"If you haven't experienced the bad scenes of the 80s, the glory of the 90s, and the hell of the beginning of the century, you can never understand what a great achievement Dortmund has created today."

This is what Dortmund's president, the sixty-five-year-old Reinhardt Laubar, often says, even if he doesn't appear in the media very often, and many people who hear him say this will think that this is a kind of boasting about himself, just as those old men like to brag about themselves.

But only those who really know Dortmund can understand that the lawyer, who has lived in Dortmund for 53 years and is already the third time to be the chairman of Dortmund, is not boasting, but a kind of admonition to all current Dortmund employees and players.

In the seventies, the 1974 World Cup was held in the then Federal Republic of Germany, which ushered in a revival, for Dortmund, who were relegated to the Bundesliga at that time, ushered in a revival, and they built a magnificent Westerstad, which caused Dortmund's attendance to soar at that time, especially after returning to the Bundesliga in 1976, Dortmund benefited greatly from the new stadium and established themselves in the Bundesliga.

What really made Dortmund improve was in 1979, after the current chairman Laubar took over, he carried out a round of reforms to the team, helping Dortmund to enter the middle and upper reaches of the English League in the next few years, and established Dortmund's status as a Bundesliga powerhouse, but in 19, due to internal conflicts in the team management, Laubar stepped down.

But immediately after, Dortmund's situation deteriorated, financial crisis and internal conflicts within the management emerged, the team lost its competitiveness, and in 1984, Raubal had to be brought back to Dortmund to take charge of the overall situation, and he did not disappoint, bringing Dortmund to fourth place in the league in three years, which was Dortmund's highest league ranking after 19 years.

But Rauber left Dortmund in 1987 and his good friend and best friend Nibaum took over as chairman, and the latter also excelled in that position, bringing Heathfield to the team and making Dortmund a glorious period throughout the nineties, which was arguably the pinnacle of Dortmund's history and won a Champions League.

Nibaum's glory was based on the overall strength of German football at that time, but at the same time, because of the overall bubble operation of German football, Dortmund was heavily indebted, over 100 million euros, and after the Kilsch Group declared bankruptcy in the same year, Dortmund also fell into a heavy and difficult debt crisis overnight.

In O4, Nibaum resigned, but at the general meeting, he strongly recommended his friend Raubal to take over Dortmund, he believed that Laubal would be able to improve the current situation of the team, and Raubal announced a shocking bombshell news as soon as he took office, poaching German Defense Minister Hitruk to Dortmund as the team's finance director.

This was definitely a bombshell at the time, everyone knew that German Defense Minister Echinand Hitruk had a very good relationship with Chancellor Schroeder at the time, and he was a strict soldier, did he know how to manage finances?

I still remember that when Hitruk announced his inaugural speech, he reflected his military characteristics, he said: "It's not a player who should go, my idea is to fire the whole team, I have to be rude, even at the cost of not playing in the Bundesliga, at the cost of relegation, we have no choice."

This caused a huge response at the time, and it was the group of people who included Laubar, Hitruk and later general manager Watzke, who later came to power, plus the team's technical director Zorko, and others, who from the beginning developed a consensus to create an army-like strict order and rules for Dortmund.

Later, they brought in Klopp, precisely because they liked the manager's strict management of the army, and they admired Klopp's style of almost making the team into an iron team, which they thought was in line with the concept they wanted to build the iron army of Dortmund.

It turns out that it was this group of people, starting from O4, who spent nearly a decade helping Dortmund get rid of a heavy debt of 100 million euros and build Dortmund into an unbreakable and invincible iron army.

As a team with strict discipline similar to that of the army, Dortmund has adopted a very strict management approach in all aspects of the team, such as the salary structure of the team.

Dortmund's current salary is not too high even in the Bundesliga, which makes their salary structure have always been criticized by fans, who think that the team should show ambition, but whether it is Laubar or Watzke, it is clear that the salary structure cannot be loosened casually, because Dortmund in the nineties was heavily indebted because of this.

Could it be that the shadow of almost bankruptcy back then was not enough to wake up?

Therefore, they would rather let go of one or two core players every year, rather than increase the salary significantly, and even if the team's finances have improved in recent years, they still bite the bullet in terms of salary, the reason is very simple, the team's performance is good or bad, no one dares to guarantee it, but once the team's salary is raised, it is almost impossible to fall.

What if the team's performance is sluggish after the team's salary is raised? Do you want to start living in debt again? Isn't that back to the nineties?

