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Chapter 253 Winter Break Transfer Market
Borussia Mönchengladbach continued to advance, while their opponents continued to make mistakes. Hertha Berlin lost 0:4 away at the feet of Leverkusen, while Bayern was tied 0:0 away by Kaiserslautern. In this way, Borussia Mönchengladbach's lead in the standings expanded to 10 points, 12 points ahead of rival Bayern.

As a result, not only the media sang praises for Borussia Mönchengladbach, but even fans of Hertha Berlin and Bayern were no longer optimistic about their team's prospects of winning the championship.

Other clubs are happy that Borussia Mönchengladbach can break the dominance of Bayern. With the role of example, other Bundesliga teams will also have ideas. Maybe next season, fans will be able to see the Bundesliga.

In the next two league rounds, Borussia Mönchengladbach beat Wolfsburg 1:2 away and Stuttgart 0:1 away.

In the game against Wolfsburg, Hitzelsperger caused some trouble for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He opened the scoring for Wolfsburg with a long shot in the 22nd minute of the first half.

However, the ensuing game was fully taken over by Nick, who not only completely froze Hitzelsperger, but also added assists from time to time.

In the 38th minute, Nick's kick from the middle circle pierced through Wolfsburg's defense, and Illie scored from a small angle to equalize the score.

In the second half of the game, facing Wolfsburg's full defense, Nick still used a breakthrough to create a chance for Trezeguet in the 87th minute. The French forward made it overnight and locked the score at 1:2. Borussia Mönchengladbach scored all 3 points and returned.

Three days later, Borussia Mönchengladbach rushed to Stuttgart again. Facing the outstanding performance of the youth army, Borussia Mönchengladbach rarely had an advantage on the scene.

Hleb has grown up. His breakthrough and scoring in the frontcourt caused a lot of trouble for Borussia Mönchengladbach's defense. Fortunately, Kuranyi was in poor form and repeatedly missed good opportunities to score.

So in the end Stuttgart was punished. In the 89th minute, Nick and Micoud played two-for-one in the frontcourt. In the end, Micoud pushed a shot from the penalty area line to lock the score at 0:1.
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After Hertha Berlin suffered a 4-game losing streak, it has fallen to third in the standings, leading Dortmund and Bremen behind them by only 1 point.

Especially in the contests against Borussia Mönchengladbach, Bayern and Leverkusen, this team is obviously not strong enough, and Luber still has a long way to go if he wants to make a difference.

Bayern has climbed to the second place in the standings through two consecutive victories, but it is 12 points behind the leader, which is also a desperate gap.

After the 18th round of the Bundesliga, the winter break has officially arrived.In order to strengthen their strength, various Bundesliga teams are already starting to move around, recruiting troops everywhere.

On December 12, Dortmund announced that the Czech rising star Thomas Rosicky had transferred to the team for 25 million euros. This is also a rare big deal for Dortmund in recent years.

Others don't know, but Nick knows that Rosicky's arrival has raised Dortmund's strength to a level. In another time and space, Rosicky helped the team win the Bundesliga championship in his second season in Dortmund.

It's a pity that although this gentleman is very talented, he has been scarred and scarred in his career.

And then, Dortmund announced the introduction of Manchester United defender Stam, the transfer fee is as high as 1800 million euros!
This kind of action immediately attracted the attention of European football. Stam is a champion-level player, and his strength is naturally beyond doubt. Dortmund is obviously preparing to do a big job in the Bundesliga by doing this.

With the joining of these two players, the possibility of Dortmund entering the UEFA Champions League next season has greatly increased. Now that the UEFA Champions League has been restructured, the team has made great profits. All countries are vying for the qualifications for the UEFA Champions League, and teams from various countries will naturally have to fight for it.

It is difficult to guarantee the income of the team, especially those non-rich teams. If they can participate in the UEFA Champions League, it is very likely that the team will embark on a broad road from now on.

