Start from 1999

Chapter 70 New season preparation period
Borussia Mönchengladbach left Tokyo for Germany the next day, but Nick stayed.

Several major car brands in Japan have issued endorsement invitations to Nick.

After Mr. Hansen arrived in Tokyo, Nick's endorsement contract was finally finalized: 500 million euros for three years, for the global endorsement of Mitsubishi Motors.

This amount is quite good for football players in this era. Mitsubishi Motors obviously took a fancy to Nick's popularity in East Asia and his status as a player of the German national team, and Nick's image and temperament have nothing to say.

And Nick is naturally looking at the money, 500 million euros is really a huge sum of money, with this money, Nick can also really improve the family's situation, of course, Nick's car is also free.

In the process of filming the advertisement, Kurai was arranged by Nick, and Mitsubishi had no objection after seeing Nick's idea, and would not add money anyway.

Kurai herself was very happy to get a chance to go abroad. This was her debut, and she was even more devoted to Nick.

In front of a classic oriental bar, a Mitsubishi car slowly pulled up, the door opened, Nick walked down, Cangjing on the steps smiled sweetly, Nick stepped forward and held Cangjing's hand, the two got into the car, and left calmly.
This is the advertisement that was filmed. The plot is simple, but the effect is good. After the filming, Nick and his party left Tokyo.

After returning to Germany, Nick immediately brought Kurai to Berlin.

As the capital of Germany, Berlin's education industry is obviously still very developed, and it is also the leading big city in Germany. Letting Kurai live and study here will obviously help her to mature her mind.

At the gate of the Berlin University of the Arts, Nick called Mina, and Mina came out after a while.

"Hey, Nick, why do you come to see me when you have time?" Mina still looked indifferent, "Yo, Nick, did you change your girlfriend?"

Mina had met Bai Jie before, and now seeing Nick bringing Cangjing over, her first reaction was that Nick had changed girlfriends.

"What nonsense? This is Miss Cangui from Japan, Mina. Cangjing wants to enter your school to study acting. Can you help her with the admission procedures?" Nick saw that Mina was talking nonsense, and quickly explained. Of course, the siblings were talking in German, and Cangui couldn't understand it.

"No problem, but Nick, you give me an extra 5000 euros a month. I don't have enough money now." Mina immediately agreed, but asked Nick to give me more pocket money.

"Okay, no problem. My brother will give you 30000 euros a month. Is it enough? But you have to help me take care of Cangjing. She is a foreigner and is easy to be bullied." Now that Nick has the endorsement fee from Mitsubishi Motors, he is no longer short on money. Naturally, he will not pay attention to the little money Mina said.

"Oh yeah, Nick, I have to say that you are a very competent brother, don't worry, I'll cover Kurai, no problem." Mina hugged Nick happily, and gave Nick a kiss.

"Hey, you girl is really crazy." Nick said helplessly, "Cangjing, you have to study hard by yourself. I can only help you here. There is 10 euros in this card. If it is not enough, call me."

Nick handed Kurai a bank card, and Kurai gratefully held it in his hand. Seeing Nick's back going away, Kurai watched for a long time.

"Let's go, Cangjing, my brother is gone, let's see." Mina said loudly.

"Oh, yes, yes." Only then did Kurai come back to his senses, but he thought in his heart: "Thank you, Nick, I will definitely live up to your expectations."

Nick returned to Borussia Mönchengladbach, the team has concentrated again and started the final preparations before the new season.

The adjustment of the team's personnel has brought new variables. The Japanese player Shunsuke Nakamura joined the team, and some players who could not play the ball chose to transfer. This added nearly 300 million euros to the club. Borussia Mönchengladbach's players were also reduced to 23, which is a more appropriate number.

The three games of Borussia Mönchengladbach's trip to Asia exposed many problems of the team. Although the team's overall speed is fast, the team's physical reserves are seriously insufficient. Except for Nick, the physical fitness of other players is difficult to support the entire 90 minutes of fast play, so the team's top priority now is to build physical reserves.

