Chapter 002: High-Level Meeting

In order to be the first to accept the award, Tang Zheng made full use of his ingenuity to trick his teammates into looking up at the sky, which caused laughter from the audience.

Of course, this scene is just a small episode before the championship awards, because the real feast is yet to come.

As the biggest contributor to Dortmund's victory, no one has an opinion on Tang Zheng taking the stage to receive the medal as the first, after all, his efforts are obvious to all.

If it weren't for Tang Zheng's amazing performance, perhaps their mood would be very likely to be reversed with the Real Madrid players now.

UEFA President Platini personally wore the championship medal around Tang Zheng's neck, but what is interesting is that Platini said a lot of things after putting the medal on Tang Zheng, so that the Dortmund players who had a long queue waited very anxiously.

In a short time, the Dortmund players all wore their winner's medals and reached the middle of the top podium.

In order to maintain respect for the wounded, Tang Zheng and others gave up their positions to Pirlo and Kyle.

At the same time, Tang Zheng was out of respect for the captain Kyle, and he said without hesitation: "Sebastian, wait for the championship trophy to be awarded to you to take it on behalf of the whole team." ”

"Huh?" Kyle smiled and patted Tang Zheng on the shoulder, pointing to the captain's armband on his left arm, "Now you are the captain, so you represent the whole team." ”

Seeing Tang Zheng's hesitation, Kyle said again: "Your dedication is in the eyes of everyone, you ...... Better suited than me to be a captain. ”

Weidenfeller, who was standing behind Tang Zheng, also said: "Sebastian is right, no one is more suitable to hold this championship trophy high than you." ”

"That being the case. Tang Zheng didn't pretend anymore, nodded and said, "Then I'll be gracious." ”

As soon as the words fell, the huge momentum that erupted at the new Wembley Stadium dropped significantly, and everyone's focus was on UEFA President Michel Platini and the Champions League trophy he held - the St. Bride Cup.

Symbolizes the highest glory of the European club!

Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp, like other assistant coaches and players, was in the same mood, and he couldn't help but beat back and forth with the players around him to relieve the restlessness in his heart.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei's voice trembled obviously, and he said excitedly: "The exciting time has come, Tang Zheng as the captain of Dortmund, he will represent the whole team! From UEFA President Platini, he will take over the St. Bride Cup, which symbolizes the Champions League championship, which is commonly known as the Big Ears Cup!"

The broadcast screen shows Tang Zheng seems to be very calm, but in fact, he is desperately trying to suppress the excitement in his heart.

The coveted Champions League trophy is finally about to be touched, even if it is not the first time he has touched it......

Of course, the previous touch was before the Champions League final.

Platini smiled and handed the St. Bride Cup to Tang Zheng, and he suddenly got a little distracted.

It was the captain Kyle who pushed Tang Zheng to pull him back to reality.

When Tang Zheng's hot hands touched the cold St. Bride Cup, a throbbing instantly spread from his fingers to his heart.

This...... It's all reality!

With a passionate mood, Tang Zheng held high the St. Bride Cup, and at the same time shouted almost frantically: "We are the European champions!!"

"Whoa—"

Dortmund fans at the new Wembley Stadium burst out and created a deafening background effect.

But the live broadcast was a bit out of place at this time, and the most exciting melody of the Champions League theme song "Champions-League" resounded throughout the stadium.

“Die-Meister”

“Die-Besten”

“Les-Grandes-?quipes”

“The-Champions”

……

At the same time, yellow and black confetti sprayed down from the roof of the stadium and flew all over the sky, which was extremely beautiful.

The live director gave a long shot, which was very charming from the broadcast screen.

The broadcaster also subtitled it prominently on the broadcast screen: 2012-2013 European Football Champions League Champion - Borussia Dortmund!

Countless Dortmund fans sitting in front of the TV shed tears of emotion, especially the older generation, who last saw Dortmund at the top of Europe 16 years ago.

How many sixteen years are there in life?

Sixteen years is enough for an infant toddler to grow into a pillar of support, and it can also bring the standard of living of a depressed country to a higher level.

Not to mention the fans who came to the scene with the team, they also made a noise while tears slipped from the corners of their eyes, tears of excitement.

