Chapter 8 Closing
The Dortmund Club, which decided to give up Lewandowski, can now spend most of its energy dealing with Zhou Yi's agent Shultze.
But when the two sides negotiated again, Shultze said that they understood the club's current situation and decided to temporarily put the renewal negotiations on...
The Dortmund Club went crazy when we heard the news - we finally made a free move, but what does it mean to put the negotiations temporarily?!
Did things change again?
What deal does Barcelona or Arsenal have with Zhou Yi’s agent privately?
Although Schultze said that the reason for temporarily putting the renewal negotiations on time is to understand the club's current situation, the Dortmund club will not believe what Schultze said. In their opinion, the agents are all creatures full of lies, and there is no word worth believing.
There must be something hidden behind this!
With Gotze and Lewandowski continuously released, Dortmund Club urgently needed an exciting piece of news to regain their image in the hearts of Dortmund fans.
So they put all their hopes on the renewal negotiations with Zhou Yi. They hope to successfully renew the contract with Zhou Yi. If the contract termination clause can be cancelled, they will definitely announce it to the world so that all Dortmund fans can know the good news as soon as possible.
Under such circumstances, Shurtze, you said Zhou Yi is not planning to renew his contract?
Isn't this killing Dortmund?
For a moment, the representatives of the Dortmund club even wanted to repent about Lewandowski's incident again...
But of course they can't do this, otherwise Dortmund would have no credit in Germany and even European football.
So they could only bite the bullet and persuade Shultze to return to the negotiating table for renewal. They would like to discuss the conditions, but don’t stop talking about it.
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"Look, am I right?" Schultzer was very happy to report to Zhou Yi about the latest attitude of the Dortmund club.
"Yeah, it's not bad." Zhou Yi nodded.
Although they had previously discussed and decided to suspend the renewal negotiations, they did not know that the club would agree to let Lewandowski leave at that time. Later, after learning the news, Zhou Yi and Shultze discussed countermeasures again.
After analysis, they decided to continue to express their intention to suspend the renewal negotiations to the club.
But this time it was not out of understanding the club's situation.
Dortmund Club guessed it right. It is definitely not because of understanding the club's situation.
Schultze analyzed to Zhou Yi that Dortmund's ability to give up Lewandowski was simply a move that a hero cut off his arm. They lost two main players for a while, which made them determined to renew their contract with Zhou Yi.
And after letting Lewandowski go, Dortmund will have the time and energy to slowly get through the contract terms with Schultzer.
This will make Dortmund confident.
In order to avoid letting the negotiations fall into Dortmund's rhythm, we must do something that the Dortmund club will never imagine.
This is what it is to suspend the negotiations for renewal.
This is called retreating to advance.
It seems like I won't talk anymore, but it's actually putting pressure on Dortmund.
Sure enough, when the Dortmund Club heard that Schultzer was not talking about it, they immediately became anxious.
The next thing went back to the familiar rhythm Schultzer had.
Schultze can continue to stick to their conditions. If Dortmund does not agree, he will continue to use "suspended negotiations to renew the contract" to threaten the club and force them to submit.
For Dortmund, giving up Lewandowski certainly gives them more energy and time to negotiate a contract renewal with Zhou Yi, but at the same time it also makes them lose their way out. With Gotze and Lewandowski leaving the team, Zhou Yi has become a person who must not be lost. Dortmund club does not dare to offend Zhou Yi no matter what. If they do not negotiate a contract renewal with Zhou Yi this summer, Dortmund's stock price will fall, and they finally have some hope of paying off their debts. If the stock price falls, the blow to Dortmund will probably be greater than Gotze and Lewandowski join hands to fight against Bayern Munich.
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The negotiations for renewal between Dortmund and Zhou Yi are going very slowly, but they are always moving forward little by little. This is the only good news for Dortmund club.
From the end of last season until Zhou Yi returns to the team early, then to the first team of Dortmund to register for training, it was not until the first three days before the whole Dortmund team was about to leave for China.
Zhou Yi and Dortmund have renewed their contract for four years, and the new contract will expire in 2017.
In order to keep Zhou Yi as much as possible, Dortmund can also be said to have invested a lot of money - they offered Zhou Yi an astonishing annual salary of 8 million euros!
This is higher than Gotze's previous maximum salary of 4.6 million, and it is also a full million higher than the annual salary of 7 million euros that Dortmund was preparing to offer Lewandowski.