Dortmund's pragmatic military style has also been laid down since ten years ago, and even now, they still adhere to this pragmatic style, for example, they have always arranged the team's main battlefield in the Bundesliga, and the Champions League is just an additional issue for them, because they know very well that reaching the Champions League every year is much more important than suddenly winning good results in a certain year.

But the price to be paid is also obvious, that is, when Dortmund tightens the team's finances, limits the team's salary structure and budget, and the team's finances make it impossible for Dortmund to be like those big clubs, to bring in a big signing, build a strong squad, and keep the team competitive on multiple fronts

Looking at all the big teams, whether it is Heynckes' Bayern Munich or Ye Qiu's Tottenham Hotspur, they all have very strong benches and different types and styles of players, which can ensure that the team can maintain its fighting power on multiple fronts.

Just like Bayern Munich, when they meet Barcelona, they can also shrink up and play, and the defense is solid, beating Barcelona in two legs, Heynckes' defense and pressing are quite good, and reached the Champions League final.

In the same way, Tottenham Hotspur has a strong bench depth and different styles of players, which can be targeted according to the opponents the team encounters, which is the strength of the big teams, and the price they pay is the salary pressure brought about by the large squad.

There is definitely no way for the middle and lower teams to do this, they have a limited financial budget, so they can only go one way to the black, and a set of lineups to the end, just like Dortmund, Klopp is really not good at playing positional battles?

This is not necessarily, if he is given enough lineup and manpower, maybe his positional battle can also be played well.

But the problem is that now Dortmund's financial resources are limited and the salary budget is at the top, so Klopp insists on going to the end of the team's high-intensity pressing tactics and fighting with his extreme characteristics.

In fact, he has been quite good at this point over the last few years, and Dortmund have been doing very well.

But the problem is also obvious, that is, once Dortmund meets a team like Tottenham Hotspur, it is like Bayern Munich meets Dortmund, which can be called natural enemies, and they are destined to be beaten badly, as if they beat Bayern Munich every time.

Therefore, after the first leg of the 3-game defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur, Dortmund's management took the initiative to bear the pressure for Klopp, saying that the manager has no problems, the team will continue to trust Klopp, and will renew his contract, because they know very well that Klopp's heavy defeat is actually caused by the team's management.

What is presented on the pitch is just a result, which is decided by the team when it comes to running and building the squad, and Klopp has done his best in that regard.

The reason why Ye Qiu is so respected and called a magician by countless people is that he can always find some high-quality and inexpensive players to fill the vacancy of the team and enrich the team's skills and tactics, but there is only one Ye Qiu, and Klopp cannot have Ye Qiu's ability.

In the second leg, the chairman of the team, Laubal, general manager Watzke and technical director Zorko, who personally led the team, sat in the stands of the stadium and witnessed Dortmund's 4o victory by Tottenham Hotspur away from home, and experienced the team being eliminated from the Champions League semi-finals by the north London team with a two-legged aggregate score.

In this battle, Dortmund was played by Tottenham Hotspur from beginning to end, and lost control of the rhythm from the beginning, completely dominated and influenced by Tottenham Hotspur, although everyone guessed that it was difficult for Dortmund to create a miracle, but this time it was so miserable to lose, it is indeed very regrettable and embarrassing

And for Dortmund's big three, the Champions League exit is not unprepared, the result of the home defeat has been very clear, and the second leg is just a conclusion.

It wasn't the Champions League elimination that really bothered them, after all, their goal for the season was to break through to the group stage and reach the knockout rounds, and Klopp led the team to the last four, which was already what the team expected, so they were not disappointed with the result, after all, they knew enough about the quality of their team.

Don't look at the two years Dortmund and Bayern Munich have been unbeatably strong, but in fact, a very important reason why these two teams can have such a table last season and this season is that the English team is in a slump, and the La Liga duo have encountered problems, so they have taken advantage of the trend.

But whether in terms of squad or strength, they do not have the strength to compare with the Western Giants, as well as Intotenham Hotspur, Manchester City, Liverpool and other teams, once these teams stabilize, the Champions League will usher in chaos again.

The one who bothers Dortmund the most now is Lewandowski

That's why the Dortmund Big Three ended up at White Hart Lane.

The outcome of the game, whether it is a win or a loser, actually has little to do with the negotiation between the management, because they think more about the interests than the win or loss on the court, and they are also very clear that they cannot bring the victory or loss on the court into this negotiation, otherwise there will be no negotiation at all.

After watching the game, the Dortmund Big Three appeared in the administrative conference room of the White Hart Lane Stadium, and Tottenham Hotspur first arranged for Peterneyen and Ron O Gurley to receive them, and they accompanied the Big Three to watch the whole game, and then came to the conference room to meet and negotiate after the game, and the topic was the transfer of Lewandowski.

