While Dick and Marriner were fighting a lawsuit, the management of Dortmund gathered here in Dortmund, a city in the Ruhr region of Westphalia, northwest Germany, even though their team had just made a miraculous comeback a month ago.
- Leverkusen and won the third Bundesliga championship in the club's history. However, now all of their faces can be regarded as gloomy and gloomy.
Dortmund is not the private property of any one person - in fact, all German clubs are like this. No individual will be allowed to hold more than 50% of the shares. Bundesliga clubs have a standard club model, jointly operated, jointly owned, and the club
The chairman is only the manager, not the owner.
The current chairman of Dortmund, Nebom, has been the chairman of Dortmund for the past sixteen years. Under his rule, Dortmund has reached its peak. Almost all the important honors that Dortmund has received so far have been obtained during his tenure, including three Bundesliga championships and one
Champions League champion and a Toyota Cup champion, of course, a German Cup champion and three German Super Cup champions.
However, now the silver-haired chairman has a sad face, and beside him, whether it is football director Zorc or club general manager Mayer, all look unhappy.
Because just two days ago, Sammer, a former meritorious player who coached Dortmund for two years and won the league championship, and now the outstanding head coach Sammer submitted his resignation to Dortmund on the grounds that he accepted the invitation of the German Football Association and will soon become the German Football Association.
The director of the Youth Guidance Center works hard to change the current situation of the German national team.
In the just-concluded World Cup, although the German national team unexpectedly won the runner-up place in the World Cup, in fact, this German team is still dominated by veterans, and the dilemma of a lack of new players has not changed. Although it was two years ago
After returning from the European Cup with a defeat, Beckenbauer raised his arms and shouted to strengthen the training of young players. Bundesliga clubs also responded one after another, but it was impossible to cultivate enough outstanding players in just two years. As a former legendary player, Sommer
It is natural for you to contribute to the country - Germans have always valued this. This can be seen from the outflow of outstanding young German players a few years later. Germans have always been able to do anything they want to do...
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However, Nebom himself knows that Sammer decided to leave Dortmund to report for the national team not only to strive to cultivate some top young players for the country, but also for another big reason - even though Dortmund was last
They won the league championship this season, but it was already the last afterglow - Dortmund's economy is now experiencing a very difficult situation. Although there was no deficit in the season that just ended, based on their salary expenditure and personnel structure, if
If you can't get enough income next season, it's very likely to go bankrupt!
For Serie A and La Liga clubs, going bankrupt is not a big deal. Serie A clubs have always been good at making false accounts, and the Milan duo are very proficient in this. They often sell me two young players for 10 million, and I sell them
If you give two young players a price of 10 million, then the income on the books will be 10 million more. No one can find the reason anyway, and if the La Liga club's economy is not good, it can be delayed for a while. At worst, it will be a debt operation, which will be painful
Let’s talk about it in a few years…
But the Bundesliga clubs are different! The Bundesliga strictly implements the fiscal balance policy. If your club is in debt, then every penny of your income will be used to pay off the debt instead of reinvesting. Everyone knows that between
The difference is like two businessmen, if they each have a million in debt at the beginning of starting a business, one can pay it off after a few years, while the other one has to pay off the debt every time he makes money.
, in this case, even if the two businessmen have the same ability to make money and have similar opportunities, but two years later, the first businessman may have earned tens of millions and paid off his debt easily, while the other businessman just
I just paid off my debt and started from scratch!
The management of Dortmund all know that if Dortmund cannot reduce the financial deficit to zero and maintain profitability every season, then when Dortmund's financial deficit reaches a certain level, it will give the club Dortmund
Bring a devastating blow!
This is no joke - Kaiserslautern encountered a deficit crisis a year or two later. In fact, it was not much, just 6 million euros, but they were forced to sell their top scorer Klose, and they did not
A lot more, and it happened to be sold for 6 million euros. At that time, Kaiserslautern did not want to let him go, and Klose himself did not want to leave. However, he had to leave, because at that time, only Klose could let Kaiserslautern go.
Zeislautern fills the hole!
In fact, a few years later, Dortmund encountered a much greater economic crisis. Dortmund was forced to use the ticket revenue of the Westfalenstadion for the next twenty years as collateral to prevent the club from being liquidated and bankrupt.
This was not enough. In the end, it was forced to sell the naming rights of the Westfalenstadion to allow the club to survive this disaster. This also made Dortmund, one of the top clubs in Germany at the turn of the century, next
After nearly ten years of hard work, it was not until the beginning of 2011 that they regained their strength and snatched two league championships from Bayern!
