Compared with summer vacations, the winter break is much shorter. Zhou Yi finally stayed at home for only one week before saying goodbye to his parents.

He met with Yang Muge in Beijing and returned to Germany together.

It was different from when they came back. When they left China, a large number of fans came to see him off at the airport. I don’t know where I knew the exact time when Zhou Yi and the others left.

Zhou Yi asked Yang Muge at the airport: "How is it, Lao Yang? Is it fun to go back this time?"

What he was talking about was that Yang Muge was so famous.

Yang Muge smiled.

At this time, a huge shouting sounded outside the airport security checkpoint. This was the enthusiastic fans saying goodbye to Zhou Yi and Yang Muge.

"Look, Lao Yang. When we left before, there was no such scene." Zhou Yi turned around and waved to the enthusiastic fans outside the security check. "How do you feel?"

Yang Muge also turned around and said goodbye to the fans: "It's great."

"Ha!" Zhou Yi smiled.

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After returning to Germany, Zhou Yi did not stay in Dortmund for long, so he followed the team to the warm Spanish Mallorca, and started training with the team to prepare for the second half of the season on the island, a famous tourist destination in Europe.

The signing work of the Dortmund Club was also underway.

Transfers during the winter break are generally checking for missing outings in the team's lineup, and are not very heavyweight transfers.

But for Dortmund, the transfer during the winter break this season is very important.

Because Mark Wagner was seriously injured in the previous national team game, he completely bid farewell to this season. I don’t know what will happen after he returns next season.

The team lost an important point of firepower in the frontcourt offense.

Of course, it needs to be strengthened.

This time, their target is Mark Reus, who had previously trained at the Dortmund youth training camp, and another "Mark".

As a Dortmund native, Reus has been training in the youth team of the Dortmund club since he was a child, and like every Dortmund child, he dreams of playing for Dortmund one day.

However, it is not easy to realize such a dream.

Reus did not get a chance to advance in the Dortmund echelon. Like Groschloitz, he was abandoned by Dortmund halfway through, so he chose to go to the lower-level team Red and White Allen, also in the region, and performed well there.

Groschloitz, who also performed well in the red and white Allen, was spotted by Dortmund and bought it back in the summer of 2009.

Reus still failed to enter Dortmund's eye. He went to Borussia Mönchengladbach to replace former core player Marco Marin who left the team to Werder Bremen.

His transfer was worth only one million euros at that time.

But at Mönchengladbach, Reus quickly succeeded.

In the 2009-2010 season, he transferred to Borussia Mönchengladbach in his first season, made 33 appearances, scored eight goals, assisted nine times, and performed outstandingly.

In the next 2010-2011 season, he completely settled in the core position at Mönchengladbach, played 32 times, scored ten goals, and assisted twelve times.

In fact, strictly speaking, Reus and Mark Wagner are players of different styles. Mark is more active in the middle, while Reus is more active in the wing. Reus is fast and good at dribbling. Mark's speed is not his advantage, and his dribbling is also average. He has the ability to grasp opportunities and excellent ball-making ability.

The two people have nothing in the same way except for the same pronunciation of their names.

So it is not right to say that Dortmund is interested in Reus entirely to make up for the vacancy of Mark's injury.

However, Mark's serious injury strengthened the determination of Dortmund's senior management to introduce Reus. After all, Dortmund's attack lineup now looks very strong, but the thickness is not enough. Just rely on those few people, one less injured. After Mark was injured, even if he hurts another person, it is not Zhou Yi or others, Dortmund's offensive lineup cannot support it.

For the future journey, Dortmund hopes to introduce Reus.

But how could Borussia Mönchengladbach easily let go of his core?

First of all, the two sides have been struggling with the transfer fee for a long time, and secondly, they have been tug-of-war in the transfer incident.

Dortmund hopes that Reus can transfer during this winter break.

