The God of Football Starts With Passive Skills

Chapter 561: Chapter 110: Dribbling Past 4! Retrograde Domain, Activate! A Great Legend! The Winter Market’s Striker Frenzy

Wang Shuo made a quick forward run, getting ahead of Friedrich to smash a left-footed volley, sending the ball into VfL Wolfsburg’s goal once more.

4-0!

"A hat-trick!!"

"Another hat-trick!"

"This is Wang Shuo’s fourth hat-trick of the season!"

"And he even has a four-goal haul to his name!"

"Since the second half of the season began, Wang Shuo has been in incredible form."

"Not only did he score a brilliant last-minute winner in the previous round, but now he’s scored another hat-trick against VfL Wolfsburg in this round!"

"This is also his 37th league goal of the season!"

"He’s just a stone’s throw away from Gerd Müller’s all-time record!"

"At the same time, this is also Dortmund’s 20th consecutive win this season!"

After scoring, an ecstatic Wang Shuo sprinted towards the sideline to celebrate his goal.

All the Dortmund fans who had traveled to the away game erupted into wild celebration!

In the same round, Bayer Leverkusen defeated Hannover 96 2-0 at home.

Meanwhile, Bayern came from behind to win 3-1 away against Werder Bremen.

It’s worth noting that after this round of matches, Bayer Leverkusen remained in second place, but Bayern Munich jumped directly to third.

Van Gaal’s team was finally showing some signs of a recovery in form.

Mainz also won 1-0 away against Kaiserslautern, thanks to a goal from Holtby, putting them in fourth place.

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The 2011 winter transfer window was destined to be all about strikers.

If the stir in December 2010 about Chelsea trying to poach Wang Shuo was just a warm-up, then the battle for strikers intensified fiercely once January began.

But the first to fire a shot wasn’t Chelsea, but the big-spending Manchester City.

The Blue Moon had been linked with Wang Shuo in the past, but the rumors gradually died down after the official announcement from Wang Shuo and Dortmund.

In mid-January, Manchester City officially announced the signing of Bosnian and Herzegovinian center-forward Dzeko from VfL Wolfsburg for a transfer fee of 37 million euros.

This deal sent shockwaves through the German transfer market.

With 37 million euros in hand, VfL Wolfsburg immediately turned around and signed Helmes from Bayer Leverkusen for 8 million euros, then spent another 4.5 million euros to sign Tuncay from Premier League side Stoke City.

Including a few other players, Wolfsburg spent 20 million euros in the transfer market.

And besides selling Dzeko, Barzagli also transferred to Juventus.

One could say that the championship-winning team Magat had built was now completely dismantled.

At Hoffenheim, the club’s excellent performance meant their players were also being targeted by other clubs.

For example, striker Demba Ba transferred to West Ham United for 3 million euros.

After selling Demba Ba, Hoffenheim immediately signed Firmino from Brazil for 4 million euros and Babel from Liverpool for 7.5 million euros.

In addition, Hoffenheim also brought in David Alaba on loan from Bayern.

The wealthy Hoffenheim had made a major upgrade to their arsenal!

It’s also worth mentioning that Schalke 04’s midfielder Rakitic ultimately transferred to Sevilla for 2.5 million euros.

The Croatian midfielder rejected offers from several top clubs, including Juventus, to join a team where he could get more playing time. Since he only had six months left on his contract, the transfer fee was pitifully low.

It wasn’t just Bundesliga clubs that were on the hunt for a striker; Premier League teams were doing the same.

Aston Villa signed local striker Darren Bent from Sunderland for a fee of 18 million British Pounds, potentially rising to 24 million.

But the club drawing the most attention was still Chelsea.

After their unsuccessful attempt to sign Wang Shuo, the Blue Army took some time to deliberate before finally deciding on new signings.

Three days after Wang Shuo’s hat-trick against VfL Wolfsburg, the Blue Army announced they had signed Spanish striker Torres from Liverpool for a staggering 50 million British Pounds.

At the same time, they also signed center-back David Luis from Benfica for a 21 million British Pound transfer fee.

The two deals cost Chelsea a total of 71 million British Pounds.

The Blue Army really had money to burn!

As for Liverpool, on the final day of the transfer window, after selling Torres and having previously sold Babel for 6 million British Pounds, they found themselves with ample funds.

That afternoon, the Red Army contacted Dortmund, hoping to buy out Wang Shuo’s contract for a transfer fee of 60 million euros.

At the same time, Liverpool also contacted Thomas Essien through an intermediary to get in touch with Wang Shuo, hoping to persuade him to join.

But Wang Shuo’s stance was crystal clear: he would not be transferring during the winter break!

Liverpool acted decisively, turning around to sign Suarez from Ajax for 26.5 million euros and Andy Carroll from Newcastle for 35 million British Pounds.

The cost of those two transfers was roughly equal to the fee they had proposed for Wang Shuo!

And both of these transfers were completed on the night the transfer window closed.

For the players, they basically received the news in the afternoon and had their transfers confirmed that same evening.

It is worth noting that Andy Carroll was still recovering from an injury at the time.

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"The transfers for Andy Carroll and Suarez were both personally requested by Liverpool manager Dalglish."

"Especially Andy Carroll."

In the team office, Wang Shuo and Thomas Essien sat down with Shen Qinghe, who had just arrived from the United Kingdom. They discussed the current situation and got some first-hand information about the Premier League’s winter transfers.