Revive Liverpool

Chapter 88 Dortmund
Li Nan did not follow Liverpool to Guangzhou, but chose to stay in Liverpool.

However, Li Nan, who stayed in Liverpool, did not stay in Liverpool all the time, but chose to go to Dortmund, the seventh largest city in Germany.

Dortmund is located in the Ruhr area of ​​North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany and is the seventh largest city in Germany.

Dortmund is an important economic and trade center in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany, located in the east of the Ruhr area.

Dortmund is the "green city" of North Rhine-Westphalia.

Nearly half of the city is covered with waterways, woodland, cultivated land and green areas and spacious parks such as Westfalen Park and Longbeck Park.

However, after the large-scale coal mining, charcoal smelting, and steel smelting in Dortmund city 100 years ago, the current city appearance is quite a contrast to the past.

Speaking of Borussia Dortmund Football Club, the team's stadium was originally named after the former Prussian province of Westphalia, and it is the largest stadium in Germany.

In the 2004/05 season, it set a new record for the number of spectators in European football with 140 million spectators.

In 2005, the naming rights of the Westfalen Stadium were sold to Signal Iduna, an insurance and investment company, for 2 million euros, which was renamed Signal Iduna Park in December.

However, fans have always been used to calling it the Westfalenstadion. Fortunately, the sponsorship contract will expire in 2020, and the name of Westfalen will be restored by then.

The birth of the South Stand makes the home of the Westfalen Devils well-deserved. The South Stand is the symbol of Westphalia and the largest single-sided stand in Europe. It can accommodate 24454 fans at the same time, and all of them are standing seats without seats.

Owning a ticket to the South Stand has become a symbol of the Hornets' diehard fans, so the South Stand is also the area with the most lively atmosphere in the entire stadium.

If Dortmund scored a goal, it would be an illusion that the stands would be collapsed. The terrifying atmosphere created by the yellow and black waves made the home players excited and the away players terrified.

As for the similarities between Dortmund and Liverpool, it can be said that there are countless.

The first is that both teams use "You'll never walk alone" to cheer for the team.

In addition, both teams had peak moments before the 21st century, and now both teams are heading for a trough.

Prosperity must decline is an eternal law.

Due to the extravagant introduction of big-name stars by the team management, the financial situation has deteriorated day by day. In 2005, the club even reached the brink of bankruptcy.

After the team's trough, both teams are now on the road to recovery

2008 was later regarded as the era of Dortmund's rebirth.

After experiencing Dole's failure to lead the team, the directors understand that what they really need is a handsome talent who can continue to motivate the team and fans, and who can restore the club to its former reputation.

They chose Jurgen Klopp, a young coach who had just led Mainz into the Bundesliga historicly and was widely praised by the outside world.

His team's flamboyant yet rigorous style of play has won many praises from the German football community.

Klopp was handed an initial two-year deal with the promise of returning to Dortmund's former glory.

Klopp naturally understands in his heart that if he wants to make a difference in Dortmund, he must use an operating system that will not let the club fall into debt again.

Because of this, Klopp turned more attention to youth training and began to reuse the team's youth training players.

Every signing must be a young player who does not need to spend a lot of money.Klopp's goal is to cultivate a group of young people who are as wolves as tigers and are ambitious. As the young people mature, their worth will also rise, following a youth training model that continues to grow and develop sustainably.

In the 2010-11 season, under the leadership of Klopp, the Youth Storm Dortmund won the Bundesliga championship with a pleasing style of play and a solid defense, announcing that the Hornets have officially emerged from the bankruptcy crisis and are reborn from the ashes.

This year, Jurgen Klopp led his team to win the Bundesliga championship for the seventh time, and Dortmund returned to the top after 9 years.

And Liverpool seems to be showing signs of recovery after Li Nan bought the team in 2010.

The reason why the team's sports director Edwards did not come to Dortmund to take charge of the team's transfer was because Li Nan wanted to come and get to know Klopp.

Li Nanke still intends to let Klopp come to coach Liverpool in the future, and he must come to get to know Klopp.

Of course, the main purpose of Li Nan's coming to Dortmund is not only for Klopp, but also for signings.

Li Nan came here mainly for Lewandowski.

Griezmann, who Li Nan took the lead in spending a huge amount of money to introduce in the winter transfer period, did not perform very well in the team.

Griezmann still needs some growth before he can grow up and adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League and become Liverpool's thigh.

In the process of Griezmann's growth, Liverpool still needs someone who can bring firepower to Liverpool now.

And Li Nan chose Lewandowski to take on this responsibility.

In the summer of 2010, Lewandowski took the Golden Boot of the Polish First Division and joined Dortmund for 475 million euros.

In the 2010-11 season, at the beginning of the striker position, Lewandowski could not compete with Lucas Barrios, which became a rare small tribulation in his too smooth career.

Now Lewandowski has just come to Dortmund for one season and won the Bundesliga championship with the team.

Lewandowski quickly proved his true qualities: In the Copa America final in the summer of 2011, Barrios was injured after coming off the bench, and Lewandowski seized the opportunity to quickly occupy the main position.

Originally, Lewandowski would stand firm as Dortmund's main striker next season, but although he is valued by Dortmund now, he has not yet become an indispensable main striker for Dortmund.

Liverpool is bound to win for Lewandowski, but for Dortmund it is only more important.

So the possibility of Liverpool getting Lewandowski is not small.

Of course, all of this had to be done before Barrios was injured after coming off the bench in the Copa America final, otherwise Dortmund might not choose to sell Lewandowski.

This is why Li Nan did not follow Liverpool to Guangzhou. If Li Nan went to Asia with Liverpool, it would be too late to go to Dortmund to buy Lewandowski after Liverpool's Asian tour.

So Li Nan can only choose to stay in Liverpool, so as to carry out the transfer of Lewandowski.

Of course, Li Nan can also transfer Lewandowski before, instead of waiting until Liverpool's Asian tour to introduce Lewandowski.

But before Liverpool's trip to Asia, Li Nan was unwilling to abandon the two-person time with Keira Knightley to carry out transfer work.

So the final result is like this, Li Nan chose to stay in Liverpool to take charge of Lewandowski's transfer work.

(End of this chapter)