the transfer to Hoffenheim. Linton proposed an annual salary of 7 million euros after tax for Ruud van Nistelrooy. If it is lower than this figure, there is nothing to talk about. The Bundesliga has high taxes and after tax. 700 million is equivalent to 400 million before tax, which is higher than Li Huan's. This is unacceptable to Hoffenheim, because Li Huan's agent Watts said that Li Huan must be the highest salary in the Bundesliga, otherwise everything will be ruined. Hard to say.And Linton also asked to sign for three years at a time.There is also a big gap between the two years required by Schindelmaiser.Hoffenheim could not accept this offer, because the annual salary they offered to the king of the small penalty area was only 8 million before tax.

Hoffenheim is eager to find a substitute for Demba Ba. He once again set his sights on Brazil. Their goal is Inter Milan striker Adriano, who was loaned to the Sao Paulo club in Brazil. He is the world's top striker. His state has declined rapidly in the past two years, but his strength is definitely world-class. If he can return to his peak state, he will make a lot of money.Regardless of direct purchase or loan, Rangnick hopes to get him as soon as possible. The pre-season training is about to start. The sooner the main lineup is determined, the better. Otherwise, it will be too dangerous to wait until the league to adjust the lineup.

However, after the contact between Hoffenheim and Adelaide's agent Li Dikao was exposed by the media, he was unanimously opposed by the Hoffenheim media and fans. times, but he still doesn't change his bad habit of hanging out in nightclubs, and his arrival is likely to bring bad Hoffenheim's young people.

"Rhine Neckar Zeitung" published an article by Chinese reporter Jia Lei, suggesting that the wayward Brazilian may also affect Li Huan's status in the locker room, because Li Huan is the only Asian in Hoffenheim, and after Adelaide came, Hoffenheim has four Brazilians. Gustavo and Eduardo are the absolute main players. Wellington is also an important substitute. A circle of Brazilians will be an important strength for Hoffenheim.

However, Li Huan had no other thoughts on this. When he was interviewed by reporters, he publicly welcomed Adelaide's arrival. He believed that only by buying world-class players in Hoffenheim would it be possible to achieve success in the Champions League.

Just when Hoffenheim was looking for strikers all over the world, Real Madrid took the initiative to sell their remaining products. Saviola, the 18-year-old genius who won the South American Footballer of the Year, can only be a substitute in Barcelona and Real Madrid. As a substitute, Ruud van Nistelrooy is unwilling to leave now, and Higuain is gradually rising again. Saviola can't even rank as the fifth striker in Real Madrid, but he still has an annual salary of 250 million euros after tax. Real Madrid is a burden, so they are eager to send Saviola out.

Hoffenheim also lacked a short, nimble and fast striker after Kopado retired, and Real Madrid offered very generous conditions. If they transfer permanently, they will pay 500 million euros. Give 200 million euros, as long as Hoffenheim is willing to pay Saviola's annual salary.

This is simply selling Maradona II at the price of cabbage. Of course, Hoffenheim is very happy to accept it. Saviola can't play in Barcelona and Real Madrid, and he is also tired of the rich bench. , When Hoffenheim said that he at least has the position of the main rotation, Saviola readily agreed.

Saviola's joining has eased Hoffenheim's striker crisis. Now they have the confidence to negotiate with Adriano slowly. Adriano is very interested in this newly promoted team that has created a miracle in Europe. In an interview with reporters At that time, Adriano said that his first choice was to return to Inter Milan. If Mourinho is unwilling to accept him, Hoffenheim is also a good choice.

Now there is only one obstacle before Hoffenheim and Adriano, and that is Adriano's annual salary, which is 1000 million euros before tax. Hoffenheim hopes to share the burden with Inter Milan, and Hoffenheim can take the big head , Inter Milan took the small head.But Mourinho said that either Hoffenheim will bear all of it, or don't rent it.

Inter Milan, Hoffenheim, and Adriano's agent, Li Dikao, are constantly negotiating. Inter Milan's new coach Mourinho is very tough, and his attitude has not changed at all, and Adriano has also Unwilling to reduce the annual salary, and Hoffenheim hoped to solve the problem of Demba Ba's transfer first, so the negotiations have been deadlocked.

At the end of July, Hoffenheim finally reached an agreement with Arsenal. Demba Ba transferred to Arsenal for 200 million euros. After the medical examination, Demba Ba became a member of Arsenal and fulfilled his dream of a wealthy family. Hoffenheim is also planning to take the money from selling Demba Ba to rent Adriano for one year.

However, something went wrong during the physical examination. Demba Ba was found to have effusion in his knee and had to undergo surgery. Arsenal was very angry, thinking that Hoffenheim had hidden the fact of Demba Ba's injury and announced the previous transfer. The contract is invalid and he is planning to sue Hoffenheim.

In fact, Hoffenheim didn't know about Demba Ba's knee injury. Ever since Demba Ba proposed a transfer, Hoffenheim was very indifferent to Demba Ba and didn't even let Demba Ba participate in training, so they didn't know about it. thing.But no matter how you say it, this matter is all at Hoffenheim's fault. They can only accept Arsenal's breach of contract and apologize to Arsenal.Arsenal also accepted Hoffenheim's apology and no longer sued Hoffenheim.

Demba Ba is self-confident that he will definitely be able to transfer to Arsenal. He is very disrespectful to Hoffenheim and the fans. Now that he has a knee injury, it is impossible to transfer again. He can only stay in Hoffenheim. The Senegalese also Very clever, seeing that Hoffenheim is now actively introducing Adriano, he is worried that he will lose his main position after Adriano arrives, Demba Ba cried bitterly in the "Rhein Neckar", regretting that he had I hope the fans and teammates can forgive him for his behavior. He must work hard to heal his injuries, and return the fans and the team with goals after he recovers.

Although the club and the fans were very angry with Demba Ba's previous actions, but Demba Ba contributed a lot to Hoffenheim's victory in the Triple Crown. The fans and the club chose to forgive. Rangnick even held a press conference to make a statement Accepting Demba Ba's apology, Rangnick said: "Denba Ba has always been an important member of Hoffenheim in the past. He contributed a lot to Hoffenheim's miracle last year. Although Demba Ba made some wrong remarks earlier, but He is still a young man, only 23 years old, young can be forgiven, the club will actively treat Demba Ba and strive for his early recovery."

Then Hoffenheim and Demba Ba completed their contract renewals. Demba Ba was injured and felt ashamed. He did not make excessive demands on the contract and agreed to the annual salary of 450 million euros given by the club. The two parties renewed their contracts. By 2011, the liquidated damages were also increased to 7000 million euros.

The effusion in Demba Ba's knee did not hurt the meniscus and ligaments after the operation. He only needed to rest for three months before he could play. At that time, the league had only played about 10 rounds, and there was no need for Hoffenheim to bring in high salaries. Adriano died, and Rangnick announced his abandonment of negotiations with Inter Milan.

Before the start of the Bundesliga, each of Hoffenheim's three lines has introduced a strong player, and the signing work is basically ready. The club's next plan is to try to introduce a midfielder with strong breakthrough ability to create a frontcourt positioning Take the ball and play Li Huan's free kick skills.Their targets are Zenit's midfielder Arshavin, Dinamo Zagreb's midfielder Modric and Bayern's youth academy Muller.But now Hoffenheim is not in a hurry. It is better to win one of these three, and it will not affect the overall situation if they fail to win.

(End of this chapter)