Chapter 3 The House Leaks and It Rains Continuously

British netizens started thinking after this report came out - if Arsenal had signed Zhou Yi, what would it look like now?

Arsenal is likely to end the embarrassing record of not winning any championship since 2005. ＥNovelＷんＷ. ┡1XIAOSHUO. COM

League champion, FA Cup champion, League Cup champion, even Champions League champion... Zhouyi can always help Arsenal win one or two, right?

Look at his performance in Dortmund. Before Zhou Yi became a first-team player in Dortmund, Dortmund couldn't even make the top six in the league and only won one German Cup championship. After Zhou Yi became a first-team player, he won three league championships, a German Cup championship and a UEFA Champions League championship!

All of a sudden, Dortmund went from a mid-table Bundesliga team to a dominant team.

Long-established hegemons like Bayern Munich are firmly pinned down by Dortmund and cannot move.

With Zhou Yi, can Arsenal get rid of the embarrassing title of "Four Devils" and become the "favorite to win the championship"?

Of course, some people disagree with this idea. They believe that Zhou Yi's outstanding performance in Dortmund does not mean that he can also perform like this in Arsenal. It's very simple. The style of the English league is completely different from that of the Bundesliga. The English league emphasizes physical confrontation. The same physical contact may be called a foul in the German arena, but in the English league, the referee will not even look at it.

It’s not news that England advocates physical contact and confrontation.

Under such circumstances, it's hard to say what outstanding performance Zhou Yi can do. After all, his body is not that strong. Although his physical strength has increased, his physical resistance has not. If he becomes the core of Arsenal, he will inevitably become the target of the opponent's defense. In frequent physical confrontations, he can't even hold the ball, so how can he organize an offense?

This view also aroused opposition from other people. They believed that Zhou Yi was not a fool. There were many physical confrontations in the Bundesliga, and they did not see anything bad in Zhou Yi's performance.

The two sides argued.

But no matter how noisy the two sides are, they can't change Arsenal's determination to "make up for it before it's too late."

Soon the English media broke the news that Arsenal had decided to spend huge sums of money to introduce Zhou Yi.

But Arsenal faces very difficult competitors. In addition to Barcelona, ​​their competitors in England also include Manchester United and Manchester City.

Before the rise of Barcelona and Real Madrid, Manchester United had always been the football club with the highest brand awareness in the world, especially in East and Southeast Asia. Manchester City, on the other hand, is backed by petrodollars and has deep pockets.

Arsenal has no obvious advantage over them.

A few years ago, Wenger, the head coach, could also become Arsenal's golden signature to attract young players. But after so many years, after missing out on consecutive championships and failing to produce any great young players, Wenger's halo seems to have gradually faded.

Looking at it this way, it is very difficult for Arsenal to introduce Zhou Yi.

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The "Transfer Market" report triggered speculation and attention from major media regarding Zhouyi's transfer destination.

It also puts tremendous pressure on the Dortmund club.

Because the contract extension between Dortmund and Zhou Yi was not fully negotiated, Schulze was a difficult agent to deal with. He actively fought for Zhou Yi's rights and almost refused to give in.

At the same time, Schulze also admired Zhou Yi's decision to insist on contract renewal negotiations with Dortmund after the end of the season. In his opinion, Zhou Yi was not blinded by the feelings between him and Dortmund. When it comes to interests, , The mind is very clear and knows what one should do and what one should want.

There are many players who are not as clear-minded as Zhou Yi, so they are either deceived by their agents or deceived by the club...

In Schulze's view, Zhou Yi insisted on waiting until the end of the season to talk, despite the pressure exerted by the club, because Zhou Yi was very confident in himself.

Sure enough, at the end of the season, Dortmund won the league championship and the Champions League, especially the Champions League, which had a great impact on Zhou Yi. As an important contributor to the team's Champions League victory, Zhou Yi's worth is naturally completely different from before he won the Champions League. At this time, Schulze also had the confidence to ask the club Lions for a big price, and he was confident that Dortmund would agree to his conditions.

