And Dortmund hadn't signed any replacements for their positions.
It was a risky move, really.
But Wang Shuo understood the club's reasoning.
For instance, if Wang Shuo were to get injured and miss several months, Dortmund probably wouldn't make any major signings. They'd just start promoting Lewandowski.
At most, they'd bring in a young backup player.
It was a matter of the club's resource allocation.
Kael and De De were both players who had rendered outstanding service to the team. The club had to give them the respect they were due.
Krag, on the other hand, was expected to be out for the entire season.
When the unlucky fellow saw Wang Shuo, he complained nonstop, saying he never should have requested that loan to Hertha Berlin.
He was convinced that the reason he got reinjured just three minutes into a match was because he hadn't fully recovered.
And he blamed Hertha Berlin's quack doctors for it.
