"What? You have something to say to me?" Zhou Yi was surprised.

In fact, the usual communication between him and Sahin was not much, it could even be said to be very little.

In the team, Zhou Yi had a good relationship with Großkreutz, and also with Götze, after all, the two had played together in the youth team.

He was also friendly with most of his teammates.

Naturally, it was the same with Sahin.

But not all friendly teammates are good friends.

He and Sahin were the same.

He had no conflicts with Sahin, but he usually wouldn't get too close.

If there was nothing to do, there would hardly be any communication.

The only time was when Sahin wasn't performing well, and Zhou Yi had to tactfully tell him his experience.

Just that once.

Apart from that, they usually just greeted each other when they met, and rarely even chatted.

So he was surprised that Sahin would take the initiative to talk to him about something.

Sahin didn't waste any words, nodded, and got straight to the point.

"Actually, we both know that the so-called dual-core tactics still have a primary and secondary focus, right?" he asked.

Zhou Yi nodded. Everyone was clear about this fact. It was just that the name of this tactic was dual-core.

"It's always been me as the primary and you as the secondary. But for the next game, I want to change it up..." Sahin said, "For the next game, I'll assist you."

Zhou Yi looked at Sahin in surprise.

"But that's not what the coach arranged..." he said, after reacting.

"That doesn't matter." Sahin waved his hand. "Originally, it could be either of us as the primary or secondary. We can discuss it ourselves. So it's settled, for the next game you're the core, and I'll assist you."

After saying that, Sahin was about to get up and leave.

Unexpectedly, behind him, Zhou Yi suddenly asked, "Are you going to Madrid?"

Sahin stopped and looked back at Zhou Yi.

"Good luck, Nuri. That place isn't easy to survive." Zhou Yi said with a smile to Sahin.

"Thank you, Zhou Yi."

After saying that, Sahin opened the locker room door and walked out.

Looking at the closed door, Zhou Yi dragged out his voice like he was singing in a play and murmured, "Once you enter a wealthy family—it's as deep as the sea~"

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"We've reached an agreement with the Spanish side, and we'll announce the news at the end of the season." Zorc was saying to Klopp in his office.

"Hmm..." Klopp nodded, but felt a slight melancholy in his heart.

Sahin was recalled from Feyenoord after he took over Borussia Dortmund. At that time, the Turkish kid was performing very well at Feyenoord, and the Dutch club was planning to buy out Sahin, and Sahin was also a little tempted.

After all, although he debuted very early at Borussia Dortmund, he had never had many opportunities, and his performance was not very stable. Restricted by Borussia Dortmund's own problems, he felt that his career prospects in staying at Borussia Dortmund were not very bright.

It was Klopp who personally called Sahin and told him how important he was in his new plan, which made Sahin give up the idea of leaving Borussia Dortmund and return to Borussia Dortmund.

And under his training, he successfully became the core of the team.

Originally, in Klopp's own plan, Sahin, this young man, was the core of Borussia Dortmund for the next ten years, and would eventually become the team's captain.

He hoped so.

But there were so many accidents in the world of football that you couldn't follow your plan properly.

If Sahin hadn't been injured in that game against Hoffenheim, then Zhou Yi wouldn't have had the opportunity to play.

If Zhou Yi hadn't played, then Klopp might not have been able to discover the shining points on Zhou Yi until the next season.

If Zhou Yi hadn't performed so well, he probably wouldn't have finally made up his mind to use Sahin to obtain a large amount of transfer fees.

And at the very beginning, if he hadn't accidentally seen Zhou Yi's game outside the youth team's training ground, probably all the stories after that wouldn't have happened.

Sahin would continue to stay at Borussia Dortmund, as the core of the team, leading Borussia Dortmund to challenge Bayern Munich's dominance in the Bundesliga.

Now, Sahin was exchanged for sixteen million euros in transfer fees, and then left, making room for Zhou Yi.

This was the team's renewal and metabolism. If there wasn't already Zhou Yi, Klopp would never have let Sahin go before finding a suitable replacement.

"How's Zhou Yi doing?" Zorc asked Klopp again.

But Klopp didn't understand, did selling Sahin require considering how Zhou Yi was doing? He asked, "Huh?"

"We're going to play in the Champions League next season, but with Zhou Yi's physical fitness, can he cope with playing on two fronts?" Zorc asked.

"You only started considering this issue after Sahin was sold?" Klopp laughed, and after teasing Zorc, Klopp explained. "I've considered the issue of Zhou Yi's physical fitness, but on the one hand, his physical fitness is gradually improving, and on the other hand, we also have other players to choose from in midfield. After Sahin leaves, the biggest beneficiary is actually Götze, he will have more opportunities to play."

