Chapter 352: Young Dortmund
When the first of July came, the major clubs confirmed their players, although many of them had already come out before, but the official confirmation was able to prove that the transfer was indeed successful......
For Borussia Dortmund fans, the joy of winning the Champions Cup has not yet dissipated, and they are starting to hear about the sale of key players - although this has been confirmed at the shareholders' meeting, and Dortmund fans are basically aware of the need to do so, but they are still a little surprised by the departure of one player after another.
Rivaldo, who joined Cruzeiro for six million euros; Okocha, four million euros to join Bolton; Lehmann, 10 million euros to join Arsenal; Rosicky, €25 million to join Manchester United......
All four of them are the main players of Dortmund, and Rosicky is the core of the midfield and a promising young player, although the departure of these four people has brought Dortmund 45 million euros in cash, but it has also caused them a lot of worries.
Soon, though, a series of signings began to take some comfort in them.
Russian wide all-rounder Andrei Arshavin joined from Zenit St. Petersburg for five million euros, 24-year-old homegrown midfielder Owomoela joined Paderborn in the northern division at a low price of 500,000 euros, and American striker Donovan, who was loaned back to the United States by Bayer Leverkusen, for one million euros......
While none of the three signings seem to be well-known, who knows what kind of performance Kavinaghi had before last season? Who knows who Alves is? However, one of them became Dortmund's top scorer and the other became Dortmund's main right-back......
Borussia Dortmund have also announced that 18-year-old homegrown striker Mario Gomez and 18-year-old Polish right-back Piszczek have been transferred from the youth team to the first team, where they will play next season.
Thirty-seven-year-old Ruit retired, thirty-one-year-old Rivaldo, thirty-three-year-old Lehmann, twenty-nine-year-old Okocha and twenty-three-year-old Rosicky left, among the players who joined, Arshavin is 22 years old, Owomoyela is 24 years old, Donovan is 21 years old, plus two 17-year-old young players into the first team, Dortmund's average age has been immediately lowered a lot.
"Rejuvenation is our goal, and with Coach Dirk coming to the next season to lead a younger Dortmund team, we have reason to believe that we will perform even better in the coming period."
The new chairman and CEO, Watzke, said at a press conference that the 45-year-old chairman and 24-year-old head coach had bought a group of young players...... The current Dortmund is indeed developing towards youth from top to bottom.
Borussia Dortmund, meanwhile, are in a tug-of-war with Chelsea over the transfer of Cavinaghgi.
In fact, if Abu's temper was to ask Dortmund for 40 million euros, he probably agreed without blinking an eye, but after Dortmund asked for such a price, Sivori began to be unhappy - although the transfer fee is high, sometimes the agent also has a commission, but this time it is completely a negotiation between Dortmund and Chelsea, leaving him aside, the transfer fee is high, and the salary he can get may be reduced, can Sivori not be in a hurry......
So when he knew that Dortmund had put a price tag of 40 million euros on Kavinaghi, Sivori immediately approached the Dortmund club, thinking that such a price was too much, a year ago when Kavinaghi went from River Plate to Dortmund, it was only 5 million euros, and now it has risen eight times in a year - damn the price of the house has not risen so fast!
"The value of a player is like this, when there is a demand and we don't want to sell it, it will naturally be higher. Chelsea can afford to pay this price, if not, we will naturally continue to talk, what do you have to worry about? ”
Dick pushed the former superstar back with an understatement, and the reluctant Sivori made another trip to London, telling Chelsea that he would promise to let Cavinaghi join Chelsea and that the price would be reduced......
"Fernando is a very good striker, but 40 million is definitely a lion's mouth! According to the market price, 20 million is already a very top price, give me time, I will definitely reduce this price! ”
Just after Sivori vowed to Chelsea, Dick, who was a little impatient, said in an interview that Deportivo La Coruna, who had just lost Mackay, was interested in Cavinaghi and offered a price that would make Dortmund happy......
Sivori scoffed at Dick's approach, thinking that he deliberately set off smoke bombs to make Chelsea comply, in fact, Dick's trick could not be hidden from everyone at all, but whether the strategy is good or not depends on who the target is - just like Zhuge Liang played an empty city plan, and he deceived a smart person like Sima Yi, if Xu Zhu was replaced, most of them would rush in bare-chested with a knife and capture Zhuge Liang alive......
When the news reached Abu's ears, Abu immediately became furious - Damn, one has been snatched from me last time, and it will be snatched away this time? If it gets out, I won't have any face!
