On July 15, Dortmund's pre-season training camp officially began - although there are World Cup matches this summer, the Bundesliga still starts as early as ever, and the league officially started on August 10, which is the earliest in Europe and earlier than England. [No pop-ups. 】

The characteristics of the four major European leagues are different, the English start is very early, but the end is not too early, because they have a lot of games, so there is basically no winter break, so playing in the UK is the most tiring. Serie A often starts at the end of August and early September, the end time is not early or late, the winter break is about half a month, the start time of La Liga is uncertain, and the end time is also uncertain, if there is a big competition in the summer, then it is generally in September, and it ends in June, if there is no major competition in the summer, then it is often the middle of August, the end of May, and the winter break is about half a month, the Bundesliga starts at the earliest, and the end time is relatively late, but they have a winter break of more than a month, It's almost like splitting the league into two, and the league is basically played once a week, so even Bayern, which has deep pockets, won't let the team hoard too many stars, because they don't need so many people at all in many cases.

For Dortmund fans, they are very happy with the team's gathering, Dortmund's recruitment this summer is very powerful, Rivaldo can be called the first star of the Bundesliga, after all, in the current Bundesliga, the core members of the world championship seem to be few yet.

And Frings is also a German international, Okocha is famous, Cavinaghi is Argentina's favored star, Ismael's performance in Ligue 1 is also quite good, such a reinforcement can be described as quite high, even Olic failed in the Bundesliga, but he was the top scorer in Croatia last season, and his value is quite low, so no one thinks there will be any problems with his joining, the only thing that is ignored is Alves, because he is too young and not well-known, Therefore, many media believe that he will join Dortmund's youth team.

Now Dortmund's first team is still a lot of personnel, in the past few days, the three goalkeepers and Reina and Olisseh have found their next home, two young goalkeepers transferred to the German third league team, the old goalkeeper Laux is transferred to the German second division of Braunschweig, Reyna also joined the German second division of Bielefeld, Olisech is a little more sought-after, after all, he is half of the main force in the past two years in Dortmund, and he has played fifteen times every season, plus he is only twenty-eight years old, so many teams want him, In the end, Olisekh joined Bochum for 3 million euros, and together with others, he secured another 4 million euros in transfer funds for Dortmund.

"Very good, now there is a surplus of 13.5 million!" Dick was delighted with that.

Evanilson and Jankoller have not responded to the club's request for a salary cut for the time being, but the situation of the two of them is different, Evanelson has no shortage of teams, after all, he is only twenty-seven years old, and he is a good Brazilian international, so he is naturally unwilling to reduce his salary, and there are many teams that want him, not only the Bundesliga team, but even some middle and lower teams in the Eredivisie and the three major leagues also want to buy him to strengthen their strength.

Jankoller's situation is different, he doesn't seem to want to leave Dortmund, because there is his good friend Rosicky in the team, and he also wants to get some good honors under Dick, but the salary of three million euros was cut in half at once, but he was reluctant to accept it, but after seeing that Rivaldo only got three million, Okocha only got two million, and several German internationals like Frings and Kyle and captain Warnes only got a salary of about 1.5 million, he knew that most of his salary cuts were inevitable......

Borussia Dortmund's squad has shrunk a lot, leaving 10 players and joining seven, with 29 first-team players, while a number of young players will return to the amateur team again, and the only young players who can stay are Klinger, Gemmel, Odonko and Madoni.

Dortmund's squad is still a bit crowded, with Lehmann, Weidenfeller and a young goalkeeper Collinster in goal, Ruit, Alves and Evanilson at right-back, and Dede and young Achenbach at left-back.

In the central defenders, there are Warnes, Metzelde, Ismail, Madoni and 20-year-old Metzelder Jr., in the midfield, the defensive midfield positions are Frings, Kyle, Rosicky, Klinger, Guemmel; Rivaldo, Okocha and Ricken in attacking midfield, Cavinagh, Olich, Jankoller, Everton and Odonko up front, and now 26 players in pre-season training, while the rest of the youngsters who Dick didn't think had any outstanding quality have returned to the first team, although they may get a chance in the German Cup, where there are some hard targets for homegrown youngsters.