Dortmund, Werder Bremen, Schalke 04, Wolfsburg, etc. in the Bundesliga are all trying to grab the top three. The fourth is not safe. Who knows if UEFA will reduce the Bundesliga's qualification for the Champions League?
Nick also knows the reason why Stam joined Dortmund. It stands to reason that it is difficult for a Bundesliga team to invite a player like Stam in his prime. However, the conflict between Stam and Ferguson made Dortmund pick up a big bargain.

Because among the teams chasing Stam, there is no shortage of Serie A giants Lazio and AC Milan, as well as Bundesliga powerhouses Hertha Berlin, Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen.

There is no doubt that Dortmund's strength will quickly rise to the championship level with the arrival of Rosicky and Stam. In this way, the Bundesliga will look good.

And Schalke 04, who failed to compete with Dortmund for Stam, quickly introduced Chelsea player Bogard, the substitute central defender of the Dutch national team.

At the same time, Schalke 04 also used 450 million euros to introduce the tall central defender Delas from AEK Athens, Greece. While continuing to strengthen the defense, other teams lost the competition for this outstanding central defender who helped the Greek team create myths in the 04 European Cup.

Bremen also made a big fuss about the position of central defender. The introduction of Spanish central defender Marchena from Benfica for 750 million euros is a great deal.

Marchena's steals are fierce, his header skills are good, and his speed is not bad. He can form an effective complement to Ismail.

Seeing other teams snatching excellent central defenders, Hertha Berlin coach Rubel finally couldn't sit still. He paid 680 million euros for the Swedish central defender Melberg (also see Melberg) of La Liga Santander. Lubel finally breathed a sigh of relief. The Swedish central defender is tall and powerful, with a large defensive range and excellent headers. He is known as the future leader of the Swedish national team.

Teams are introducing defensive players, which seems to be targeted, but Borussia Mönchengladbach have made the opposite move.

Ronaldinho, the Brazilian superstar who will shock the world in the future, finally joined Borussia Mönchengladbach for 500 million euros.

Although Ronaldinho is not well-known now, Nick is very aware of what level of player this is. To put it bluntly, the fact that the briquette king can achieve such high achievements in another time and space is inseparable from Ronaldinho's influence on him in Barcelona.

At the same time, Borussia Mönchengladbach spent another 150 million euros to introduce Dutch teenager Huntelaar, who is also a powerful player. Huntelaar has an excellent header and also has good shooting skills with both feet.

In another time and space, he was once known as the most efficient shooter in the Netherlands after Basten, and he was also called another Van Nistelrooy.

It can be seen that this player is still very good, but he is still young, just like Nick, only 17 years old.

Nick is quite satisfied that Borussia Mönchengladbach can introduce these two stars of hope. This shows that Borussia Mönchengladbach's scouts are all good people with good vision.

Borussia Mönchengladbach promoted South Korean center Choi Yong-soo and Japanese player Junichi Inamoto from the second team to the first team. Of course, this is to make up for the team's transfer needs.

Larsson joined Bayern for 2000 million euros, Ortega went to Valencia for 2500 million euros, and Trezeguet went to Juventus for 3500 million euros.

The three transactions brought Borussia Mönchengladbach 8000 million euros in revenue, while the team's signings only cost 650 million euros, which is simply a typical trade surplus.

Such a move naturally aroused doubts from the media. Selling three outstanding players and introducing some young players is an act of misappropriating money in anyone's eyes. Doesn't Borussia Mönchengladbach want to go further in the Champions League?Is it safe to win the championship with a 12-point lead in the league?

But Borussia Mönchengladbach's actions continued, and Malouda was bought by Abramovich, who had already moved into Chelsea, with a check of 2500 million euros. This was another high-value transfer transaction.

Seeing such a situation, Nick could no longer hold back his disappointment. He originally thought that Murdoch would make a big fuss when he became the owner of Mönchengladbach, but now it seems that Mönchengladbach has become a tool for Murdoch to collect money.

Businessmen seek profit, this is an eternal truth.

Without so many stars, Nick can't predict how far Borussia Mönchengladbach can go.

"Hey, it seems that I have to plan for myself." Nick made up his mind.

(End of this chapter)