Champion’s Heart

In fact, before the match against Werder Bremen, there have been some transfer rumors about Shaheen one after another.

But after defeating Werder Bremen, there was a big news.

That is the giant of European football, Real Madrid announced their interest in Shaheen.

Florentino himself admitted to reporters: Yes, we are paying attention to Dortmund's Shaheen, he is a very talented player.

The reporter simply asked a little more bluntly: So do you want him to play for Real Madrid?

We hope that the best players in the world can play for Real Madrid. Florentino did not answer directly, but it can be regarded as a signal to reporters.

He seemed to be nodding in a circle.

Yes, Real Madrid just want to buy Shaheen!

After this news came out, it was different from the previous transfer rumors.

First of all, this is not a rumor, and secondly, the charm of Real Madrid is hard to resist.

In European football, there are also a few rich teams, but in terms of attractiveness, money is not enough.

Manchester City is very rich now, but they are not attractive enough, otherwise Kaka would not have given up on Manchester City at the last minute and chose Real Madrid half a year later.

Real Madrid is strong because they have strong financial resources and huge attractiveness, and now there is another man at the helm with rich and powerful means.

After Florentino took office last summer, he used big money one after another, buying all players like Kaka, Cristiano Ronaldo, Alonso and Benzema in one go.

At that time, Europe was shocked. The limelight of rival Barcelona who won the Triple Crown was overwhelmed by Florentino's big hand after his return.

Real Madrid has proved to people time and time again that in the European football market, there is only what they don't want to buy, and there is nothing they can't buy-you know, didn't even Barcelona's captain Figo switch to Real Madrid back then?

So when Real Madrid announced the news of their interest in Shaheen, it will inevitably cause Dortmund nervous.

The club's general manager Michel Zorc said: Shaheen is not for sale, and we will not sell our core.

However, his statement was simply meaningless in the eyes of the media.

One thing Dortmund has been criticized for a long time is that it cannot retain the core players in the team.

Although this team has won the Champions League and the League Championship. But compared to Bayern Munich. It still lacks a bit of background, especially since they fell into the economic crisis, they have completely lost their ambitions.

As long as the players play out, they will be sold while the value is still high. Make money to plug the team's financial holes.

Dortmund has not completely gotten rid of the financial crisis until now, so if Real Madrid really pays a big price. How could Zork not sell Shaheen?

When he said this now, it sounded like he was haggling—Shaheen is not for sale if we don't pay a high price that satisfies us!

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The thirtieth round of the league. Dortmund hosts Mainz.

When the team arrived away, Shaheen was surrounded by reporters. The questions everyone asked had nothing to do with the upcoming game, they were all about him and Real Madrid.

I am honored to be favored by Real Madrid. Real Madrid is a great team. I also dreamed of playing for Real Madrid one day. But not now, now I have a contract with the club...

Shaheen's answer was formulaic. A reporter asked: But isn't your agent negotiating with the Borussia Dortmund club for a contract extension?

yes……

Then what impact will this matter have on your contract renewal?

I don't think there will be any impact, our contract renewal started very early, and this thing just happened.

Reporters are not so easy to deal with. Another reporter immediately asked a more difficult question: Does this have something to do with your contract renewal negotiation strategy? Is this used to put pressure on Dortmund?

Shaheen quickly waved his hands: This is baseless nonsense!

After speaking, he turned and left, no longer accepting any interviews.

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Ahead of Dortmund's game against Mainz, Marcel Leif is still saying he hopes recent transfer rumors and renewal talks won't affect Shaheen's performance in this game...

But his words came true. Shaheen's performance in this game was really bad, like sleepwalking.

And the luck of the Dortmund team is also a little bit worse.

Even if Zhou Yi is still working hard, there is no way to turn the tide in this game.

His physical performance was still unstable and he was replaced in the 70th minute.

In the end, Dortmund unexpectedly lost 0:1 away to Mainz, which was far inferior to them. It can be regarded as exposing a moderate upset in this round of the league.

In the thirty-first round, Dortmund faced Hoffenheim, which they had defeated in the first half of the season, at home, but they were eventually tied 1:1 by their opponents.

