Chapter 6 Burnt Down

If "Transfer Market" doesn't reveal Zhou Yi's matter, then Lewandowski is the biggest trouble for Dortmund this summer. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

But after Zhou Yi's matter was turned over by the media, Lewandowski suddenly became not so important.

Borussia Dortmund FC had to go all out to deal with Zhou Yi's agent, Schulze.

The previous two contract extension talks made it clear to Watzke that although Schulze looked young, he was definitely not easy to deal with. He has never seen such an agent - loyal to his players is like a dog, he is Zhou Yi's loyal dog, whatever Zhou Yi says, he will do it, without any discount at all, it is useless to move him with affection and reason. He only cares about and protects Zhou Yi's interests.

Such an agent is indeed very rare, and other brokers will have their own little calculations to a greater or lesser extent, but Schulze does not seem to think about himself at all.

Of course, maybe he understands better that thinking about Zhou Yi is thinking about himself......

Although both parties are willing to renew the contract, it does not mean that they will agree. You must know that Lewandowski and the club were also willing to renew their contracts......

The most troublesome thing now is not the annual salary or anything, Zhou Yi is not very greedy in the annual salary, he did not say that his role in the team is the most important, so he must take the highest salary in the team.

The main issue focused on the termination clause.

Since Götze was forcibly poached by Bayern Munich using a release clause, Dortmund have been hoping to remove the release clause in the contract of the main player.

Zhou Yi is the core of the team, and of course even more so.

For such a player, the release clause is like a bomb that does not know when it will be detonated, and as long as the contract is in place, Watzke will not be able to sleep well for a day.

Therefore, the main job of the club this renewal is to persuade Zhou Yi and his local agent Schulze to agree to remove the termination clause from the new contract.

But Schulzer, or Zhou Yi, did not give an inch in this matter and was very resolute.

The club's attitude in this regard is also very resolute.

That's how the two sides got together.

The club insisted on removing the termination clause, while Schulze insisted that there must be a termination clause.

The club also looked for Zhou Yi directly in private, hoping that Zhou Yi could consider the conditions given by the club, in order to show their sincerity, they were willing to greatly increase Zhou Yi's salary, so that Zhou Yi would become the club's top salary.

In the face of the pressure of the club, Zhou Yi played very slippery with a set of Tai Chi pushers - he said that he has feelings for Dortmund, and he hopes and hopes to stay in Dortmund. Of course, this made Dortmund absolutely uncomfortable. But then, Zhou Yi was reluctant to talk about it anymore, saying that the contract issue of contract renewal negotiations should be handed over to his agent, he is a player, he doesn't know so much, he just wants to play, so it's better to find him than to find Schulzer.

The club is not stupid, and as soon as he heard it, he knew what Zhou Yi meant - he would never give up the termination clause.

In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that it is impossible for Zhou Yi to stay in Dortmund for the rest of his life, and the Dortmund club does not want to tie Zhou Yi all the time. They just hope to be able to make as much transfer fees as possible when Zhou Yi transfers in the future.

If there is no termination clause, then Dortmund can open their mouths and ask for as much as they want. The initiative of whether to transfer players or not is also completely in the hands of Dortmund FC, they can sell if they want to, and if they don't want to sell, then they can not sell.

If Götze didn't have that damn release clause in his contract in the first place, how could Bayern Munich bypass Dortmund and talk directly to Götze's agent?

The last sentence of the article in "Transfer Market" makes a lot of sense: "Will Zhou Yi become the next Götze?"

This is exactly what the Dortmund club hierarchy fears and fears the most.

And Zhou Yi insisted on the termination clause in order to avoid a situation where his fate was completely in the hands of the club. Now his relationship with the club is okay, but who knows what will happen in the future? In football clubs, the situation of "one son of heaven and one courtier" is very common, and when Klopp was in charge of the team, he naturally had an important position. What if one day Jurgen Klopp doesn't coach the team? What if the new manager likes to play long passes? Then his tactical position in the team will be much worse than before, and when the time comes, let alone whether he can still be the core, he can't even guarantee the main force.

If there is a termination clause in his contract and he is not happy with Dortmund, it is natural that other teams will pay a termination fee to buy him.

If there is no such clause, no matter how unhappy you are, you can only pinch your nose and suffer.

Zhou Yi really didn't like the feeling that the situation was not under his control.

The termination clause is his bottom line, and he must not back down half a step.

Even if he goes to other clubs in the future, he has to have such a clause in the contract, whether it is useful or not, it must be there.

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Just when Dortmund FC and Schulze were struggling to negotiate a contract extension, the English media suddenly reported that Arsenal had officially offered Borussia Dortmund 50 million euros to buy Zhou Yi.

And the news was officially confirmed by the Arsenal club: "...... Our correspondents, who consulted sources within the club, said they did make an offer for Zhou Yi ......"

A day later, Dortmund Club also confirmed the news, Dortmund is a listed club, and any news they have that will cause a change in the stock price must be announced as soon as possible. Obviously, Zhou Yi's stay and departure have a great impact on Dortmund's stock price.

If Arsenal makes such an offer when Zhou Yi and Dortmund's contract is only one year away, then there will be nothing to do with Dortmund Club at all, they can only stand aside and watch Zhou Yi's agent and Arsenal discuss a personal contract, and then transfer away.

Because Zhou Yi now has a contract with the club, the amount of the termination clause is 50 million euros.

Fortunately, Zhouyi's termination clause must not take effect until the last year.

But wouldn't it be better if there wasn't such a clause at all?

Arsenal's offer has made the Dortmund hierarchy even more convinced that there must be no such time bomb left in the new contract.

They did not hesitate to reject Arsenal's offer of 50 million euros while continuing to negotiate Schulzer's contract.

"I would like to assure the Dortmund fans that we will never sell Zhou Yi under any circumstances, he is 100 per cent not for sale and is priceless. Watzke said in an interview.

But Arsenal is not so easily frightened by this kind of words, this kind of thing is usually not less said, what "so-and-so is not for sale", and in the end it was sold?

Arsenal thought that Dortmund was saying this because 50 million euros was too little, so they quickly made a second offer, this time 5 million euros more than the last time, 55 million euros!

Arsenal's bid must have spurred other clubs as well.

Almost at the same time, Barcelona's offer of 60 million euros was also sent to Watzke's desk.

Manchester City FC also made an offer of 60 million euros.

Even Paris Saint-Germain came to join in the fun, regardless of whether Zhou Yi liked them or not, but if there was more money than money, they would not easily admit defeat.

In addition, Watzke also saw the name of Bayern Munich in the list of offers!

"What the hell is that idiot Hoeness trying to do!" Watzke growled.

Zorke, the sports director sitting next to him, shrugged his shoulders: "I'm afraid I'm here to make trouble, and then watch us laugh." ”

"Damn it......" Watzke put his hands in his hair and grabbed them hard.

Recent events have really left him anxious.

In addition to the Zhou Yi and Lewandowski incidents, Hummels, Subotic and Gundogan have also been tempted by other teams.

Ilkay Gundogan, for example, has been on the radar of Real Madrid, who noticed that his contract with Borussia Dortmund expired in the summer of 2015 after last season's Champions League semi-final, and now there are only two years to go.

Real Madrid is very famous for Dortmund, both in terms of fame and size, if they want to dig Gundogan, let alone Gundogan, Dortmund is estimated to be unable to resist. How did they poach Shaheen in the first place?

Therefore, in fact, the people who Dortmund want to renew their contracts are not only Lewandowski and Zhou Yi.

At the same time, he was negotiating contract extensions with so many players, which made Watzke almost nervous.