Football: The immortal legend on the green field

While the internet was arguing over which club Shen Bin would be most suitable to transfer to, he had already boarded a flight to Amsterdam.

This busy summer is about to pass, and Shen Bin is finally returning to the life he wanted. Starting from returning to the Haarlem Athletic Training Base, Shen Bin began to resume his previous life in Longjiang Sports School, training with the team three times a day.

Of course, what the team owners didn’t know was that every night in their dreams they would have to include the paranoid Neeskens participating in the 68-69 Eredivisie or the FA Cup.

It is August 8rd, and there is only a short week left before the start of the new season. Shen Bin has resumed training for ten days, and his physical reserves have reached the level required for the game, which amazed the coaching staff including Neeskens.

Of course, Neeskens and Horst Solon have been spending every day of this period in anxiety, fearing that they would wake up to hear the news of Shen Bin's transfer.

During this period, Shen Bin, his agent Allen and Sky Sports behind him have been avoiding the proposal to re-sign a contract with Hallam Athletic.

It just kept dragging on like this.

Shen Bin no longer cared about these things. He wanted to participate, but he didn't understand the twists and turns here. After agreeing on the general policy with Star Sports, he left all the details to his agent and focused all his energy on pre-season preparations.

As the news of Shen Bin's transfer changed every day, rumors were flying everywhere.

But strangely, Shen Bin was unexpectedly loved by the fans of Haarlem, in addition to coach Neeskens and Gular, one of the Dutch rising stars.

There were more and more Asian people watching the team training on the sidelines, and reporters with cameras were walking around from time to time.

Horst Soroun decided to go all out and after a competition with Neeskens, he insisted on using 80 euros to introduce 18-year-old Korean player Lee Dong-gook from Suwon Samsung Bluewings in South Korea. It is said that he is also arranging the transfer of Japanese defender Maya Yoshida. He wants to create the Three Musketeers of East Asia.

I don't know what Horst's train of thought is. He learned that Shen Bin got along well with several Asian players in the Coca-Cola summer camp. One reason is to increase the weight of keeping Shen Bin. If the Three Musketeers of East Asia are finally formed, it will have an adsorption effect and may attract investment from some companies in the rising East Asian economic sector.

Another thing is that Honda Keisuke is already in contact with Atalanta of Serie A. He doesn't want to waste money by raising Honda Keisuke's price in order to compete with Atalanta for Honda Keisuke. Shinji Kagawa is too young, so he has to settle for the second best and negotiate with Neeskens to introduce Maya Yoshida.

Not only did Horst not consider tactical needs in the transfer, he was also not on the same channel as Neeskens on some other issues.

First of all, the transfer of Maya Yoshida was strongly resisted by Neeskens. There are only a few days left in the new season, and the third foreign aid of Haarlem has not been decided.

Neeskens still has 500 million euros in transfer fees in his hand, and he wants to introduce a player to the center position. He is not very satisfied with the team's current four forwards. Besides, four forwards are indeed a bit too few for a season of heavy games, including Li Dongguo who is not worthy of being reused.

On the sidelines, Horst frowned and was arguing with head coach Neeskens. Neither side seemed to be willing to give in. "Every club member has the responsibility to promote the team."

The players all completed the training tasks assigned by the assistant coach more seriously than usual. They did not want to get into trouble when the boss and the head coach were arguing. Horst's last sentence was a little loud and almost reached the ears of all the players.

Horst walked out of the stadium with a gloomy face, and when he came to the corridor, he pushed over the trash can beside him.

It's no wonder that he's anxious. The league is about to start, and the team's ticket sales are not ideal, even worse than last season. Among the five A and B teams in Amsterdam, Haarlem's season ticket sales are the least. Although it cannot be compared with Ajax, how come the ticket sales are even less than SBV?

The assistant quickly followed and said nothing more, just for the record: "Maybe someone else can do today's event."

Horst hoped that Neeskens would do some extra work to help the club, but Neeskens directly rejected Horst's arrangement. Neeskens would define what work a team coach should do by himself, and he would not do anything beyond the scope.

Not only that, Neeskens also did not allow the two most influential players in the team, Shen Bin and Gular, to be taken away during the training camp except himself.

Neeskens didn't want Shen Bin and Gular to use up their training time because of activities. In this regard, Shen Bin stood on Neeskens' side.

But if it is amateur time, the club will have to pay Shen Bin and Gular double the salary, which is unacceptable to Horst.

Neeskens also has his own troubles. The team lineup has not met his expectations. Other teams are worried about how to reasonably arrange the playing time of foreign players, but Haarlem has not even used up the minimum number of three foreign players.

In the tug of war with the young boy Horst, time passed slowly. Most of the people he wanted had fixed clubs. If he didn't end this boring dispute, the last Brazilian he had his eyes on, Aguero, would have to make the final decision.

I heard that the Premier League underdog Portsmouth is actively vying for Aguero to join. After all, the Premier League is more attractive than the Dutch Eredivisie. The only thing that makes Aguero hesitate is himself as the head coach. Aguero also expressed his desire to play football with Shen Bin.

If we don’t bring in talented attackers, can we expect the two high school rookies, Gural and Lee Dong-guk, to realize their talents in their first season in the professional league?

Without getting a positive response from Neeskens, Horst had no choice but to ask old Horst, who was living a retired life in another place, "John, I know that young Sauron has no right to ask you to do extra work as the head coach, but he has just taken over the club after all. As an elder, you have the obligation to help him and be more understanding in some things that are not principles..."

"Listen, I'll say it one last time, I don't want to do that shit!" Horst raised his voice, "I'm going to make a comeback and start leading a shitty team to participate in the shitty second division. That damn Cruyff has become the god on the altar of Barcelona. I don't want to lose too much to that feminine villain. I'm here, and the results are there. This is the best advertisement. I don't want to beg fans to buy tickets like a clown, and my players won't do these things. That's it!"

Amid the turmoil at Haarlem, the 04-05 Dutch League season officially began, with the FA Cup being the first to be played.

There are nearly two thousand teams participating in the Dutch Football Association Cup. The first four rounds were all rookie battles between amateur teams. In the fifth round, real professional teams from the Dutch Third Division began to join in. The fifth round ended just yesterday.

The sixth round of the Eredivisie will be played. Neeskens has just received the draw result of Haarlem SC. They will travel to The Hague on Friday to play against the third-tier team Solvay United away.