Volume 1: Heroes Come and Go, People Pay Attention Chapter 10 The First Transfer Shot This Summer (Second Update, Please Vote for Me)

Chapter 10: The first transfer shot this summer (Second update, please vote for me)

Chen Yingxiong called Balotelli and explained the matter.

Balotelli said it was a trivial matter and would be taken care of by him.

The two chatted some more nonsense about women and then hung up the phone.

Chen Yingxiong is waiting for Balotelli's reply.

After waiting for two days, Balotelli called back and told him that he had already told Thornton. Thornton expressed that he was very interested in Liverpool's invitation and that Liverpool could talk to him directly.

After Chen Yingxiong thanked Balotelli, he replied to Niang.

Niang was very happy to get Chen Yingxiong's answer. He asked Chen Yingxiong to get the contact information Balotelli gave him, and then called Thornton.

Later, Niang realized that he actually didn't have to go to such trouble and go to Thornton in a roundabout way.

He only needs to go directly to Thornton as the manager of Liverpool Club. Thornton is very interested in joining Liverpool. The question he is worried about is whether Liverpool will want him if he goes to Liverpool, but it is not at all a question of whether he wants to go to Liverpool.

Of course he wants to go. Now in English football, how many players don't want to go to Liverpool?

This Liverpool team is full of vitality, with Chen Yingxiong, Bell, Sanchez, Suarez and other good players in their prime. If the team's policy is stable, their glory is completely expected.

Going to this team is obviously more promising.

However, at this time, Niang still did not expect that his team had become popular in the eyes of these players.

He also imagined them in terms of traditional thinking.

Anyway, Niang ran to contact Thornton. Thornton said without any nonsense that he was very happy to transfer to Liverpool, as long as Liverpool could handle Newcastle United.

In Thornton's view, Newcastle United may not be willing to let him go. But in Niang's eyes, this problem is very simple. It is much easier to deal with the club than the players. As long as the players are willing to join, there will be no obstacles.

The two parties agreed on a specific personal agreement and initialed a contract, which will take effect as soon as Thornton transfers over.

Next, Liverpool Club officially applied to Newcastle United for Thornton's transfer.

Newcastle United naturally wanted to be pretentious, saying that Thornton was their assistant full-back and could not be sold to a competitor or something...

To put it bluntly, it means raising prices.

Niang is also slowly getting along with Newcastle United. He knows that Newcastle United will not refuse to sell Thornton. Although Thornton is the main force in Newcastle United, he has some injuries. If Thornton can be sold at a good price, Newcastle United will The Alliance will not hesitate. Thornton was not trained by the Newcastle United youth academy, nor is he a peerless talent that emerges only once in fifty years. Everyone in professional football clubs understands that no player can definitely be retained, so it is better to take advantage of it while he is still alive. It is true to sell him for money when you can afford it.

After some haggling, the two parties finally reached an agreement at the price of five million pounds.

Niang discovered that Liverpool really has a tradition of poaching full-backs from Newcastle United - the current team's main left-back Jose Enrique also transferred from Newcastle United, which cost Liverpool 6 million euros. .

Now another full-back has been hired from Newcastle United. If we keep digging like this, maybe Newcastle United will become Liverpool's reserve team...

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David Thornton became Liverpool's first shot in the transfer market this summer.

When last season ended, many teams couldn't wait to announce their signings, or planned signings. Only Liverpool have remained on hold, not revealing in the media who they are interested in and who they have bought.

Many people thought that Liverpool was very satisfied with their lineup and had no plans to make adjustments.

However, Thornton's joining cannot cause any sensation. What is the attraction of a player worth only 5 million pounds? Thornton was a genius a long time ago, but now after so many years of experience, he has long since washed away his "genius" halo and has become an ordinary player. His transfer happens countless times throughout professional football every summer and cannot attract people's attention at all.

Only Liverpool fans welcomed Thornton's arrival. They also know very well that this is a substitute for Enrique. Enrique performed well last season, but there is always a worry without a substitute - what if he gets injured?

Well now, we have Thornton.

As for whether Thornton can adapt to Liverpool after arriving, that is Martin O'Neill's business and has nothing to do with them.

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Thornton was the last to launch a transfer offensive, but became the first to arrive.

This shows that Thornton's transfer is very difficult, while the previous transfers of Pepe and Gotze have been planned.

After handling Thornton's transfer, Niang went back to deal with the transfers of Gotze and Pepe. Mainly Gotze.

Whether he is playing against Mendes in Brazil or returning to Liverpool to buy Santon, Niang has been paying close attention to the latest transfer rumors about Gotze.

Although Dortmund rejected transfer applications from a group of teams, including Liverpool, the number of teams interested in Gotze has not decreased at all, and there is even a trend of more and more teams.

The German media is full of news that Gotze may transfer to Barcelona, ​​Chelsea, Inter Milan, Arsenal, Juventus... and other news.

Some media also said that Gotze seemed to be interested in leaving Germany to play football.

When he was in Brazil, he was asked about playing football abroad in an interview. He did not express any objection: "Who can say clearly about the future? I am not responsible for predicting the future now, but I am willing to accept the new situation." challenges.”

Gotze has not left Dortmund since the youth team. He has been playing for this team for many years and helped Dortmund win almost all championships they can win. There are three Bundesliga titles and two German Cups.

