Chapter 267: Start Again
Borussia Dortmund and Dick signed an unprecedented contract with unprecedented speed.
In this contract, Dortmund FC signed a three-year contract with Dick, if nothing else, Dick will become the manager of Dortmund in the next three years, the contract stipulates that Dick has all the authority to transfer the team, but will not get a penny of transfer funds from the club. If Dick wins at least one league title in the past two years, then 50% of the annual surplus from the transfer market will belong to Dick, and if the club can make a profit from the club operation while repaying the loan, then 10% of these profits will also belong to Dick.
Dick's demand for money is indeed a bit ruthless, but Dortmund's management knows that if Dick wants to get this money, Dick must do several things - first, he wants to make Dortmund's results stable, which means that he can get the opportunity to participate in the Champions Cup every season and win at least one league title; If the club is to be profitable, he will have to make Dortmund go further in the Champions Cup, get more prize money, and also cut Dortmund's salary bill, which is up to 60 million euros a season, to an affordable level, and keep the results at the expense of wages...... To be honest, neither Nepohm nor Zorge and Mayer believed that Dick would be able to do this.
It is precisely because of this that if Dick can do all this, then even if he can give him more than 10 million euros a year, it will definitely be worth it! Besides, Dick boasted about such a haikou, and if he didn't do it by then, he would be able to gag the fans by taking out the contract, and the responsibility would be all Dick's.
When Dick signed his name on the contract, he smiled with satisfaction, and then said: "Everyone, please don't divulge the details of the contract now, because doing so may have a huge impact on our next transfer." ”
"We know that. Our economic crisis may be understood by many in German football, but on a larger scale, it is understood by very few. Nepom nodded, and he could pretty much guess what Dick was going to do, which was nothing more than sell some players while they were still valuable, and then bring in others at a cheap price - if Dick really had the ability to keep the team competitive in this situation, then he would indeed make up for the impression that people had made up for him......
"By the way, until then, I think I have one more suggestion for Dortmund to think about."
Dick seemed to be about to get up and leave, but sat down again and said with a smile: "If I'm not mistaken, Dortmund should have more than fifty million euros in money by now...... I suggest that you use this money to recover the ownership of Westpha-Llen, no matter how much you can recover, try to reduce the expenditure on the rent of the stadium, in order to use Westpha-Lun will cost 17 million euros a year, which is too expensive, if you can redeem half of the ownership, then the annual expenditure will be reduced to less than 10 million euros, that is to say, at least 8 million euros will be reduced, so that the annual deficit of 30 million euros will be reduced by more than a quarter. That's a big deal. I know you're keeping this money for a rainy day, but as long as you can reduce your expenses, it's okay not to keep it, but if you get to the point of bankruptcy, it's ...... It's really not enough to do anything. ”
Nepom was stunned for a moment, and then he looked at Dick in horror - how did he know that Dortmund still had such a sum of cash?
Dick laughed slightly, of course he knew it through the memories of later generations, after Dortmund's re-emergence, he had checked Dortmund's information during that time, and this money actually played a big role in the future, and after the next chairman took office, the first thing he did was to get a loan with future ticket income, and then redeem half of the ownership of the Westfa-Lun Stadium, which cut Dortmund's expenses by a large part of each season, although in general it was still spent, but this approach has spread the entire loss to each season, greatly reducing Dortmund's burden, so that Dortmund gradually recovers!
The situation in Dortmund is not as unmanageable as it was three years later, and if we are prepared from now on, it is not impossible to avoid the fate of mortgage ticket revenue.
After Nepom heard Dick's words, he immediately understood that this was feasible, and he had kept this money because he was going to go crazy in the last year or two and buy more good players to hit the glory, and since Dick didn't need transfer funds now, it would be better to use this money to fill the shortfall.
If 50 million euros are used, you can reduce your expenditure by 8 million euros a year, and you will return to your capital in six or seven years, and you will make money in the rest of the time, so this operation is of course necessary.
Looking at the back of Dick leaving, Nebom shook his head slightly: "Could it be that this guy Dick has thought like this a long time ago?" Otherwise, how could we even know that we still have a reserve fund that has not been used. ”
"How do I know?" Zolke shook his head: "But looking at him now, I have begun to have enough confidence in him, since he is confident and prepared, maybe he can really create miracles!" ”
"Let's hope so...... I don't want Borussia Dortmund to be relegated because of the bankruptcy, we were too eager for quick success in the last few years. Mayer sighed.
