Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention. Chapter 5 Dortmund's "Not for Sale" (First Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 5 Dortmund’s “not for sale” (first update, please vote for me)

In recent years, Dortmund's sports manager Michel Zorc has had one fixed thing to do at the end of each season, which is to reject various transfer requests for Mario Gotze. Press ctrl + d to quickly collect """

In the eyes of those wealthy families, Gotze is like a delicious cake, and everyone wants to take a bite.

How does this work?

And his reasons for rejecting those offers were quite consistent - "I'm sorry, Mario is not for sale at Dortmund!"

It depends on how you understand the words "not for sale".

In some places, it literally means that it is not for sale and is priceless. But in some places, they think the other party's price is not high enough.

Specific to Dortmund and Gotze, are they really not for sale?

Zorc has never left this position since he started as Dortmund's sporting manager in 1998, monopolizing Dortmund's transfer power. He knew very well what "not for sale" meant.

There is no real "not for sale" in this world.

Many people feel that they are loyal to love, some feel that blood is thicker than water and family ties are greater than anything else, while others pat their chests and express that they will never betray their friends.

In most cases this is indeed the case,

But Zorc knew very well that it was just because the price of betrayal was too high and the benefits were too small to be worth it.

If you ask a man to give up his girlfriend and give him 10,000 euros, he may sneer and dismiss it. What about increasing it to 100,000 euros, 500,000 euros, 1 million euros, or even 10 million euros?

Still not giving up?

Okay, then add it to 100 million euros, 500 million euros, a billion euros... just add it up, there will always be a price that will make that person let go.

But in reality, who would pay a billion euros for a woman? No matter how beautiful that woman is... By the same token, who would be indifferent to a billion euros for a woman?

There are such people, but they mostly exist in the fantasy worlds of movies and novels.

Gotze is not really for sale. It does not mean that Dortmund does not want to keep Gotze, but it is a question of whether they can keep him. Whether Gotze is not for sale is not up to them, it is up to Gotze to decide. Zorc also knows very well that Dortmund cannot keep a super genius like Gotze forever. Gotze was unwilling to leave before, but who can say for sure what will happen in the future?

But now, at least he can continue to use this word to reject the flies pursuing Gotze.

Sitting down at his desk, Zorc began to check how many faxes he had received from last night about Gotze.

A thick stack.

The World Cup in Brazil is about to begin. We still don’t know what Gotze will do in the World Cup, but there are so many clubs competing for him. This makes Zorc feel more and more difficult to keep him.

"Okay, let me see what new faces there are today..." Zorc muttered and opened the faxes.

Most of them were names that he was already familiar with - not familiar in the traditional sense, but in the sense that he had seen these names so many times during this period that they felt familiar.

What about Barcelona, ​​what about Chelsea, Arsenal, what about Inter Milan, what about Bayern Munich...

Zorc snorted. These teams really didn't give up. He had clearly told them that Gotze was not for sale, so why did he keep making offers again and again? Do they really think Gotze will leave Dortmund so easily?

Zorc was full of scorn for those wealthy families, but he continued to flip through the fax list without stopping.

His hand stopped when he saw a new name.

"Liverpool?"

Zorc was surprised.

In the past few years, Liverpool's name was not among the teams interested in Gotze. However, even if Liverpool pursued Gotze at that time, Zorc would have refused without hesitation, and at the same time he would have scorned Liverpool in his heart. : Even with your terrible situation, you still want to pursue our Mario?

Zorc is like Gotze's mother. If his daughter must get married, then she must try her best to choose a well-matched man so that her daughter cannot suffer or be wronged... Of course Well, the most important thing is that the other party’s gift must be enough!

Everyone knows what Liverpool was like before, and she knows better. At that time, Liverpool was simply a joke on the European continent. The century-old wealthy family that was once so glorious has fallen to such an extent that it has lost all the dignity of the wealthy family.

However, in the past two years, Liverpool has suddenly risen. They first won the Europa League championship in the 2012-2013 season, and then won the Premier League championship for the first time in the 2013-2014 season. This was the first Premier League title in their club history. What about the league championship trophy?

All of a sudden, Liverpool seemed like a fallen serf singing...

And they do have players on the team who are the envy of other team managers and head coaches. That is... Chen Yingxiong.

