Substitutes are important, but that doesn't mean the main players aren't.

Nion wants to sign Götze more than any other player right now. With Götze, Liverpool's midfield should be worry-free for the next ten years.

The World Cup is over. Germany made it to the final, but they failed to win, losing to the host nation, Brazil.

In the final match, Götze started but played mediocrely. He was subbed off in the seventieth minute.

Throughout the World Cup, Götze's performance wasn't outstanding. It wasn't terrible, but there weren't many highlights either. In other words... average.

If it weren't for the name Götze, perhaps this performance would have been considered excellent, but for Götze, it wasn't enough.

People had high expectations for him, and his average performance was disappointing.

For Götze and his fans, this result was unsatisfactory, but for Nion, it was a good thing.

Now he can pressure Dortmund to lower their price!

Götze's transfer can't be delayed any longer. The Premier League starts early, and if he isn't bought soon, he won't be able to participate in the team's pre-season training, familiarize himself with the team's tactics and teammates, or develop chemistry. This will directly affect his form and his speed in adapting to the team. The league might even start before he finds his form, and he'll be like an outsider on the field. This will affect his confidence and could even lead to his decline.

So Nion wants Götze to come as soon as possible, the sooner the better.

He made another offer to Dortmund.

But this time, it wasn't thirty million plus Şahin; it was twenty million plus Şahin.

Seeing that Götze hadn't shown his ability in the World Cup, he didn't hesitate to cut a third of the offer. He even considered Dortmund's feelings, or he would have cut half of it.

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As soon as the World Cup ended, the transfer market entered its hottest phase. Many players showed their skills on the World Cup stage, became famous overnight, and attracted the attention of many wealthy clubs, such as Özil and Khedira, who performed well in the South Africa World Cup.

Some people's values were affected and declined because they did not perform as expected in the World Cup.

Agents, scouts, club managers, and coaches are all busy.

Someone raises prices, and someone else cuts them.

Dortmund's sporting director, Zorc, is facing this situation.

Götze's performance in the World Cup was disappointing. Many teams are interested in him, but they are all deliberately lowering their prices.

Everyone knows that the performance in one World Cup doesn't explain everything. Just because Götze didn't show his full ability in the World Cup, doesn't mean Götze is mediocre, or that he is a fraud.

But this performance can be used as an excuse to lower the price…

We all know that the performance of one World Cup is not a reference, but we just want to say that the performance of the World Cup proves that Götze is all bark and no bite!

Zorc was very upset.

All the previous offers of thirty million had been lowered, and some clubs had even offered a shocking fifteen million euros!

This made Zorc furious—you want to take Götze away from us for fifteen million euros? Are you trying to brush us off?!

He wanted to find a club that offered the same price as before, but unfortunately, there wasn't one.

All the clubs interested in Götze lowered their offers. Even the clubs he thought were wealthy were doing the same.

This made Zorc angry and depressed. He felt that these clubs were too dishonest.

Okay, okay, since you don't want to raise the price, then we'll drag it out and see who wins in the end!

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Zorc planned to drag out the teams that wanted to buy Götze until they compromised and surrendered.

But he was the first to surrender.

Because a few days later, he received a call from Götze's agent, Struth.

In the call, Struth once again expressed Götze's desire to leave Dortmund to Zorc.

Zorc said that he would let Götze leave, but not this summer. He hoped that Götze could stay in the team for another season. Götze's contract with the team expires in the summer of 2016, which means that the team and Götze have more than two years left on the contract. When the contract expires, Götze can leave the team for free, and Dortmund will not get a penny.

Zorc's idea was that since Götze was destined to leave the team in the summer of 2016, then they should fully squeeze his remaining value. The summer of 2015 is the last time Götze can be sold for a price. After this deadline, Götze can basically leave as a free agent.

So Zorc hoped that Götze could stay in the team for another season.

How could Struth not know what the Dortmund sporting director was thinking? He directly rejected this request. He told Zorc that, for the sake of their many years of cooperation, it would be best to agree to Götze's request. Otherwise, they should be careful that Dortmund would not get a penny and lose everything!

That is to say, if he can't leave this summer, Götze will not leave the team until his contract expires. He will play until the summer of 2016, and then join the team he wants to go to as a free agent.

By then, Dortmund will not earn a penny.

