Chapter 23 Preview of the German Super Cup
Before the game, Gotze was injured and was definitely unable to participate in this game, so he temporarily escaped media harassment.
However, another Dortmund's "rebel" Lewandowski became the focus and center of media attention.
Starting a week before the game, reporters have been intercepting Lewandowski outside the training base in Bayern Munich, wanting to hear what he thinks of the game.
"Will you play?"
"I don't know, this is the decision made by the head coach."
"Will you want to play yourself?"
"As a player, of course I hope I won't miss any game."
"So will you be more motivated to meet Dortmund on the court?"
"My motivation comes from the desire for victory, not anything else. In addition, I have a great time in Dortmund. I have no conflicts with the coach and teammates of Dortmund. We get along very well, and I am also very grateful for the help I received at Dortmund. Again, I have no conflicts with Dortmund..." Perhaps I am tired of the harassment of the reporters with the words "I am here to find fault" on their faces, Lewandowski had to give the ultimate answer, which can be used to deal with all the reporters' unintentional questions.
He knew that the reporters just wanted to hype the conflict between him and Dortmund.
That's right, he did have some conflicts with Dortmund in order to leave Dortmund. But only fools were used by the media.
And what he is telling the truth is that there is indeed no conflict between him and Dortmund's coach and teammates. The contradiction is between him and the senior executives of the Dortmund club, or rather, the club CEO Vatsk.
His conflicts with the club's senior management will not make him angry with the team's teammates and coaches.
After all, he has won almost all the honors he can get in the club in his career in this team.
If Dortmund's club had been willing to give himself an annual salary of 3 million euros at the beginning, he would have signed another four-year contract with the club. In fact, he didn't have to leave Dortmund. In addition to having too little salary, he was very happy to stay in Dortmund.
There is no such complicated reason why he left Gotze.
In fact, the dissatisfaction of Dortmund fans with Lewandowski's departure was mainly focused on leaving the team when Gotze left the team. If he left a year later, there would be no one who scolded him.
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Lewandowski is relatively low-key, but Bayern Munich club seems to be hoping to use this opportunity to hype up their major victory against Dortmund in the summer transfer market.
Heness claimed more than once in an interview that he had poached Gotze and Lewandowski from Dortmund one after another, which was a transfer operation that made him very proud.
"…I've been looking forward to our encounter with Dortmund more than once!"
Why are you looking forward to it? Is this still necessary to explain it?
Votsk responded to this: "Heres seems to think that Bayern Munich can easily defeat Dortmund? I don't want to say that he is a delusion. Everything is possible in the football world. Of course we may lose, but we may also win. Yes, this summer, we have lost some people, but we have also added some people. Isn't this the case for football clubs? There are always people leaving and there are always people coming. I think Heeres is happy too early!"
Although Votsk's response was a bit tactful, his attitude was generally very tough.
He has snatched the league championship from Bayern Munich for three consecutive years, and last season, he defeated Bayern Munich in both the domestic league and the Champions League. Vatsk deserves such confidence.
But in the eyes of German media, this is not the case.
When Dortmund made a lot of money in China, some media in Germany criticized Dortmund for being a little proud. They were overdrawing the players' physical fitness and using precious pre-season training to play commercial games, so that the players' energy was spent on commercial activities and TV interviews. Although it was very friendly, it would be of no benefit to the team's preparation for the new season.
After all, the team does not conduct pre-season training systematically, spending all their precious time on a large number of commercial activities and fans' entertainment. How can players maintain a good state and how can they reserve enough physical fitness for the new season?
Although they, like Bayern Munich, achieved a complete victory in all warm-up matches before the German Super Cup, Dortmund's warm-up match is three unknown Chinese teams. In the eyes of German media, their strength may not be as strong as the German second team... How valuable can such an opponent make Dortmund's warm-up match?
The media are all wondering where Wattsk's mysterious confidence and confidence came from with a pre-season team of this quality?
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When Dortmund was preparing for the German Super Cup, after some bargaining, the news about Yan Min's transfer to Dortmund finally came to an end.
On July 24, a news first appeared on Chinese Weibo: "Confirm! Yan Min joins Dortmund! Congratulations to young player Yan Min! The second Chinese player playing football in Dortmund is born!"
Soon afterwards, Dortmund Club and Shanghai Chongming Club issued a notice almost at the same time, announcing that the two clubs had reached an agreement on Yan Min's transfer. Yan Min had flew to Dortmund and was preparing to undergo a physical examination. As long as the physical examination passes, he will officially become a Dortmund player.
However, neither club's announcements revealed the transfer fee.
But this cannot stump media reporters. It soon spread on the Internet. According to the authoritative estimates of the German "Transfer Market" website, Yan Min's transfer fee for Dortmund should be about 1.5 million euros, and both sides have floating terms. It is said that if Yan Min plays twenty games in Dortmund's first team, Dortmund will give Shanghai Chongming Club another 500,000 euros. If it reaches 50 times, then another one million.
That is to say, if all the conditions are met, Yan Min's value is actually three million euros.
Yan Min's value is not the highest value of Chinese players. As early as nine years ago, Dong Zhuofang transferred to Manchester United for £3.5 million, creating the highest value of Chinese players, and has not yet broken it.
However, in fact, Dong Zhuofang's strict sense is a transfer fee, not a value. Everyone believes that if Zhou Yi and Sun Pan want to transfer, they can easily break Dong Zhuofang's 3.5 million pounds record.
At least in the German "Transfer Market" ranking of Chinese players, Zhou Yi ranked first, with a specific number of 90 million euros - this is the amount of the termination fee in the new contract between Zhou Yi and Dortmund Club.
Yan Min's successful transfer made the Chinese fans who have been continuously caring for this period of time very happy. European football is the center of world football, with the best league system in the world. All the top players gather in the European arena. Being able to play there can not only improve their strength, but also means that they have entered the football world.
Simply put, Chinese fans certainly hope to see more and more Chinese players appear in the European arena with the highest value. If enough Chinese players have gained a foothold in Europe, what else can I worry about in the national team's performance? I am afraid that reaching the World Cup finals is not something to celebrate, but it is used to it. At that time, Chinese fans will also look forward to their national teams in the World Cup like the Japanese.
At the same time, a yellow V account ID also appeared on Weibo, named "Yan Min who plays football". The avatar of this ID is Yan Min wearing a red jersey in Shanghai Chongming. The real-name authentication information reads "Former Shanghai Chongming winger, national player, Dortmund active player Yan Min."
The physical examination has not been conducted yet, and he is already an active player of Dortmund in terms of certification information. It can be seen that Sina official is very confident about this transfer transaction.
This account only posted a Weibo post: "Hello everyone, I'm Yan Min, I'm here!"
Then there is no further information.
But even such a simple Weibo also brings blessings and cheers from fans from all over the country.
Chapter completed!