Grass roots glory

Chapter 315 New lineup: Looking forward to it
When Zhou Tiancheng returned to Gelsenkirchen to rest, he received a call from Lorca.

"Zhou, I have good news for you, Bayern is interested in you."

The corner of Zhou Tiancheng's mouth twitched on the phone. These two days are relatively free. He also pays attention to relevant media reports. Naturally, he knows that Bayern intends to introduce him, but he is completely just a rumor and has no intention of leaving at all, so he smiled. He replied: "Peter, are you here to be a lobbyist for Bayern?"

"No, no, Zhou, how can you think so? I am your agent, and of course I have to protect your interests. But I think Bayern can also consider it. You also won the Champions League for Schalke. Retiring is the best choice."

Zhou Tiancheng smiled, and then asked: "The club will definitely not let me go, right?"

Lorca replied: "That's for sure, but Bayern took the initiative to contact me. The terms they offer you are quite good. The annual salary after tax is 900 million euros. Zhou, I think it can be considered, after all, Bayern is a real giant. , and can make you a lot of money.”

The salary offered by Bayern is nearly double Zhou Tiancheng's current salary level, but money will never try to impress a truly ambitious person like him: "A wealthy family? Hehe! A wealthy family that was killed by us three times? Peter, My attitude is the same as that of the club, I will not leave. I feel their sincerity, but this problem is the same as falling in love, you have to be happy with each other to combine, I am not interested in them. Politely refuse them, save some face , after all, he is a 'rich family'!"

Zhou Tiancheng deliberately emphasized the word rich and powerful, with a strong sense of ridicule.He will never give in on his own future. He knows why Bayern is tempted by him. It is Bayern's consistent tradition to pick out the core players of the opponent's opponents for the championship. Loser, poaching Gomez from Stuttgart...the list goes on and on.Zhou Tiancheng didn't want to go to that superficially beautiful wealthy family to be a part of many dazzling stars.From his subjective point of view, he enjoys the treatment like a star in Schalke. The key is not to delay winning the championship. Why did he leave?

Within two days, Zhou Tiancheng appeared at the Schalke training base, and often spent most of the day in the gym and on the court to practice crazily.Now he didn't need to say a word, and the reporters who came to find out knew the answer.If Zhou Tiancheng really fell in love with Bayern, would he still practice so hard here with peace of mind?
Leaving a large number of familiar teammates, Zhou Tiancheng felt a lot of pressure in the new season. After returning to Gelsenkirchen, he came to the training base for additional training after only three days of rest.No matter what kind of new teammate is coming, it will take some time for the team to run in. He understands that he must ensure that he is in a good state at the beginning of the season. He may need him to use his good state to help the team. Since he is the core of the midfield, You must have the consciousness to be the core.

Zhou Tiancheng's stay is confirmed, which makes the Gelsenkirchen media a lot less worried. At the same time, they crazily praise Zhou Tiancheng. This is the real expression of affection for Schalke and can withstand Bayern's high salary. Temptation, Schalke is sure to defend their title in the new season. Although so many main players have left, they believe that the people who come will not be too bad, and the most important people will not leave. This is the greatest confidence.They now have enough patience to wait for the official announcement of the club's signings.

And Schalke didn't keep everyone waiting too long, and the first signing in the summer window made the entire Bundesliga see the strength of their signings.Frustrated in Real Madrid for three seasons, Metzelder joined the team freely.The most successful part of this deal is that Schalke got a left back with two World Cup experience without paying a transfer fee.

Introducing an international-level defender to strengthen the team's weakest left gate, Schalke's signings and their cleaning of the lineup complement each other.

Throughout the summer transfer period, there have been frequent transfers of big money in European football.Spain's main striker David Villa joined Barcelona with 4000 million euros, becoming the king of the summer transfer period. In the Premier League, Manchester City introduced Yaya Toure, David Silva and Balotelli, with a total cost of more than 500. [-] million euros, making them the number one spender in the entire Premier League.In the Bundesliga, Metzelder's joining is just the beginning. Schalke's actions during this transfer period have surprised the entire German football world.

After the official announcement of Metzelder, Schalke's second pick is to introduce Greek international Papadopoulos, who performed well in the World Cup, as a replacement for the main central defender after Westermann left. The transfer fee is 250 million euros.

In terms of midfield, Rakitic's departure means that the midfielder needs a powerful helper to assist Zhou Tiancheng. Magath's favorite candidate is Atletico Madrid midfielder Jose Jurado. This is Schalke's first investment this summer. A transfer of more than 25 million euros, in order to get this 100-year-old offensive midfielder, Schalke paid [-] million euros.

However, they let all the media see their determination to strengthen the lineup. It is indeed the same as Helter's statement. The players currently introduced are in their prime, and Schalke's lineup is further rejuvenated.

This kind of strength convinced the Gelsenkirchen media that the news that Huntelaar is about to join is currently rumored to be almost inseparable. "Gazzetta dello Sport" has disclosed the details of the contract. After failing to buy in the winter window, the Dutch striker finally decided to defect to the new champion of the Champions League this summer.He will sign a three-year contract with his new club. In terms of transfer fees, Schalke will offer around 500 million euros.

However, this rumor has never been officially confirmed by Schalke's official website, but it has announced another explosive news that can shake the whole of Europe.

On July 28, Schalke officially announced that Real Madrid legend Raul would join as a free agent and sign a two-year contract with the team.

Although there have been rumors before that Real Madrid will not make an appointment with the third shooter in team history who has passed his peak, but no one thought that Raul's next stop is actually Schalke!

Moreover, the club subsequently announced that Ruud van Nistelrooy would renew his contract for one year. If Huntelaar's transfer is true, Schalke's transfer efforts will far surpass Bayern, which only took back a few loan players.With these few signings alone, Schalke's total investment is close to 5000 million euros, and such investment is undoubtedly superior to the Bundesliga.

The media in Gelsenkirchen are very excited. With Huntelaar, Ruud van Nistelrooy, Raul and Jiang Hao at the same time four strikers who can compete at a high level in the Champions League, the team's offensive firepower will only be stronger than last season weak.

Regardless of the actual effect, Schalke's lineup in the new season will give all Schalke fans a hundred reasons to look forward to it just by looking at the cards.

(End of this chapter)