The same is true for the Chinese fans at the scene, Dortmund was able to win the second Champions League title since the establishment of the team, which is directly related to Tang Zheng, who desperately shouted and cheered, and was proud of Tang Zheng and Yan Junling, who were wrapped in the five-star red flag in their eyes.

Yang 5 commentator He Wei was impassioned and said: "Dortmund! 2012-2013 UEFA Champions League champion, the second Champions League trophy in the club's history! Now the Rhine River, City Hall, and Signal Idona Park Stadium at night must be crowded with celebratory crowds, and beer sales will hit a new high!"

Tang Zheng kissed the trophy in his hand, and then handed it to the captain next to him, Kyle.

In the flutter of yellow and black confetti, every Dortmund player had a winner's smile on his face.

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After the players lifted the Champions League trophy on the podium, the Champions League theme song "Champions-League" on the live radio was transformed into the Dortmund anthem "Das-Vereinslied".

The rest of the time will be left to the champions of Borussia Dortmund.

They walked around the stadium with the Champions League trophy and shared the joy and excitement of the trophy with the Dortmund fans who came from afar.

The opposite of joy is sadness, Real Madrid fans can be said to be one of the saddest people in the world at the moment, they should have won the Champions League, but they met Tang Zheng, who fell from the sky.

This feeling is like a goddess who has been in love for many years suddenly confesses to herself, but later finds out that it is a short-lived dream.

The new Wembley Stadium resounded with the passionate cheers of Dortmund fans, and the Real Madrid die-hard fans in the North Stand were expressionless, while more fans were holding their heads in their hands, looking painful.

History has always been written for the winners, and no one will pay attention to the losers.

Everyone only has the winner Dortmund in their eyes, and the defeated Real Madrid players only have the attention of the fans of the team, and no one pays attention to it anymore.

It wasn't until 11:30 p.m. local time in the UK that Dortmund fans at the new Wembley Stadium were persuaded by the players to leave the stadium and return to their hotel.

The Dortmund players who returned to the hotel did not feel a trace of sleepiness, and many of the players were basically happy until dawn.

After all, most of the players in the team are young people and have a weak ability to control their emotions.

Moreover, the team won the Champions League title that many professional players dream of, and even Pirlo, who has won the World Cup and the Champions League, could not restrain himself and followed his young teammates to party all night.

In the afternoon of the next day, the Dortmund team took a flight back to Dortmund from Heathrow International Airport with a pair of panda eyes.

The joy of winning the Champions League has not waned with the passage of time, especially for Dortmund fans who have not travelled to London, England, and how can they not be excited to be able to welcome the champions in person?

Therefore, when the whole team appeared at the exit of the international flight, the whole airport was boiling instantly.

If it weren't for the local police's proper maintenance, it is estimated that there is a high probability of a safety incident.

“Taaaaaaaaaaaaaaaang——”

Especially when Tang Zheng took off his sunglasses and appeared, a deafening shout rang out in the boiling airport.

The fans were so enthusiastic that Tang Zheng had to wave frequently, and even stopped to patiently sign autographs for those excited fans.

I don't know which fan took the lead, and they sang "Song of Don" that has been frequently sounded at Westfalfa Stadium for the past two seasons.

Listening to the familiar song, Tang Zheng smiled, and then lowered his head and continued to sign.

Of course, Tang Zheng's signature did not last long, because the airport throughput is very large, and if it occupies the exit for a long time, it is very likely to cause unnecessary safety accidents.

Besides, the celebration of becoming Dortmund could not be held at the airport, so the Dortmund coaching staff and players were escorted by security personnel to quickly board the bus prepared in advance.

It's just that the bus is moving very slowly, because there are so many Dortmund fans coming to the airport.

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Considering that there is still a German Cup final at the Olympic Arena in Berlin in five days' time, the club did not prepare the team for the championship presentation at the town hall, but waited until after the German Cup final.

Thinking that Dortmund has won the German Cup for three consecutive seasons, both the media and fans are quite optimistic about Dortmund's next final.

Moreover, the opponent is Bayern, who has been pressed by Dortmund for more than three seasons.

It's the equivalent of saying that it's not enough to be a problem.

Back at Borussia Dortmund, Jurgen Klopp gave the team two days off to prepare for the German Cup final in a good mood.

Tang Zheng was also able to have time to spend with his parents and girlfriend and enjoy a rare family fun.

