"Michael, the club is so difficult and you didn't even tell your old friends. It's so embarrassing..."
Lister flew to Germany that day, and then came to Dortmund without stopping for a moment. Like Lendoiro, Meyer has been busy with the company's affairs recently. Meyer, who is just over 50 years old,
, there are more and more wrinkles on his face. The fifty-year-old Meyer looks more like he is sixty years old.
Looking at the smiling Lister, Meyer's eyelids kept twitching. This time the club tried to cut player wages, but unfortunately it failed. But the club must do this, otherwise the club will never have money to pay in January.
Salary, that is a salary of more than 30 million euros. How can Dortmund have so much money now?
Once the money cannot be obtained by then, it will be news about wage arrears. Once the scandal of wage arrears spreads, other clubs may not be afraid. But Dortmund is a listed company, and it is this kind of news that Germany is most afraid of. And Germany
Football also deals with these problems very seriously.
In order to raise more money in the summer, Dortmund had sold the ownership of the Westfalenstadion to a subsidiary of Commerzbank for 75 million euros. Since then, the club has delivered 15 million euros per year to rent the stadium.
Fee. The summer was very good, raising 75 million euros in one go.
But after happily spending money in the summer, a problem has arisen. The income of the Westfalenstadion is already limited, with a season's income of less than 30 million euros. Now it has to spend 1,500 euros every year.
The loan fee of one million euros is a typical example of "making ends meet". Dortmund already felt financial problems in just half a year.
Dortmund's debt now exceeds 40 million euros. Of course, for some big clubs, let alone Real Madrid and Barcelona, the top giants in European football, just talk about Manchester United in the Premier League. Clubs like Arsenal are not afraid of 40 million euros.
Even clubs like Tottenham and Newcastle are not afraid of debts of 40 million euros. But Dortmund's current annual income is less than 80 million euros.
However, the salary alone is more than 70 million euros, and there are some random expenses. The income and expenditure of a season are seriously imbalanced. If the current situation continues, Dortmund's debt will become more and more. In the past two years, Dortmund has been relying on the stock market.
Money, you can't get money in the stock market now. Meyer is not just anxious now, but very anxious.
"Rister, if you can convince your players to take a 20% salary cut, you will do our club a big favor."
Meyer was very sincere when he said it. If Dortmund's first-team team cuts their salaries by 20%, then Dortmund can save more than 10 million euros. Coupled with the reduction in bonuses, Dortmund alone can benefit the club.
A reduction of nearly 20 million euros.
For Dortmund now, every penny that can be reduced is just one penny. Twenty million euros is not a small amount, and it can greatly alleviate Dortmund's economic problems. Listening to Meyer's sincere words, Riester felt a little pity for him.
Because Dortmund's stock price has now dropped to three euros, from eleven euros two years ago to three euros, the shrinkage is too serious. Riester knows that this is not the end. Judging from the current development of Dortmund, sooner or later it will fall below
One euro.
Dortmund is a football club. If the performance is good, the stock market will be good. If the performance is poor, the stock market will be bad. Dortmund has issued additional shares in the summer, and now they can no longer make money in the stock market. Now the club has no money and starts
The idea of cutting players' salaries cannot be said to be wrong. Unfortunately, players are also human beings. Once you take away their salaries, how can they have the strength to play football?
If the players have no spirit to play, how can the team's performance improve? If the team's performance declines, the team's economy cannot be good. If the economy is not good, the only choice is to continue to cut the budget. This is an endless cycle, and Dortmund can only be
Slowly entering bankruptcy.
"Michael, I have four players in Dortmund. Their combined salary is more than 10 million euros. Their salary has been reduced by 20%, which is a little more than 2 million euros. My income is also
It’s just a loss of 100,000 or 200,000. To be honest, this amount of money is not in my eyes at all.”
Meyer nodded. Lister is right. For a broker of Lister's level, the benefit of hundreds of thousands of euros is really not a big sum.
"For me, if this money is gone, it will be gone, and I don't care. With our friendship, I can make concessions. But it is different for my players. Let me talk about Karel, he is already
He is thirty years old. His annual salary is 3.6 million euros. If you reduce it by 20%, it will be 700,000 euros. Michael, have you ever thought about it? This is 700,000 euros. The current contract
It’s possible that Karel ended up with such a high salary, so how could I possibly make him lose 700,000 euros.”
Lister was a little excited as he spoke. So he stood up and said to Meyer: "Playing football is the food of youth. If you don't make more money now, what will Karel do after he retires? Why don't you do it now?"
I will cut him more than 700,000 euros. What do you think my players will think? Do you think they will agree?"
"Lister, please calm down first."
Meyer seemed to be persuading List, but in his heart he sneered. Meyer knew that once this matter went through these agents, it would be difficult to talk about it. Meyer did not believe that List was so good and cared so much about the future of his players.
He cares about the players' income. It's not for his own benefit, he says it so righteously. But he can't tell the truth, as long as they both know each other well.
"If the club hadn't really come to this point, we wouldn't have taken this approach. Lister, we have been cooperating for several years, so you can't just ignore it."
Riester almost yelled. Whether Dortmund dies or not is none of my business. Why should we sacrifice ourselves? But Riester had a smile on his face and said: "Michael, don't care if I say anything. Have you ever thought about it?"
However, even if the players agree to a 20% cut, will they be happy? If they are not happy, can they play their best in the game? If the players don't work hard, can Dortmund's performance improve? If the performance cannot improve,
Can your club's financial problems be solved? Your approach simply won't work."
