After returning to Hoffenheim, Lu Wenbin first rented a high-end community suite with a gatekeeper in Rhine-Neckar County.
Because most of the teammates, including captain Salihovic, live in Rhine-Neckar County, and after the team's new home stadium, Rhine-Neckar Stadium, is completed next year, it will be closer to play at home and go home.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin followed the trend and rented a house in the county town.
After renting a house and moving his luggage and personal furniture and appliances from Hoffenheim, Lu Wenbin first hired a short-term personal car coach named Olden for a three-month contract, and then went to buy a car with Olden's accompaniment.
Mercedes-Benz is a German company, and it is much cheaper to buy a Mercedes-Benz in Germany than in China.
Lu Wenbin spent less than 200,000 euros to buy a top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz S600.
Then, Alden became Lu Wenbin's full-time driver and took Lu Wenbin to the driving school to register.
After registering, Lu Wenbin attended classes at the driving school. After class, Olden taught him and he continued to practice driving.
Therefore, Lu Wenbin learned to drive very quickly.
Just one month later, Lu Wenbin was allowed to take the road test and passed it successfully, and obtained a German car driver's license before the team started training.
However, Lu Wenbin did not fire Olden. He still let Olden sit in the passenger seat when he drove to remind him some precautions in daily driving. He let Olden leave after his three-month employment period expired.
On June 29, the 2008 European Cup final came to an end in Vienna, Austria. Spain defeated Germany 1-0 in the final with Torres's final goal and won the 2008 European Cup.
That night, the whole of Germany was in a depressed atmosphere.
When Lu Wenbin called Kate, Kate also sounded not in good spirits.
Although Kate doesn't usually watch football, she will still pay attention to the finals involving the German national team.
As a result, I saw the German team lose the game with my own eyes, so it’s no wonder that I was in a bad mood.
Kate had received her diploma and returned home, but she did not tell Lu Wenbin where her home was, nor did she invite Lu Wenbin to visit her home.
Kate is currently reading Chinese online novels with great interest. She says she has gained a lot of inspiration from them.
She believes that by then, the novel she creates by combining the background of Western mythology with the creativity and writing style of Chinese online novels will surely be a great success.
I practiced driving during the day and talked on the phone with Kate at night. Soon, it was July 5th, the day of the team training.
On the first day of the team reporting, a large number of reporters and fans gathered at the entrance of the training base, as well as security guards maintaining order.
It was the first time that Lu Wenbin's car drove to the training base. There was no record and the security guard didn't recognize him. They were afraid that fans or reporters had sneaked in, so they naturally stopped Lu Wenbin.
Lu Wenbin had to open the car window to show himself and ask the security guard to open the door, so he was recognized by reporters and fans.
While answering reporters' questions such as "When did you learn to drive?" and "Can you perform as well in the Bundesliga as you did in the 2. Bundesliga this season?", Lu Wenbin signed autographs for several fans. Then Lu Wenbin apologized repeatedly, saying that he was going to be late, and asked the security guards to separate the reporters and fans. Lu Wenbin drove into the training base.
Although Lu Wenbin thought his car was cheap, that was actually because his annual salary and bonus were very high.
For some fringe players in the team who have low salaries and find it difficult to earn appearance fees, the top-of-the-line Mercedes-Benz S600 is still very expensive.
Therefore, in the parking lot, Lu Wenbin received a lot of envy and compliments from his teammates.
However, everyone knows that this is what Lu Wenbin deserves. Lu Wenbin's performance in the team last season deserves the high salary and bonus.
There was actually not much training content on the first day. Everyone just met and greeted each other, and then went to the medical center for a physical examination under the guidance of the assistant coach.
Although the summer transfer window just opened a few days ago on July 1, Hoffenheim has actually confirmed that several people will leave, and the transfers were made as soon as the transfer window opened.
Last season, several first-team players did not have a single appearance record. Staying in the team was a waste of wages, and it was also very bad for the players themselves without any official games.
Moreover, the first-team roster of more than 30 players is a bit too bloated, with more players than those of the top giants fighting on multiple fronts.
Therefore, those players were traded away at a half-sold, half-given-away condition.
Of course, in order to prepare for the three-line battles of the Bundesliga, German Cup and UEFA Cup, which are much more demanding than the German 2nd Division, Hoffenheim is also continuing to buy players and strengthen the lineup.
However, although Hoffenheim played in the German Second Division last season, the team lineup was already very strong, otherwise they would not have defeated Dortmund and Bayern Munich consecutively to win the German Cup and complete the double crown achievement.
Therefore, there are not many changes in the team's main lineup, which are mainly to fill in some corners and enhance the strength of the bench.
The team's main task is to renew the contracts of Lu Wenbin, Gustavo, Eduardo, Ibisevic and others who contributed to the team's double championship last season.
The final squad for this season's Bundesliga campaign can only be determined after the transfer window ends on August 31.
However, one thing that is certain is that this season Lu Wenbin will no longer use the largest No. 90 jersey, but will wear the No. 9 jersey representing the core and main striker.
The center forward Maric who wore the No. 9 jersey was an old player and contributor to the team's promotion from the German Regional League to the 3rd Division. However, he could not keep up with the team's strength in the 3rd Division and did not have many opportunities to play in the team.
After the team was promoted to the German 2nd Division last season, Maric's performance became even worse and he did not get a single chance to play.
Therefore, Hoffenheim terminated its contract with Maric this summer, allowing him to join other lower-level league teams as a free agent. The new team has no transfer fee costs and may be able to give him a higher salary.
In the end, Maric did find a third-tier German team willing to accept him, with a salary similar to that at Hoffenheim.
But at least there are games to play, and his career will not be wasted. And there are opportunities to get appearance fees, goal bonuses, etc., which is much better than sitting on the bench in Hoffenheim.
The first day was just a physical examination, and the results would not be available until the next day.
After the physical examination, everyone went back to their residence.
The next day, when the results of the physical examination came out, Ralph, with a dark face, reprimanded several players including Demba Ba and Seitz whose weight and fat had increased significantly.
Then, the team started formal training, and physical coach Billbom began to arrange physical training plans of varying intensities based on each person's physical examination results.
PS: Romance is not my forte, but I can't let the protagonist be a monk, so I have to give him a female protagonist. But I won't focus too much on the female protagonist. This book is about the protagonist's crazy upgrades and crushing the football world. As for why the female protagonist can speak Chinese and yearn for China, and what her family and growing environment are like, I will give you a surprising explanation later.