Chapter 1332 Ajax's Business Experience

Yang Yang is not Kaizi, on the contrary, he has always felt that he is a pragmatic and smart person.

The reason why he invested in Ajax is not only because of personal feelings, but also because of many other demands.

Now that he has already invested, he will do everything possible to improve him and try to bring Ajax on the right track.

Van der Sar, Overmars, Bergkamp and Edgar Davis are all Ajax's famous people, and they have deep feelings for this club. The management of the club, running Ajax well is not only their professional duty, but also a career they want to develop.

European football circles say big or small, with their reputation, as long as they do well in Ajax, they don’t have to worry about losing their jobs in the future, and this job is not a job for youth, it will support them lifetime.

Therefore, Yang Yang has always been very clear that they are different from those on the board of supervisors.

Facts have also proved that they all really hope to do something in Ajax.

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"This is our preliminary plan. The group of young players we want to introduce this summer are mainly concentrated around the age of fifteen, and they can form combat effectiveness in two or three years."

Van der Sar handed Yang Yang a list of signings and a thick stack of player materials.

Ajax is famous for its youth training, but this does not mean that Ajax must start with the most basic youth training. Players in the age group of twenty years old, also known as semi-finished products, and then bring them out.

Yang Yang was 17 years old when he came to Ajax, Suarez was 20 when he came to Ajax, and Huntelaar and others also came to Ajax when they were around 20 years old. That said, it's Ajax's tradition.

In Dutch football, football is already a very mature industry.

Yes, that's right, an industry, not an industry.

Some clubs focus on cultivating young players, some clubs focus on cultivating around ten years old, and some focus on cultivating semi-finished products. Only teams like Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord are the leaders of the Dutch football pyramid. At the top, they will search for the best and best players from the Netherlands to enter their team, and then go to European football to compete with other strong teams.

Therefore, not only will there be no problem, but it is a very normal business for Ajax to search and find potential young players from the youth training camps of other teams. Impress each other.

This is like an industrial chain, very complete and complete.

Dutch football has always been a three-legged rivalry.

Ajax, Eindhoven and Feyenoord, the three giants stand together, but Feyenoord has not been as good as it used to be over the years, and it has fallen earlier and faster than Ajax, Eindhoven Backed by the big crocodile of the Philips Group, the rich and powerful, although it is not very good, but at least it is much more comfortable than Ajax.

The decline of Feyenoord has given Ajax and Eindhoven more opportunities. Over the years, the top three in the Netherlands have gradually become the pattern of the Eredivisie duo. It is difficult for Feyenoord to challenge Eindhoven. Howard and Ajax.

From 2010 to 2014, Ajax won the Eredivisie championship for four consecutive seasons, but in the past two years Eindhoven has become stronger, and Ajax is obviously weaker in the Champions League. Eindhoven performed well in Europe.

As we all know, the Eredivisie League is a poor league, a small country with few people, no oil and water, and the European war is the most valuable platform, but Ajax has indeed performed too badly in the European arena these years.

To put it bluntly, professional football is money.

If you have money, you can be willful, if you don't have money, you can only accept your fate.

Therefore, in the next few years, the most important task for Ajax is to get money and find a sustainable development path that can stabilize performance in the Eredivisie and the Champions League while cultivating young players. not easy.

Eindhoven has done a good job. Porto in the Portuguese Super League and Monaco in Ligue 1 are the best examples.

Monaco, in particular, has indeed done very well in recent years.

Yang Yang understood this, and was naturally not surprised at all that Van der Sar and others submitted the list, most of which were young players around the age of fifteen. On the contrary, he knew very well in his heart that these players added After the Ajax youth training camp, in the next few years, whether Ajax can regain its strength depends on them.

Young players in the Netherlands are actually very cheap. Talented kids around the age of 15 or 16 generally cost hundreds of thousands of euros, and some even cost hundreds of thousands of euros. , not to mention the follow-up salary payment of players, and this is not a one-off deal, and we will continue to invest in the next few years.

Therefore, youth training is really expensive. Ajax has not produced anyone in these years. The important reason is that they cannot afford money.

After getting Yang Yang's capital injection, Ajax suddenly became rich and powerful.

At least, in the list submitted by Yang Yang's technical team, the names and information of more than 20 young players are listed.

This is just Ajax's intention. As for how much can be introduced, it depends on Ajax's operation.

