Chapter 1416 Crazy Times

Are the times creating heroes, or are heroes creating the times?

This is an old question that has been discussed for countless years in the football world. Whether it is the players, the head coach, or the team, who is the most important protagonist?

When Guardiola's Barcelona became famous, many people questioned, did Guardiola make Barcelona or Barcelona made Guardiola? There is also the relationship between Messi and Barcelona, ​​who has achieved who between the two?

The same is true of Yang Yang's relationship with Real Madrid, a question that will never be answered.

Yang Yang himself feels that football is a team sport, and whether it is the players, the head coach or every player, coach and staff member in the team, they are all playing a role, even if it is a trivial physiotherapist. A professional massage can avoid the injury of a certain player, and then help the team win a key game through the performance of the player.

How important is this physical therapist?

It's a boring question because football is always the result of a concerted effort.

But it is also undeniable that in the history of football, there has never been a lack of heroes. Through their personal ability, or playing or coaching, the rest of the team is only around him. Under his leadership, the team will go Victory, a great achievement.

This should be the so-called hero making the times.

So, no one knows, if there is no Guardiola, whether Barcelona will usher in the third dream team, and no one knows, if there is no Yang Yang, what Real Madrid will be like today.

And Van Gaal believes that today's Ajax lacks such a hero who creates the situation.

He has a hunch that within two years, this batch of Ajax players will emerge and stand out, but if they do not meet the right manager, then their final result is likely to leave the team inaction.

But who can tell who the hero Ajax expects will be?

Bergkamp?

He has been an assistant coach for many years, a former celebrity, and a member of the technical team.

But in reality, Bergkamp wasn't a fit, at least he wasn't ready.

Today's Dutch football talents are withering. After Van Gaal's retirement, there are basically no world-class coaches. Among the younger head coaches, Ronald Koeman's coaching journey is also stumbling, and there is no real transformation and promotion. .

For this, Yang Yang also felt very embarrassed.

This should be what the ancestors said, in the human world, there are always horses in the world, but Bole is not often.

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Returning from the Netherlands to Madrid, Yang Yang, David Silva, Marcelo, Suarez, Hazard, Ramos and Vermaelen, etc., all took their families to Madrid Airport.

The grand occasion made the media reporters go crazy with joy. I don't know if they thought it was a public tour of Real Madrid.

But in fact, it's all at the player's own expense.

The Canary Islands are a great place, especially David Silva's hometown.

The main thing is to be quiet enough to avoid the entanglement of media reporters and enjoy a peaceful Christmas holiday.

During the vacation, Yang Yang still insists on training every day. In the afternoon, he will go to the beach with his teammates to play beach football. This is also part of his training.

After a beautiful Christmas break, the team returned to Madrid, and Pintus once again gave the team a lot.

This year is different from last year. Last year's first game was at the end of December, but this year is at the beginning of January. Real Madrid will have more time to prepare, and with more experience, the coaching staff is very confident.

Real Madrid had appealed against FIFA's transfer ban before, and as a result, the ruling of the arbitration court had already come down. They recognized Real Madrid's defense and believed that Real Madrid had indeed violated the rules, but it was not as serious as FIFA said. Therefore, FIFA reduced the penalty on Real Madrid and banned only one transfer period.

Exactly, this year's winter break transfer, Real Madrid can not introduce players.

Real Madrid has never been in the habit of transferring and signing players during the winter break, so they didn't care about this ban, and now that the team is strong and strong, there is no need to sign any more.

However, after Real Madrid eased the punishment, the Catalan media was unhappy, because Barcelona was banned for two transfer periods at the beginning. Why is the punishment for Real Madrid only half of Barcelona's for the same crime?

There are even media conspiracy theories that Real Madrid has done the work of FIFA, but everyone knows that the mitigation of punishment is only because Real Madrid's defense strategy has worked.

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The winter break transfer did not become bleak because of the loss of Real Madrid, the big sponsor. On the contrary, because of the strong intervention of the Chinese Super League team, the winter break transfer in the entire European football world became very lively.

Chelsea's Brazilian midfielder Oscar moved to Shanghai Shanggang for a transfer fee of 60 million euros. This transfer took the entire European football by surprise, not only because of the transfer fee, but also because Oscar moved to the Chinese Super League in his current year. .