In fact, seven million euros are the maximum salary, but Dortmund was afraid that the salary of seven million euros would make Zhou Yi think that he was just Lewandowski's spare tire, so he added another million to this basis.
This is really the salary requirement that Dortmund gritted his teeth.
In this regard, Shulce did not mention any excessive conditions.
Schultzer was happy to see the annual salary number proposed by Dortmund himself. The players he represented were able to become Dortmund's maximum salary players, which also somewhat satisfies his agent's little vanity.
The key and essence of this contract renewal lies in the terms of the contract.
With Schultze's tough insistence, the terms of the agreement were added to the new contract, but the amount of the terms of the contract was increased a lot. This can be regarded as the concession made by Zhou Yi and Schultze, or the sincerity of staying in Dortmund.
According to the new contract, from the last year of the contract between Zhouyi and Dortmund, any team can directly take Zhouyi away as long as they can pay a transfer fee of 90 million euros.
Ninety million euros are definitely a huge sum of money for Dortmund. If there is really a club willing to pay so much money, even Zhou Yi will seriously consider selling it.
Therefore, this termination fee clause is acceptable to Dortmund.
Zhou Yi can also accept it because he feels that if he continues to perform like last season, he should be worth 90 million euros in a few years.
If the team you are interested in is really sincere at that time, you won’t mind taking out 90 million euros to “redeem” yourself. If you refuse to pay this money, it means that the opponent’s club does not really need it, and secondly, it means that the team’s strength is not good enough and it is not worthy of it.
This number is like a touchstone, which can test the sincerity of pursuing Zhou Yi's team, and can also help Zhou Yi screen out many unreliable teams, terminate Zhou Yi's contract, and narrow his choice.
For these considerations, Zhou Yi agreed to the 90 million euro termination clause proposed by the Dortmund club.
Dortmund was generally satisfied with this contract, and Zhou Yi was also very satisfied.
Both sides feel that they have made a profit.
After the contract was negotiated, before Zhou Yi even signed the contract with the club, Dortmund couldn't wait to announce the news that they would renew their contract with Zhou Yi.
"...We are very happy that Zhou Yi chose to work together with the club in this troublesome autumn and stood together!"
Dortmund's official Twitter account posted such a tweet, which was quickly reposted by the media and Dortmund fans.
This is equivalent to the official announcement that Zhou Yi will stay in Dortmund.
As the Dortmund Club predicted and hoped, after this news was spread, the fans who had to rush to scold the club for being stingy and stupid at this moment didn't bother to scold Dortmund, and praised the club's efforts and praised Zhou Yi for his kindness...
For a moment, everyone seemed to be happy in public opinion.
No one mentioned Gotze and Lewandowski's departure again.
Just as Zhou Yi stayed alone, he could offset the negative impact of the two people's departure...
The day before Dortmund set off for China, Zhou Yi held a signing ceremony with Dortmund Club at Bracker training base.
Under the witness of several journalists and the main club leaders, Zhou Yi and Vatsk signed their own names on the contract respectively.
Then they held Zhou Yi's jersey and took a group photo in front of the camera.
Vatsk in the photo smiles brightly and his face is red.
He was really happy with the result from the bottom of his heart.
At least for a period of time, he no longer had to consider Shultze's face that made him almost vomit.
At the signing ceremony, Vatsk praised Zhou Yi harshly to the reporters: "Everyone will remember who is truly important and indispensable to Dortmund. I am happy and proud of Zhou Yi's choice. This contract renewal is no less than a great signing. We are very much looking forward to Dortmund continuing to maintain its consistent competitiveness in the new season under the leadership of Zhou Yi..."
The reporters piled up all the microphones in front of Zhou Yi, wanting to listen to what he said.
"I'm very happy to be able to renew the contract with the club. As I said before, I'm willing to stay in Dortmund, and I'm also very happy with my life in Dortmund. There are many of my friends here - I'm not just referring to my teammates..." Zhou Yi talked in front of a lot of microphones. "I don't know what difficulties we will face in the new season, and I can't guarantee anything. But I will do my best to help the team as much as possible, in order to repay the fans' love for me."
While he was talking, the reporters kept pressing the camera shutter down below.
That night, these photos appeared on the Internet. The news that Zhou Yi renewed his contract with Dortmund was finally confirmed. The big stone in the hearts of the Dortmund fans who had been talking about anxiety could land, while those who had been waiting to watch Dortmund jokes were disappointed.
Chapter completed!