When Mark was discharged from the hospital, the match between Dortmund and Hertha Berlin also started.

I don’t know if it was Mark’s serious injury that affected the players’ mentality, or if the continuous national team games made the players tired, or because Dortmund will face the seed team of this group in the next Champions League group stage...

In short, in this game, Dortmund lost 1:2 to Hertha Berlin at home.

Zhou Yi did not start in this game and did not come out of the bench until the 80th minute. He did not help Dortmund equalize the score at home, let alone defeating his opponent.

At this time, everyone's focus is not on the league, but on the Champions League.

Three days later, Dortmund will face Arsenal at home, the first game of the group.

This season, Dortmund was divided into third-level teams because of their outstanding performance in the Champions League last season. The first round of the group stage confrontation with the seed team is the special treatment of third-level teams.

In addition to Dortmund and Arsenal, this group also has Marseille from France and Olympiacos from Greece.

Olympiacos is the weakest team and will be the target of the other three teams to win the goal difference.

In order to gain an advantage in the group qualifying, they will definitely score a goal difference in Olympiacos.

When Dortmund was about to play against Arsenal, an old story was also revealed by the media.

This matter is about Zhou Yi and Arsenal.

Zhou Yi stood out with a talent show and attracted the attention of Dortmund Club. Everyone knows this story. Zhou Yi never could hide his experience during an interview, nor did he hide his past as an amateur player.

But I'm afraid not many people know that Zhou Yi, who participated in the reality show, was not only valued by Dortmund, but also by Arsenal and Barcelona.

But in the end, why didn’t Zhou Yi choose these two clubs?

This is not the past that these two clubs are willing to be mentioned...

The media revealed that Zhou Yi was not in conflict with joining Arsenal at the time. He just hoped that Arsenal would have a promise to him, that is, the promise of first-team games. But Arsenal could not meet his requirements and was unwilling to make such a promise - of course, judging by the situation at that time, it was definitely reasonable for Arsenal to do so.

At that time, Zhou Yi was an amateur player. He had never received professional training and had never proved himself in any professional field. He performed well in just a few reality shows. Such a person asked for a first-team commitment, which was too arrogant.

But it makes sense. For young geniuses, any club has to take some risks. There is no absolutely no risk in this world. There is no young player who can see through the future at a glance.

So in fact, the things that this kind of scouts are looking for young geniuses all over the world and then bring them to their club are like gambling. It depends on whether you dare to gamble.

Obviously, Arsenal did not dare to bet on Zhou Yi.

So they missed Zhou Yi like this.

And how did Dortmund do it at that time? Dortmund's head coach Klopp flew to Barcelona to negotiate with Zhou Yi, which prompted Zhou Yi to make up his mind to join Dortmund's youth training camp, and ultimately achieved Dortmund's current life.

Klopp had the right bet and Dortmund benefited a lot.

The media that exposed this matter asked: "...I wonder if Wenger regrets it a little bit when he sees Zhou Yi who is doing well in Dortmund?"

After the media disclosed this incident, it quickly aroused everyone's interest because the story is so legendary...

No one expected that Zhou Yi almost joined Arsenal?

So more media joined the team to dig out stories.

Someone ran to ask Zhou Yi, and some went to ask Wenger.

Zhou Yi: "This is the case."

"As at that time, was it really because Arsenal was unwilling to make a promise to the first team?" the reporter asked.

"It's just one of the reasons..." Zhou Yi said. He didn't want to talk too much about this topic. After all, if someone says he's blackmailing Arsenal, how unfair he is?" "I have my considerations. Arsenal must have their considerations at that time. It's normal for him to not be able to get together in the end. The key is that I'm very happy now in Dortmund, so I won't think about Arsenal."

So what do you say about Arsenal?

Wenger frowned and thought for a while in the reporter's question, then nodded and said, "Yes. We almost signed him at that time, but we were unable to succeed in the end."

"Then will you regret it now?" the reporter asked

Wenger shook his head: "No. We have great players, too."

Wenger's attitude is very firm on this. He does not regret that Zhou Yi was unable to join Arsenal. He trusted his players more.

A reporter asked: "Then do you know what made Arsenal not able to sign Zhou Yi in the end?"

"I don't know this..." Wenger smiled and shook his head.

Don't Wenger know?

Then keep digging.

The reporters are of great power. According to the situation at that time, if Zhou Yi really wanted to come to Arsenal, then the person in charge of this matter should not be the first-team head coach Wenger, so Wenger didn't know the specific situation was normal. Just like Klopp did, he went to Barcelona to dig Zhou Yi, which was a special case.

The person in charge of this matter should be Arsenal's youth training supervisor.

So they found Liam Brady, Arsenal's youth training director.

Brady still has a deep impression of Zhou Yi, because a seventeen-year-old amateur player dared to ask Arsenal to ask the club to introduce him with special genius terms... There are too few such people, and it will inevitably leave a very deep impression on Brady.

That time in Barcelona, ​​they didn't grab Zhou Yi, and this Chinese boy had a place in his mind. When he thought about it occasionally, he felt that this kid was silly and cute and arrogant. I don't know if he would regret missing the great opportunity to join Arsenal when he recalled this past event in the future because of his arrogance at the time?

I originally thought that this young man would only exist in his memory and then slowly disappeared.

But when he heard this person's name again, he realized that he was already the absolute main force of Dortmund's first team!

This really surprised him - this kid actually played in Dortmund? And Dortmund actually gave him the first team a chance to play so quickly!

He felt like he was watching a fairy tale, which was too unrealistic...

But when he was found by reporters and wanted him to talk about Zhou Yi, he was not willing to talk more.

"Zhou Yi made his request, but we couldn't meet his request, so he didn't come... Isn't this normal?"

I don't know why, but in short, there was a voice deep in his heart telling him not to tell the past too much.

So he no longer accepted interviews on Zhou Yi’s issue. His reason was that this was a thing that belonged to the past, and now it was malicious hype.

Wenger didn't know, Brady knew but didn't want to say it.

what to do?

There will always be someone who knows and is willing to say...

The English tabloids are still very capable of digging out news.

Soon they disclosed the specific situation at that time.

Simply put, Arsenal took the initiative to find Zhou Yi, expressed his appreciation for his talent and his optimism for his future, and hoped that Zhou Yi would join Arsenal. As a result, Zhou Yi made a first-team commitment, but this involved a labor certificate, so Zhou Yi hoped that Arsenal could use special genius clauses to introduce himself, and this request was rejected by Arsenal.

Then there was nothing...

After this inside story is revealed, everyone can make their own judgment.

Is Zhou Yi’s request too much, or is Arsenal too stingy?

Everyone will have their own interpretation. Some people think that Zhou Yi is arrogant and asks for money before proving his ability. However, those who support Zhou Yi will think that this is the confidence and respect a talented player deserves for his strength. However, Arsenal seems too stingy and missed a talented player like Zhou Yi.

But it doesn't matter who is right or who is wrong.

But when the reporter asked Brady if he would regret not signing Zhou Yi, Brady and Wenger's answer was exactly the same.

He said: "Don't regret it. Why do you regret it?"

He also left a rhetorical question to the reporters.
Chapter completed!