But Borussia Mönchengladbach refused to let go, saying that if Dortmund insisted on completing the transfer during the winter break, then Borussia Mönchengladbach would not sell it.

Dortmund wanted Reus to transfer during the winter break, which was naturally due to the Champions League knockout round in the second half of the season.

But Borussia Mönchengladbach performed well this season. After playing in the first half of the league, Dortmund ranked first with 38 points, while Borussia Mönchengladbach ranked fourth with 33 points. They also have the opportunity to compete for the qualification for the Champions League next season.

And in this process, Reus made great contributions and was very important.

If Reus is let go during the winter break, it means that the qualification for the Champions League next season may be shattered.

The senior executives of Mönchengladbach's club are not idiots. Although Dortmund and Mönchengladbach have basically reached an agreement on the transfer price of Reus, which is 17.5 million euros, Mönchengladbach is very clear that if he can participate in the Champions League next season, even if it is just a group stage, the economic income he will receive will not be less than this transfer fee.

If Reus had been allowed to go to Dortmund now, Mönchengladbach would have lost his big fortune due to a small loss.

Such a simple math problem, the senior executives of Mönchengladbach Club can still calculate it.

So they refused Dortmund's proposal very firmly.

Finally, the two sides had a long tug-of-war, and Dortmund finally agreed to the transfer plan of Borussia Mönchengladbach, which can now finalize the transfer contract, but the implementation of the transfer behavior will not be until the end of this season.

It was equivalent to Dortmund finalizing Reus' transfer six months in advance.

For Dortmund, although it takes half a year to wait, as Reus performs better and better, Dortmund will definitely have more competitors. They finalized this transfer deal half a year in advance, which is equivalent to a reassurance. Even after this season, Reus really helped Borussia Mönchengladbach to obtain the Champions League qualification next season, his value, contract salary and other things will not increase anymore. It is no longer possible for other teams to poach Reus from Borussia Mönchengladbach at that time.

It's like taking insurance.

Of course, this kind of operation is not without risks. If Reus' form declines in the second half of the season and his performance is completely unworthy of his current price, Dortmund can only admit that he is unlucky.

As for the greater risks, they are explained in the contract. For example, if Reus is seriously injured in the second half of the season, Dortmund has the right to return the goods.

After all the contract details were finalized, after Dortmund and the players themselves agreed on the contract.

On January 14, 2012, Dortmund officially announced that they had owed Marco Reus. The transfer contract will take effect on July 1, 2012.

When this news was announced, the happiest person was Dortmund fans. Because of the extraordinary sense of identity, Dortmund fans attach great importance to and love every player from Dortmund youth training camp. They hope that more players from Dortmund can wear Dortmund jerseys. Therefore, players like Groschloitz and Mark are very popular among Dortmund fans.

When Mark was seriously injured, the saddest thing he recognized was the Dortmund fans.

It is still exciting and anticipated that Dortmund wanderer who was wandering abroad can return to West****.

And the saddest one is probably the fans of Borussia Mönchengladbach.

Even excited fans of Mönchengladbach went outside the training base to protest the club's easy sale of the team's core.

I sold Marin before and bought Reus.

Now that Reus is sold again, can Borussia Mönchengladbach find a qualified replacement for Reus?

However, this is the way for small and medium-sized clubs to survive. They do not have the strong financial support of large consortiums, nor the belief bonus of a large number of fans, so they cannot carry out global commercial development. The annual salary budget of some teams may not be as good as the transfer fee of a player in a giant club like Bayern Munich.

So if these clubs have to take the blame for their own profits and losses, they can only rely on selling their players. They can dig up talented players from teams smaller than them at a low price, and then play for two years, and then sell these players to big clubs to earn the difference.

Although Borussia Mönchengladbach was once a veteran team in the Bundesliga, in the era of increasingly commercialized football, they gradually could not keep up with the times, became mid- and lower-level teams in the Bundesliga, and were relegated from time to time.
Chapter completed!