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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 legends 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 duty, but also a career they want to develop.

The European football circle says it’s not big, but it’s not 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. Moreover, this job is not a job for youth, it will support them for a 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 15, 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. On the contrary, Ajax has always been best at cultivating and carving players in the age group of fifteen to 20, which are commonly 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. It can be said that this is the tradition of Ajax.

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 top of the Dutch football pyramid.

Therefore, Ajax's search and search for potential young players from other teams' youth training camps will not be a problem, but it is a very normal business, provided that enough money must be given to impress the opponent.

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

Dutch football has always been a three-legged rivalry.

Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord, the three big giants stand together, but Feyenoord has not been as good as it used to be in recent years. It has fallen earlier and faster than Ajax. Eindhoven is backed by the giant Philips Group. It is rich and powerful. Although it is not very good, 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 and Ajax.

From [-] to [-], Ajax won the Eredivisie championship for four consecutive seasons, but in the past two years, Eindhoven has gained more momentum, and Ajax is obviously weaker in the Champions League. On the contrary, Eindhoven has 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 to find a sustainable development path that can achieve stable results in the Eredivisie and the Champions League while cultivating young players. This is not easy at all.

Eindhoven has done a good job. Porto in the Portuguese Super League and Monaco in Ligue [-] 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 the list submitted by Van der Sar and others. Most of them were young players around the age of 15. On the contrary, he knew very well in his heart that after these players were recruited into the Ajax youth training camp, whether Ajax can regain its strength in the next few years depends on them.

Young players in the Netherlands are actually very cheap. Talented kids around the age of 10,000 or [-] generally cost hundreds of thousands of euros, and some even only cost [-]+ euros. But if you get together, you will have to invest a lot of money in the end, not to mention the follow-up salary payments for the players. Moreover, this is not a one-time 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, and now 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, and the cooperation with Ajax is still very close.

Listed by Ajax is one 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 has 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 originally came from our youth training at Ajax, but he failed to meet the club's contract renewal requirements. He switched to Almere in [-]. As a result, during the one and a half years in Almere, he not only grew up physically, but also improved a lot. Now he is playing a defensive midfielder, which just shows his strengths." 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 will soon turn 17, 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, for players of his age, he really needs game training, and Arsenal does not 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 seem to be stocked and allowed to develop freely.

The technical team believes that if you want to buy Mullen back, it is estimated that you will have to spend 50 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 15 in the Netherlands. Except for a few teams that can't be poached, such as Eindhoven and Feyenoord, the rest are Ajax's goals.

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 200 million euros. It is a left back from Flamengo in the Brazilian league called Jorge, 20 years old, and has not played in the first team.

"Jorge has not played in the first team of Flamengo so far, but he performed very well in the World Youth Championship in New Zealand in June this year, helping Brazil win the championship, and he also scored a goal in the semi-finals. After the game, he was selected as the left back of the best team of this World Youth Championship.

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

After all, in the Eredivisie, 200 million euros to buy 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 scouts to follow up the World Youth Championship, and later 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.

Now is the era of advanced information. As soon as you perform well in the World Youth Championship, you will be favored by big teams. There are even many rookies who have already been in the youth training camps of big teams. For example, Brazil's top player is Manchester United's 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.

(End of this chapter)