super storm

Chapter 1470 The Crazy Winter Window

"Clarified?"

Seeing Yang Yang walking towards the area where the noisy players were, Chief Manager Manuel Redondo and Technical Director Valdano both leaned towards Florentino and asked with concern.

Florentino nodded with some disappointment, "Ajax announced today that the head coach is out of class, and he will take over in half a year."

Although they were prepared for this result, Redondo and Valdano were somewhat disappointed, because they were expecting Florentino to keep Yang Yang, but the result was still disappointing.

"I heard that the reason why Ajax has been able to beat Feyenoord and PSV in recent rounds is that Yang Yang made suggestions behind the scenes. At that time, I had a hunch that it was a matter of time before the head coach of Ajax got out of class."

When Valdano said this, he turned his head and looked at Yang Yang who was being congratulated by Real Madrid teammates in the distance.

"Ferguson is right. Yang Yang is very talented in coaching. His insight and analysis ability for the game is too strong, and his personality is very stable, very calm, and he can always make the most accurate and rational choices. This is very scary. Zidane has said more than once that without Yang Yang, he would not be able to bring Real Madrid to where it is today."

Florentino nodded slightly. He always knew that Yang Yang was not an ordinary person.

As a player, he is the best, the best, and the greatest player in the history of world football. As a head coach, everyone who is familiar with Yang Yang agrees that he will also be the best and most successful head coach.

At the age of 29, he became the chief assistant coach of Real Madrid's first team, and at the age of 31, he became the head coach of Ajax. If he can really succeed in Ajax, he will be a genius in the field of professional European coaches.

"Starting from this summer, we may lose a 31-year-old superstar, but we will gain a 31-year-old talented coach. Do you think this should be happy or sad?" Florentino asked with a wry smile.

Valdano and Redondo looked at each other, and both smiled wryly at the same time.

"I think he is right. He is 31 years old, how many more years can he play? His departure is not a bad thing for Real Madrid. Taking advantage of this opportunity, start a rejuvenation reorganization, let Hazard, Asensio, Mbappe, Isco and other young players take up positions as soon as possible, and rebuild a younger Real Madrid."

After all, Florentino is at the helm of a large European conglomerate. His mind and courage are far beyond what ordinary people can compare. He can see farther and think more thoroughly, so he knows very well that Yang Yang's departure is a short-term pain for Real Madrid, but in the long run, it is not a bad thing.

In the past few years, Real Madrid has always been regarded as Yang Yang's team. This is not a very healthy model, because it is too dependent on Yang Yang. If he is still young, this must be no problem, just like Florentino has created a ten-year plan for him.

But now, Yang Yang is 31 years old.

To a certain extent, Yang Yang's choice to leave now is also a kind of retirement.

"By the way, Jorge, what do you think of Ajax?" Florentino suddenly became interested.

Valdano frowned. "I have learned that they are very strong in the Eredivisie. Last season, they also played at a certain level in the Europa League. However, this team is not competitive in the Champions League, and has been poached this summer. Many leading players have been poached. Their strength has declined rapidly and there are many problems."

"He said that he is very optimistic about the potential of this team. The goal is to bring this team to the quarter-finals of the Champions League within three years. Do you think this is possible?" Florentino asked with interest.

Valdano and Redondo looked at each other, seeing the surprise in each other's eyes.

"I'm afraid...it's difficult." Valdano almost said it was impossible, but soon realized that for Yang Yang, there seemed to be nothing impossible, and with Yang Yang's personality, he would not say such things easily, so he must be sure.

"I think so too." Florentino smiled lightly. "European football today is very different from what it used to be. In this era of capitalism, if Ajax can really rely on strong youth training to return to the knockout rounds of the Champions League, or even the quarter-finals, it will definitely be regarded as an anomaly."

"I know Yang Yang. He will not just pursue overnight results. What he wants is to rebuild Ajax into a star-making factory for European giants and find a sustainable business path. Stable Champions League results are very important. Therefore, I am very much looking forward to what stimulation and changes he will bring to Ajax in the Netherlands and to the entire European football world."

At the end, Florentino himself couldn't help laughing.

Yang Yang has nothing to pursue in Real Madrid. He is eager to go to Ajax to show his understanding and experience of professional football in the past ten years and his thinking on football tactics through this team.

And Florentino is also very eager to see this scene, because this is definitely a good thing for Real Madrid.