No one may believe that in the past, when the two teams discussed the transfer of players, they often argued between whether to sell or not, or the level of the transfer fee, but this time the negotiations between Dortmund and Tottenham Hotspur are not more about whether to sell or not to sell and transfer fees.

Dortmund is definitely going to sell, half a year ago they have proposed to let Lewandowski find a buyer by himself, as long as he takes out 20 million euros, anyone can take the Polish center forward, so whether to sell or not and how much the transfer fee is no longer a problem.

The real question is the timing of the transfer

This is another very interesting topic, that is, Dortmund wants Lewandowski to stay for another year and transfer on a free transfer after a year, but Tottenham Hotspur feels that it is not safe, because Lewandowski, who is free after a year, may not choose Tottenham Hotspur, and when the time comes, Tottenham Hotspur may pay a higher transfer cost.

A lot of people think that free transfer of players is a good thing, because not to pay a transfer fee, which is actually wrong.

Assuming Lewandowski's transfer this summer, the transfer fee of 20 million euros, although it has set a sky-high transfer price for Tottenham Hotspur, but the annual salary of 5 million euros, signed for four years, is at most 40 million euros of transfer costs, of which only 20 million euros of annual salary needs to be taxed.

But if Lewandowski moves on a free transfer a year later, the player will certainly not be able to continue to be satisfied with an annual salary of five million euros, according to the practice of European football, free transfers often represent high salaries, because players and agents are not stupid, they will pass on the transfer fee to the team, and when the time comes, many teams will fight to grab it.

If Lewandowski's agent offers an annual salary of 8 million euros or even 10 million euros, you don't need to doubt it, because this is a very normal thing, and then you look at the free agents signed by many teams, and often their salaries will surprise you.

And once Lewandowski's salary is too high, it will inevitably lead Tottenham Hotspur to have something similar to Dortmund's buyout of Reus's contract, that is, to disrupt the team's salary structure.

So Tottenham Hotspur is not stupid, either transfer now or reconsider.

"Reinhardt," Peternien sat across from Laubar, who was no stranger to the bald man in England, because Dortmund was also a former member of the G14, and although the chairman of Dortmund at that time was not Raubal, Laubal was often in contact with them.

"I'm very aware of the difficulties that Dortmund are facing at the moment, but you have to admit that you have made a big mistake in this matter, but we also have to ensure that we are in the interests of Tottenham Hotspur, so I hope you can think about it again."

Now Dortmund is arguing with Bayern Munich, the Bundesliga overlord said that he sent two faxes to Dortmund, but Dortmund said that he did not receive the so-called written offer, and Bayern Munich's last offer has been raised to 31 million euros, but Dortmund still did not let go.

The main reason is that Bayern Munich forcibly poached Götze too inauthenticly, completely disrupting Dortmund's plan to keep Götze and sell Lewandowski, and then strictly affecting the team's transformation for the next season.

But that's all Dortmund's own problems, isn't it?

If they had renewed Lewandowski's contract with a salary of five million euros, wouldn't there have been anything later?

Now Lewandowski's agent has informed the team that apart from Bayern Munich and Tottenham Hotspur, Lewandowski will not consider going to any other team, including Manchester United, which is about to lose Ferguson, which is very troublesome.

The player must also have his own considerations, because if he delays for another year, no one can guarantee that something will happen in a year.

It's like Tottenham Hotspur, Cavani is leaving, there is only one center forward in the team, but Drogba is already old, Ye Qiu wants to bring in another center forward, right? If the center forward brought in by Ye Qiu is outstanding, where will there be a place for Lewandowski in a year? Even if it is a free transfer at that time, it will be given to Tottenham Hotspur for nothing, but no one wants it.

A year is not long, but it is not short, everyone has to be cautious, right?

In fact, Tottenham Hotspur's participation in the competition has solved a big problem for the Dortmund management, otherwise, they will obviously not be able to accept and difficult to send Lewandowski to Bayern Munich or how to persuade Lewandowski to stay.

Therefore, learning from Leverkusen's approach to Vidal and sending Lewandowski abroad is undoubtedly a very ideal choice, and what is even more rare is that the player himself is also inclined to join Tottenham Hotspur, which is ideal.

As for letting Lewandowski stay for another year, who can tell if this is an excuse and reason for Dortmund to want a higher transfer fee?

Truth is within the range of artillery fire, and the choice belongs only to those who have sufficient strength.

The moment the Dortmund Big Three appeared at Tottenham's White Hart Lane stadium, they were effectively doomed to have no choice but to accept it

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