How do I scrape links from a website using cheerio?

I’m trying to do some web scrapping, I’m trying to get the link of some articles, but I can’t seem to hit the links. This is my code:

app.get('/test', (req, res) => {

    var articles = []

    axios.get("https://www.transfermarkt.com/rumour/rubrik/aktuell/18")
        .then(response => {
            const $ = cheerio.load(response.data)

            $("div.newsticker__box").each( (i, element) => {
                const link = $(element)
                    .find("a.newsticker__link")
                    .attr("href");

                    articles.push({
                        link
                    })
                console.log(link)
            })
        })
    res.json(articles)
})

When I try to just return response.data I get just lots of symbols like this:

"u001f�bu0000u0000u0000u0000u0000u0000u0003�y�H�(��̧��{��u0014v��"!��U]H�u0002�#��c��Њu0016$���_Jl��ն���}�7�vu0019edfDFƖ�����G�7�߭&dW׾��u001c�Ihcc^I�F��?

What am I doing wrong here?