After leaving the conference room, Dick did not return to the hotel, but went directly to the manager's office and called the club's staff.
'I need a detailed list of the first team.' Dick said straight to the point that he is now the head coach of Dortmund, and naturally has such power.
"Thirty-three members of the first team...... No, it should be thirty-two, Coral has already announced his retirement after the end of last season, or his salary is four million euros, one less of him, and the salary bill has been reduced a lot. ”
Dick sighed with the list of players, in his opinion, the first-team list of thirty-two people is too large, although there are many young players who can be eliminated, but the remaining first-team of twenty-six or seven-man people, the salary expenditure is indeed a huge burden.
Dick quickly made a list of the team's players and set them according to the salary bracket - the highest salary bracket was a few new signings and two captain-level players from last season, captain Ruyt's salary was the highest, reaching 3.7 million euros, Czech star Rosicky was paid 2.9 million, Amoruso was paid 3.5 million, Jankoller was paid 3 million, and vice-captain Warnes was paid 2.8 million.
With their salaries approaching 16 million, it's no wonder that Dortmund are burdened with a heavy burden on their wages, and of course, their performances are also quite good, with Amoruso being Dortmund's top scorer last season, Rosicky at the heart of the attack, Jankoller being a good fulcrum, and Ruit and Warnes being trusted members of Dortmund's backline.
"Of these five people, there will be a maximum of two left." Dick thought to himself: "Warnes can stay, such an excellent central defender is not easy to find, Rosicky is still young, and the future is good, he can also stay, giving him 2.9 million is nothing." Jankoller ...... Although he is useful, his salary is too high, and I don't need such a high striker, and I don't really need a goalscorer like Amoruso, who has a lower salary and value than him, but a very good striker. ”
"As for Ruyt...... That's not easy...... His salary is indeed too high, if he can accept the salary cut, he can stay, but he is already thirty-six years old, he still retires, anyway, I am not an old man in Dortmund, even if I want him to retire, I will have an unkind name at most. ”
After thinking about it so much, Dick couldn't help but smile bitterly - you must know that he abolished the captain and main striker Kiko in his first year at Atletico Madrid, should he also abolish the old captain of Dortmund now...... However, even if Ruyt's performance was good, he could no longer play too well. However, you can't just treat such an old captain so roughly, it's best to have a good talk with the old captain......
Next, there is a group of players with a salary of between one million and two million, and these players should be regarded as the foundation of Dortmund - Kyle, 1.4 million; Dede, 1,400,000; Ricken, a million; Reina, 1.4 million; Everton, 1.1 million; Oliseh, 1,800,000, Lyman, 1,800,000, Evanelson, 1,800,000; Heinrich, two million.
The combined salaries of these people are 14 million, and the combined salary of them and the previous five main forces has reached 30 million, which is the main expenditure of Dortmund's salary.
"Reina...... Six appearances last season, no goals, has been with Dortmund for six years, the best result is six goals in a season, basically not the main team, can actually take so much, just because he is a veteran? Ricken can stay, his salary is not high, his strength is okay, and at the same time he is one of the symbols of Dortmund, it is no problem to stay, at least it is okay to play as a main substitute. Everton is good, the salary is not high, Kyle is the main force in the back, taking more than one million is nothing, Dede is the main left-back, more than one million is also worthy of it...... Oliseh actually took so much? Sell it cheaper, I don't need a back like him, it's enough to have Kyle. Lehmann is a top goalkeeper, but Weidenfeller is not bad and his salary is low...... However, he still needs time to grow, and Lyman still has to do it now. ”
"Evanelson's salary of 1.8 million is not high, but I have a good candidate at right-back, so there is no need to waste too much on you...... I have a chance to sell it. Metzelde is only 700,000? This must stay, although he can't play the main force now, but as a young main substitute, it is still very useful! Heinrich...... I'm old and my salary is high, so there's no need to stay. ”
Next is a group of players with a salary of less than one million, most of them are young, but there are also many older players, such as Yugoslav midfielder Stevich, veteran striker Helerich, Ghanaian all-rounder Addo, Moroccan defender Madoni and so on.
"It's not easy to clean up." Dick sighed slightly, starting over in a club is always going to run into some troubles.