1330 Ajax's business
Yang Yang is not Kaizi, on the contrary, he always thinks he is a pragmatic and smart person.
The reason why he invested in Ajax is not just because of his personal feelings, but also because of many other demands.
Since he has invested, he will try his best to do his best to get him up and try to bring Ajax on the right track.
Van der Sar, Orvemas, Borgkamp and Edgar Davis are all celebrities of Ajax and have deep feelings for this club. At the same time, they are the management of this club. Running Ajax well is not only their professional duties, but also the career they want to develop.
The European football circle is not big or small. With the reputation of these people, as long as they do well in Ajax, there is no need to worry about losing their jobs in the future. Moreover, this profession is not about youth, and will support them for the rest of their lives.
Therefore, Yang Yang has always been very clear that they are different from those on the Supervisory Board.
It also proves that they all want to do something in Ajax.
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"This is what we have initially planned. A group of young players we want to introduce this summer are currently mainly concentrated at around fifteen years old, which can form combat effectiveness in two or three years."
Van der Sar submitted a list of signings to Yang Yang and a thick stack of players' materials.
Ajax is known for his youth training, but this does not mean that Ajax must start with the most basic youth training. On the contrary, Ajax has always been best at cultivating and crafting players of the age of fifteen to twenty, which are commonly known as semi-finished products, and then bringing them out.
Yang Yang was already seventeen years old when he came to Ajax, Suarez was twenty years old when he came to Ajax, and Hunterlaer and others also came to Ajax around the age of twenty. It can be said that this is Ajax's tradition.
In Dutch football, football is already a very mature industry.
Yes, yes, it's the industry, not the industry.
Some clubs focus on cultivating young players, some clubs focus on cultivating about ten years old, and some focus on cultivating semi-finished products. Only teams such as Ajax, Eindhoven and Feyenoord are at the top of the Dutch football pyramid. They will plunder the best and most outstanding players in the Netherlands to their own teams, and then go to European football to fight against other strong teams.
Therefore, Ajax searched and looked for young players with potential from other teams' youth training camps, not only would there be no problem, but it was a very normal business, provided that enough money must be given to impress the other party.
This is like an industrial chain, very complete and perfect.
Dutch football has always been a three-legged team.
Ajax, Eindhoven and Feyenoord stand together, but Feyenoord has been far worse than before in recent years, and has declined earlier than Ajax and is faster. Eindhoven is backed by Philips Group, with great wealth and strength. Although his life is not very good, he is at least much more comfortable than Ajax.
Feyenoord's decline has given Ajax and Eindhoven more opportunities. Over the years, the three Dutch top three have gradually become the Dutch Eredivisie. It is difficult for Feyenoord to challenge Eindhoven and Ajax again.
From 10 to 14, Ajax won the Eredivisie championship for four consecutive seasons, but Eindhoven has become stronger in the past two years, and Ajax is obviously weaker in the Champions League. On the contrary, Eindhoven has performed well in the European competition.
As we all know, the Eredivisie is a league that is so poor that it is small. There is little country and people, and there is no good fortune. The European game is the most valuable platform, but Ajax has indeed performed too badly in the European arena over the years.
To put it bluntly, professional football is money.
If you have money, you can be willful, and if you don’t have money, you can only accept your fate.
Therefore, in the next few years, Ajax's most important task is to get money and find a sustainable development path that can achieve stable results in the Eredivisie and Champions League games while cultivating young players. This is not easy at all.
Eindhoven did a good job, Porto in the Portuguese Super League and Monaco in the Ligue 1 are the best role models.
Especially Monaco, I have done a good job in recent years.
Yang Yang understood this, so he was naturally not surprised by the list of most of the submissions submitted by Van der Sar and others. He was not surprised at all. Instead, he knew very well that after these players added to the Ajax youth training camp, whether Ajax can regroup in the next few years depends on them.
Young players in the Netherlands are actually very cheap. Children around the age of fifteen or sixteen usually have hundreds of thousands of euros, and some even only have more than one hundred thousand euros. However, they have to invest a lot of money in the end, not to mention the subsequent salary of the players. Moreover, this is not a one-time transaction, and they will continue to invest in the next few years.
So, youth training is really expensive. Ajax hasn’t produced many people in recent years. The important reason is that it can’t afford to burn money.