"Well, but we should still continue to strengthen in midfield." Zorc said.

"I agree with that." Klopp raised his hands.

"Then what do you think of this person?" As he said that, Zorc pushed a folder in front of Klopp.

Klopp picked it up and opened the first page, and found the face of an Asian player.

"Another Chinese player?" he asked, looking up.

"No. Of course not. It's a Japanese player."

"Oh, the representative of good quality and low price." Klopp casually joked about Japan, and then continued to flip down, and saw the player's name.

"Kagawa... Shinji?" He tried hard to spell the Japanese person's strange Romanized name.

"Kagawa Shinji." Zorc corrected Klopp's pronunciation, and then said, "Our scout in Japan has been observing him for a long time, he is a very outstanding young player. In fact, half a year ago, many European teams were interested in him, but he stayed in Japan because he wanted to be able to participate in the South Africa World Cup. It was previously said that he was going to Real Madrid and Barcelona for trials... but now he seems to be more inclined to join us."

While Zorc was introducing Kagawa Shinji, Klopp was flipping through his information, including scout reports and specific performance data.

After reading it, he asked Zorc, "How much is the transfer fee?"

"If we want him, I estimate we can get it done for within 400,000 euros." Zorc held up four fingers.

"It really is cheap..." Klopp grinned. A Japanese national team player, a young talent who may participate in the World Cup, so cheap...

"Okay, I have no objections. I just hope he can be as good quality and low price as made in Japan." Klopp spread his hands to express his attitude.

"I have a lot of trust in the vision of our scout in Japan, you know he discovered another genius player before." Zorc said with a smile.

"Who?" Klopp asked.

"Zhou Yi."

Klopp was stunned for a moment before he realized who the scout in Japan was. "Tim Kiste?"

"Yes, that's him." Zorc nodded.

"Ah, I also trust his vision." Klopp planned to get up and leave, but before leaving, he said to Zorc, "But I still have to correct you, Michael. Zhou Yi wasn't discovered by Tim, but by me."

He pointed to himself and said proudly.

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On May 8, 2010, in the afternoon local time, 9:30 pm Beijing time, the last round of the Bundesliga kicked off simultaneously.

Borussia Dortmund challenged Freiburg away.

In this game, Zhou Yi and Sahin continued to start at the same time. However, slightly different from previous games, from the beginning of the game, Zhou Yi seemed very active and took the initiative to ask teammates for the ball.

In the previous dual-core games, Zhou Yi was not active in this regard. He put himself in the role of an assistant, first letting Sahin control the rhythm of the game, and he would only step forward when Sahin needed him to provide support.

These two ways of playing and attitudes are still very different, so people who understand football could see it soon.

Marcel Reif felt strange: "Zhou Yi's performance today is... very active, as the secondary core in the dual-core, it's a bit... presumptuous, right?"

Duan Xin was also saying: "Zhou Yi seems to have stolen Sahin's limelight and work, he has repeatedly gone deep to the front of the defense to demand the ball, but that's Sahin's territory..."

Tao Wei also felt strange: "In fact, Zhou Yi has always given people the feeling of being a player with a strong overall view. He can sacrifice himself for the overall situation. If the coach assigns different responsibilities to the two cores, he rarely crosses the line. But now... he frequently crosses the line, what will Klopp think?"

Before he finished speaking, the game broadcast switched to a close-up of Klopp.

Klopp in the camera was indeed frowning, sitting in his chair and talking to his assistant.

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"Zhou Yi's performance today is strange." Klopp tilted his head and said to Buvac.

"I can see that, he has retreated to the defensive midfielder position several times, but this was not the case in the previous games." Buvac nodded.

"Why is this? And Sahin doesn't seem to care..." Klopp frowned, which was what puzzled him the most.

Zhou Yi stole Sahin's work, but Sahin didn't seem to care.

This was completely different from his pre-match arrangements!

"I don't know either, but Jurgen, do you think this situation will harm the team's performance?" Buvac asked.

"I don't know yet, the game has just started, I need to observe a little more."

"Then let's observe and see." Buvac, as the assistant coach in charge of tactics in the team's coaching staff, was not in a hurry to make a decision.

"Hmm." Klopp nodded and stared at the field more intently.

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ps, Note: Previously, in the chapter on the driver's license, Zhou Yi's agent, Tino Schulze, was written as Tim Kiste, and it has now been corrected... These two guys' names are indeed a bit similar!