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Chapter 490 Rakitic
First defeated Dortmund in an extremely hot derby, and a few days later went to Italy to sweep the defending champion Inter Milan with 5 goals. Schalke 04's reputation in European football skyrocketed.

The most typical example is that after returning to Gelsenkirchen, during several public training sessions, Rangnick found that many scouts were sneakily staring at certain players wearing peaked caps.

In the UEFA Champions League, it is not uncommon to score such a disparity of 5 to 0, but it is rare in the knockout rounds. It is even rarer to score 5 goals in an away game and shave the opponent's bald head.

The main players of this Schalke 04 team have become celebrities in the media and newspapers, among which the goalkeeper Neuer, the midfield duo Sun Wu and Rakitic received the most attention.

In the game against Inter Milan, the best player in the game was not Sun Wu who opened the scoring, but Rakitic. The Croatian midfielder is gradually showing the demeanor of a world-class midfielder.

Schalke 04 training ground.

Rakitic looked up at his teammate's running position, and made a long pass with his foot, but in fact he sent the ball to Sun Wu with a flick of the outside of his foot.

Sun Wuyi rubbed the outside of Milito's foot lightly behind him, and the ball bounced behind him.

Milito immediately turned around and ran after Sun Wu...he thought it was a human ball.

But in fact, it was a pass. Rakitic caught the ball and drove straight into the penalty area and raised his right foot. Milito on the right and Matip, who came from the defense, shoveled together...but Rakitic again dialed the outside of his foot The ball then skips over Matip's tackle.

Facing Fuchs who was defending, Sun Wu stopped the ball with his right foot, and then made an arc on the inside of his foot. The ball bypassed Neuer's hand and fell to the back point.

"Papa..." Applause erupted from the sidelines.

"If it weren't for Best, Rakitic could be the core of any giant." Rangnick said with a smile: "Not fancy, but practical, excellent basic skills, no mistakes, and strong tactical understanding. "

"It's been more than a season, and the cooperation with Best is also very tacit." Rolf paused, and said with a smile: "Actually, most of the midfielders who partnered with Best will cooperate with him, such as the former Josu Ah."

"But I don't know how long we can stay..." Slomka sighed quietly: "Peters will definitely not give him a new contract in a short time. Rakitic just renewed his contract with a salary increase last summer."

Rangnick remained silent. Rakitic was already a powerful midfielder in the Bundesliga. After Sun Wu's transfer, the stimulated Croatian's ability in all aspects has improved significantly.

"Kicker" made a list of Bundesliga midfielders in early January. Sun Wu ranked first, Schweinsteiger and Shaheen ranked second and third, and then Rakitic was second only to Kroos ranked fifth.

However, Rakitic’s annual salary is only slightly above the middle of the Schalke 04 club, let alone compared with the top salary of Neuer, Raul, and Sun Wu, even Farfan can’t compare... …this information is hardly a secret.

During the winter break at the beginning of the year, Bayern Munich once offered Rakitic. Now not only Bayern, but many clubs are eyeing the Croatian.

After training, Sun Wu had dinner at the club. Although the game against Stuttgart was suspended two days later, he still had to work as an assistant coach.

"I suffered frequent injuries in the first half of the season. Both Rakitic and Cavani have been injured for a long time. Now it's the defense's turn..." Rolf glanced at Sun Wu, "Best, don't you want to say something?"

what did I say?
Did I say that Rakitic and Cavani are both carrying medical insurance cards now?
Am I supposed to use the health insurance card on Metzelder, Hewedes, Westermann, Jones, Hitzelsperger?
Sun Wu twitched his mouth, "Actually, Papadopoulos is also good, let Matip fill the position of the midfielder, what I want to say is... Rakitic will play the midfielder, the organization of the frontcourt will be very difficult. Ermino is still very tender."

Lannick turned to look at the team doctor Longus, "Jones and Hitzelsperger?"

"Jones may come back early, Hitzlsperger will wait until next week." Langes raised the data sheet in his hand, "Westman will also come back next week, and Hewedes will also come back next week, but anyway he It will take a long time for Metzelder to suspend this round, and it is conservatively estimated that it will be in mid-April."

"I can't get four central defenders in confrontation training now..." Rolf complained helplessly. In fact, Schalke 04 still has a sufficient reserve of central defenders.

"It doesn't matter in training... Didn't Best play as a central defender for a while today, and it's not bad." Slomka said with a smile: "Ralph, the winter training effect is good."