After receiving Yang Yang's capital injection, Ajax suddenly became rich and generous.
At least, the list submitted by Yang Yang's technical team listed the names and information of more than 20 young players.
This is just Ajax's intention. As for how much it can be introduced, it depends on the operation of Ajax.
Yang Yang recognized Ajax's ability to scout, so he didn't pay too much attention. He swept it quickly, but found a familiar name on the list.
Almere!
"Is this player Almele's youth training?" Yang Yang asked curiously.
He has been away from Almere for more than ten years. Now Almere has been promoted to the DPRK League as he wishes, but his results have been lukewarm and there are no players who are too eye-catching. The cooperation with Ajax is still very close.
Ajax is on the roster by an 18-year-old midfielder, Pablo Rosario.
"This is an African-American local player with the physical fitness and excellent endurance of an African player. He officially played as the main player in Almele's first team this season. He performed well and we have been paying attention to him." Ovemas explained.
Yang Yang smiled slightly, and he felt a little natural intimate towards this player from Almele.
Van der Sar and others also knew that Yang Yang debuted in Almere, so he was not too surprised.
"In fact, Rosario was originally from our Ajax youth training, but he failed to meet the conditions for the club's contract renewal. He switched to Almere in 2014. As a result, during this year and a half, Almere not only grew fast, but also improved his skills. Now he has changed to play as a defensive midfielder, which is just right to play his advantages and strengths." Ovemas further explained.
There are always countless possibilities for young players. Things like Rosario are not unusual or uncommon.
It is possible that my body was too thin and thin, and then my physical fitness surged during adolescence, or that I could suddenly realize it, and it is more likely that I could not get any chance to show...
In short, everything may exist, not at all.
In addition to Rosario, another thing that caught Yang Yang's attention was Donyele Mullen, who played for Arsenal's youth training camp.
This Dutch young player who was about to turn 17 was regarded as a Dutch striker of Van Persie. He also debuted at Ajax youth training and was later bought by Arsenal.
After going to London, Mullen did not get much training opportunities. He himself was a little resistant to this situation and hoped to get more training opportunities. After all, for players of his age, they do need to exercise, and Arsenal does not pay special attention to him.
This is also the youth training situation of all the giant teams. There are too many talents, so it is naturally impossible to cover everything. Basically, they only focus on cultivating the stars of hope with outstanding potential. Other players are more like being stocked and allowing them to develop freely.
The technical team believes that if you want to buy Mullen back, you will probably have to pay 500,000 euros, which is not cheap.
In addition to these two players, there are many other players, some from Alkmaar's youth training camp, some from Utrecht, and some low-level league teams such as Rotterdam Sparta, etc.
The purpose of this list of Ajax is to poach the best players in the Netherlands at the age of fifteen. Except for Eindhoven and Feyenoord, the rest are Ajax's goals.
This is the reason why big fish eat small fish and small fish eat shrimp.
The most valuable player on the roster reached 2 million euros. He is a left-back named Joe from the Brazilian League Flamenco. He is twenty years old and has not played in the first team yet. Scouts think he looks like Ajax and now at Atletico Madrid left-back Felipe Luis.
"This Ruoge has not played in the Flamengo first team yet, but he performed very well in the New Zealand World Youth Championship in June this year, helping Brazil win the final championship. He also scored a goal in the semi-finals and was selected as the left back of the best team of this World Youth Championship, which was a stunning success."
When Van der Sar saw Yang Yang notice the player, he immediately gave an explanation.
After all, in the Eredivisie, buying a player who has never played in the first team for two million euros 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 arranged for scouts to follow the World Youth Championship, and later we specially arranged several times to visit Brazil on-site inspections. The results showed that this was 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 understood a little.
Now is an era of developed information. As soon as the World Youth Championship performs well, it is immediately favored by big teams. Many rookies have even stayed in the youth training camps of big teams, such as Brazil's top card is Manchester United's rookie Pereira.
On the contrary, a defensive player like Ruore may not be the most eye-catching, but it should be the most suitable one.
He is not very valuable, not very young, and has strong sculptiness. As long as the player has no problems, he will be able to play at a certain level after playing in Ajax for a few years.
From a business perspective, at least this transaction cannot be lost.
Chapter completed!