Young Football Player

Jackie Lee returned to Germany, first reported to the team, and then went to Zurich to attend FIFA's annual awards ceremony.

This year's awards, although Jackie Lee was shortlisted for the Puskas Award and the best team of the year, he knew that these were basically not for him.

The fact is true, the best team of the year did not have Lee Jackie at all, and La Liga took all 11 players of the best team of the year, Barcelona and Real Madrid each took six, and the remaining one was given to Falcao.

None of Chelsea, who won the Champions League last year, was selected, and now the English media can argue again.

The Puskas award to Neymar has nothing to do with Jackie Lee.

Li Chenglong is responsible for being a spectator throughout the process.

The biggest winner at this year's awards ceremony is undoubtedly Messi, who overwhelmed Ronaldo and Iniesta and won the Ballon d'Or again. This 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 reached 91 goals. These are all records. Messi won the Ballon d'Or for the goal.

In fact, in 2012, apart from the explosive number of goals, Messi had no honors. He lost to Real Madrid in the La Liga championship, was eliminated by Chelsea in the Champions League, and only won a Copa del Rey championship.

To be fair, Iniesta, who helped Spain defend the European Cup, should be eligible to compete with Messi for the Ballon d'Or, but in the final votes, he was only a quarter of Messi's, even compared to C Luo He is far inferior.

This probably also shows on the side that the Golden Globe Awards have higher and higher requirements for fame.

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After returning from Zurich, Li Chenglong devoted himself to the team's preparations.

During this winter break, the Bundesliga teams did not make any big transfer moves. Perisic, who has not been able to get the main position in Dortmund, switched to Wolfsburg for 7.5 million euros. This is the Bundesliga winter break this year. It's time for the transfer bid king.

On the side of Schalke 04, the team first publicly stated that it would not activate the buyout clause of the Dutchman Afele, that is, let him go back to Barcelona by himself at the end of the season, lest the team doctor in the Ruhr area delay him.

Then Schalke 04 sold Holtby, who had been transferred to the reserve team before, to the Premier League Tottenham for a cabbage price of 2 million euros.

Holtby was also the core midfielder of Schalke 04 before. He also helped the team win the third place in the Bundesliga with his outstanding performance last season, and his net worth reached 6 million euros.

But at present, Holtby has fallen out with Schalke 04, which is known throughout Europe, and more importantly, Holtby's contract has 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.

Therefore, Schalke 04 can only be sold at an ultra-low price of 2 million euros, barely stopping the loss.

If you don't sell it now, you won't be able to get anything in half a year.

After selling the important players in the midfield, Schalke 04 will naturally have transfers and signings.

When Li Chenglong was still in Scotland, he heard that Schalke 04 was rumored to have an affair with De Bruyne, who was loaned to Werder Bremen by Chelsea, and he was very interested in him.

For this reason, Li Chenglong also specifically called back to the club to express his opinion, that is to say, De Bruyne is very capable, and the introduction of him will be of great help to the team.

But soon this rumor disappeared, because of De Bruyne's outstanding performance in the Bundesliga in the past six months, Chelsea is not very willing to sell the Belgian just like this, even if they really want to sell, it will be a sky-high price, which will definitely break Schalke The kind recorded in the history of the 04 team.

In the summer, Schalke 04 won Li Chenglong at a record-breaking price. Now it is impossible to buy De Bruyne at a record-breaking price.

Simple, no money.

I can't afford De Bruyne, but Schalke 04 still needs to strengthen, otherwise the midfield is too thin.

So Schalke 04 introduced Brazilian midfielder Michel Bastos from Ligue 1 Lyon at a price of 2 million euros.

Then, the Brazilian midfielder Rafael was introduced from Dynamo Kyiv at a price of 1 million euros.

These two signings are all transfers that Schalke 04 has investigated and finalized. After these two transfers, Schalke 04 then introduced defensive midfielder N'Golo from the French third team Boulogne. Kanter, the transfer fee is only 600,000 euros.

Of course, this Kanter was written by Jackie Lee. He asked his mother Kate Lee to sign Kanter, and then recommended him to Schalke 04.

For a French third player, the transfer fee is only 600,000 euros, even for the sake of Jackie Lee, Schalke 04 will accept it.

Li Chenglong wants to make a career in Schalke 04, so naturally he must try his best to make the team's lineup more competitive.

The current lineup of Schalke 04 basically consists of Jackie Chan, Draxler and Huntelaar in the frontcourt to form a trident. The offensive firepower is not bad, maybe it is not as good as those of the top giants , but definitely competitive.

On the defense line, the central defender combination of Hewedes and Matip is also passable, and the two full-backs composed of Uchida Atsuto and Fox also have good assist ability, and the defense line is also considered qualified.

The two biggest weaknesses of Schalke 04 at present are the midfield defense and the goalkeeper.

The goalkeeper position, regardless of the old goalkeeper Hildebrand or the substitute young goalkeeper Unnerstahl, is not outstanding, it can only be said to be makeshift.

On the opposite side of the midfield defense, the team's main midfield defender was Jermaine Jones.

When he first debuted that year, Jones was also considered a genius defensive midfielder, known for his fierce defense and daring to fight and grab.

But after so many years, Jones still only knows a fierce defender, who dares to fight and grab, and has not improved at all. Moreover, he has been injured one after another in these years, and his speed and reaction are not as good as when he was young. Now his defense is much fiercer. Sometimes it's more like recklessness, if you can't grab it, you will be passed immediately.

Now with the introduction of Kanter, Lee Chenglong hopes to improve Schalke 04's midfield defense.

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During the first training after the winter break, head coach Huber Stevens introduced the team's three new aids to Lee.

"Bruce, this is Michelle, and this is Raphael. They are all new to the team. They are all Brazilians. They are all talented." Stevens introduced Li Chenglong one by one.

"It's N'Golo, a defensive midfielder from France." But Stevens didn't seem too concerned about Kante.

That's right, a player from the French third team, and it's not the head coach's favorite, of course it's easy to be ignored.

After training started, Kanter was placed in the first team as a substitute.

Schalke 04 does not have many players available, even if it is a new player who is not valued, he has to be given two opportunities to express himself.

Li Chenglong is on the side of the main team. As soon as he got the ball, he took the initiative to go to Kanter to try his strength.

Looking for it for the first time, Lee Chenglong skilfully cycled past Kanter.

Looking up for the second time, Kanter also seemed a little nervous, and was almost knocked down by Li Chenglong's heavy shoulders.

There is no hurdle in the world that cannot be passed, only Kanter who cannot pass.

But the current Kanter is obviously far behind, and it is not difficult for Li Chenglong to live.

However, Kanter also has merits. He is very active in defense. Even if he is passed, he will immediately chase back. He is quite desperate, and his defensive awareness is very good, and his slightly raw blocking skills still have a lot room for improvement.

As soon as Li Chenglong got the ball, he went to find this recruit, which had already attracted the attention of his teammates.

Matip, who was a little bored in the backcourt, was talking to captain Hewedes.

"Captain, why does Bruce always go to trouble with that guy? Did he offend Bruce?"

"how could I know?"

"I remember that when the coach made an introduction just now, that guy didn't take the initiative to say hello to Bruce. This may have made Bruce unhappy. Let's show that guy some color."

"No, Bruce is not such a stingy person."

"Who knows, Bruce is a big star now."

Matip started to make unreasonable guesses.