Chapter 307 The Sincerity of Ajax
When Yang Yang and Raiola arrived at the Amsterdam Arena, there were already reporters waiting outside.
Professional leagues are like that.
Yesterday, the team just won the championship, celebrated, and had a carnival, but then it should be the most important thing to care about.
For Ajax, whether they can keep Yang Yang is the top priority this summer.
Nothing is more important than Yang Yang's contract renewal.
Raiola drove the car directly into the internal parking lot, and all the media reporters were blocked.
Although they took photos of Yang Yang and his agent appearing at the Amsterdam Arena, it is difficult to know the specific negotiation details of the two parties and whether an agreement can be reached.
It is foreseeable that in the next period of time, Yang Yang's contract renewal and transfer will become a hot topic in the Netherlands and even in the world football media.
The front desk of the office received the news long ago, and greeted Yang Yang from a distance, and welcomed the two of them into the conference room.
This time, in addition to Ajax's director of technical department and transfer negotiation, Ali van Eyden, club chairman Michael van Prager, as well as the director specializing in financial management, will all be present.
To Yang Yang's surprise, Ronald Koeman, the head coach of the first team, was also among them.
"Good morning, boss!" Yang Yang stretched out his hand towards Ronald Koeman from a distance.
Then he shook hands with the chairman and directors one after another, and exchanged polite greetings for a while.
After the female assistant brought a hot drink and closed the door and exited, both parties also began to get to the point.
In this meeting, Ajax's director Ali van Eden played the leading role. He first thanked Yang Yang for his contributions to the team in the past two seasons, and considered him to be the most important core player of the team. , The whole club sincerely hopes that Yang Yang can stay in the team and continue to grow and develop.
"A big part of the reason why we restructured last season was to improve our financial situation, and this season we have significantly improved financially, which also allows us to free up more and more generous funds to invest The team is strengthening and improving.”
Having said that, Ali van Eden handed Yang Yang a copy of the club's transfer signing plan this summer.
"Our board of directors has basically reached an agreement that the Champions League next season will be our team's main core battlefield. In order to achieve better results on this battlefield and strive to qualify for the group stage again, we will play this summer. Do your best to keep all the main players in the current first team."
After hearing Ali Van Eden's words, Yang Yang was somewhat surprised.
Keep all the main players in the team?
In other words, Ajax this summer will not sell the main star?
I have to say that this is indeed a very good proposal, because Yang Yang is very clear that the teammates of this team are still very strong, and they are very young and have made great progress.
But Yang Yang still kept an eye on it and turned his head to look at Ronald Koeman.
He is more willing to trust the head coach than the director.
Ronald Koeman also nodded towards Yang Yang, acquiescing to Ali van Eden's statement, and it seemed that he himself was a participant in this plan, otherwise he would not be able to attend today's meeting.
And it is likely that Ajax has further expanded his managerial authority in order to retain him.
Yang Yang opened the transfer plan handed over by Ali van Eyden, which highlighted that what Ajax is eager to strengthen is the midfield, and it is best to be a player who is more balanced in attack and defense.
The current midfielder is Galasek and De Jong with a pair of midfielders, and Sneijder plays the front by himself, but the problem with this combination is that the defense is very good, but the offense is not strong enough.
Sneijder's organizational ability is quite good, and his attacking ability is excellent. In this case, he is really too tired to support the midfield alone, and it can even be said that he is powerless in many cases.
Pinar plays well in the left wing position. He has good organization and passing of the ball. If he pulls back to the middle of the midfield, he is partnered with Sneijder and supplemented by a defensive midfielder. The strength is enough, but the defense is a little weak.
To put it bluntly, Ajax is a Dutch team that insists on attacking football. Although Ronald Koeman is known for his defensive training, there will never be a shortage of attacking coaches in the Ajax team, such as Luther Kamen. Rolle.
Before, Yang Yang had received news that it was said that Ajax had taken a fancy to Timoschuk of Shakhtar Donetsk and Dezeu of the Dutch Forward Eagle, but the former required a lot of money, even more than a Fifteen million euros.
This is clearly beyond Ajax's transfer budget.
The Eredivisie giants really want to sign new players, but they still cannot avoid the careful planning of small teams, and more want to spend small money on big things, which is not impossible.
Maicon, for example, didn't spend much money at the beginning, but it turns out that after being brought in, after a little tweaking, Maicon is now the main player on the right side of Ajax, and he has performed quite well.