As for the team's cooperation, the cooperation between the two sides and the center is still a bit insufficient. Madavikia and Li Yihuan's speed is too fast, and the team can only keep up with Nick, Deisler and Eto'o. The other players always run wrong, wasting many opportunities.

In addition, after Nick stepped forward, Borussia Mönchengladbach's defense lacked a little protection. Metzelder and Friedrich are still too young and have a little lack of game experience. This is currently a hidden danger.

These can only be continuously improved and strengthened through training and warm-up matches.

Thus, Karl's devil training began.

There is basically nothing to say about the boring running laps every day, but Nick actually thought of a ghost idea and provided it to Karl, that is, let the players tie sandbags to practice running.

The teammates who were already suffering were now the eighteenth generation of Nick's ancestors. With two bags of sand tied to their legs, it was too heavy for them to run.

But Karl didn't feel anything wrong at all, and the players had to continue practicing desperately.

A week later, the players who had finally adapted were surprised to find that the weight of the sandbags had increased again.

"Fuck, captain, you will definitely have nothing to do with having children in the future!"

"Taiyang, my leg, it doesn't seem to be my leg anymore."

"Your sister, captain, are you practicing martial arts with sandbags? Does it work for kicking football?"

Another week passed before Karl ordered the removal of the sandbags and started regular training. Only then did the players realize that their physical fitness and speed had suddenly increased a lot!
"Haha, you grandsons, now you know how powerful my method is? It's not so easy to strengthen your physical fitness. Only by suffering through hardships can you develop a level of physical fitness that is superior to others. In the future, if I find out that someone's physical fitness has declined, I will get the hell out of Mönchengladbach!" Nick cursed proudly, pointing at the noses of his teammates.

"Captain, I knew your method was effective." Everton said with a smile. This kid is a typical sycophant. In fact, when he was in pain, he scolded the most in his heart.

"That's right, captain, our physical condition is much better now, and we seem to be able to do a job with ease on the court." Dex hurriedly said that he is now like a fish in water, running without any effort.

The other teammates also nodded secretly. Mateus and other veterans now find that they have endless energy. Only such a physical condition can guarantee good results.

With physical reserves, Borussia Mönchengladbach started tactical drills.Of course, the most important tactic is to use Nick as the core of offense and defense. The offense is initiated by Nick, and the defense must also be built around Nick. Although other teams have thoroughly studied Borussia Mönchengladbach’s tactics, Nick is too strong.

The second set of tactics revolves around Deisler, but this set of tactics has higher requirements on teammates. Deisler's passing is uncanny. If teammates can't perceive Deisler's passing intention, mistakes are likely to occur.

The third set of tactics is even more complicated. Nick and Deisler team up to organize the offense, and the teammates move around them. This requires the teammates to concentrate on the intentions of the two core players. It is difficult for players with low golf intelligence. Judging from the current lineup, Li Yihuan and Madavikia can cooperate well with the two.

Of course, if Nick and Deisler are not on the field, Carl’s fourth set of tactics can only be used. This is a set of tactics centered on Chinese player Li Yihuan.

In a blink of an eye, the time has entered August of 1999.

德甲各支球队都有了明显的变化，拜仁慕尼黑在7月12日的98－99赛季德国杯决赛中再度点球大战5:6不敌不莱梅后，贝肯鲍尔一怒之下掏出了2000万欧元购进了德国国家队的队长比埃尔霍夫，这一笔交易也成了本赛季德甲联赛的新标王。

Obviously, Beckenbauer has been very dissatisfied with Jancker.

The chance waster master is now in a very unfavorable situation at Bayern and is likely to be purged.

Under such circumstances, Borussia Mönchengladbach quietly contacted Jankel's agent. After some negotiations, with 400 million euros, Jankel became the last piece of the jigsaw puzzle of Borussia Mönchengladbach's 99-00 season.

(End of this chapter)