super storm

Chapter 1454 Recruitment!signings!Re-signing!
"Crazy! All crazy!"

When Yang Yang arrived at Amsterdam Airport by flight and just got into the car of Wei Zheng who came to pick him up, the vice chairman of the Ajax Supervisory Committee complained to him about the current situation in the European football transfer market.

"Not only me, not only Van der Sar, but even Van Gaal, who has been immersed in European football for decades, feels confused now. No one knows what the situation is, and no one knows what will happen next. It seems that suddenly, everyone lost their minds and fell into a frenzy."

Yang Yang nodded with a wry smile, looking out the window at the rapidly receding scenery, a word came to mind.

Tulip bubbles!
It was a frenzy that occurred in the seventeenth century, and even aroused the research of many economists.

How is European football today similar to the tulip bubble at that time?

It's just that no one knows when this bubble started and when will it end?
I believe that many football practitioners have this feeling, but everyone can't afford to bet, because no one wants to fall behind in the new season, and they don't want to fall behind in the talent competition, because this represents the future!

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Just two days after Yang Yang received calls from Van Gaal and Edwin van der Sar, preparing to leave for Europe, the European transfer market once again completed two shocking transfers.

One of them was that Mourinho's Manchester United signed Everton striker Lukaku for a sky-high price of 500 million euros.

It’s interesting to say that when Mourinho was coaching Chelsea, he didn’t like Lukaku, and didn’t even give him many opportunities. This is why Lukaku switched to Everton.

What an interesting thing!

Arsenal are also not to be outdone, and Wenger, who is known for his budget, has also made a move now.

500 million euros, signed the 26-year-old striker Lacazette from Ligue [-] Lyon.

Of course, for this reason, Arsenal sold the local player Chamberlain to Liverpool at a high price of 4000 million euros.

On the one hand, the Red Army resolutely rejected Barcelona's proposal to poach Coutinho, on the other hand signed Chamberlain for 4000 million euros, and then signed Salah from Roma for 500 million euros.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

No one thought that there would be such a day in the transfer market of European football. Everyone has become accustomed to the transfer fee of 4000 million euros, and it seems that they don't even take it to heart.

How did all this happen?
How will it end?

No one knows the answer, but one thing is certain.

That is, if the team wants to remain competitive in the new season, it must sign, sign, sign again!

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"Our technical team tried to figure it out. This storm started with the introduction of Mbappé from Real Madrid. Paris Saint-Germain was stimulated and frantically poached Di Maria and Neymar, which in turn caused Barcelona's panic signings."

"When Barcelona frantically poached Dembele and Coutinho, it also stimulated the transfer market, especially the Premier League teams. More importantly, we all know that the Premier League teams can get a very amazing broadcast fee share from the new broadcast contract, which allows them to have more financial resources to invest in team formation."

"As you can imagine, the newly promoted Newcastle has invested more than 3000 million euros, the little-known Huddersfield has also invested more than 2000 million euros, and Brighton has invested more than 500 million euros."

In Ajax's office, Van Gaal introduced the current situation of European football to the present Ajax core executives in a helpless tone. It can be seen that he himself is at a loss for this situation.

After Yang Yang heard this series of numbers, he was shocked from the bottom of his heart.

If even the newly-promoted Premier League players can spend a net investment of 3000 to [-] million euros at every turn, then it is conceivable that Ajax has no competitiveness at all in front of these teams.

Unless Ajax can enter the Champions League and then use the Champions League qualification to attract and retain players, otherwise, Ajax will be weakened by these teams sooner or later, and finally gradually become mediocre.

But these are things to worry about in the future, and now Ajax has encountered a big problem that is imminent.

That is gouging.

Riedwald moved to Crystal Palace for 800 million euros because he could not play the main position in Ajax, and the Premier League Crystal Palace was willing to give him a chance to come off the bench and offered a higher salary.

The teenager Tate moved to Ligue 400 Lyon for 4000 million euros, because their right back Tolisso was transferred to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga at a high price of [-] to [-] million euros, which made Lyon turn around and poach Ajax's youth players.