At the same time, their rival, Bayern Munich, beat Hannover 96 7-0 at home.

Shaheen's performance in this game is still not good. Marcel Leff criticized Shaheen in the game because he was disturbed by transfer rumors and contract renewal negotiations. He failed to maintain his state and was too distracted. go out.

Shaheen's problem also became the focus of discussion after the game.

Since Real Madrid spoke out, Shaheen's state has become erratic. Although Shaheen denied that his poor state was related to transfer rumors and contract renewal negotiations, everyone believed that he was just unwilling to admit it publicly.

Inside the Borussia Dortmund club, Shaheen and his agent Reza Fazeli are also being talked about.

Michelle, how is Shaheen's negotiation going? Klopp found the club's general manager Zorc to inquire about the contract renewal.

Although Shaheen does not admit that his recent sluggish state has something to do with the contract renewal, Klopp believes that the problem lies in the contract renewal.

It's not very good, Jurgen. The conditions put forward by Fazeli are too high. They asked us to increase Shaheen's salary by one and a half times. This is difficult to meet with the club's current finances... He also proposed a high salary. Amount of bonus requirements. Zorke shook his head. In addition, in terms of liquidated damages, the figures they proposed are far from our expectations.

Klopp asked again: Do you think they can finally accept our conditions?

If there is no Real Madrid, it should be possible. Zorc spread his hands and smiled wryly.

So Klopp knew that it would be difficult for Shaheen to calm down and accept the conditions offered by Dortmund when Real Madrid invited him.

Seeing that Klopp fell silent, Zorc said: I will fight for it again, Jurgen. Anyway, the contract between Shaheen and us will not expire until 2013.

Shaheen's current contract liquidated damages are only six million euros. Based on Shaheen's performance in the last two seasons, six million euros is completely worthless.

The original contract stipulated that when there was only one year left in the contract, the liquidated damages clause could be activated.

So even if those clubs are coveting Shaheen now, there is no way to use liquidated damages to take Shaheen away.

Unless you wait until after the summer of 2012.

So there is still time for Borussia Dortmund.

Even the summer of 2010 has not yet arrived, and the club still has two years to complete the contract extension.

But Klopp can't wait so long. If the contract extension is not finalized for a day, Shaheen will continue to receive the eyes of giant clubs such as Real Madrid. How can Shaheen concentrate on the current game.

If Shaheen's state continues to be affected by this, Dortmund's performance will also be affected.

Now Dortmund has 60 points in 30 rounds, Schalke 04 has 58 points, and they have caught up. And Werder Bremen followed with 54 points.

If Dortmund makes a slight mistake in the next three league rounds, it is still possible to fall out of the Champions League area.

Klopp does not want this to happen.

So he asked Zorc: Can't we get this done sooner?

Zorc soon realized what Klopp was worried about, and he asked: Have you talked to Shaheen?

We talked about it, but Shaheen told him that he is a professional player, and the time to renew the contract is left to the agent, and he will not ask. As for the temptation of Real Madrid, he also said that he did not think too much... I think It's all his refusal, some scene words, no practical meaning. Klopp spread his hands.

After hearing Klopp's words, Zorc was also lost in thought.

Shaheen said that he would not be affected, but the actual performance is that he has been affected.

But Shaheen is really important to Dortmund, how can he let him go easily?

According to Zorc's philosophy, if we want to sell a player, then we must prepare a plan in advance. Once this player leaves the team, I will immediately have a player who can replace him.

Otherwise, I would not have sold the player.

If Shaheen must be let go, do we have someone who can successfully replace him?

Thinking of this, Zorke's eyes suddenly brightened, and he asked, Jurgen, what do you think of Zhou Yi?

Ah? Klopp didn't react at first.

You are playing dual-core now, but in fact Shaheen is the main player and Zhou Yi is the assistant, right? Zorc continued to ask.

Ah, yes... Klopp suddenly understood, he looked at Zorc, You mean...

I still remember that during the time when Shaheen was injured, Zhou Yi took the lead by himself. He did a good job. Zorc looked at Klopp and smiled. (To be continued.) Enable new URL