An economic crisis caused Dortmund, a club with a glorious tradition and commendable attendance, to sink for a full decade. The strict management of German clubs in this regard is evident.
This approach has naturally brought huge benefits. When other leagues are experiencing economic crises, the Bundesliga is the club with the healthiest finances and the best operation.
However, such a harsh approach has caused Dortmund to face a severe test.
"Sammer is leaving. There is nothing we can do about it. We can't keep them." Zorc sighed. He is the banner figure of Dortmund. He has handed over his entire career to Dortmund. After retiring, he
He became the management of Dortmund - basically all Bundesliga clubs have this composition. For example, the three former Bayern superstars Beckenbauer, Hoeness and Rummenigge are in charge of Bayern!
"The problem now is not to find a head coach, but how to let Dortmund survive." Nebom shook his head and said: "Actually, we are not without options. If we perform well in the next Champions League,
With enough bonuses, our financial situation can be alleviated. In fact, we are not short of money, and our attendance rate is one of the best in Germany! Every year, we earn a lot from ticket sales! As long as we can survive this year or two,
We will be able to recover... It was also my business mistake. In the past few years, we bought many people and spent too much money. One Amoruso cost us 28 million euros! Such expenditures,
But we can’t afford to lose..."
"In order to win the championship, there is nothing we can do about it." Mayer shook his head: "But Mr. Chairman, your plan is very difficult. If we want to play in the Champions League next, we must increase the wages of the players and also
Introduce better players, otherwise you will not be able to go further in the Champions League. To win the championship, you need to increase your investment. This is the consensus of everyone. Otherwise, playing in the Champions League group stage will cost millions in income.
, it’s of no use.”
"It's not that I don't know this." Nebom sighed and said: "But if we want to achieve this goal, we can only take risks like this. I have calculated that even if we invest tens of millions in the summer, as long as we can enter the top eight,
We will still make money, and with our attendance rate, we can invest in it for another year."
"Don't forget, Leeds United has now encountered a serious economic crisis! It is because of the failure of such a risk! The huge profits of the Champions League are a beautiful temptation, but also a dangerous temptation! Anyone who wants to make money from this will lose money.
Yes! Take Atletico Madrid, which recently won the Champions League but invested the least. They also spent close to 100 million on the transfer market in two years! And what about the income? I have done the calculations. Within two years, they have spent the most in European competitions.
Their income is only 50 million! Those who have not encountered an economic crisis do not live on bonuses. They are supported by consortiums or membership systems, or they are clubs with outstanding financial resources like Bayern..." Zorc
expressed objection.
"Damn Bayern, how do they have so much money!" Mayer couldn't help but curse.
"Speaking of Atletico Madrid...their head coach, the young Chinese has been fired...he has no place to go. The positions of top coaches are very stable. Can we ask him to be the head coach?"
?At least it can solve one of the two problems we are facing now." Nebom suddenly said.
"Are you not crazy, Mr. President? Do you know how much Dick earned in total at Atletico Madrid last season? Close to six million dollars! Summer's salary of two million dollars is beyond our reach, Dick
His income is not what we can afford! Although we invite him, he will probably come, but although this guy can win championships, he can also spend money! In Atletico Madrid, he spent 100 million to win the Champions League in two years
and two league championships. If we could spend money a few years ago, inviting him would have been a good choice. After all, he can win the championship! But now... Do we want to be brilliant once or twice in the end, and then die?
"?" Zorc immediately expressed his objection.
"What you said is correct, Michael." Nebom smiled bitterly: "But can we win the championship with a low-paid head coach? Or can it prevent us from having an economic crisis? No one has such a situation
Ability! If I had to choose, I would rather choose Dick to coach, win a few more championships before our economic crisis breaks out, and make the fans happy again! Even if we die next, it is better than half-dead.
Much stronger!"
Nebom has always been a very adventurous chairman, otherwise he would not have spent money like crazy in the past few years, buying multi-million-dollar players like Amoruso, Jan Kohler, Rosicky, and Kyle. An example of failure.
There are also many. Although they won a league championship, they also plunged Dortmund into an upcoming economic crisis.
Zorc and Mayer looked at each other, then closed their mouths at the same time.
They are not sure that Dortmund will not be affected by the economic crisis. If the current situation continues, Dortmund will fall into a serious economic crisis in two or three years, then it is really not as good as Nebom said, the final madness, please Dick
Come and play a game or two, maybe you will have a chance to win the second Champions League in the club's history. In that case, even if there is a long decline next, it will be worth it!
"Then I'm going to send an invitation to Dick." Zorc stood up as he said it.