In this regard, Ajax does not even have the ability to stop it.

"The most troublesome thing now is not this. The transfer of Riedwald and Tate will also be transferred. They are not the main force of the team. The real trouble comes from Tottenham Hotspur and Dortmund." Van Gaal said worriedly.

These two teams have a common feature, that is, they have received a large transfer fee.

Needless to say, Dortmund, after selling Dembele to Barcelona, ​​they earned more than 1 million euros, and at the same time there is a floating income of 500 million in the future, which made the Hornet suddenly rich.

The current head coach of Bumblebee Dortmund is the former Ajax coach Pete Boss. What he wants to do most now is probably to poach Ajax players, which will make him use it more smoothly and gain a firm foothold in Dortmund as soon as possible.

Therefore, the German media broke the news before that there were four Ajax players in the signing list issued by Peter Boss to the Dortmund management.

There is also Tottenham Hotspur. This Premier League team itself has a lot of income. In addition, Kyle Walker's transfer to Manchester City brought Tottenham Hotspur a transfer fee of 500 million euros.

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"Frankly speaking, with the current situation, we certainly cannot keep all the players."

Van Gaal is quite pessimistic about the situation because he knows the current situation of Ajax.

Originally, the team won the league runner-up and Europa League runner-up, and can participate in the UEFA Champions League next season. This is a good incentive for the players, but the departure of the head coach Pete Boss and the transfer of the core player Klaassen make people worry about the prospects of Ajax.

More importantly, in the past few years, Ajax has never broken out of the Champions League play-offs.

Let me ask, when Peter Boss and Klaassen were still there, the team failed to do it. Now that they have changed jobs and transferred, can Ajax still do it?

If it can't be done, is it worth giving up the chance to transfer to the four major leagues just for the two UEFA Champions League play-offs?

"The financial department has made an assessment. If we want to keep all the players on the team, we will have to renew the contracts of at least six players. This round of renewal will bring greater financial burden and pressure to our finances. If we fail to reach the Champions League group stage in the new season, we are likely to suffer a large loss."

Wei Zheng is the vice chairman of the supervisory committee and is also in charge of the financial department. He is well aware of Ajax's financial situation.

"For more than a year, the business department has been developing smoothly in terms of market development, but because our foundation is too weak, it will take longer, and we also need breakthroughs in performance to create opportunities, but none of these can solve the problems we are currently facing, so I think we should make a trade-off."

If Ajax's attitude is tough enough to keep all the players during the contract period, just renewing the contract and raising the salary will put heavy pressure on Ajax, because Ajax's original finances are very bad.

Whether it is Wei Zheng, Van Gaal, or Van der Sar, they all know very well that from the rational point of view of club operators, it is unrealistic for Ajax to keep all the players. The best option is to sell some and keep some.

No way, who made Ajax a sweet potato, and everyone wants to take a bite?
More importantly, these players have been tempered in the Europa League, and they can be regarded as having proven their strength. Limited by the influence of the Europa League and the Eredivisie, their value is not high, and they can be regarded as a model of high quality and low price.

For example, if Klaassen was in the Champions League, or if Ajax were in the four major leagues, with Klaasen's performance, his worth would at least double, but Everton only paid 3000 million euros to buy the best midfielder in the Netherlands.

"Tell me, what do you think?" Yang Yang understood the current situation and knew that there was nothing he could do.

He can re-inject, the problem is that the Ajax supervisory board cannot let him do so.

"Younis has just been selected for the German national team. When Peter Boss just jumped to Dortmund, he was also the first to call on Dortmund to be more patient with Peter Boss. Now Dortmund wants to buy him. It is estimated that it will not be able to keep it."

"There is also Davidson Sanchez, who has made it clear that he wants us to listen to offers from big teams, and it seems that he cannot keep it, and Dolber, Dortmund, Roma and Naples all want him."

The 19-year-old Swedish center played 48 times for Ajax in the past season, scored 23 goals and assisted eight times.

"Let him go, what should we do on the forward line?" Yang Yang asked rather distressed.

"Our technical team has identified the right candidate," Van Gaal said.

(End of this chapter)