Zorc once imagined that if Chen Yingxiong was in his team, he would have completely pulled Bayern Munich from the Bundesliga dominance...

Recovering from the memories of Liverpool's past evaluation, Zorc intends to see what conditions Liverpool are prepared to use to discuss Gotze's future with Dortmund.

Liverpool offers 30 million euros...

Zorc smiled.

Want to buy Gotze for 30 million? Are you so poor that you are crazy?

He laughed at Liverpool in his mind.

But his laughter stopped abruptly, because he saw a clause close to this.

"The transfer fee is 30 million, plus Shaheen."

When Zorc saw the name Shaheen, his brows jumped.

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Dortmund was unwilling to let Shaheen leave at that time, but Shaheen insisted on leaving the team because he believed that there was nothing to pursue in Dortmund. The league championship had been won, and the Champions League championship was far away with Dortmund's strength. The Bundesliga is too small for him, and he hopes to go to a broader stage.

Dortmund knows that strong-willed melons are not sweet. If the player insists on leaving, it is best to let him go, otherwise the relationship between the two parties will be completely over.

But in fact, if they had a choice, Dortmund would definitely not let Shaheen leave.

After all, Shaheen's departure has reduced the strength of Dortmund's midfield.

Originally, if both sides went their own ways, maybe Zorc would not raise his eyebrows at this time.

But unfortunately, Dortmund is now in a midfield crisis...

Shinji Kagawa has been booked by Manchester United. If they can't keep Gotze, it will be over. By then Dortmund will not have a usable organizing midfielder...

If Shaheen can come back... He is very familiar with Dortmund's football, and he must have feelings for Dortmund. If he comes back, he can adapt to the team immediately, so don't worry about that.

But...trade Gotze for Shaheen? Have you lost your mind?

Zorc laughed at himself, feeling that he was really stupid. Gotze might leave in the future, but that doesn't mean he will leave now.

Who can say for sure what will happen in the future? It would be too far ahead to start thinking about it now.

He also put aside Liverpool's offer.

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Liverpool Club received a fax reply from Dortmund Club. The reply was quite polite, but the coldness of being distant could still be easily felt.

"I regret to inform your club that Mario Gotze is not for sale at Dortmund."

"Not for sale?" Niang sneered, but he didn't immediately make another offer.

He also put aside the fax from Dortmund and ignored it.

This certainly does not mean that Liverpool gave up on bringing in Gotze after being rejected by Dortmund. For this hot talent in European football today, Niang is bound to get it.

But now he doesn't need to be too impatient, as that will give his opponents the opportunity to raise their offer.

He is also not worried that Gotze will end up staying at the Dortmund club, leaving him busy in vain.

Someone will knock on the door for him - other giants will not be as calm as he is now. They keep making offers and at the same time building momentum for Gotze's departure in the media. The accumulation of these things will eventually force Dortmund to give up Gotze. .

As for myself, there is no need to join in the fun. If you are too high-profile, you will become a target, so it is better to be low-key.

He just needs to wait patiently, watch from the sidelines, and wait until the time is right to reap the benefits.

Now, it's time to put Dortmund to dry...

He pressed the button on the secretarial hotline: "Book a ticket for me to go to Brazil tomorrow."

He didn't go to see the World Cup, he went to meet the famous agent Jorge Mendes.

He has to find an outstanding central defender for his team. This central defender must be able to serve as the main player, and must be fast and flexible enough. Skrtel and Agger are both tall and strong central defenders who are good at competing for high balls, but their turning speed is too slow, and the space behind them will become an opportunity for the opponent to take advantage of.

Last season, Liverpool encountered this situation many times. The opponent deliberately took advantage of the space behind the two central defenders and their weakness of slow turning to frequently pass the ball.

This troubles Martin O'Neill. But the center backs on the team at that time were all of this type, and he had no choice. He can only prevent the two central defenders from pressing forward easily, which will inevitably affect the overall coordination of the entire defense line, because if the central defender does not press forward, the two full-backs will naturally not dare to press forward boldly. If the two full-backs do not press, or press less, Liverpool's offense will also be affected. This is a problem that affects the whole body.

Now is the time and opportunity to make amends for this mistake.

His trip to Brazil was to extract teeth from the tiger's mouth.

He wants to pull the fangs out of the mouth of the tiger that is Real Madrid.

His target is... Portugal national team's main center back Pepe!