Max Meyer: Tragedy of 'Messi Germany'

Formerly the most talented Bundesliga player, even called "Messi Germany", but Max Meyer is unemployed at the age of 22, after his contract with Schalke. Why is this name still not able to find new berth?

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Max Meyer - boy with a height of 1m70, had the world at his feet at the age of 17. At the age of tomorrow, Meyer reveals his inexperience can not stop him from showing up in the football world. Only kicked 10 games in the first season for Schalke, each time Meyer shoe shoe into the yard is a vase hybrids. He has real talent, because things like walking ability, tactical vision and tectonic lines at that age can not be the product of training. Meyer even confidently wears No. 7 from the legendary Raul Gonzalez in Schalke right in the second season, at the age of 18. That year, the foot-born in 1995 this scored 6 goals.

Meyer's talent makes people think of Lionel Messi. The title "Messi Germany" began to be assigned to the midfielder in 2013, after performances before PAOK, in the Champions League play-offs. That day, Meyer madly throwing away the opponent with excellent guidance, though it was his first match in this arena. Match back to PAOK, Meyer into the second half and immediately set up for Julian Draxler to put forward, Schalke up. Meyer was replaced just eight minutes after the ball, as Schalke needed to secure the final win over Greece. German media later called Meyer's tectonic "a 20 million euro pass", as it helped the coalition team qualify for the Champions League group stage that year.

The hunters began to care about the life of this 18-year-old boy. Unlike most other Westerners, Meyer lives with his parents and has no intention of leaving. "I never had to clean my room, because my mother, although she always complained about my mess. But I understand, she wants to do it for me and above all she wants me to stay home, "he recalls. It did not seem so independent, but when Meyer succeeded, the press called such a life "simple" and "peaceful." He certainly did not expect that the storm was about to happen.

Max Meyer downgraded the German media to personal life
Max Meyer downgraded the German media to personal life

The disappearance of a "Messi"
The beautiful days of the first few seasons quickly passed, Meyer faced the reality that all other young players meet: made friends with the bench, giving room to the more experienced players.

In the summer of 2016/17, despite impressing coach Markus Weinzierl during rehearsals, the stable style of Leon Goretzka, Amine Harit and a host of other options that make Meyer not be trusted. You do not play stable in one place. At the time, Weinzierl coached him in the role of attacking midfielder. He was given a 9th place finish.

Before Stuttgart in the Bundesliga that year, Meyer was substituted at 1-1. He left the field, Schalke scored two goals and then won 3-1. A powerful scenario for the role of the attacking player at the club: Without him, Schalke is still running well.

It was only when Tedesco led Schalke that he found out that Meyer was in the position of ... defensive midfielder. And a "Messi" has disappeared from his front line position, when suddenly playing extreme or in a position that no one thought he could meet. He developed the ability to read the game and the killer pass from the downline. Of the midfielders who reached the 1,000th in the Bundesliga last season, only Thiago, Tolisso and James Rodriguez of Bayern had a more accurate pass rate than Meyer (89%).

But when he started showing himself in the new role, Meyer decided not to sign a new contract with the owners of the Veltins Arena. Tedesco, who reborn Meyer and once said: "I can not imagine this kid can kick so well", regretted the extreme. As a product of the Schalke academy, sports director Christian Heidel wanted Meyer to stick with the team. But he was extremely angry with the habit of Roger Wittman, Meyer's representative, so the negotiations were broken. And Meyer became a free agent on June 30, when Schalke's contract expires.

So far, he still can not find the landing for himself. The salary of about 90,000 euros a week he demanded, was rejected by Liverpool and Arsenal directly.

The big teams turn to Meyer
After Liverpool and Arsenal, a number of other big clubs have contacted Meyer, but then turned away. It is Fenerbahce (Turkey), Marseille (France). Then AC Milan, Atletico are also involved in the negotiations, but no agreement on the salary. Now Hoffenheim is in the race to hope to save the "prodigy" of German football.

Meyer felt

offensive to Schalke Reply to Bild, the 22-year-old talent shows anger with Schalke's Heidelbecker. "I do not want to stay and work with Heidel, because I feel bullied," he said. However, Heidel and Schalke's side shot out that Meyer demanded too high a salary and they could not respond.