Legendary Road

After defeating Stuttgart, Borussia Dortmund has overtaken their opponents to rank fifth in the standings by one point, and has successfully seized the initiative in the battle for a European seat.

However, the points behind Dortmund are not much different from them, and they are all eyeing Dortmund's current position.

Yan Jing gave the players a day off after the game as agreed, and the next game will start five days later. Properly letting the players relax has more advantages than disadvantages.

The next day was Monday, and Goetze, who always tortured him, had to go to school during the day, and the video of his next opponent, Hamburg, would not be available until evening. Yan Jing was rarely free this morning.

He still got up from the bed at a fixed time in accordance with the reminder of his body's biological clock, and went downstairs after washing. The breakfast made by Aotelia was already set on the table, and there were several newspapers on the table.

Aotelia, who came out of the kitchen, hadn't had time to take off her apron. She saw Yan Jing noticed the newspaper on the table, and began to wink at Yan Jing: "Yan, do you know what was written about you in today's newspaper?"

Yan Jing shook his head honestly: "Mrs. Aotelia, I haven't had time to watch it yet."

Otria picked up the newspaper, and read the headline in an exaggerated tone: "Look at the "Ruhr Area Daily"...Magic! The Eastern Wizard's miraculous replacement assistant Ricken dreamed of the night in Munich in 97!"

When it comes to Ricken's goal yesterday, all the media will naturally mention the Munich Olympic Stadium 8 years ago, "Bild" wrote.

History always seems to be surprisingly similar. Ricken's long-range goal in the 71st minute of last night's game detonated the entire Westfalen.And all Dortmund fans can't forget that in the 1997 Olympic Stadium in Munich, it was also the 71st minute when Ricken was only 20 years old when he came off the bench. The same position, the same footwork, and even the trajectory of the ball sliding into the goal It's all so similar.

This may just be a coincidence, a joke from God's whim... But anyway, the bright and talented Lars Rickon we have missed for a long time was back last night.

Since Rickon, who came off the bench, received such a high evaluation, the topic of course cannot be separated from Yan Jing who replaced him.

When Yan Jing first took over Dortmund, all the media did not have too high expectations for him-an oriental from a football-poor country, without a deep resume, no rich experience, and even the coaching certificate was obtained temporarily Yes, he has nothing but a face that always gets talked about and the "Wizard of the Orient" nickname that suddenly became popular because of a joke made by the crazy Mourinho in the Champions League final.

Although depressed due to the deep financial crisis, Dortmund is still a member of the G14 anyway, and can still occupy a certain right to speak among many European giants.

Even if he is only acting as the interim coach, it seems that Yan Jing will not be able to turn.

You say youth is capital?Oh please, come on!Do you really understand the profession of football coaching?

Among the overwhelming criticism that the Borussia Dortmund club made this decision too hastily, only Juel Lambert of the "Dortmund Evening News" expressed a different opinion. As a former Dortmund U13 team reporter, he pointed out that age does not represent Everything, and he also produced a lot of seemingly convincing data to prove his point - Yan Jing recorded a lot of things when he coached the U13 team.

However, the gap between coaching the U13 team and the adult first team is self-evident. Before Yan Jing led the team to win three consecutive victories, fellow reporters scoffed at Yul Lambert's ideas, but when the results came out, they Some have nothing to say.

Only then did they "suddenly" remember that in the first half of the season, during Van Marwijk's suspension, Yan Jing led the team and achieved two consecutive victories.

However, most of the German media still take a cautious wait-and-see attitude towards Yan Jing's coaching prospects. If this is placed in England, Yan Jing may have become the "Mourinho II" in the media.

And Rosicky, who has been in a brave state recently, has begun to become a favorite in the summer transfer market. Now everyone knows that Dortmund is only one step away from bankruptcy. They need money, and selling their star players is one of their few funds. way of funding.

This is a good opportunity to lower the price!Who doesn't want to spend a small price to buy a player with great strength?

So all of a sudden, all kinds of rumors about "Bayern", "Arsenal" and "Chelsea" began to prevail again. For this reason, Yan Jing nervously called Boas in London to ask for confirmation. He was relieved after getting what the other party said personally, "Jose is chasing Manchester City's Wright Phillips and has no interest in Rosicky".

