Chapter 147 Team History-Level Signings Are in Place!

The Bundesliga winter transfer window is closed.

Shen Feng's transfer from Borussia Dortmund to Hoffenheim was completed at the last minute.

After the transfer dust settled, the German media still refused to let Shen Feng go.

Raiola put pressure on Dortmund's management, or to put it bluntly, threatened, so Raiola was criticized by the German media.

Raiola is used to this.

And Shen Feng will inevitably be criticized by the media for being disloyal, selfish, and greedy!

Hoffenheim recruited Shen Feng for 15 million euros and signed a three-year contract with him.

Shen Feng's annual salary remains unchanged at 1.5 million euros, but his bonus has increased a lot.

At the same time, Hoffenheim also paid him an additional signing fee of 1 million euros, and Raiola was paid 500,000 euros.

German fans naturally understood it as Raiola's continuous operation of Shen Feng's transfer to obtain excess income, and Shen Feng would naturally get a lot of benefits from it.

There are not many such players in European football. Anelka, Ibrahimovic, etc. are relatively well-known cases.

Chinese fans developed a huge interest and attention in Hoffenheim overnight.

Before, it was because Hoffenheim as a newly promoted team had a brilliant record in the Bundesliga, which really caused a sensation.

But now the Chinese fans only have one question: How can a small newly promoted horse be so rich?

15 million euros is not a small amount.

Shen Feng did create a record in the history of Hoffenheim.

But the Hoffenheim club is really rich.

The boss, Dietmar Hope, is one of the founders of SAP, a famous European software company, with a personal wealth of more than 5 billion euros.

Sounds like he's just a second Abu, playing gold dollar football.

In fact, Hope's affection for Hoffenheim stems from his pure love for the team when he was trained in the Hoffenheim youth team.

In the 16 years before investing in Hoffenheim, the team was promoted to four levels, and the abundant funds did give Hoffenheim a foundation for steady development and construction.

In the past three years, he has completed the triple jump.

Hoffenheim has accumulated a lot of money, and players can spend a lot of money to buy them, but the new stadium, the upgrade of the youth training base, the upgrade of the training base, and the expansion of the club's scale require a steady and steady operation over time.

When Hoffenheim played in the Bundesliga last season, the team invested nearly 20 million euros in the transfer market.

In one fell swoop, Hoffenheim achieved a triple jump to the Bundesliga.

The Bundesliga team did not put Hoffenheim in their eyes, but at this time it has become a serious problem.

Fans including other teams are also protesting against Hoffenheim. It is well known that the Bundesliga is a 50+1 business model, but there are some exceptions. For example, Leverkusen is controlled by Bayer Group. open the back door.

So there is a rule that if you continue to invest in a club for more than 20 years, you can get rid of the shackles of the 50+1 model.

It's just that what people didn't expect is that Dietmar Hope also completed an absolute holding by running the club for 20 years.

Therefore, his financial resources can support the construction of Hoffenheim at any time.

This has led to protests and targeting of fans of other teams.

Hoffenheim has enough funds to introduce Shen Feng, but they belong to the club of rational consumption.

Is it expensive to buy Shen Feng for 15 million euros?

Just look at the price that Huntelaar nearly doubled when he joined Real Madrid.

Shen Feng proved in the Netherlands last season that he can play better than Huntelaar. This season he led the Bundesliga's scorer list, and was only beaten by Ibisevic for more than half a month.

On the competitive level, Ibisevic was reimbursed for the season due to serious injuries, which made Hoffenheim need a replacement.

Shen Feng is undoubtedly the most suitable target for the Bundesliga.

Hoffenheim had no idea about Shen Feng before, but after Dortmund's internal strife broke out, general manager Rothaus immediately asked boss Hope for instructions, and immediately contacted Raiola after receiving the promise of an additional transfer budget. .

Other teams think that it is impossible to complete the transfer with Shen Feng within 10 hours, the limit is to reach a loan agreement, because they are troubled by various factors: transfer budget, negotiations with Dortmund management, Shen Feng's joining intention, etc. wait.

However, Hoffenheim simplified all the processes, and Rothaus also found another way to complete this lightning deal.

Chinese fans believe that Hoffenheim cannot afford the annual salary of 1.5 million euros. Even if they grit their teeth and pay this fee, it will make the locker room messy.

But Hoffenheim actually gave Obasi an annual salary of 1.5 million euros in the competition for Obasi's deal last summer.

Before Shen Feng arrived, Obasi was the only player with an annual salary of 1.5 million euros.

Under Obasi, the second highest salary in the team is 500,000 euros per year.

It has been half a season of outstanding performance, and Hoffenheim's overall salary increase is an irreversible trend.

Just waiting for the right moment, like the end of the season.

Shen Feng's annual salary of 1.5 million euros is not a burden for them at present, and he is also worthy of the team's maximum salary.

For the small temple of Hoffenheim, Shen Feng has already proved that it is not an exaggeration to take the top spot as a striker in the Eredivisie and the Bundesliga.

If the transfer was not too hasty, Raiola originally planned that Shen Feng's annual salary for the next transfer would be at least 2.5 million euros!