Yang Yang recognized the ability of Ajax scouts, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. After a hasty scan, he found a familiar name in the list.

Almere!

"Is this player from Almere's youth training?" Yang Yang asked curiously.

It has been more than ten years since he left Almere. Today, Almere has also been promoted to the Dutch second league as he wished, but his results have been tepid. There are no too eye-catching players. The cooperation with Ajax It is still very close.

Listed by Ajax is an eighteen-year-old midfielder, Pablo Rosario.

"This is a local player of African descent. He has the physical fitness and excellent endurance of an African player. He has officially played in the first team of Almere this season and performed well. We have been paying attention to him." Overmars explained.

Yang Yang smiled slightly. He had a natural affinity for this player from Almere.

Van der Sar and others also know that Yang Yang made his debut in Almere, so they are not too surprised.

"In fact, Rosario first came out of our Ajax youth training, but failed to meet the club's renewal conditions, and switched to Almere in 14 years. Over time, not only has his body grown quickly, but his skills have also improved a lot, and now he has switched to playing a defensive midfielder, just to give full play to his advantages." Overmars further explained.

There are always countless possibilities for young players, and things like Rosario are not uncommon or uncommon.

It may be that the original body was too thin and thin, and then the physical fitness skyrocketed in adolescence, or it may be a sudden enlightenment, or it may be that the opportunity to perform was not given...

All in all, it's not surprising that anything is possible.

In addition to Rosario, another person who caught Yang Yang's attention was Tangyell Mullen, who played for Arsenal's youth training camp.

The Dutch teenager, who is about to turn seventeen, is regarded as a Dutch striker of the type of Van Persie. He also debuted in the Ajax youth training, and was later bought by Arsenal.

After going to London, Mullen didn't get many opportunities to exercise. He himself was somewhat resistant to this situation and hoped to get more opportunities to exercise. After all, players of his age really needed to exercise in games, and Assen Nor did Na pay much attention to him.

This is also the situation of the youth training of all giant teams. There are too many talents, so it is naturally impossible to cover everything. Basically, they only focus on cultivating a few promising stars with outstanding potential. Other players are more like stocking and letting them be free. develop.

The technical team believes that if you want to buy Mullen back, it is estimated that you will have to spend 500,000 euros, which is not cheap.

In addition to these two players, there are many other players, some from Alkmaar's youth academy, some from Utrecht, and some low-level league teams such as Sparta Rotterdam and so on.

The purpose of Ajax's list is to poach the best players around the age of fifteen in the Netherlands. Except for a few teams that can't be poached, such as PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord, the others are Ajax goal.

Big fish eat small fish, and small fish eat dried shrimps. This is the truth.

But the most valuable player on the list has reached 2 million euros. It is a left back from Flamengo in the Brazilian league named Jorge. He is 20 years old and has not played in the first team. The scouts think he is Much like the former Ajax left-back Felipe Luis who is now at Atletico Madrid.

"This Jorge has not yet played in the first team of Flamengo, but in the New Zealand World Youth Championship in June this year, he performed very well, helping Brazil win the final championship, and he is still in the semi-finals The left back who scored a goal and was selected into the best team of this World Youth Championship after the game can be described as a blockbuster."

Van der Sar saw Yang Yang noticed the player and immediately gave an explanation.

After all, in the Eredivisie, two million euros for a player who has never played in the first team is indeed a bit high.

"You all agree with him?" Yang Yang didn't take it too seriously.

"In fact, as early as the summer, we had already arranged for scouts to follow up the World Youth Championship, and then specially arranged several on-site inspections to Brazil. The results showed that this is a very capable young player. He may not be the most eye-catching player in this World Youth Championship, but he should be the most suitable for us."

After listening to Van der Sar's words, Yang Yang somewhat understood.

Today is an era of advanced information. Once you perform well in the World Youth Championship, you will be favored by big teams immediately. Many rookies are already in the youth training camps of big teams. For example, the top player in Brazil is Manchester United. Rookie Pereira.

On the contrary, a defensive player like Jorge may not be the most eye-catching, but it should be the most suitable.

The value is not high, the age is not too old, and the moldability is strong. As long as the players have no problems themselves, they come to Ajax to play for a few years, and I believe they can play to a certain level.

From a business point of view, at least the deal can't be lost.