Champion’s Heart

Compared with the summer vacation, the winter break is much shorter, and Zhou Yi ended up staying at home for only a week, saying goodbye to his parents.

He joined Yang Muge in Beijing and returned to Germany together.

Unlike when they came back, when they left China, a large number of fans came to see off at the airport, and they didn't know where they knew the exact time of Zhou Yi's departure.

At the airport, Zhou Yi asked Yang Muge: "How is it, old Yang? Is it cool to go back this time?"

He was talking about Yang Muge's reputation.

Yang Muge smiled.

At this time, a huge shout was heard outside the airport security checkpoint. This was enthusiastic fans saying goodbye to Zhou Yi and Yang Muge.

"Look, old Yang. When we left, how could there be such a scene." Zhou Yi turned back and waved to the enthusiastic fans outside the security check. "how do you feel?"

Yang Muge also turned back to say goodbye to the fans: "It's great."

"Ha!" Zhou Yi smiled.

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After returning to Germany, Zhou Yi did not spend much time in Dortmund, he went to the warm Spanish Mallorca with the team, and began training for the second half of the season on the island of Europe, a famous tourist resort. .

The signing of the Dortmund club has also begun.

Transfers during the winter break are generally to fill in the gaps in the team's lineup, not very heavyweight transfers.

But for Dortmund, this winter's winter break is very important.

Because Mark Wagner was seriously injured in the previous national team game, he said goodbye to this season, and what will happen after the comeback next season, I don’t know yet.

The team lost an important firepower point in the offensive.

Of course we have to strengthen it.

This time, their goal was Marco Royce, who had previously been trained at the Dortmund Youth Camp, another "Mark".

As a native of Dortmund, Royce has been trained in the junior team of the Dortmund club since childhood, and like every Dortmund child, he dreams of playing for Dortmund one day.

But it is not easy to realize such a dream.

Royce didn't get a chance to go straight to the Dortmund echelon. He and Groszlitz were abandoned by Dortmund midway, so he chose to go to the same low-level team in the region as Red and White Allen, and played there outstanding.

Also in the red and white Allen outstanding performance Grosz Kreuz was taken by Dortmund, in the summer of 2009 was bought back by Dortmund.

And Royce still did not have the method to enter Dortmund. He went to Monchengladbach to replace Marco Marin, the former core player who left the team to Werder Bremen.

At that time his transfer value was only one million euros.

But in Monchengladbach, Royce quickly succeeded.

In the 2009-2010 season, he moved to Monchengladbach for the first season, playing thirty-three times, scoring eight goals, assisting nine times, and outstanding performance.

The following 2010-2011 season, he completely settled in the core position in Monchengladbach, played thirty-two times, scored ten goals and assisted twelve times.

In fact, strictly speaking, Royce and Mark Wagner are players of different styles. Mark is more active in the middle of the road, while Royce is more active in the side. Royce is fast and good at dribbling. Mark's speed is not his advantage. Dribbling is also more general. He grabs the ability to grasp opportunities and has excellent ability to play.

The two people have nothing in common except for the pronunciation of their names.

So to say that Dortmund is interested in Royce is entirely to make up for the vacancy where Mark was injured, that is also wrong.

It's just that Mark's serious injury strengthened Dortmund's determination to introduce Royce. After all, Dortmund’s offensive lineup now looks very strong, but the thickness is not enough. It depends on those few people. One is less injured. After Mark’s injury, even if it hurts another person, it’s not Zhou Yi. Can't stand up.

For the future journey, Dortmund hopes to introduce Royce.

But how could Monchengladbach easily let go of his core?

First, the two sides spent a long time on the transfer fee, and secondly, they have been sawing the transfer event.

Dortmund hopes Royce will be transferred during this winter break.

But Mönchengladbach firmly refused to let people know that if Dortmund insisted on completing the transfer during the winter break, then Mönchengladbach would not sell.

Dortmund wants Royce to transfer during the winter break, naturally because of the Champions League knockout in the second half of the season.

However, Mönchengladbach performed well this season. The first half of the league was finished. Dortmund ranked first with 38 points, and Mönchengladbach ranked fourth with 33 points. They also have the opportunity to compete. Qualifying for the Champions League this season.

In this process, Royce is very important, very important.

If Royce is released during the winter break, it means that the qualifications for the Champions League next season may be lost.

The top club in Mönchengladbach is not an idiot. Although Dortmund and Mönchengladbach have basically agreed on the transfer price of Royce, it is 17.5 million euros, but Mönchengladbach It is clear that if you can participate in the Champions League next season, even if it is only the group stage, the economic income obtained will not be less than this transfer fee.

If Royce were to go to Dortmund now, Mönchengladbach would have been a big loser.

Such a simple math problem, the senior management of the Mönchengladbach will still count.

So they rejected Dortmund's proposal very firmly.

In the end, the two sides sawed for a long time, Dortmund finally agreed to the transfer plan of Mönchengladbach-the transfer contract can now be finalized, but the implementation of the transfer will wait until the end of the season.

It is equivalent to Dortmund finalizing Royce's transfer half a year in advance.

In this way, Dortmund will have to wait more than half a year, but under Royce's better performance, Dortmund's competitors are bound to be more. They finalized the transfer transaction half a year in advance, which was tantamount to taking a pill. Even after this season, Royce really helped Mönchengladbach to qualify for the Champions League next season. His value and contract salary will not increase because of this. Other teams will want higher prices at that time. It is no longer possible to rob Royce from Monchengladbach.

It is equivalent to insurance.

Of course, this kind of operation is not without risks. In case Royce's state declines in the second half of the season, the performance is completely worthless to the current price, and Dortmund can only think that it is unlucky.

As for the greater risks, it is stated in the contract. For example, if Royce is seriously injured in the second half of the season, Dortmund has the right to return the goods.

After all the contract details were finalized, after the contract between Dortmund and the player himself was negotiated.

On January 14, 2012, Dortmund officially announced that they had owed Marco Royce. The transfer contract will take effect on July 1, 2012.

When this news was announced, the most happy people were Dortmund fans. Because of the extraordinary sense of identity, Dortmund fans attach great importance and love to every player from the Dortmund youth camp. They hope that more players from Dortmund can wear Dortmund jerseys. So players like Gros Kreuz and Mark are very popular among Dortmund fans.

When Mark was seriously injured, the most sad recognition of his loved ones was those of Dortmund fans.

It is still exciting and expecting that the wandering Dortmund wanderer can return to West.

The most sad thing is probably the fans of Mönchengladbach.

There were even excited Mönchengladbach fans outside the training base to protest the club's easy sale of the team's core ~www.readwn.com~ previously sold Marin and bought Royce.

Now that Royce is sold, can Mönchengladbach still find Royce's qualified replacement?

However, this is the way for small and medium-sized clubs to survive. They do not have the financial support of large consortia, nor do they have the beliefs of a large number of fans. They cannot carry out global business development. Some teams' salary budget for one year may not be worth the transfer fee of a player like Bayern Munich.

Therefore, if these clubs are to bear their own profits and losses, they can only rely on selling players. At a low price, they can dig talented players from teams smaller than them, and then play for two years. After playing the results, then sell these players to big clubs. To earn the difference.

Although Mönchengladbach used to be a veteran strong team in the Bundesliga, in the era of more and more commercial football, they gradually could not keep up with the times, and became a middle and lower reaches of the Bundesliga. .

Selling the core, although it will dissatisfy the fans, is not a big deal compared to the club’s financial crisis and bankruptcy. (It’s not yet continued.)