On the other hand, the media has made various speculations about the delay in choosing a new head coach at the top of the Dortmund club. One of the most recognized by the fans is "Dortmund is not without a successor, but due to the Yan Jing's performance in leading the team is very good, and the senior management has begun to consider the possibility of Yan Jing as the head coach."

According to the authoritative media "Bild", this speculation has been acknowledged by a Dortmund shareholder who did not want to be named.

The season is still going on, and these rumors cannot be an obstacle to prevent Dortmund from continuing to strive for the top. Yan Jing led the team to continue to triumph all the way. In the next three games, Rosicky continued to highlight moments and helped Dortmund to win 3:1. Hamburg beat Hertha Berlin 2:1 and Bielefeld 2:0.

The continuous excellent performance has made Rosicky's worth soar. In the latest issue of the German "Transfer Market" player's worth ranking, Rosicky successfully entered the top ten midfielder positions with 1300 million euros.

Worth is value, and transfer fees are another matter. The number depends on whether this type of player is scarce in the transfer market at that time, the position of the player, and whether domestic players prevail.

Take the Premier League as an example. Suppose there are three players worth 1000 million. A is a native England forward, B is a French striker, and C is an England right back. However, the final transaction prices of the three players are different. 2600 million, 1400 million and 1500 million.

Undoubtedly, the striker is always the most looted in the transfer market, followed by the midfielder, who has always been regarded by experts as the most important defender and goalkeeper in the team. The final transaction price is actually the lowest.

In the UK, no matter how much your real worth is in the transfer market, as long as you are a player produced in England and have British nationality, the price will be inflated by a lot, and this momentum has been going on since Abrahimovic is more likely to rise after taking over Chelsea.

UEFA has raised objections to this, but who cares about you?At that time, the financial fairness policy specifically targeting the big rich clubs had not yet been released, and what could you do with him if he bought and sold what you wanted?

From all indications, Rosicky will leave the team in the summer is just a matter of choosing where to go.Generally, if clubs and players have the willingness to renew their contracts, they will usually choose to sign a new contract two years before the contract expires, but now both parties have said nothing about the contract renewal.

And Yan Jing also understands the difficult situation the team is in now. When Zorc mentioned this to him, Yan Jing said that even if Rosicky really leaves Dortmund next season, Dortmund's attack line firepower will not suffer too much loss. , other players in the team can also fill this vacancy very well.

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In Lisbon, Portugal, Jorge Mendes is studying several videotapes of Dortmund games. As a new-generation agent who has gained fame in European football in recent years, there are already players such as Mourinho, Deco, A large number of stars and coaches such as Cristiano Ronaldo chose to hire him to do things for them. The speed of his rise to fame has faintly rivaled that of the "Godfather" of Brazilian football and Uruguayan Juan Figel.

It is now the beginning of April, and for Mendes, this should be a busy time for work—there is only more than a month before the end of this season, and the major clubs have already drawn up their goals for the next season in their hearts. Winning over player agents is a very common thing.

But today, he deliberately turned down interviews with several clubs in Portugal-he has a new prey.

Young, handsome, with extraordinary temperament, he comes from a mysterious and populous oriental country. His coaching ability can be recognized by the rigorous German media. He was once famous for the UEFA Champions League final. The experience of becoming Dortmund's interim coach is quite a coincidence...

Mendes thinks this is definitely a potential stock. No matter how you look at it, signing such a coach from the East is a surefire thing for him.

Now that he has this plan, it is Mendes' style to act immediately.

However, Mendes also has his own difficulties. Compared with Portugal, which runs things smoothly, he is not very familiar with the German business.

Finding a middleman to take the line is Mendes' personal habit. After he was troubled by this for a long time, he suddenly remembered that Mourinho under him seemed to have a lot to do with Yan Jing.

"Damn it, how did I almost forget that?"

While complaining about his stupidity of forgetting about it, Mendes took out his mobile phone and deftly dialed the number he knew by heart.

The opening greeting over there sounded less friendly.

"Jorge, I've said it many times, if Lampard is not for sale, neither will Ferreira."

"Oh, Jose, today I'm not here to talk to you about business." Mendes has long been accustomed to the character of his special employer. Knowing that Mourinho is very busy in London, he said straight to the point My own purpose, "Jose, I hope you can do me a favor, it's about the current Dortmund interim coach Yan Jing."