On the one hand, it is because of Zhou Yi's current fame and status.

On the other hand, there are the movements of other people in the Dortmund team.

Gotze's departure allowed Dortmund to start the process of renewing Zhouyi's contract in advance.

Now, the latest news is that Lewandowski is making noises about transferring, and his attitude is very tough and determined.

As the top scorer in the Bundesliga last season and Dortmund's top scorer in the Champions League, if Lewandowski leaves the team again, it will be a very heavy blow to Dortmund...

Under such circumstances, Dortmund will definitely stabilize Zhouyi at all costs.

Zhou Yi's contract with Dortmund has not actually expired yet, which is different from Lewandowski's situation. However, if Zhou Yi himself is unhappy, it is not impossible to leave Dortmund this summer.

Zhou Yi will not use such a drastic method as a training strike, but who knows if he will not work hard on the court?

Even if he would not do this subjectively, as the core of the team, affected by the transfer incident, his state will definitely not be stable. If he is absent-minded, it is impossible to exert all his energy.

In this way, his performance will inevitably affect the team's overall performance.

It will be Dortmund who will be unlucky then.

In order to prevent Zhou Yi from thinking about leaving, their best option is to renew Zhou Yi's contract, and then give Zhou Yi a contract that allows him to stay in Dortmund for another two or three years.

What makes them happy is that Zhou Yi himself did not refuse to negotiate a contract extension with the club, which shows that Zhou Yi has not yet decided that he wants to leave the team. This is Dortmund's chance.

Originally, the Dortmund club adhered to their tradition of frugality in recent years and planned to slowly work out the terms of the contract with Schulze one by one.

But now an article in "Transfer Market" has made Dortmund's wishful thinking come to nothing - in this article Zhou Yi clearly stated under what circumstances he would consider leaving Dortmund. Now that he has won the Champions League, there will be no more. What can stop him from leaving? Those other wealthy teams all belong to the Sharks. How could they not come to pursue Zhou Yi crazily when they smell the smell of blood?

At that time, the pursuer's crazy behavior may shake Zhou Yi's determination, which was not very firm in the first place. What if he really wants to leave Dortmund?

Gotze has left, Lewandowski is still making trouble, and if Zhouyi makes trouble again... No one in Dortmund's senior management will be able to sleep well this summer. No, let alone sleep, they may not even open the door. Dare to come out...

Of course, it may not be safe to stay at home, and angry Dortmund fans may smash their windows with rocks.

Therefore, the top management of the Dortmund club know very well that after losing Gotze unexpectedly, they can no longer withstand the blow of losing Zhou Yi.

And this is not just a result from the perspective of satisfying the fans. From the perspective of the club's image, a team that has just won the Champions League has three main core players leaving the team. What will others think of Dortmund? Even if they win the heavyweight championship, Dortmund cannot retain its core players. So what brand image does Dortmund have?

This question has led to a new question, and it is a fatal question - in the eyes of investors and sponsors, how much is the value of a club like Dortmund that continues to lose core players?

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For the senior management of the Dortmund Club, if they want to prioritize matters this summer, then Zhou Yi should be the highest priority. Zhou Yi's problem must be solved first and possible dangers nipped in the bud.

But in fact, if we want to talk about the matter, Lewandowski may be their biggest trouble...

Lewandowski has performed well in the league and Champions League this season and is one of the important contributors to Dortmund's success in winning the league and Champions League titles. Especially his four goals in the Champions League semi-final round against Real Madrid almost dominated the pages of various European media for a whole week.

Lewandowski can have such an outstanding state and performance this season. I am afraid that the Dortmund club executives did not expect it when they allowed Lewandowski to find a home in advance, right?

Of course, the most unexpected thing is probably that Gotze was forcibly poached by Bayern Munich...