When July 1st comes, major clubs have confirmed the players they will join. Although a lot of news has been released before, only official confirmation can prove that the transfer is indeed successful...
For Dortmund fans, the joy of winning the Champions League has not dissipated, and they have begun to hear news that the main players have been sold - although this has been confirmed at the shareholders' meeting, Dortmund fans are also worried
Basically they knew they needed to do this, but the departure of one player after another still surprised them.
Rivaldo joined Cruzeiro for 6 million euros; Okocha joined Bolton for 4 million euros; Lehmann joined Arsenal for 10 million euros; Rosicky joined Manchester United for 25 million euros...
All four of these people are Dortmund's main players, and Rosicky is the core of the midfield and a promising young player. Although the departure of these four people brought Dortmund 45 million euros in cash, it also brought them
A lot of worries.
But soon, a series of signings of players gave them some comfort.
Russian wide winger Andrei Arshavin joined from Zenit St. Petersburg for five million euros, and 24-year-old local midfielder Ovomoyela joined Paderone in the Northern Division for a low price of half a million euros.
Byrne joined, and American forward Donovan, who was loaned back to the United States by Leverkusen, joined for one million euros...
Although the three players signed do not seem to be well-known, before last season, who knew what kind of performance Cavinaji had? Who knew who Alves was? However, one of them became Dortmund's number one
A striker who became Dortmund's main right back...
At the same time, Dortmund also announced that 18-year-old local forward Mario Gomez and 18-year-old Polish right back Piszczek were transferred from the youth team to the first team. They will play for the first team next season.
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Thirty-seven-year-old Ruyter retired, 31-year-old Rivaldo, 33-year-old Lehmann, 29-year-old Okocha and 23-year-old Rosicky left. Among the players who joined, Al
Chauvin is 22 years old, Owo Moyera is 24 years old, and Donovan is 21 years old. With the addition of two 17-year-old young players entering the first team, Dortmund's average age was immediately lowered by one year.
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"Rejuvenation is our goal. In the new season, Coach Dick will lead a younger Dortmund team on the road. We have reason to believe that in the coming time, our performance will be even better."
The new chairman and CEO Watzke said at the press conference that the 45-year-old chairman and the 24-year-old head coach have bought a group of young players...The current Dortmund is indeed committed from top to bottom.
Develop towards youth.
At the same time, Dortmund is in a tug-of-war with Chelsea over Cavinagi's transfer.
In fact, with Abramovich's temper, if Dortmund counter-offered 40 million euros, he would probably have agreed without blinking an eye. However, after Dortmund asked for such a price, Sivori became unhappy - although the transfer fee
Sometimes the agent will take a commission if it is high. However, this time it was completely a negotiation between Dortmund and Chelsea, leaving him aside. The transfer fee is high, and the salary he can get may be reduced. Sivori
Can you not be in a hurry...
So when he learned that Dortmund had priced Cavinagy at 40 million euros, Sivori immediately approached the Dortmund club and believed that such a price was too excessive. When Cavinagy moved from River Plate to Dortmund a year ago,
It was only five million euros, and now it has increased eightfold in one year—damn it, house prices have never risen so fast!
"The value of players is like this. When there is demand and we are unwilling to sell, it will naturally be higher. If Chelsea can afford the price, we will pay it. If not, we will continue to negotiate. What are you worried about?"
Dick pushed the former superstar back with an understatement. Unwilling to be reconciled, Sivori went to London again and promised Chelsea that he would let Cavinagy join Chelsea and the price would be lowered.
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"Fernando is an excellent striker, but asking for 40 million is definitely a big ask! According to the market price, 20 million is already a very top price. Give me time, and I will definitely lower the price!"
Just after Sivori promised Chelsea, Dick, who was a little impatient, said in an interview that Deportivo, which had just lost Mackay, was very interested in Cavinagi and also proposed
A price that is enough to make Dortmund's heart beat...
Sivori sneered at Dick's approach, thinking that he was deliberately setting off smoke bombs to make Chelsea submit. In fact, Dick's trick could not be hidden from everyone. However, whether the strategy is good or not depends on the target.
Who is it? Just like Zhuge Liang played the empty city strategy and deceived a smart man like Sima Yi. If it were Xu Zhu, he would have rushed in with no arms and a knife and captured Zhuge Liang alive...
When this news reached Abu's ears, Abu immediately became confused - Damn, one of them was already taken away last time, and he will be taken away this time? If word gets out, will I lose face!
In a rage, Abramovich immediately gave the Chelsea club a death order. Isn't it just 40 million? Pay it! Let's see who dares to steal people from me!