Based on his relationship with Yang Yang, Real Madrid must have the priority for the players trained by Ajax. If Yang Yang can really lead Ajax back to the ranks of the top European teams, then he will also become famous. Maybe he may become another Zidane and Guardiola. For Real Madrid, it is really too dreamy.

"I've always felt that when he returned to the place where his career started, his coaching career would definitely surprise everyone." Florentino said expectantly.

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Taking advantage of the opportunity of Real Madrid's Christmas dinner, Yang Yang and Florentino smashed the rumors about their discord, but the media is still speculating that Yang Yang will leave Real Madrid after the end of this season.

Soon, the news became old news.

The end of the year is approaching, and the winter transfer is about to start. At this time, the Catalan media broke the news that Barcelona has basically won Liverpool's number one star Coutinho, and is willing to pay up to 5000 million euros for the Liverpool star. This immediately detonated the entire European football world.

Summer transfers are in full swing, with a steady stream of blockbuster transfers. The Premier League has sold a sky-high price of 16 billion euros, which has created the craziest summer transfer in history. Serie A has also invested more than 8 million euros. Because of Neymar, the Ligue 7000 has invested as much as 8000 million euros, the Bundesliga is 5000 million euros, and La Liga is the least, only [-] million euros.

It can be said that this is a crazy summer.

Now, the winter transfer is about to start, and all teams are gearing up, preparing to introduce strong support during the winter break.

In addition to Barcelona wanting to introduce Coutinho, Atletico Madrid is also coveting Chelsea's abandoned player Diego Costa, which will be an important signing for the Sheets to strengthen their striker strength.

Sure enough, just after Christmas, Atletico Madrid couldn't wait to announce that they had bought back center Diego Costa from Chelsea for a transfer fee of 600 million euros. This well-known transfer quickly ignited the flames of the winter window transfer.

Soon, Barcelona followed suit and announced that they would introduce Brazilian midfielder Coutinho from Liverpool at a super high price of 6000 million euros. This transfer will be completed after the winter break transfer window opens.

Not only that, Coutinho's annual salary in Barcelona will also be as high as 300 million euros, which makes him one of the players with the highest annual salary in European football, second only to superstars such as Yang Yang, Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Neymar.

In order to make more salary space for Coutinho, Barcelona will also have to sell players including Turan, as well as youth training players such as Rafinha and Deulofeu.

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Here, the La Liga duo are crazily invested, and the big local tyrants in the Premier League are also not idle.

After selling Coutinho, Liverpool immediately became wealthy and immediately introduced defender Van Dijk from Southampton at a sky-high price of 8000 million euros. This transfer created the highest defender transfer value in world football history.

As for the vacancy after Coutinho's departure, the Liverpool Echo revealed that the Red Army will target Lyon star Fekir and Ajax player Ziyech. Klopp took the lead in extending an olive branch to Lyon's Fekir, hoping to bring the French player to Anfield.

As for Ziyech, this is Liverpool's plan B.

After Chelsea sold Diego Costa, they first introduced midfielder Barkley from Everton for 700 million euros, then French striker Giroud from Arsenal for 700 million euros, and finally Emerson from Roma for 2000 million euros.

Three transfers have just spent the proceeds of Diego Costa's move to Atletico Madrid.

After Arsenal lost Giroud, the team's top star Sanchez also suffered poaching from Manchester United and Manchester City.

In the end, the Chilean star switched from Arsenal to rival Manchester United with a transfer fee of 7000 million euros. The astronomical transfer fee consisted of Mkhitaryanga’s transfer fee plus the agent’s agency fee. Sanchez will also receive an annual salary of 300 million euros at Manchester United, which also makes the 29-year-old one of the highest-paid players in European football.

Manchester United coach Mourinho spoke highly of Sanchez and believed that this was a very successful transfer that would enhance Manchester United's competitiveness in the Premier League and the Champions League.

Subsequently, Arsenal introduced Gabon forward Aubameyang from Dortmund at a sky-high price of 400 million euros.

Manchester City, who missed Sanchez, introduced French defender Laporte from La Liga Athletic Bilbao at a sky-high price of 500 million euros. After losing Laporte, the Basque Lions quickly introduced Igor Martinez from Real Sociedad for 3000 to [-] million euros.

One after another, the European football market was detonated time and time again.

Everyone can clearly see that the originally relatively ordinary winter window transfer has not been affected by the hot summer and has become depressed this year.

On the contrary, Real Madrid, the overlord of European football, moved forward in a low-key manner in this transfer storm.

(End of this chapter)