During the international break, all of Europe's major leagues came to a halt.
In the Bundesliga, four rounds had already been played. After Bayern Munich were unexpectedly held to a draw away by Freiburg in the fourth round, Borussia Dortmund stood alone at the top of the table with four straight wins.
The current Bundesliga standings were as follows: (Rank Wins/Draws/Losses Goals For/Against Points)
1. Borussia Dortmund 4/0/0 18/0 12 2. Bayern Munich 3/1/0 7/2 10 3. Bayer Leverkusen 3/0/1 8/5 9 4. Hannover 96 3/0/1 8/5 9 5. Mainz 3/0/1 8/7 9 6. Hertha BSC 2/1/1 9/5 7 7...
Borussia Dortmund's four wins from four put them atop the table, though that was nothing remarkable considering the league had only played four rounds.
But the scoring charts left countless spectators utterly dazzled—the top three spots had all been monopolized by Borussia Dortmund.
Chen Anno ranked first with seven goals, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang was second with five, and Marco Reus followed closely behind with four.
This was Dortmund's terrifying front three!
Their goals accounted for 88% of Dortmund's total!
And if Lewandowski, who sat in fourth place and had now transferred to Bayern, was counted as part of the Dortmund contingent—
That meant the top four scorers in the Bundesliga had all been players under Klopp.
The "heavy metal master" truly lived up to his name!
"Anno, it seems all of us underestimated your commercial value."
At a café in Brackel, not far from the training ground, Wagner smiled as he spoke to Chen Anno.
Seeing Chen Anno's confusion, Wagner pulled a stack of documents from his briefcase.
"You have no idea how popular you are in China right now. These are all endorsement contracts sent over from there in the past few days. Take a look first. Once