This is not the first time Tang's father has gone abroad, but it is definitely the first time that Tang's mother has gone abroad, so Tang Zheng borrowed a Land Rover from Hummmels and took his parents and girlfriend to travel around Germany.

At this time, there was a heated discussion in the conference room of the Dortmund Club office building.

Oddly enough, it stands to reason that manager Jurgen Klopp would not have been required to attend a high-level meeting like this, but he was among those invited.

"I think you've read all the papers on the table, right?"

It turned out that sporting director Zolke received several more offers from yesterday to this morning, all of which were about the core members of the new Champions League title.

In other words, these offers are a bit of an increase from the original offer.

Among them, the most eye-catching transfer offer is undoubtedly Tang Zheng, Chelsea, Barcelona, Manchester United and other teams have infinitely close to 100 million euros, and the most sincere club is Real Madrid, which lost to Dortmund in the Champions League final.

100 million euros!

The high-level people were engaged in heated discussions, but Klopp frowned, held the pen in his right hand, and tapped rhythmically on the table.

After a while, CEO Watzke stretched out his hand to signal everyone to pause the discussion, and then looked at Klopp: "Jurgen, I want to hear your opinion." ”

"If you want to be competitive in the Bundesliga and the Champions League, you can sell anyone but Don. Klopp's eyes were sharp, he looked at Watzk, and said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

Watzke raised his eyebrows, in his heart, the one he wanted to sell the most was Tang Zheng!

Because selling Tang Zheng is enough to feed the entire team, and it can also be maintained in terms of squad thickness.

However, as a successful businessman, Watzke's superficial skills were still very good, and he handed Klopp two more documents.

The top one is the club's latest financial statements, and the other is the latest salary package submitted by Tang Zheng's agent Rodrigo.

Klopp is responsible for leading the team, and although he doesn't know much about finances, he can still understand the basic income and expenses.

At this time, Watzke glanced at Zolke, who sighed, stood up and said: "Jurgen, I know what you think, but the club needs to survive, and in order to ensure the survival of the team in the Bundesliga and even in Europe, we must know how to make trade-offs. ”

As soon as the words fell, Zorke raised his voice: "You also know that Robert Lewandowski and Mario Gotze's contracts will expire next summer, and they both deserve a high salary, but now the team has no money!"

"Won't the problem be solved when the Champions League prize money comes down?" Klopp still insisted.

The atmosphere fell silent, and Watzke suddenly said: "Jurgen, you should know that Don has two years left on his contract, and do you know how much his annual salary is for renewal?"

Klopp shook his head, and Watzke said: "Twelve million euros after tax!"

"Wow~"

Suddenly, the conference room was in an uproar.

"It's a requirement we simply can't meet!" Watzke continued: "You also know that the Bundesliga is financially healthy for the club, and we have to sacrifice Don in order to keep the rest of the core players. ”

"100 million euros is not a small amount. ”

Klopp frowned, didn't say anything, just kept tapping his pen on the table.

As Watzke said, this is the biggest obstacle to keeping Don alive.

After a long time, Klopp whispered, "But I need a successor." ”

"No problem at all, as long as you like it, you can discuss it with Michelle. Watzke laughed.

"Hmm. ”

Klopp tapped his chin and then got up and said, "I'll leave if there's nothing else, and in four days there's the German Cup final, and I'll discuss tactics with Geliko and Peter." ”

When Klopp left the room, Cramer, the head of marketing, looked at Watzke: "I think Don is worth more than 100 million euros. ”

"What do you mean......"

"Fixed transfer fees and floating clauses. ”

Kramer crossed his hands against his chin and said lightly.

"Floating clause?" Watzke asked curiously, "what to establish?"

"Goals, assists, FIFA Ballon d'Or, capital gains from another transfer during the contract period, these can all be added in. ”

"OK!" Watzke nodded, "Then reply to these clubs as Carsten says." ”

As soon as the words fell, Watzke said to Zorge again: "Michel, hurry up and communicate with Jurgen to see which potential player is suitable to succeed Don." By the way, there are other key players whose contract extensions must be completed this summer. ”

After explaining what happened to Tang Zheng, Watzke seemed to be talking to himself: "Hope...... This news will ease the resentment of the fans......"

The words are full of deep helplessness.