Chapter 1544 This Is Why I Switched to Ajax!

"I hereby solemnly announce that the winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year 2018 is..."

Following Infantino's words, the entire Royal Festival Hall, and even all the audience watching the live broadcast in front of the TV all over the world immediately raised their hearts to their throats and even held their breath.

The live broadcast screen switched to the close-up shots of the three finalists at the same time, and Yang Yang looked the most calm and calm.

Modric is a veteran, but he is still a little nervous, and he looks a little bit pretending to be calm. As for Mbappe, this young finalist has already closed his eyes nervously.

Everyone at the scene was also having a hard time, especially the Ajax players sitting in the guest seats, all worried.

They all hope that Yang Yang can win the award, but they feel very uneasy.

Fortunately, this tedious wait soon passed.

Infantino quickly moved to the microphone and loudly called out the winner's name...

"Yang Yang!!!!!!"

Yang Yang! ! ! !

Infantino's shouts resounded throughout the Royal Festival Hall.

The name Yang Yang rang in everyone's eardrums, which surprised everyone present, and at the same time, they all took it for granted, because Yang Yang's performance last season was still the top in the world.

No one can downgrade his performance last season just because he moved to Ajax.

Modric is a big favorite. He led Croatia to the World Cup runner-up and helped Real Madrid win the Champions League five consecutive times. The award is worthy of the name, but the problem is that Real Madrid's soul star is Yang Yang. Croatia's dark horse legend in the World Cup in the last It was performed by Yang Yang in the first session, and its influence was greatly weakened.

As for Mbappe, no one doubts that he is shortlisted and wins.

Under such circumstances, Yang Yang's award seems to be a natural choice.

There was an extremely warm applause at the scene.

Many even stood up one after another, applauding Yang Yang, and finally the whole audience stood up.

Perhaps, in their view, this is the end of Yang Yang's performance on the stage of the FIFA Awards Ceremony!

From the day he left Real Madrid and switched to Ajax, he was doomed to miss this award.

Unless, he can lead Ajax to win the Champions League, maybe there is still a chance in odd-numbered years.

But how is this possible?

Who would believe it?

...

Yang Yang stood up from his seat, turned around, bowed to the applause of the honored guests, and then he hugged Modric and Mbappe who were sitting around, and the two former teammates of Real Madrid also congratulated him .

Amidst the warm applause, Yang Yang walked quickly onto the podium, took over the World Footballer of the Year trophy from Infantino, and held it high above his head to accept the congratulations and cheers from everyone on the scene .

At the guest table, everyone was staring at Yang Yang on the podium, with admiration, admiration, envy, and admiration in their eyes...somewhat unwilling and regretful.

The veteran Modric was a little unwilling to lose, but he didn't think there was any problem with Yang Yang's winning the award. He just regretted that he missed this award this year, because it should have been the pinnacle of his career.

It's a pity that he met an opponent like Yang Yang.

If there is no Yang Yang, then this year's award will definitely belong to him.

Mbappe is more admiration, envy and admiration.

Yang Yang is his idol. He grew up watching Yang Yang's games. He admires Yang Yang more than anyone else. He also takes it for granted that Yang Yang can win another award. He is even happy for Yang Yang, even if he is somewhat disappointed in his heart.

He knows that he is still very young, even if he fails to win the award this year, he still has many opportunities in the future.

He hopes that he can create his own era in European football like Yang Yang.

Among the guest seats, the Ajax players were even more excited.

As early as when they heard that they could come to London to participate in this grand event, they were already extremely excited, but what Yang Yang told them at the time was that the probability of him winning the award was not high, because it was the World Cup year, Mbappe of the French team and Croatia Modric has a chance, and he is likely to miss this award.

Unexpectedly, he was re-elected!

All the Ajax players looked at Yang Yang who held up the trophy on the podium with almost admiring eyes. They all hoped that one day they could stand on the podium like Yang Yang and hold the trophy high. Trophy, all congratulations accepted.

Although it is difficult, very difficult, they are full of desire and willing to work tirelessly for it.

...

Yang Yang put down the trophy and walked to the microphone.

