There is a belief called football

Chapter 425 Transfer Period
"Dortmund and Hoffenheim have reached an agreement, the Chinese player Wang Kong will transfer to Dortmund, the transfer fee is 400 million euros, and the contract is signed for 4 years",
In July, the month when the European transfer market is in full swing, this unremarkable news appeared in "Kicker" and "Bild", which did not seem to attract much attention, except for China.

This news has caused a huge reaction in China. It is no exaggeration to use one stone to stir up a thousand waves. This is the No.2 Chinese player who joined Dortmund in two years and is also an active Chinese national footballer. Of course, Chinese fans are very excited.

In view of Li Qiao's great success in Dortmund, everyone has reason to expect that Wang Kong will also surprise the fans.

At this time, Wang Kong was on vacation in his hometown Dalian. This kid was very tight-lipped. When the media was about to ring up his phone, he just sent a message on the Internet-he would not say anything until Dortmund's official website stated.

Dortmund actually settled Wang Kong two weeks ago. The reason why they didn’t announce it was not for secrecy, but because they wanted to announce it when they visited China in August. However, since the news had already been exposed by the media, Dortmund’s official website announced the news——Wang Kong officially transferred to Dortmund!
The reason why the deal was concluded so quickly was that Li Qiao had nothing to do with it. The main reason was that in the second round of this season when "Dortmund" played against "Hoffenheim", Klopp focused on Wang Kong, who was in excellent physical condition.

Klopp may be the first Bundesliga coach to eat Asian crabs. He not only knows how to eat, but also learns from it. He successively introduced the Japanese "Kagawa Shinji", the Korean "Ji Dongyuan", and the Chinese "Li Qiao", and finally proved that the results are not bad. Now he has introduced another Asian player.

Originally, there was no shortage of Dortmund midfielders. Klopp was going to sign for free after Wang Kong and Hoffenheim's contracts expired, but Gundogan's departure left Dortmund midfielders without a reliable midfielder.

Don't look at the 3000 million euros earned by selling the Gundogan team, but if you look at the current European market, it is not easy to buy a suitable midfielder for 3000 million.

Ramirez, Matuidi, and Marchisio are good defensive midfielders, and 3000 million can almost be won, but the problem is that these people's salaries are too high. Gundogan's salary is 450 million euros. This price cannot sign the aforementioned midfielders.

After much deliberation, Klopp finally decided to use the old method-to poach people and train them himself, starting from scratch.

After making up his mind, Klopp informed Zorc to let the latter do it, but when he inquired, the news he got shocked Klopp.

Huo Cun's asking price was 1000 million.

"You run a black shop", Klopp thought to himself.

Although there are many black shops in European football, the most typical one is "Porto" in Portugal, but there are not many black shops that have opened to the Bundesliga. We know that the biggest attraction of summer transfers every summer is the bid king, but for so many years, the Bundesliga has never won the bid king once again.

The main reason is that the Bundesliga teams do business, whether they are buying or selling, they are generally very rational and will not mess around.

Hoffenheim has its own reasons for asking the price randomly. First, it is to test the sincerity of Dortmund's desire to buy. Second, Chinese football is different. There are many local tyrants. Now Chinese players are valuable.

Zorc also knew that the first offer was tentative, so he took the team lawyer to the location of Hoffenheim for an interview.

In this way, Hoffenheim knew that Dortmund was serious, so they began to take it seriously.

Before leaving, Klopp and Zorc handed over the bottom line once, and the bottom line in their hearts was 500 million euros. If it exceeds this price, there is no need to talk about it.

Wang Kong is different from Li Qiao. The latter has proved himself in the World Cup. His qualifications in the football circle are his worth. Wang Kong does not have any glorious resume, so 500 million is a sky-high price.

But Hoffenheim broke through Dortmund's bottom line as soon as they opened their mouths-700 million, not even a single one less.

Zorke is a veteran negotiator, but this time he felt that it was difficult. The other party was obviously confident, and there was a big boss behind him. He really didn't lack the money, and his attitude was very arrogant. He didn't even want to pay for the hotel, which was very rude.

Zorc rushed back by plane overnight. After getting the news, Klopp sneered, "Don't bother with him, I have a solution."

It turned out that Klopp already knew that Wang Kong's agent was Li Qiao's father, and from there he knew that Wang Kong and Hoffenheim still had a one-year contract.

