Summer shines brightly on the city, and the blue sky and white clouds that drift past the sun become clear and transparent under the sunlight.

There are large balloons standing on the side of the road, and the World Cup mascot Leo VI and his friend Soccer Pile are smiling at passers-by in the face of the scorching sun.

On the green lawn in front of the garage, Götze waited for their father with his older brother Fabian and younger brother Felix.

Fabian wore the shirt of German midfielder Ballack and raised his elbow to poke Götze's shoulder.

"Mario, I heard Willy say that you changed the bed sheets from Bayern Munich to Dortmund?"

Hearing his brother's words, Felix looked at Gotze in surprise: "Really? Haven't you always been very cold to Dort? ”

…… Grandpa really! Didn't you say that it was good not to sue others!

Götze's face flushed, and his eyes drifted unnaturally to the clouds that were resting in the sky.

"Because Bayern's mother took it and washed it...... New sheets were made casually. ”

The Götze family's hometown is in Bavaria, and they were originally fans of Bayern Munich. In order to make ends meet, Götze's father, Jürgen Götze, brought his family to work in Dortmund.

Starting with Gotze's grandfather Willy, there is no one in the three generations of Gotze's family who is not passionate about football. Like many children in Germany, the three Götze brothers were sent to the academy from an early age.

The elder Götze doesn't have any special affection for Borussia Dortmund as a team, but Dortmund is the most famous of the teams closest to their new home.

In order to play football and go to school, the three young boys of the Gotze family chose to join in.

Of the three brothers, Mario Gotze stands out for his abilities, and he is now on a team that is higher than his older brother Fabian.

In the beginning, Gotze only thought that Dortmund was an ordinary team that offered him the opportunity to play, and he still wanted to go to that strong hometown team, Bayern Munich.

If I could, I would like to play at Bayern.

Before Yan Jing, Götze's dream team was not Dortmund, where he was playing.

Three years ago, when he shot wide, the ball seemed to skew the trajectory of his life, and since then, the scales in Gotze's mind have begun to tip in the direction of Dortmund.

His deepest desire to go to Bayern has changed to quickly promote to the first team of Dortmund and play under Yan Jing, and this love has become stronger and stronger, and even he has become more and more fond of the entire team of Dortmund.

Gotze's brothers let out a long "oh-" sound, as if they had seen through Gotze's careful thoughts.

The genius on the court, Mario Gotze, couldn't respond with a genius now, and he touched his head to emphasize that there was no silver here.

"What I said is true, the sheets are still hanging in the yard!"

At this time, Jürgen Götze, who drove out of the garage in a private car, saved his second son, who was about to complain again. Gotze's father rolled down the window, stuck his head out and grinned.

"Guys, get in the car, let's go to the World Cup!"

Preparing to continue making fun of his brother, Fabio pulled the car door and slipped into it, pulling young Felix up his arms.

"World Cup, Germany must win, yes!"

Earlier this month, Götze had just celebrated his fourteenth birthday, and finally entered a teenage period full of sweets and sorrows.

On June 3, Yan Jing was in France discussing with Lille club the possibility of his player Lichtsteiner joining, and could not find time to go to Gotze's house alone to celebrate his birthday as he did last year.

Although no one can be present, birthday presents must be given.

Last year, he gave him a limited-edition custom jersey, and the little guy liked it very much, and according to the friendship of Royce's classmates, Gotze was reluctant to wear it when he usually played football.

You can't give away another one bigger jersey this year, right? Yan Jing thought about it and finally got a few tickets for the group stage of the World Cup, which was held in Dortmund on June 15, against Germany and Poland.

After learning the news, it was not only Mario Götze who was excited, but also the Götze family was pleasantly surprised - Yan Jing not only prepared Götze's ticket, but also theirs!

There were only five tickets in total, and excluding Yan Jing, only four people in their family could go to the scene. Eventually, their grandfather, Willy, quit and gave the opportunity to his juniors.

Jürgen Götze skillfully steered the steering wheel onto the wide boulevard. He glanced at Mario in the rearview mirror who was playing with his brothers, and instead of wearing the German jersey like Fabian and Felix, the little one put on the limited-edition custom jersey that he usually wore as a baby.

"Where did your boss say he was waiting for us?"

"Right at the third gate of our Academy."

Countless times I heard the title "Chief" from Gotze's mouth, and Jurgen also called his precious son very smoothly.

Although Yan Jing is no longer the coach of Gotze, everyone can see the care of his second son by this Chinese - you can tell me, how many coaches will still think about the players of the original team after leaving their original positions?

What's more, at the beginning, Mario also kicked Yan Jing into a concussion, leaving him lying in the hospital for several days.

Champions League final, Premier League Christmas game, summer travel ...... Götze was still a waist-tall child when he traveled with Yan Jing, and Yan Jing was only in his early twenties, but Jurgen did not worry about his son's personal safety.

