Photo: Chelsea s quotation rose from 35 million to 55 million, Dortmund insists on Gittens selling 65 million
Photo newspaper restores the details of the negotiations between the two sides. It is reported that Chelsea's first offer of 35 million euros was directly rejected. On Tuesday afternoon, Chelsea contacted Dortmund director Kyle by phone and raised the offer to 50 million euros. Since this is still not enough to impress Dortmund, the English club increased its investment by 5 million euros.
Kyle remained firm in the office and refused the offer. On the training ground only 100 meters away, this result undoubtedly made Gittens feel very upset.
In public training Tuesday night, Gittens trained alone, only lightweight runs, separate from his teammates. He had hoped that the two sides could reach an agreement that night to get him on the next flight to London. However, things went against their wishes...
In fact, Gittens expressed his willingness to transfer to the Dortmund executives a few weeks ago. At the same time, he had reached a personal agreement with Chelsea and received a seven-year contract with an annual salary of about 7 million euros - almost twice his current salary in Dortmund.