But his honor only goes so far.

Outside of Germany, he never won a single championship, even though he was favored every time. However, hitting the wall again and again in the Champions League still made him realize that no matter how strong Dortmund is, they can only play well in the Bundesliga. This is not Dortmund's problem, this is the problem of the entire Bundesliga. The competitiveness of the Bundesliga is slightly worse than that of the Premier League and La Liga.

If he wants to pursue higher honors, he should transfer away to teams that can help him realize his dreams.

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When Niang saw reports about Gotze in the media, he knew that Gotze had moved his heart and wanted to leave the team. The time has come.

When Dortmund realizes that it is impossible for them to keep Gotze, they will be willing to negotiate with other teams, and that is Liverpool's opportunity.

Liverpool has Shaheen, a weapon that other teams don't have. As Gotze has matured over the past few years, he has assumed the important role of Dortmund's midfield organizer. Although his attack is still sharp, his passing has gradually improved. In Dortmund, he has grown into a player who can pass and lead. versatile midfielder.

Therefore, in the past few years in Dortmund's formation, he has been the core of the midfield, partnering with Shinji Kagawa, disturbing the opponent's defense.

If Gotze leaves, Dortmund will lose a core midfielder. How to make up for it?

Liverpool sent Shaheen.

Shaheen was originally the core of Dortmund's midfield, responsible for organizing the offense and controlling the rhythm. Maybe their functions and characteristics are different, but they all play the same role.

If Gotze cannot be retained, will recalling Shaheen be a way to ensure the stability of the lineup and tactics?

Niang felt the need to remind Dortmund of Liverpool's existence and made another offer to Dortmund. The price remains unchanged, 30 million euros plus a Shaheen.

Niang is not worried about Shaheen leaving. In Liverpool, his performance last season was lackluster. He didn't play many games and suffered a lot of injuries. Shaheen himself also knows that he has little chance in Liverpool, so returning to Dortmund, which has an urgent need for him and is also familiar with others, may be an opportunity to prove himself again.

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Faxes professing love to Gotze came like a snowflake, and Zorc was very annoyed. He rejected those clubs more than once, but he didn't expect that they still took the trouble to ask and quote.

This made Zorc very unhappy.

But what made him even more uneasy was what Gotze said in an interview with a German reporter two days ago.

He said he was willing to take on new challenges.

What does it mean?

Doesn't this mean that he has the intention of leaving Dortmund?

If Gotze himself had this intention, it would be tricky. Zorc, who has been Borussia Dortmund's sporting manager for sixteen years, knows very well that if the player himself wants to leave, almost no club can successfully stop him.

The significance of this sentence is significant, and it also caused some commotion among Dortmund fans.

He decided to ask for clarification.

Gotze is preparing for the World Cup and he cannot contact him directly, but it doesn't matter. He can contact Gotze's agent Strutz.

"Michelle, what are you nervous about?"

Because he was already familiar with Zorc, Gotze's agent Strutz directly called Zorc by his name in a relaxed tone.

Zorc was relieved when he heard his tone - it seems that Gotze will not leave Dortmund yet.

Unexpectedly, the next second sentence caused him to have a bucket of cold water poured on his head. "I remember we reached a consensus a long time ago that Mario will eventually go out...last time we said that he would transfer abroad when his contract expired. The contract at that time happened to expire this year. ...It’s just that we renewed the contract later, but this did not change Gotze’s own mind, Michel. Gotze really wants to play abroad, don’t you know?”

After implementing Trutz's words, Zorc stopped listening.

Because he knew that Gotze did have this plan at the beginning. At that time, there were many rumors about Gotze's possible transfer to Bayern Munich. At this time, Gotze stood up through his agent Strutz to refute the rumors and said that he would not go to Bayern. He plays football in Munich, but he hopes to develop abroad after his contract expires. At that time, his contract with the club expired in 2014.

Unexpectedly, Shaheen left the team, and Gotze's status suddenly became important. Dortmund did not want to let Gotze leave, or they did not want him to leave so early. The two parties negotiated for a long time and finally renewed the contract, extending the contract period from Extended from 2014 to 2016.

Zorc thought that as time went by, Gotze and his agent would give up the idea of ​​transferring to play abroad. Unexpectedly, three years later, Gotze's desire has not changed.

Outsiders think that Gotze is unwilling to transfer and leave Dortmund because he has not grown up yet, just like he has been living in his mother's house and eating her mother's cooking. But Zorc knew that Gotze had wanted to leave Dortmund and go abroad from a very early stage.

The reason why he didn't want to go out at that time was not because he hadn't grown up yet and couldn't bear to leave his mother... it was just that he felt that he should have more experience in the country. But now he feels that his level has reached the highest level that he can play in Germany. This is a bottleneck. If he can't rush through, he will be like many domestic talents, such as Royce and Toni Kroos, and that's it, there will be no progress. He can play as the main player in any team in Germany, even Bayern Munich. But Gotze's ambition is not here. If he wants to become one of the few figures in the history of German football, he must go out and accept experience and new challenges in higher-level leagues and teams.

Gotze is much more mature than his appearance and age give people the impression...

The following discussion was no longer necessary. Zorc leaned back in his chair. He knew that Gotze's departure was unstoppable...

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