Jurgen could see that Yan Jing was mature beyond his years, and that he really liked Gotze so much that sometimes he felt ashamed of himself.

Mario is so lucky to have such a good coach who cares about him.

After the season, Yan Jing's mobile phone rang more and more frequently. Zolke's, Mendes's, the ...... of the target and the target of the transfer

Since the head coach of the Bundesliga does not have the same transfer power as the Premier League manager, it is very difficult for Yan Jing to contact a certain player in many cases. He had to inform Zorge first, and then Zorge would contact the other club, and wait for the other party to negotiate with Zolke and Dortmund's senior management, and then send the news back.

Yan Jing felt that this was really a waste of time, but he couldn't help it, and the long-standing rules of German football would not change for him now.

Thankfully, sporting manager Zolke is quite efficient. Let's take the contact with Lichtsteiner a few days ago, when he showed Zolke his eagerness to get the young Swiss full-back in the morning, and he received a call back from Zorke in the afternoon.

"Negotiations with the Lille club have been largely finalised, and now only the player's own wishes remain undecided. Do you want to go over and talk about it in person? ”

Lichtsteiner was born on 16 January 1984 in the Swiss town of Adrikinsville, where he entered the academy at the age of seven. Since then, he has had a promising trajectory, moving all the way to stronger clubs, from Lucerne in the Swiss Super League to Grasshopper Zurich in Switzerland. The young Lichtsteiner was selected for the Swiss Under-16 and Under-21 national teams in 1999 and participated in the European Youth Championships in both age groups.

After the Zurich Grasshoppers took the lead in the field, the 2004 UEFA Youth Championship made Lichtsteiner famous. The 21-year-old decided to play abroad at this time, joining Lille club in Ligue 1. Lichtsteiner adapted to Ligue 1 with astonishing speed and quickly became an indispensable right wing-back for Lille.

Lille finished third in Ligue 1 in 2005/06 and contributed to Lichtsteiner, who scored one goal in 31 league appearances.

In this World Cup, the Swiss domestic media also had a high call for head coach Kuhn to bring the young man, but unfortunately Lichtsteiner was not selected for the Swiss national team's World Cup squad.

"Mr. Zolke has agreed with you and your brother on the terms of the contract? Okay, I see. ”

"Stefan, welcome to Dortmund. Remember to report at 9 a.m. on July 10 and contact me if you need anything. ”

"Goodbye and have a nice holiday."

At the third gate of the Dortmund Academy, Yan Jing hung up the phone in his hand, and another transfer deal was settled before the summer window opened.

Lille is not a wealthy family that is not short of money. Although they have a decent record in Ligue 1 and have won several league titles, their survival is no different from that of most of the smaller clubs in the upper leagues.

Train young players and sell them to make the difference, so that the small club has enough money to keep the team running.

According to Zolke, Lille is happy to see the sale of Lichtsteiner. They paid €650,000 for Lichtsteiner from Zurich Grasshopper, while Dortmund's initial offer was €800,000.

Lille's sporting manager was not very happy with the price and Dortmund will send two more offers.

When it came to the offer of 900,000 euros, Lille's reply was much slower than the first offer.

A fax from Lille indicated that Lichtsteiner was a promising star and that they were not very willing to sell their hopefuls......

Zolke took out the paper from the fax machine and immediately understood what Lille meant.

Oh, and it's still too little money.

Borussia Dortmund's hierarchy has a psychological price tag of up to €1.5 million for Lichtsteiner, but saving is a key policy for the team to implement.

This time, Zolke did not immediately respond to Lille. He made a latte and called Watzke to discuss a change of sponsor for the team.

By the time his conversation with Watzke was over, the pointer on the wall was already pointing to twelve o'clock in the afternoon.

Zolke walked out of the office, beckoned the staff who were still working to go to dinner with him, and savored a delicious lunch amid laughter.

He gave up his lunch break to return to the office as Hertha Berlin began to ask them for midfielder Klinger. Zolke was familiar with the sports manager at Hertha Berlin, so he communicated directly by phone.

The phone conversation lasted for nearly an hour, and the two sides had not yet been able to agree on a price, but one thing was clear – Hertha Berlin wanted to buy, and Dortmund did want to sell.

It's good to have sincerity, the price can be negotiated slowly, and there is still time.

After doing this, Zolke had been drying Lille for almost five hours, and at this time he wrote a reply to Lille in a hurry.

――After receiving the reply from your club in the morning, I had an emergency meeting with the senior management and coaches for four and a half hours. Our top brass believe that Lichtsteiner has shown some potential, but he has not yet been tempered in the Bundesliga and has not as promising as many of the rising stars in recent years. I showed them all the things Lichtsteiner could look like, but they ultimately said they wouldn't pay a high price for a full-back who hadn't proven himself in the major leagues.

- 1 million euros, this is our final offer. If we can't agree yet, we'll quote a few more targets right away.