Chapter 6 Burnt out
If the "Transfer Market" did not reveal the incident about Zhou Yi, then Lewandowski would be the most deserving trouble for Dortmund this summer.
But after the media revealed the story of Zhou Yi, Lewandowski suddenly became less important.
The Dortmund Club had to do its best to deal with Zhou Yi's agent Schultze.
The previous two contract renewal negotiations made Vatsk very clear that although Shultze looks young, it is definitely difficult to deal with. He has never seen such an agent - he is like a dog who is loyal to his players. He is Zhou Yi's loyal dog. He will do whatever Zhou Yi says, without any discount. It is useless to move him with emotion and reason. He only cares about and protects Zhou Yi's interests.
Such agents are indeed very rare. Other agents will have their own small abacus to the point of view, but Schultzer seems to be not considering himself at all.
Of course, maybe he understood better that considering Zhou Yi is considering himself...
Although both parties have the intention to renew the contract, it does not mean that they will reach an agreement. You should know that Lewandowski and the club also had the intention to renew the contract...
The most troublesome thing now is not the annual salary or something. Zhou Yi is not very greedy in annual salary. He did not say that his role in the team is the most important, so he must get the highest salary in the team.
The main issues focus on the terms of the contract.
Since Gotze was forcibly poached by Bayern Munich using the termination clause, Dortmund hopes to cancel the termination clause in the main player contract.
As the core of the team, Zhou Yi is of course even more so.
For such a player, the term of the contract is like a bomb that will be detonated when it will be detonated. As long as it exists on the contract for one day, Vatsk will have a hard time sleeping a day.
Therefore, the main job of the club's renewal this time is to convince Zhou Yi and his agent Shultze to agree to remove the termination clause from the new contract.
But Shurtze, or Zhou Yi, did not give in to this matter and his attitude was very firm.
But the club's attitude in this regard is also very firm.
Both sides just got to the point.
The club insisted on canceling the termination terms, while Shurtze insisted on having termination terms.
The club also went to Zhou Yi directly in private, hoping that Zhou Yi could consider the conditions given by the club. In order to show sincerity, they were willing to significantly increase Zhou Yi's salary and make Zhou Yi the club's maximum salary.
Faced with the pressure of the club, Zhou Yi played a very good game of Tai Chi pushers - he said that he had feelings for Dortmund, and he hoped to stay in Dortmund. Of course, this made Dortmund extremely uncomfortable. But next time, Zhou Yi was not willing to talk more, saying that the contract issue for renewal negotiations should be left to his agent. He is a player and doesn't know so much. He just wants to play football, so it's better to go to Shultze than to find him.
The club is not a fool either. You can tell what Zhou Yi means at first glance - he will never give up the terms of the termination.
In fact, anyone with a discerning eye can see that Zhou Yi cannot stay in Dortmund for the rest of his life, and the Dortmund club did not want to tie Zhou Yi up all the time. They just hope to get as much transfer fees as possible when Zhou Yi transfers in the future.
If there is no termination clause, then Dortmund can open his mouth and make as much money as he wants. The initiative to transfer or not is completely in the hands of the Dortmund club. They sell if they want to sell, and if they don’t want to sell, they can do so without selling.
If Gotze did not have that damn termination clause in its original contract, how could Bayern Munich bypass Dortmund and talk directly to Gotze's agent?
The last sentence of the article in "Transfer Market" makes sense: "Will Zhou Yi become the next Gotze?"
This is exactly what the senior executives of the Dortmund club are most worried and afraid of.
Zhou Yi insisted on termination terms to avoid the situation where his destiny was completely in the hands of the club. Now his relationship with the club is OK, but who knows what will happen in the future? In football clubs, the situation of "one year of emperor and another month of minister" is very common. When Klopp coaches the team, his status is naturally important. What if one day Klopp doesn't coach the team? What if the new head coach likes to play long passes and rush? Then his tactical status in the team will be much worse than before. Not to mention whether he can still be the core, maybe even the main force will not be guaranteed.
If there are termination clauses in your contract and you are unhappy in Dortmund, you will naturally have other teams pay termination fees to buy them.
If there is no such clause, no matter how unhappy he is, he will have to pinch his nose and suffer.
Zhou Yi doesn't like the feeling that the situation is not under his control.
The terms of termination are his bottom line, and he must not give in.
Even if he goes to other clubs in the future, he will have to have such a contract, whether it is useful or not, it must be.
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Just as Dortmund Club and Schultzer were struggling to negotiate renewal, the English media suddenly reported that Arsenal had officially offered Dortmund 50 million euros to buy Zhouyi.
And the news was officially confirmed by the Arsenal Club: "...Our reporters consulted sources within the club and said that they did make a quote for Zhouyi..."
A day later, the Dortmund Club also confirmed the news. Dortmund is a listed club, and any news they have to be announced as soon as possible that the stock price changes will be announced. Obviously, Zhou Yi's staying and leaving will have a great impact on Dortmund's stock price.
If there was only one year left in the contract between Zhou Yi and Dortmund, and Arsenal made such a offer, then there would be nothing to do with the Dortmund club. They could only stand aside and watch Zhou Yi's agent discuss personal contracts with Arsenal, and then transfer and leave.
Because in the contract with the club, the amount of the termination clause is 50 million euros.
Fortunately, Zhou Yi’s termination clause must take effect in the last year.
But wouldn't it be better if there was no such clause at all?
Arsenal's offer made the senior management of the Dortmund club even more certain that no similar time bombs should be left in the new contract.
While they did not hesitate to reject Arsenal's 50 million euro offer, they continued to snatch the contract with Schultze.
"I promise Dortmund fans that no matter what the circumstances are, we will never sell Zhouyi. He is 100% non-selling product and a priceless treasure." Vatsk said in an interview.
But Arsenal is not so easily scared by such words. People often say such words, "Someone is not a product," but it is not sold in the end?
Arsenal thought that Dortmund said this because he thought that 50 million euros were too little, so they quickly made a second offer, which was 5 million euros more than last time and 55 million euros!
Arsenal's bid must have stimulated other clubs.
Almost at the same time, Barcelona's quotation of 60 million euros was also delivered to Vatsk's desk.
Manchester City Club also offered a quotation of 60 million euros.
Even Paris Saint-Germain came to join in the fun. Whether Zhou Yi liked them or not, if they had more money than they would, they would not give up easily.
In addition, Votsk also saw the name of Bayern Munich on the quotation list!
"What exactly does that idiot Heness want to do!" Vatsk roared.
The sports director Zorke, who was sitting next to him, shrugged: "I'm afraid it's here to make trouble and then watch us laugh."
"Damn..." Vatsk inserted his hands into his hair and grabbed it hard.
What happened recently has really made him feel overwhelmed.
In addition to the matter between Zhou Yi and Lewandowski, Hummels, Subotic and Gundogan have also been tempted by other teams.
For example, Gundogan has attracted much attention from Real Madrid. After the Champions League semi-final last season, Real Madrid noticed that the contract between Gundogan and Dortmund expired in the summer of 2015, and now it only takes two years.
Real Madrid is very famous and large for Dortmund. If they want to dig Gundogan, then Dortmund probably can't resist it. How did they poach Shahin?
So, in fact, the people who want to renew the contract are not just Lewandowski and Zhou Yi.
Chapter completed!