When Hoffenheim's official website announced Shen Feng's joining, Hoffenheim fans were extremely excited!

This small club with no heritage, no glorious history, and no fame also has dreams!

Who can deprive civilians of their right to dream?

Ibisevic's serious injury cast a shadow over the team's second half of the season.

Forward, they are enough.

But the strength and efficiency are definitely not as good as Ibisevic. If there is a striker in the team who can perfectly replace Ibisevic, why go there early?

How could Ibisevic shine alone?

When Shen Feng drove his Ferrari slowly into the Hoffenheim training base, there were already nearly a thousand Hoffenheim fans shouting Shen Feng's name to welcome him outside the training base.

Shen Feng felt a little surprised.

It was officially announced last night.

With such a battle today, Hoffenheim really reflects the simplicity of the countryside.

After all, Hoffenheim is a small place. Unlike big cities, there are many activities other than football, which can easily distract people's energy and attention.

Fans celebrate big events like team history-level signings as a holiday, so naturally they are worth celebrating!

The most important thing is that there is not much messy media.

This is a place where the birds don't shit, and the reporters won't come here for a while when they are free.

Shen Feng entered the training base, parked the car, took his bag and went to the locker room.

As soon as he walked into the locker room, he saw a group of new teammates, but he still had an impression of some of them.

Captain Comper took the initiative to walk over to Shen Feng and smiled, "You are welcome to be a part of our team."

Shen Feng briefly hugged the other party after shaking hands.

Baker, Tobias Weiss, Gustavo, Eduardo, Salihovic, Demba Ba and other teammates came one after another to shake hands and hug Shen Feng.

Naturally, they were also excited to join the team with strong reinforcements.

They all know very well that if Hoffenheim can get a dazzling ranking at the end of the season, then their salary increase extension will go very smoothly!

Change clothes and come to the training ground.

Head coach Rangnick led the coaching staff to preside over the training, and called Shen Feng to him for a brief exchange between training sessions.

It seems unnecessary to inspect Shen Feng's training status.

Rangnick has also seen Shen Feng's performance on the field with his own eyes, and chatting with him is just to learn more about his game habits.

Shen Feng felt a lot easier when he came to Hoffenheim.

Anna goes to work in the north from time to time.

Living in Heidelberg was also inconvenient to find a new school, so Shen Feng temporarily took a leave of absence to finish the season first, and wait until autumn. At worst, he would re-study for another year.

Hoffenheim went away to challenge Borussia Mönchengladbach on the weekend.

When Rangnick was interviewed before the game, the German media naturally asked questions about Shen Feng.

The reporters threw all of Shen Feng's black history in Rangnick's face, and asked him if he was worried about Shen Feng disturbing Hoffenheim's dressing room.

Rangnick gave a straightforward answer to this question.

"Generally speaking, we think that a player who destroys the unity of the team, brings negative effects to the locker room and the team, and the performance of the game is also very negative, then the record of this player in the team should be lower than expected.

But I see that Dortmund has not lost a single season so far, and they are at the top of the list, with a huge lead.

I'm not sure whether the problems you mentioned exist, or whether Shen Feng brought Dortmund a positive or negative influence and effect. I think the record speaks for itself.

Hoffenheim is not Dortmund.

The addition of a striker of Shen Feng's level will definitely be of great help to us, especially when we temporarily lose Ibisevic.

If he does have the problems you mentioned or such, I don't have high requirements for him, as long as he can achieve his performance in Dortmund.

As for other matters, I believe he can handle them by himself. "

Rangnick didn't have so many twists and turns, and he didn't have too many worries.

The main reason is that although Hoffenheim is rich, it is not considered a big team.

The attention Dortmund has received is unmatched by Hoffenheim even if they win a few important championships.

Factors such as geographical location and historical background determine all this.

Even if Shen Feng was the target of the German media, the advantages for Hoffenheim would definitely outweigh the disadvantages.

As long as Shen Feng didn't confuse himself into a notorious street rat.

On the match day, Shen Feng sat on the bus and thought about the tactical requirements of the coaching staff for the past week.

Since he joined the team halfway through, Rangnick will also give him a small lesson in instilling tactical ideas.

Shen Feng found that Rangnick and Klopp's tactics were somewhat similar.

Klopp has shined this season, but the tactical framework and basic blueprint of high pressing + counterattack was implemented by Rangnick in the 1990s.

It's just that Rangnick coached small teams at the time.

It was not until the beginning of the 21st century that he coached some Bundesliga teams and began to attract attention.

But in 2006, when he went to coach Hoffenheim, which was still at a low level, it was equivalent to disappearing from the mainstream sight.

This season Klopp has suddenly emerged, and Rangnick has also returned to the top stage.

The core concepts of tactics have the same origin, but there are differences in the details of the development.

Klopp pursues the ultimate oppression, while Rangnick pays more attention to the overall tightness and the unity of rhythm in the overall situation.

Shen Feng had never liked or hated tactics. Now that he had digested some training experience, he became optimistic. At least there was not a big jump in tactics execution, and the difficulty of integrating into the team would be relatively small.

If the tactical style is very different, it may be difficult for him to synchronize with his teammates, which will actually affect his progress in integrating into the team.