Rangnick shook his head, "There is a big difference between the training ground and the competition, and it looks good, but it is not a central defender's style of play, and the gap in frontal defense is too great."

Sun Wu tapped on the table, "Hey, gentlemen, I got off topic... Are you sure you want to use Papadopoulos?"

"Looking at Jones' recovery, the Americans are on the bench first." Lannick concluded, "If the Greeks perform abnormally, let Matip return to the central defender, and Jones will play as a midfielder."

After the meeting, everyone went downstairs to the parking lot together, and Sun Wu's cell phone rang halfway there.

"You go first..." Sun Wu looked at the caller ID, and answered the phone with a sly smile, "Gerald, do I need to tell you my bank account number? I don't have time to go to Barcelona to collect the money!"

"Ahem!" Pique on the other end of the phone coughed, "Damn it!"

"Everyone else is 100 euros, but you...Gerard Pique is a raise!" Sun Wu laughed.

Three days ago, while Schalke 04 swept Inter Milan, Barcelona, ​​who also played away, suffered a 1-2 loss to Arsenal in Waterloo.

As in history, Wilshere shined in the audience, and Tsar Arshavin beat Barcelona at the last moment.

Sun Wu used this game to bet with Pique, Busquets, and Messi during the winter break party, and now it's his turn to cash out the bet!

This is a classic duel that has been played by the "little threat" for five or six years, but in fact, he played it all his life... After that, Wilshere did everything to death, Wenger had to buy a lot of midfielders, Ozil , Arteta, Cazorla, coupled with the maturing Ramsey, Wilshere would not be able to play even if he was not injured, and eventually fell down.

After a few jokes, Pique smiled and said: "Don't worry, we are not bad debts...By the way, have you read the "Catalonia Sport" in recent days?"

"Have you sold all your newspapers to Gelsenkirchen?" Sun Wu gritted his teeth and said, "You guys are thinking too early, I think Harvey...he can play for at least five years!"

Harvey is 31 years old this year. The whole world knows that Barcelona is choosing a successor. It is recognized that there are two best choices, Cesc Fabregas, who is extremely eager to return to the Nou Camp, and Sun Wu, who has killed all sides in the Bundesliga.

But Wenger refused to let him go, even if he let him go, he would ask for a high price...Barcelona is not stupid, how could it be possible to pay such a high price, in fact, Xiaofa returned to pay several million euros by himself, and then... Then he planned to do it Xiaofa, Harvey's successor, had to play as a winger or even a virtual center!
And Sun Wu didn't have this idea at all, and even mentioned it repeatedly in the chats with Guardiola, Patrick, Busquets, and Pique, and Sun Wu's agent Pere was also a big obstacle for him to transfer to Barcelona.

Of course, there are many options for Barcelona.

For example, Xavi publicly said the day before yesterday that Wilshere is the most suitable Arsenal player for Barcelona besides Cesc Fabregas...

For example, yesterday's "Catalonia Sport" pointed out that the No. 04 of Schalke 10 in the Bundesliga, Croatian midfielder Ivan Rakitic is also a good choice.

This is why Sun Wu gritted his teeth... When he came to Schalke 04, the most important thing was Rakitic.

"If you don't want to come, you can't stop others!" Pique said dissatisfiedly: "He is very suitable for Barcelona. Of course, there are several similar goals."

"Cesc will hate you." Sun Wu persuaded: "When South Africa won the championship last year, you put the Barcelona jersey on him yourself!"

"Cesc is too expensive!" Pique said indifferently: "The newspaper said that the termination fee of the Croatian midfielder is about 2000 million euros. If you want to buy it, it should be lower than 1500 million."

"Gerald, you're not chairman yet... what the hell are you doing!"

"It's all analyzed in the newspaper..." Pique said with a grin: "Leon Messi said the day before yesterday that you abducted Milito, and we abducted Rakitic!"

Hanging up the phone, Sun Wu immediately called Cesc Fabregas, encouraging him to kill Barcelona in the next round, and leave the deepest and deepest impression on Pique and the others... For this reason, Sun Wu even planned to send some of the collected video materials to ... Xiaofa felt confused while thanking her!
Hey, if Barcelona calls... think about it with your ass and know that Rakitic will definitely go to the Nou Camp.

If he really left, Milito replaced Rakitic, this deal is really a big loss!
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