Every word that Lister said made Meyer feel heartbroken. Because he knew that this method was poisonous, but he could only do it. So he said helplessly: "Lister, do you think I am willing to do this?
I can no longer think about longer-term things, because what our club has to consider is how to get through the current level."
"Michael, how about I give you an idea?"
"Please tell me."
Meyer really has no choice now. If he had a way, he wouldn't choose such extreme measures. Although he doesn't believe that List has a way, it's right to listen. Maybe List, a powerful agent, really has something.
way.
"The club should not do things that hurt the players. As long as you pass this level, you can sell some valuable players next summer and find replacements. Of course, you can sell players with high salaries and bring them in at a low price.
Some good players will replace them. To appease the players, as long as the club's performance picks up, the income will also increase."
Meyer's eyelids have been twitching since he saw Riester, and now they are twitching more and more violently. He can't help but spit, what you said is all fucking nonsense. You are completely
He is acting like himself, who doesn’t know that this is the case. If he knew an old Chinese proverb, he would definitely accuse List of standing and talking without pain. It is not so easy to change the team, and it would be more embarrassing to accidentally buy a parallel import.
Although he was very angry, Meyer still calmed down and said: "Lister, I won't hide it from you. The salary for the second half of the season will be paid in January next year, and the club is short of money. If you can't pass this level, the rest will be empty. The Football Association
Dortmund are already paying attention to us."
"Michael, a loan should be able to raise some money."
Meyer shook his head. Riester already understood that Dortmund's current situation is very dangerous, and German financial institutions are unwilling to lend money to Dortmund. So Riester continued: "If you really need it, I can lend it privately."
I’ll give you 10 million euros.”
"real?"
Meyer stood up and looked straight at Riester. In order to raise funds during this period, he could be said to have visited countless banks. But no one was willing to lend money to Dortmund. Not to mention tens of millions of euros, just a few
No one is willing to lend Dortmund millions of euros because German financial institutions do not believe that Dortmund still has the ability to repay its debts. Unexpectedly, Riester is willing to lend Dortmund tens of millions of euros.
Looking at the startled Meyer, Riester smiled and said: "If you have urgent needs and the shortfall is relatively large, I can raise up to 15 million euros."
Meyer was a little shocked. He knew that List was very rich and was an agent with a net worth of more than 100 million. But he didn't expect List to be able to provide tens of millions of euros in cash support. But after all, Meyer also
He had gone through big storms and had squandered hundreds of millions. So he quickly calmed down and instead thought about why Lister did what he did. There seemed to be nothing worthy of Lister's prying eyes in Dortmund right now.
"Don't cut players' salaries. This is not a good idea."
At this point, Meyer didn't know what to say. Meyer didn't take the words, and then looked at Riester and said: "Who do you think Dortmund should sell and bring in now to maintain the stability of the team?
, can you still collect funds in the transfer market?”
"Of course it's to sell players with high salaries and high value."
"You want Rosicky to leave Dortmund?"
Meyer's first thought was that Riester wanted to take Rosicky away. Because for Dortmund, the most valuable player is of course Rosicky. Rosicky is only 22 years old, but he is currently a player that many giants in European football are eyeing.
The sale should not be less than 30 million euros. Moreover, Rosicky’s salary is also very high, with an annual salary of more than 3 million euros.
"No. If you want to use Thomason to solve the economic crisis, of course I am not opposed to it. But I will not take him away voluntarily."
"What do you mean?"
It's not that Meyer can't sell Rosicky if possible. After all, compared to the club's current difficulties, Rosicky is nothing as a player. But Rosicky is such an outstanding player, and he is currently the core of Dortmund's frontcourt. If it really happens
Sold away, he is such an outstanding player.
And more importantly, Rosicky is currently the one with the highest commercial value among the Dortmund team. Especially after winning the World Cup, Rosicky has had more than ten endorsements. Dortmund can also get some share from this. Therefore, Dortmund
We also don’t want to lose a star player like Rosicky. With Rosicky, Dortmund still has a chance to turn around.
"Amoruso is worth a lot and his salary is also very high. But his performance this season seems to be poor. Everton's performance is much better than him."
Amoruso was already worth a lot when he joined, and his salary was also relatively high. And the two people who took the lead in causing trouble this time were Amoruso and Dede. Meyer was furious and really thought about selling Amoruso.
Russo and Dede, but they were relatively strong, so they didn’t think about selling for a while. Now that Listen said this, Meyer really listened.
"Also, the prices of Metzelder and Dede have soared. Their worth will not be less than 10 million euros. Even if they sell for 15 million to 20 million euros, there should be no problem. I want to deal with these.
Players, Dortmund will definitely be able to earn about 50 million euros. It should not be a problem to survive next year."
Metzelder is considered to be the best central defender in German football in the past two years, and has begun to establish a firm foothold in the German national team. At a time when good left backs are becoming increasingly rare, Dede has attracted many clubs.
gaze.
"Lister, cutting wages is not good for the club. Selling players is also bad for the club. After selling so many players, can you find players who are cheap and can make up for their positions?"
"Of course. It's not easy for me to find a top talent like Thomas. After all, geniuses like him can't be found everywhere. But I have as many powerful players as you want. I have a lot of information on both.
Cheap and capable players. Guaranteed to satisfy Dortmund's replacement."
Seeing List's sworn guarantee, Meyer hesitated. In fact, Meyer really wanted to tell List that the players with the highest value and highest salary in Dortmund are List's players. But it is not necessary to clean up List's players.
So easy. And now that Riester is willing to lend tens of millions of euros to the Dortmund club, Meyer is even more unable to clean them up.