The player Dezeu performed well. He was quite outstanding in the Dutch League last season. He has also attracted the attention of many teams in the Netherlands. At the age of 22, he also fits the positioning of Ajax very well.
The Dutch native midfielder is definitely of the type with good quality and low price.
In addition to Dezeu, there is another candidate player in this plan, that is, an Ivorian midfielder who plays for the Ukrainian Donetsk Metallurgical Team, named Yaya Toure, who is also 22 years old this year. .
According to Ajax's scouting report, the player came to Europe from Côte d'Ivoire in 2001, first playing for Beveren in the Belgian Serie B, and in 2003 with the help of his brother Kolo Toure , once went to Arsenal to try out, but failed to stay.
In the summer of 2004, he moved from Beveren to Ukraine's Donetsk Metallurgical Team for 1.8 million euros. Played the UEFA Cup, but only stopped in the first round, and was eliminated 3-0 by Lazio in both rounds.
But in those two games, Yaya Toure left a good impression. In addition, in the subsequent leagues, he showed very good strength, and can be competent as a midfielder, midfielder, and behind. A midfielder, even a central defender and many other positions, belongs to a very comprehensive player.
Due to the poor performance of Donetsk Metallurgy this season, Yaya Toure also moved his mind to leave the team.
The player was spotted by Ajax scouts when they were inspecting Shakhtar Donetsk's Timoschuk, but Shakhtar Donetsk's asking price was not low, and Ajax's interest in the player was very high. The player does not know enough, the only certainty is that his physical quality and height are outstanding.
Dezeu's height is only 1.74 meters, but Yaya Toure is as high as 1.87 meters, and he has the physical quality of African players, which is currently seriously lacking in Ajax.
But from the perspective of the signing plan, Ajax's first choice is still Dezeu.
The reason is very simple. This player is more familiar with the Eredivisie and is relatively cheap. Ajax is also very optimistic about him and believes that he can play an important role in the team.
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After reading the entire transfer plan, Yang Yang also understood what the management meant.
Introduce a powerful midfielder, further strengthen the team's midfield control, enhance the team's offensive firepower in the frontcourt, and continue to build the team's offensive combination with Yang Yang as the core.
The investment in the transfer market will not be too large, and try to control it between 3 million and 5 million euros, but many players in the team will renew their contracts, including Pinar, Sneijder and Yang Yang.
Among them, the focus of contract renewal is Yang Yang.
When Yang Yang reviewed the transfer plan, Ali van Eden also gave the club's sincerity on the issue of contract renewal, that is, the team is willing to double Yang Yang's salary on the existing basis.
The weekly salary after tax of 20,000 euros has reached the standard of Van der Vaart and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
After the new round of contract renewal, only Sneijder can reach the same salary level as Yang Yang, and other players will inevitably be slightly inferior, which means that Yang Yang will become Ajax's well-deserved number one star .
In addition, the appearance bonus, goal bonus and assist bonus, as well as the team's performance bonus, will be greatly improved on the existing basis. After all, Yang Yang's income will be a lot higher than it is now.
In addition to Ali van Eden, the club's chairman, Michael Van Prague, also gave a promise to the club, saying that if Yang Yang is willing to stay in the team, the team will try its best to cultivate him and dedicate all resources to ensure that he is in the team. His position and tactical role ensure that he can continue his outstanding performance this season in the new season.
It should be said that after listening to the chips given by Ajax, Yang Yang really felt the sincerity.
But he doesn't feel that the club is at a disadvantage. The reason is very simple. As long as Yang Yang performs well in the new season, when the club sells him in the future, he will get higher income, which is not hundreds of thousands or even millions of euros. things are up.
According to the current valuation of Yang Yang by the outside world, the lowest value has reached 25 million euros, and everyone knows that it is absolutely impossible to convince Ajax to sell at this price.
Yang Yang also knew about these things, but he didn't break it. The whole process was handed over to Raiola.
After talking for more than an hour, the two sides fully exchanged opinions with each other. Neither Yang Yang nor Raiola made a clear statement. The two sides soon ended the first negotiation.
After sending Yang Yang and Raiola away, Ali Van Eden shook his head and sighed.
"This Italian vampire is not easy to deal with."
If it was Yang Yang alone, and the club knew it with love and reason, it would not be too difficult to persuade him, but with Raiola, the situation would be much more complicated.
And it can be seen that Yang Yang still trusts Raiola.
But in any case, they have to continue to deal with Raiola.
Renewing Yang Yang's contract is Ajax's top priority this summer.