After seeing Klopp off, the Dortmund executives were still sitting in the office.
They needed to vote on Klopp's proposal.
Moreover, they could all tell that Klopp was dead set on getting Wang Shuo.
The first to state his position was the chairman of the board, Watzke.
He was a fan of Klopp!
"The first time I heard the name Klopp was at the 2004 German Professional Football Summit. At the time, I was the club's treasurer, and I happened to be sitting right next to Mainz's general manager, Christian Heidel."
"That year, our debt shocked the entire world!"
Though it had only been four or five years, everyone's memory of that time was still fresh.
In fact, some of the people in the room had come to Dortmund because of the circumstances at the time.
"Everyone knows that Mainz has always been a rather unremarkable team, but Heidel is an incredible general manager. We got to talking, and he recommended Klopp to me."