1 year?It means that if you don't ship this summer, you will be free next season. With this trump card, Klopp told Zorc, "Tomorrow, I will fax Hoffenheim the last offer, 400 million euros."

"I have made arrangements. Wang Kong will tell the club that he will not renew his contract with the club. He will sign with Dortmund in the summer and go directly to Dortmund next summer,"
After hearing this, Zorke raised the corners of his mouth with a big arc, obviously very happy, "Jurgen, you are so poisonous".

"We have been poached for so many years, and we should learn something, or the tuition will be for nothing."

*****
In Europe, although clubs and players claim to be underdogs, it actually depends on the situation, that is, the contract.

If the player is a parallel importer and the contract is very long, or the player is very good but the contract is very short, then the club is indeed dumb and eats coptis. It is hard to say, but if it is the other way around, the player will suffer.

This time it was obvious that Hoffenheim was afraid of Wang Kong. After receiving Wang Kong's words, Hoffenheim knew that he could not keep him.

Then Wang Kong secretly came to Dortmund to accept Marcus' routine medical examination. After the physical examination, Wang Kong officially signed his name in Zorc's office. He got the No. 8 jersey left by Gundogan. The jersey handover will be officially held in Shanghai during the team's China tour.

This trip to China is not just as simple as exchanging matches. The flexible-minded "Zorc" decided to open three flagship stores for Dortmund fans in China, namely in Shanghai, Guangzhou, and BJ. Zorc has his own ambitions. He wants to build Dortmund's influence in China. If it can be realized, it will not only be as simple as earning a little appearance fee every year, but may even return to the ranks of the top European giants.

After finalizing Wang Kong, Klopp still wants to find a striker. The biggest problem exposed by the team last season was that the wings were "flying with both wings" but the middle was "weak".

But now there is really no such player in Dortmund's team. Klopp's ideal standard is three-one: tall and big, two: good header skills, and three: preferably played in the Bundesliga.

Although Klopp admires the Englishman very much, the tall guy "Crouch", but British players have not had many successes in the Bundesliga. The money spent must be the team's most important transfer this season. Klopp is very cautious. Before there is no very satisfied player, Klopp will not act rashly.

At this time, Li Shan recommended "Ding Mu" of the Chinese team. Klopp immediately looked for information. After watching Ding Mu's few games in Fiorentina, Klopp felt that Ding Mu was very good, but he did not meet his requirements, that is, he was not a battering ram type player.

Although Ding Mu can score points in positional battles, he is not domineering enough. Yes, the striker Klopp wants needs to be domineering, and even score unreasonable goals in the opponent's penalty area.

The club scouts recommended Klopp’s “Dost” from Wolfsburg. Klopp’s eyes lit up, but he frowned immediately after contacting him. Dost’s agent responded, “Dost was very happy in Wolfsburg, and his children went to school there. Unless Dortmund greatly increases his annual salary, he will not consider transferring.”

Klopp is also mentally prepared. It is indeed unrealistic to poach people from a direct competitor team. Even if Dorst himself is willing, the embarrassment will be sad.

Of course, there is another person who also meets Klopp's requirements, that is the Argentine "Higuain", but Klopp may not let Zorc contact "Naples", it must be self-inflicted humiliation.

If you want to get Higuain, you have to exchange Royce or Li Qiao. In that case, the forward problem is solved, but the wings are gone.

After much deliberation, the world is big, but it is really difficult to find a suitable striker with a reasonable price.

Thinking of this, Klopp became angry, "Bayern... you give me back Lewandowski", indeed for Dortmund, who else is more perfect than Lewandowski?
Suddenly Klopp seemed to have some inspiration. He repeated "Bayern, Bayern" in his heart. Could it be that Klopp is mad?

"Bayern, Mr. 3000 million, Gomez", several keywords flashed in Klopp's mind.

"Mario Gomez",
What Klopp thought of was Mario Gomez, the former main striker of the German national team and now gone to Italy.

The excited Klopp immediately called Zorc, who thought for a moment, "Don't be unhappy with Mario in Italy, it shouldn't be difficult to get him, but are you sure he is the player you need?"
Zorc's worry is not unreasonable. Gomez left because he couldn't get along in Bayern. Can he still adapt to Dortmund in his current state?
But Klopp's answer was firm, "He is the one I need."

(End of this chapter)