Chapter 171: Canter

Lee Chenglong returned to Germany. After reporting to the team first, he went to Zurich to participate in the FIFA annual awards ceremony.
This year's awards, although Li Chenglong was shortlisted for the Puskas Award and the Team of the Year, he knew that these were basically not for him.
The fact is true. The team of the year is completely out of Li Chenglong's. La Liga has taken all the 11 players of the team of the year. Barcelona and Real Madrid have six each, and the remaining one is given to Falcao.
None of Chelsea, who won the Champions League last year, were selected. Now the English media can quarrel again.
The Puskas Award was given to Neymar, and it has nothing to do with Jackie Lee.
Li Chenglong was responsible for being a spectator throughout.
The biggest winner at this year’s awards ceremony is undoubtedly Messi, who beat Cristiano Ronaldo and Iniesta to win the Ballon d'Or again, which is the fourth consecutive year.
In the 11/12 season, Messi won the La Liga Golden Boot with 50 goals and the Champions League Golden Boot with 14 goals. In 2012, the number of goals in the year reached 91 goals. These are all record-breaking. Messi won the Ballon d'Or if he scored a goal.
In fact, in 2012, Messi had no honor except for the number of goals exploded. La Liga lost to Real Madrid, the Champions League was eliminated by Chelsea, and only won a Copa del Rey.
To be fair, Iniesta, who helped Spain defend the European Cup champion, should be eligible to compete with Messi for the Golden Globes, but in the final vote, he was only a quarter of Messi's, even more than C Luo and he are far inferior.
This is probably also a side note, the Golden Globes are getting higher and higher requirements for fame.
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Back from Zurich, Lee Chenglong devoted himself to the team's preparations.
During this winter break, the Bundesliga teams did not have much transfer action. Perisic, who has been unable to get the main position in Dortmund, switched to Wolfsburg for 7.5 million euros. This is the Bundesliga winter break this year. The transfer will be the king of the period.
In Schalke 04, the team first publicly stated that it would not activate the Dutchman Afelay’s buyout clause, that is, let him go back to Barcelona by himself at the end of the season so that the Ruhr team doctor would not delay him.
Then Schalke 04 sold Holtby, who had previously been delegated to the reserve team, to the Premier League Tottenham for a cabbage price of 2 million euros.
What Holtby said was also the core of the midfielder of Schalke 04. Last season, he helped the team win the third place in the Bundesliga with an outstanding performance, with a net worth of 6 million euros.
But now Holtby has fallen out with Schalke 04. This is something that all Europe knows, and more importantly, Holtby's contract is only half a year left. In this case, there is no ball at all. The team is willing to pay a high price for him.
As a result, Schalke 04 could only sell at an ultra-low price of 2 million euros, barely stopping the loss.
If you don't sell it now, you won't get anything in half a year.
After selling important midfield players, Schalke 04 will naturally have transfer signings.
Jackie Lee had heard of it when he was still in Scotland, and Schalke 04 was rumored to have an affair with De Bruyne, who was on loan to Werder Bremen with Chelsea, and was very interested in him.
To this end, Lee Chenglong also called the club specifically to express his opinion, which means that De Bruyne is very strong, and introducing him will be of great help to the team.
But this rumor soon disappeared. Because of De Bruyne’s outstanding performance in the Bundesliga in the past six months, Chelsea are not willing to sell the Belgian like this. 04 The kind recorded in team history.
In the summer, Schalke 04 won Bruce Lee at a record price, and now it is impossible to buy De Bruyne at a record price.
It's simple, no money.
Can't afford De Bruyne, but Schalke 04 still has to strengthen, otherwise the midfielder is too thin.
So Schalke 04 introduced Brazilian midfielder Michel Bastos from Lyon in Ligue 1 for 2 million euros, and then introduced Brazilian midfielder Rafael from Dynamo Kyiv for 1 million euros. .
These two signings are the transfers made by Schalke 04’s own investigation and finalization, and after these two transfers, Schalke 04 then introduced defensive midfielder Ngolo from Boulogne, France's C team. Kanter, the transfer fee is only 600,000 euros.
This Kanter is of course the handwriting of Jackie Lee, he asked his mother Kate Lee to sign Kanter, and then recommended to Schalke 04.
A French C player, the transfer fee is only 600,000 euros, even if it is in the face of Lee Chenglong, Schalke 04 will accept it.
Li Chenglong wants to do something in Schalke 04, so naturally he has to try his best to make the team's lineup more competitive.
The current lineup of Schalke 04, the frontcourt offense basically consists of three tridents of Jackie Lee, Draxler and Huntelaar. The offensive firepower is not bad, and it may be inferior to the top giants. , But definitely competitive.
On the defensive line, the center-back combination of Hévédes and Matip can also survive. The two full-backs composed of Uchida Atsushi and Fox are also good at assisting, and the defense is also qualified.
The two biggest weaknesses of Schalke 04 are the midfield defense and goalkeeper.
The position of the goalkeeper, whether the old goalkeeper Hildebrand or the substitute young goalkeeper Onnastal, is not excellent, it can only be said to be useful.
Midfield defensively, the team's main midfield defender was Jermaine Jones.
When he first debuted that year, Jones was also considered a genius defensive midfielder, notoriously fierce defensive, and daring to fight.
But after so many years, Jones still only knows that one defender is fierce, daring to fight and grabbing, and has no progress at all. Moreover, he has been injured in succession over the years. The speed and reaction are not as good as when he was young. Now the defense is much fierce It's more like being reckless.
Now that Kanter is introduced, Li Chenglong hopes to make Schalke 04's midfield defense some improvement.
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After the winter break, he participated in training for the first time. Head coach Huber Stevens introduced the team's three new players to Lee Chenglong.
"Bruce, this is Michelle, this is Rafael, they are all new to the team, they are all Brazilians, with good strength." Stevens introduced Lee Chenglong one by one ~ www.mtlnovel. com~ This is N'Golo, a defensive midfielder from France. "But Stevens doesn't seem to care much about Kanter.
Also, a player from the French C team, and not the head coach personally fancy, of course it is easy to be ignored.
After the training began, Kanter was placed on the bench.
There are not many players available for Schalke 04. Even if it is a new addition that is not valued, he should be given two opportunities to show himself.
Li Chenglong is on the side of the main team. As soon as he got the ball, he took the initiative to find Kanter to try his strength.
The first time I went up, Li Chenglong skilfully passed Kanter on a bicycle.
The second time I looked up, Kanter also seemed a little nervous, and was almost swayed by Li Chenglong's shoulders.
There is no hurdle that can't pass, only Kanter that can't pass.
But the current Kanter is obviously still far away, and it is not difficult for Li Chenglong to pass.
But Kanter also has merits. He is very active in defense. Even if he is overtaken, he will immediately chase after him. He is quite desperate, and he has a good defensive consciousness. He has a lot of skills in the card position. Room for progress.
Li Chenglong went to find this recruit as soon as he got the ball, which has attracted the attention of his teammates.
Matip, who was a little bored in the backcourt, was talking to captain Herveds.
"Captain, why does Bruce always trouble that guy? Did he offend Bruce?"
"how could I know?"
"I remember that when the coach gave the introduction, the guy didn't take the initiative to say hello to Bruce. This may make Bruce unhappy. I need to show that guy a little bit of color."
"No, Bruce is not such a stingy person."
"Who knows, Bruce is a big star now."
Matip began to guess for no reason.