European football team lures Van Hau for 1 million USD; Messi lists 5 players Barca should recruit

Cross-over Austria runner-up Doan Van Hau with a price tag of millions of USD

Information about Van Hau going to Europe to play has appeared a lot in the newspapers recently, however, surprisingly, the full-back of the Vietnam national team and Hanoi FC is not going to Germany, but is being negotiated to play in Austria.

According to information, the negotiation between Hanoi FC and the runner-up of the Austrian National Championship Austria Wien is about to be finalized. Basically, the leaders of Hanoi FC agreed on the policy of letting Van Hau play at the traditional Austrian team on loan, with a buyout clause.

The cost of borrowing Van Hau is nearly 3 billion VND for a 1-year contract in the 2019-2020 season. After that, if he meets Austria Wien's professional conditions, the Austrian team will agree to spend more than 1 million USD to buy back the full-back's contract with Hanoi FC.

If Van Hau's contract is officially finalized, the defender from Thai Binh will become the most expensive player in the history of Vietnamese football.

Austria Wien is a name that is still quite unfamiliar to Vietnamese fans, but it is the most traditional football team in Austria. Austria Wien has won the National Championship 24 times, the National Cup 27 times, the Super Cup 6 times and has participated in the Champions League for many years.

Van Hau is about to have the opportunity to go to Europe to compete.

If he plays in Austria, Van Hau has the opportunity to become the first Vietnamese player to participate in the Europa League 2019/20, in case Austria Wien passes the qualifying round.

Doan Van Hau is 20 years old this year but already has an extremely impressive list of achievements such as U23 Asia runner-up, AFF Cup champion, Top 8 Asian Cup, Top 4 Asiad, V-League champion, Best young player in Vietnam...

Van Hau himself said that he did not want to play in football leagues similar to Thai-League, but had to play in Europe to have the conditions to develop his career. Before negotiating with the Austrian team, Van Hau was also highly appreciated by the scout of Mönchengladbach Club (Germany).

Messi lists 5 players Barca should recruit

Messi has just sent Barca's board of directors a list of 5 players he wants the La Liga champions to recruit.

Messi is currently with the Argentina national team at the 2019 Copa America, but he still keeps in touch and follows every move of the Catalan giant. According to Diario GOL, the 1987-born player has just sent the Barca board a list of 5 players he wants the La Liga champions to recruit.

Specifically, while Barca is targeting two goalkeepers Yann Sommer (M'Gladbach) and Neto (Valencia), Messi is more interested in Wolfsburg goalkeeper Koen Casteels. In defense, Messi believes that at all costs Barca must bring Ajax center-back Matthijs de Ligt to the Nou Camp. This player has just had a great season with Ajax and is being pursued by PSG, MU and Liverpool.

In addition, Messi also wants Barca's defense to be reinforced with Real Betis left-back Junior Firpo. In case Barca cannot buy Firpo, the Argentine superstar also suggested a backup plan, Raphael Guerreiro of Borussia Dortmund. Guerreiro is quite versatile because when needed, he can also play in the midfield position.

Finally, Messi hopes to strengthen Barca's attack by adding a truly world-class striker. Messi is eager to reunite with Neymar, the Brazilian striker who has publicly stated his intention to leave PSG to return to Barca.

U21 European Championship: Germany has a bright chance to enter the semi-finals

In the second match of Group B, U21 Germany easily won 6-1 against U21 Serbia. In the remaining match, U21 Denmark continued to have hope after defeating U21 Austria with a score of 3-1.

Striker Waldschmidt shines for the German U12 team.

Serbia could only hold out against Germany for the first 15 minutes before goalkeeper Radunovic had to pick the ball out of the net repeatedly in the following minutes of the match. In the 16th minute, striker Marco Richter opened the scoring for Germany after a delicate run before chipping the ball past goalkeeper Radunović after a clever through ball from Levin Oeztunali.

But today it was striker Gian-Luca Waldschmidt who shone. The SC Freiburg player scored a hat-trick in the 30th, 37th and 80th minutes, followed by midfielder Mahmoud Dahoud's goal to make it 4-0 in the 69th minute.

Serbia's efforts only helped them get an honorary goal from Živković's accurate penalty kick in the 85th minute before Arne Maier sealed the result 6-1 for Germany in the second minute of injury time. With the win, Germany leads the group with 6 points after 2 matches and has 1 foot in the semi-finals.

In the remaining match, U21 Denmark won 3-1 against U21 Austria thanks to a double from left winger Joakim Mæhle (33', 77') and a goal from Andreas Olsen (90'+3). Thus, Denmark temporarily ranked 2nd in Group B with 3 points from 2 matches and still hoped to qualify as the best second-placed team.

Results of the second round of the group stage of the 2019 European U21 Championship

Denmark U21 3-1 Austria U21

Germany U21 6-1 Serbia U21

Assistant Lee's future depends on Mr. Park

Over the past two years, Mr. Lee has been considered Mr. Park’s “brain.” Now, as Mr. Park is about to enter negotiations with VFF to extend his contract, Mr. Lee’s future is also receiving great attention.

Mr. Lee (right) is considered Mr. Park's "brain".

With their ability to come up with countermeasures for every match, Mr. Lee and Mr. Park are considered an inseparable duo. They have a high level of unity in every decision and the “brainpower” of both becomes an important voice in creating playing style and using people at all levels of the Vietnam National Team.

According to research, Mr. Lee's future will be decided by Mr. Park's opinion. Therefore, a likely scenario is that if Mr. Park continues to stay in Vietnam to work, Mr. Lee will do the same. The question now is what will be the value of Mr. Lee's contract with VFF?