It's not that Abramovich is a fool, but that he took over Chelsea in a high profile and spent money recklessly, which has a deep meaning - the Arabs in Manchester City later spent money because they were really not short of money and treated Manchester City as a toy.
Play, and Abramovich not only treats Chelsea as a toy, but also has a deeper intention-that is, to save his life! This is related to the political environment in Russia. As one of the financial oligarchs, he wants to keep his wealth, among other things
In addition to various means, allowing oneself to have a higher prestige and fame is also a good strategy to save one's life.
So he didn't care about spending money, as he was afraid that it would not produce results or gain fame. This was also the biggest conflict between him and Mourinho later - Abramovich could not stand that when Mourinho was around, his own shine was completely
Being covered is not the same as the conflict between Dick and Little Hill. This is not a matter of face, but a matter of life!
After Chelsea and Dortmund reached an agreement, Sivori was so anxious that he almost jumped - but in the end he was satisfied with the generous Chelsea. Cavinagi received an annual salary of 3.5 million euros, which also made him feel satisfied.
Sivori's wounded heart was somewhat repaired.
Chelsea signed Cavinagi for 40 million euros.
After this news spread, it immediately shocked the entire European football world. This is the highest transfer value so far this summer, for a 19-year-old young forward!
This transaction immediately increased Dortmund's transfer market revenue this season to 85 million euros!
And now they have only spent 6.5 million...
"How do I feel that if this happens again, we don't seem to have to wait a few years to pay off the debt..."
After Zorc saw the news, he couldn't help but murmured.
"Stop dreaming, only Chelsea, a big enemy, would pay such a price... It is not impossible to continue to cultivate such good players, but the investment will definitely be greater. After all, if it had not won the Champions League last season, Cardiff would have
How could Vinaghi be sold at such a price? We were very lucky last season. Winning the Champions League is not that easy. If we really want to pay off our debts, we still have to follow the chairman's plan.
, Only then can Dortmund's finances truly become healthier. At most, I can only... help you partially." Dick said lightly.
But it is obvious that after this transfer came out, even Watzke looked at Dick with a bit of envy - Dortmund now has a balance of nearly 80 million euros. In other words, if Dortmund gets the
If he wins the league championship, Dick can take away a bonus of close to 40 million euros from Dortmund...
"Don't look at me like that... To be honest, it will be very difficult to defend the title this year because our strength has indeed dropped a lot... Now it's not that we don't have money to buy people, but we need to buy some people with low wages.
Players, this makes me very embarrassed, you know? We are not lacking in forwards now, Olic, Gomez, Arshavin, Everton, Donovan, and a young Odonko.
These are very distinctive players, and they need me to bring out their characteristics, but in the midfield, we seem a bit weak... It is still difficult for Klinger to take over Rosicky's class, and Flynn
Si may leave, we also need to find a replacement, and I also need a capable substitute."
"We still have a salary space of four million, which is up to you... Of course, we all know your ability and we also know that you will get this bonus smoothly."
Watzke came up and patted Dick on the shoulder, laughing.
"For what I have paid, I think I should get so much." Dick muttered, and then said seriously to Watzke: "Mr. Chairman, I hope I can remind you... if I use the extra money I have now,
If we use the funds to redeem the remaining 49% ownership of Westphalia, we can save more than 8 million a year."
"I know this. Chelsea's funds have been put in place. We are now running things in this area. You will do the team's things. I will do the club's things. I am full of enthusiasm for Dortmund's next development.
Be confident! Even if you encounter some difficulties, you will definitely see more light!" Watzke said loudly.
"I have never doubted this. Even without me, Dortmund will definitely rise from the ashes after dormant for a period of time." Dick said leisurely: "I just want to make this process faster.
Just a few... This is my job and my responsibility. Since I agreed to become Dortmund's head coach at that time, I need to do better. At least, I don't want anyone to say in the future that it was because Dortmund was blind at that time.
With Dick as the head coach, Dortmund won't be in such a mess now..."
Dick's words made Watzke and Zorc laugh at the same time.
"Who dares to say such a thing now? One hundred thousand Dortmund fans will spray him with saliva!" Zorc said with a hahaha.
"If we can redeem all the ownership of the home stadium, then maybe in the next few years, we can find a way to expand Westfalen even bigger... I think it will be a stadium with 80,000 people.
It should be even more spectacular.”
When Watzke said this, both Zorc and Mayer's eyes shone with longing, but Dick smiled slightly, because he knew that at that time, it might have nothing to do with him...