In a fit of rage, Abu immediately gave Chelsea Club a death order, isn't it 40 million? Dig it out! I see who dares to rob someone with me!
It's not that Abu is a fool, but he himself has a high-profile entry into Chelsea, and throws money recklessly, which has a deep meaning - later the Arabs of Manchester City threw money because they were really not bad at money and played with Manchester City as a toy, and Abu had a deeper intention in addition to treating Chelsea as a toy - that is, to save his life! This is related to the political environment in Russia, as one of the financial oligarchs, if you want to keep your wealth, in addition to other means, let yourself have a higher prestige and fame, which is also a good way to save your life.
So he doesn't care about spending money, he's just afraid that it won't be effective and won't be famous, which is also the biggest conflict between him and Mourinho later - Abu can't stand Mourinho's presence, his light is completely obscured, which is not the same as the conflict between Dick and Little Ciel, it's not a matter of face, it's a matter of life!
After Chelsea and Dortmund reached an agreement, Sivori was so anxious that he almost jumped to his feet - but in the end, the generous Chelsea still made him feel more satisfied, and Kavinaghi received an annual salary of 3.5 million euros, which also made up for Sivori's injured mind a little.
Chelsea sign Cavinaghi for €40 million.
As soon as the news broke, it shook the entire European football world, and this is the highest transfer value so far this summer, and it is due to a young 19-year-old striker!
This transaction immediately increased Dortmund's income in the transfer market this season to 85 million euros!
And now they have only spent 6.5 million......
"How do I think that if this happens a few more times, it seems that we won't have to wait a few years before we can pay off our debts......"
After Zolke saw the news, he couldn't help but mutter.
"Don't dream, it's Chelsea who will pay such a price...... It is not impossible to continue to develop such a good player, but the investment will definitely be greater, after all, if he hadn't won the Champions Cup last season, how could Cavinaghi be sold for such a price? Last season we were just lucky, if we want to win the Champions Cup, how can it be so easy, if we really want to pay off the debt, we still have to follow the chairman's plan, then we can really make Dortmund's finances healthier, I can ...... That's just some way to help you. Dick said lightly.
However, it is obvious that after this transfer came out, even Watzke looked at Dick's eyes with a little envy - now Dortmund has a balance of nearly 80 million euros, that is, if Dortmund wins the league this season, Dick can take away nearly 40 million euros from Dortmund......
"Don't look at me like that...... To be honest, it's going to be a lot of difficulty defending the title this year because we've really dropped a lot of quality...... Now it's not that we don't have the money to buy people, but we need to buy some players who don't pay well, which makes me very embarrassed, you know? Forwards we are not bad now, Olich, Gomez, Arshavin, Everton, Donovan, and a young Odonko, these are all very characteristic players, and it is up to me to play with them, but in midfield we are a little bit weak...... It will be difficult for Klinger to take over Rosicky's team, and with Frings likely to leave, we need to find a replacement, and I need a quality replacement. ”
"We still have four million salary space now, and that's up to you...... Of course, we all know what you're capable of, and we know you're going to get this bonus without a hitch. ”
Watske came up and patted Dick on the shoulder, laughing.
"Just for me, I think I should take so much." Dick muttered, and then said to Watzke, "Mr. President, I wish I could have reminded you...... If we were to redeem the remaining 49 percent of Westphalen's ownership of the surplus funds that we still have, we would be able to save more than eight million a year. ”
"I know this, the Chelsea side has the funds in place, we are now working on this thing, the team thing, you do it, the club thing, I will do it, I am full of confidence in the next development of Dortmund! Even if there will be some difficulties, we will surely see more light! Watzke said loudly.
"I never doubted that, even without me, Dortmund would have been reborn after a period of hibernation." Dick said leisurely, "I just want to make this process faster...... That's my job, it's my responsibility, since I agreed to be the head coach of Dortmund at that time, then I need to do better, at least, I don't want people to say in the future that just because Dortmund was blind at that time to find Dick as the head coach, Dortmund is not such a mess now......"
Dick's words made Watzke and Zolke laugh at the same time.
"Who would dare to say such a thing now? 100,000 Dortmund fans will spray him with saliva! Zorke said with a smile.
"If we can get all of our home stadium back, then maybe in the next few years we can find a way to expand Westfa-Lun a little bigger...... With a stadium of 80,000 people, I think it's even more spectacular. ”
When Watzke said this, Zolke and Mayer's eyes flashed with longing, but Dick smiled slightly, because he knew that at that time, maybe it had nothing to do with him......