For Dick, the first team of 26 is a bit much, but if you clean up Jankoler and Evanilson, the first team of 24 is about the same, and he also has candidates for the German Cup, Metzelde Jr., Klinger and Odonko are all players who can be cultivated, although they have not achieved much in later generations, but they still show their talent at some times, and it is no problem to be a substitute.

The rules of the Bundesliga are that a team can have five non-EU players in the first team, but there is one point, players from Eastern Europe and the former Yugoslavia are not considered foreign players in the Bundesliga, so although Olic is a Croatian, he is not a foreign aid in the Bundesliga, plus Okocha has been in Germany for a long time, he has dual citizenship in Germany, and he is not considered foreign aid, so now Dortmund's foreign aid is basically South American - Dede, Alves, Evanelson, Rivaldo, Cavinagh, Everton - Obviously, there is one more foreign player slot, which is why Dick wants to sell Evanelson.

On the first day of the training camp, Dick arrived early at the training ground, where his colleagues in Dortmund were waiting for him.

Marriner, as Dick's number one horseman, is naturally one of Dick's most valued assistants, Dick trusts his training level, and during this time, as a more honest person, he quickly became familiar with other assistant coaches.

Borussia Dortmund's coaching staff is very young, the three assistant coaches are all under 40 years old, the previous number one assistant coach Najas is only 43 years old, and the oldest member of the coaching staff, Kopple, is 55 years old. It is rare for Muller, Nelinger and others to get such an opportunity in the German national team, but Marriner was the first to be familiar with him, because both of them were players before, and Marriner was also selected as a Spanish international, although he did not play against Kopple, but when talking about football in that era, he was able to quickly close the distance between each other.

Marriner also knows German, so there is no problem in communication, and the members of Dortmund's coaching staff also know English, and Dick has no problem communicating with them, but Dick also knows that learning German as much as possible is also necessary, after all, Dortmund is still dominated by Germans, and half of the 26 current first-team players are Germans, and if they don't know German, they will encounter a lot of trouble.

So recently Marriner has had another task, and that is to teach Dirk German – which he is better than a tutor, because he is a football man and knows what to learn first.

"Then we're all colleagues, the club is not in a good situation right now, we need to be in the same boat! The league is important, but for us, the Champions Cup is more important because it's about our income! There may be some fluctuations in the beginning, after all, the team needs to adjust, we need to run in, so in the current pre-season training camp, we need to do well. Dick said to the coaching staff.

Najas asked a question: "Mr. Dick, we have the Carabao Cup in half a month...... If we concentrate on adjusting our form, we may not perform very well at that time, but if we want to be in the best form, it will affect our physical reserves, what is your decision in this regard? ”

Dick didn't even think about it, but replied directly: "Give up the League Cup and focus on the goal of the whole season." You know, our goal is not to win the League Cup, it's just a good opportunity for us to train. If I don't have enough time, it's okay to give up the first round of the league, I want the overall form, not the one game. ”

"Understood." Nehas nodded, and then said nothing - this is what Dick admires about the Germans, who tend to talk nonsense and are very disciplined.

"Guys, I don't think you're very familiar with me right now...... Normally, I don't get involved in training, but I do watch the players in training, so I'm not a manager who relaxes, it's just that I'm not very involved. The whole training plan was discussed with Robert and you, and I won't interfere too much, but you don't need to ask me what I need to do during training. ”

Several assistant coaches nodded at the same time, they had heard that Dick hardly led the team in training, and now it seemed that it was true.

After a few conversations, six players came out of the dressing room, first with the two captains Ruit and Warnes, then the third captain Ricken, and then the future captain Kyle......

The first to come out were all Germans, and the Germans were notoriously disciplined.

However, the number one star Rivaldo did not give Dick a chance to get off the horse, perhaps after the national team heard about Jardel being sent off for running laps on the first day of being late, so Rivaldo was not late at all, and Okocha, Cavinaghi and the young Alves were also not late.

When nine o'clock came, there was only one person left who didn't arrive, and that was Evanelson.

Dick didn't get angry, but laughed slightly—it's good if he's late, anyway, it's the one who wants to sell it, and there is nothing to worry about using him as a sacrifice flag......

When Evanelson, who arrived five minutes late, arrived, Dick looked at his watch directly, and then pointed at Evanelson's very casually: "Late, go for a lap, five laps, it will be your warm-up." ”