This was Struth threatening Zorc, seeing whether Dortmund was willing to get nothing, or earn a little.

This multiple choice question made no sense to Zorc. He would definitely choose to earn a little! Choose the lesser of two evils.

As a sporting director who has worked for many years, he has long known that acting on impulse has no future. This circle is so big, the mountains don't turn, the water turns, and they will always meet one day. It is better to leave a line in life and work, so that it will be easier to talk about cooperation in the future.

In this way, Dortmund succumbed.

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Since the offers have been lowered, Zorc has no confidence to continue to maintain a high position, and he has to lower his psychological expectations.

So, he was previously looking for a club with the same offer as before. He now feels that as long as the offer is the same, it is considered high, and he used to look down on it.

His eyes fell on Liverpool's offer again.

Liverpool, like other teams, has also lowered its offer, so it is not a good bird.

But Liverpool has an advantage that Zorc has to take a second look at.

That is Şahin.

Liverpool can offer Şahin to them as a player in exchange.

And Şahin is indeed a player that Dortmund needs.

This is worth considering.

Unconsciously, Zorc became more interested in Liverpool's offer.

The more he thought about it, the more reliable and feasible it was.

Using Götze to exchange for Şahin, although the technical characteristics of the two people are different, and the positions are also different, the roles are the same, both are to dominate the team's offense.

Şahin is even more comprehensive, because he can also defend.

He thought for a while and directly replied to Liverpool.

The asking price is thirty million euros plus a Şahin, not a penny less.

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"Not a penny less?"

Nion smiled.

Seeing Dortmund's reply, he knew that Dortmund had succumbed and was most interested in him.

But is it really not a penny less?

That's not necessarily true.

Saying this can only deceive yourself and boost your momentum.

Only a fool would believe it!

Now everyone is cutting prices like crazy. Wouldn't I be a fool if I didn't cut them?

Nion is not willing to be a fool.

He responded to Dortmund that it would be twenty million euros, plus a Şahin. Or twenty-five million euros, but no Şahin.

A season ago, Liverpool brought Şahin from Real Madrid to Anfield for exactly five million euros.

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Zorc couldn't help but click his tongue when he saw Liverpool's offer.

It's really too cunning!

Now Liverpool is the one who doesn't let go of a penny…

If possible, Zorc doesn't want to continue to deal with Liverpool. But Götze must leave this summer, otherwise Dortmund will not earn a penny, which is a pity!

It took so much effort to cultivate a super genius that the whole world is watching. If they let him go without earning a penny, wouldn't that be a waste of natural resources?

I have to grind with Liverpool.

In this way, the two sides bargained back and forth.

Because Liverpool has Şahin, who Dortmund needs, Dortmund tends to negotiate with Liverpool. As for other teams, unless the offer can greatly exceed Liverpool's price, he is not interested. But now, if you want to greatly exceed Liverpool's offer of 20 million, it means that you have to go up to at least 30 million, but in the current situation, this price is difficult to appear…

Zorc can only pull out a taller one from the dwarfs and find a less bad choice.

Şahin's appeal to Dortmund is indeed great enough.

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Finally, after some bargaining, the two sides reached an agreement on the price of 23 million euros plus a Şahin.

Although it seems to be a total price of 28 million, the accounts cannot be calculated like this in practice. It is difficult to say whether Şahin is worth five million, but exchanging Şahin saves Şahin's salary, which is a considerable expense. So Liverpool still made a lot of money.

Buying Götze at such a cheap price, while also saving Şahin's salary.

Nion did a good deal.

As for whether Şahin is willing to leave… there is no suspense. Şahin will definitely weigh it carefully, whether to continue to stay in Liverpool as a substitute for a substitute, or to return to Dortmund to be his mountain king.

Nion has already had Martin O'Neill talk to Şahin, making it clear that the other party is not in his new season plan.

If Şahin still refuses to leave, it would be unwise.

In fact, Şahin did not refuse to leave.

He is also very happy to return to Dortmund to make a comeback. It is better to return to a familiar environment than to start all over again in a completely strange place, right?

After experiencing the ups and downs at Real Madrid and Liverpool, Şahin is much more realistic now, without those unrealistic fantasies.

Now it depends on whether Götze himself is willing to join Liverpool. You must know that the teams pursuing him include giants such as Barcelona, Arsenal, and Inter Milan.