In the Chinese Super League, the transfer of Beijing international Zhang Chengdong to Hebei for 20 million euros is equally surprising, because Schneiderlin, who has proven his strength in the Premier League, moved from Manchester United to Everton, which is similar. is this price.

The talented Belgian midfielder Witsel moved from Zenit St. Petersburg to Tianjin for 20 million euros.

Both Schneiderlin and Witsel are well-known European players, but their transfer fee is close to that of Zhang Chengdong.

There is also the French Ligue 1 Paris.

Due to the unsatisfactory performance in the Ligue 1, Paris made additional investments during the winter break, poaching German winger Draxler from Wolfsburg at a high price of 40 million euros, and then 30 million euros. Twenty-year-old Portuguese winger Gonzalo Guedes has been signed from Benfica.

If it is understandable to sign Draxler, then it is surprising to sign Guedes, especially when he is worth as much as 30 million euros. For a Portuguese superstar, it is indeed a sky-high price.

Coincidentally, Manchester City also introduced 19-year-old striker Jesus from Palmeiras, Brazil. Le's blockbuster transfer.

But the real surprise was the transfer of two teenagers, Jesus and Guedes.

Neither of them have proven themselves in the four major leagues, one is nineteen and the other is twenty, but these two players are worth more than 30 million euros, which is quite crazy.

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Yang Yang heard these two news in Valdebebas and Zidane's office. His first reaction was madness, and then the words Florentino once said appeared in his mind.

"The era of skyrocketing transfer fees is coming!"

The more contact, the more Yang Yang admires Florentino's wisdom.

For this era, Real Madrid started the layout a few years ago, and Florentino seems to always be able to predict the development trend of the transfer market.

"Paris Saint-Germain are still poaching people everywhere, first they threatened to poach Messi, then Neymar, and now I heard that they want to poach Di Maria, and the French newspaper said that their number one target is you." Zidane He looked at Yang Yang with a smile.

Yang Yang's contract with Real Madrid has only one and a half years left. If he is really poached, it is not impossible.

Of course, the cost of digging Yang Yang is likely to create another sky-high price.

"Such a blockbuster transfer is estimated to be difficult to complete during the winter break." Yang Yang shook his head, he is also the manager of the club now, and has his own judgment and analysis on the transfer market, "but if it is successful, , that would definitely blow up the transfer market, it would be crazy."

"Yeah." Zidane nodded, Meishan wrinkled, "You think, no matter who you dig, whether it's Messi, Neymar, or the top star of other teams, you get a lot of money. After the transfer fee, it is bound to re-enter the transfer market, and there may even be panic signings, which is very fatal."

After Yang Yang heard this, he suddenly smiled, "Are you still thinking about your Pogba?"

"Of course, I want to bring him to Real Madrid." Zidane was full of expectations.

Yang Yang feels that the relationship between Zidane and Pogba is not just as simple as admiration. It is estimated that the two are French and have a good relationship in private, but the current Real Madrid is indeed difficult to have Pogba. Location.

No, I'm still studying the starting lineup for the King's Cup against Sevilla. Yang Yang and others are all on the bench, but Real Madrid's midfield is still able to get rid of midfielders like Casemiro, De Bruyne and Isco. The combination of the field shows how fierce the competition in Real Madrid's midfield is.

"Then wait another two years." Yang Yang laughed.

Two years later, David Silva, Modric and other veterans are almost the same.

"Two years?" Zidane shook his head and sighed, "I see that the transfer market is turbulent. After two years, the player's worth will rise to an absurd level. For players like Pogba, do you still think so? Is it good to buy?"

For European football, two years is too long, and there can be too many changes in the middle.

Although Pogba's contract with Manchester United has clauses, it couldn't be simpler, just renew the contract, increase the salary, and sign a new one.

Just now Pogba is doing well at Manchester United, and it makes sense to extend the contract.

Therefore, what Zidane is really worried about is that once the transfer market gets windy, then he and Real Madrid are likely to miss Pogba forever, which is somewhat a pity for Zidane.

Well, people are rational animals.

Forcing the introduction of Pogba will definitely offend the locker room, and Zidane will not do it.

Therefore, when he saw the treacherous waves in the transfer market, he was more helpless.

Yang Yang is a little geared up, because his Ajax has gathered a group of outstanding young talents, and the transfer value has skyrocketed, which is good for them.

Of course, the premise is that he can swallow Ajax completely, and Peter Bosz can lead this team to rise.

But how can this be so easy?