"On the other hand, there's Bayern. Even Beckenbauer has spoken up."
Wenger thought for a moment, then asked, "What about Stuttgart?"
"They should be interested too. The entire Bundesliga is interested in Wang Shuo right now. But Stuttgart's problem is that Gomez wants to go to Bayern, and Bayern wants Gomez too. Stuttgart's condition is a trade for Tony Kroos and Podolski."
'A two-for-one trade? The Bayern executives can't be that stupid,' Wenger sneered inwardly.
But that's the transfer market for you—turbulent and unpredictable. You never know what might happen next.
"Boss, we still need to hurry," Leman urged him again.
This time, Wenger didn't say anything more.
...
"They can dream on!"
Inside Rummenigge's office at Bayern's headquarters on Sebena Avenue in Munich, Hennes was raging.
It was because Stuttgart had said that if they wanted to sign Gomez, they had to trade both Podolski and Tony Kroos for him.