He thanked many people, from last season's Real Madrid teammates, the head coach, to Real Madrid President Florentino, to his relatives and friends, and all those who have helped him.

"Without you, it would be impossible for me to become the player and person I am today. You are the world footballer in my mind and the best in my mind!"

Yang Yang's remarks also received applause from the scene.

After the applause stopped for a while, Yang Yang came to the microphone again and looked deeply at the guest seats.

"At this special moment, I want to say one more thing."

The scene suddenly became silent, everyone was listening to Yang Yang's speech.

"I know that in the past period of time, many people were very surprised by my transfer to Ajax. They were all speculating and doubting, why did I make such a choice?"

Almost everyone present nodded on the surface or in their hearts, because they all had such doubts.

Although it is not the age of playing, it is too early to go to the Eredivisie at the age of 31?

"Actually, there are many reasons why I made this decision, such as Ajax's difficulties, but I think one of the main reasons is that I think this will be a new challenge for me."

"In the past few years, I have seen with my own eyes that the transfer fees in European football are getting higher and higher, and the annual salary of players is getting higher and higher. Many teams look good on the surface, but in fact they are under heavy operating pressure. Already struggling to make ends meet, yet having to get caught up in an arms race."

"The reasons for this situation are many and complicated. I can't explain it clearly, but I believe that in the final analysis, everyone believes that building a football team with big-name stars is the truth for achieving results. , so they are willing to do everything possible to poach superstars.”

"Of course, I don't deny that this is one way to be successful, but what I want to say is that there are actually other ways."

"I have seen many mid- and lower-level teams are in trouble, on the verge of bankruptcy, or have even gone bankrupt. I have seen many fledgling young players with transfer fees of tens of millions or even over 100 million euros. I see more and more Teams are waving checkbooks and ignoring the club's youth development..."

"It's not healthy!"

"Many people say that European football is becoming stronger and stronger. This is indeed a trend, but I don't think this is the truth. I still firmly believe that football is round and everything is possible. Strong teams It's impossible to win forever, and it's impossible for a weaker team to have no chance."

"I chose to go to Ajax. This is the starting point of my career. I hope to come back here and start again in a new way. I hope to build a young, dynamic team without stars. Team, and lead the team to work hard, and ultimately succeed."

"I hope to tell everyone in this way that you don't have to pile up stars, and you can also achieve results by cultivating young players. This is even the best way for the long-term healthy development of world football."

It was the first time that Yang Yang's words were dissected in front of the public, and everyone was shocked.

He is qualified to say such words, because he created an era of his own.

Yang Yang is the darling of this era and a beneficiary of the superstar effect, but now he wants to break this superstition with his own hands. He hopes to open up a different path and make everyone rethink.

The transfer fee is too high, and the annual salary is too outrageous!

If European football does not make changes, more and more teams will be difficult to maintain in a short time. It will be a disaster, an unprecedented disaster.

"Tonight, I specially invited more than 20 players from the Ajax first team to London. I didn't know that I could win the award, and I didn't even think I could win the award. I came here to let them have a look at this stage, and let everyone see them."

"Today, I stand here, and I sincerely hope and firmly believe that in the near future, some of our young children from Ajax will be able to walk on this podium, and I will use my best efforts, Train them into the best and best professional players and let them bloom to their heart's content!"

"I also hope that everyone will remember their names and Ajax, because they and the Ajax they form will definitely continue to bring surprises and surprises to the European football world!"

"That's why I switched to Ajax!"

As soon as Yang Yang finished speaking, the audience erupted into the most enthusiastic applause ever tonight.

Everyone stood up from their seats again and gave extremely violent applause.

Whether it is club operators, coaches, UEFA and national football association officials, or even the players themselves, they are all worried about the current European football and feel at a loss.

And Yang Yang, as the greatest and most outstanding football player in the world today, stood up and said those words that others dare not say, and used his own practical actions to try to find and practice a unique path.

Fourteen years ago, Ajax of the Eredivisie defeated Porto of the Portuguese Super League and won the Champions League.

It was also that time that Ajax and Porto came out of many stars and even created an era.

Now, Yang Yang hopes to lead Ajax back on the road. He hopes to reopen an era and change this European professional football that has been completely distorted by capital!