Super Storm

"Crazy! All crazy!"

When Yang Yang arrived at Amsterdam Airport by flight and just got on Wei Zheng's car, the vice chairman of the Ajax Supervisory Board complained to him about the situation in the European football transfer market.

"Not only me, but not only Van der Sar, even Van Gaal, who has been immersed in European football for decades, now feels confused. No one knows what is going on, and nobody knows what will happen What is like, all of a sudden, everyone lost their minds and fell into a frenzy. "

Yang Yang nodded bitterly with a smile, looking at the landscape that was quickly regressing outside the window, and thought of a word in his mind.

Tulip bubble!

It was a frenzy that took place in the seventeenth century, and even aroused the research of many economists.

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

But no one knows when the bubble started and when it ended?

I believe that many football practitioners have this kind of perception, but everyone ca n’t afford to gamble, because no one wants to fall behind in the new season, and he does n’t want to fall behind in talent competition, because this represents the future!

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Just two days after Yang Yang received calls from Van Gaal and Van der Sar and was about to return to Europe, the European transfer market once again completed two shocking transfers.

One of them was Mourinho's Manchester United signing Everton striker Lukaku for a high price of 85 million euros.

Interestingly, when Mourinho coached Chelsea, he didn't wait for Lukaku and didn't even give him much chance. This is why Lukaku switched to Everton, but now, the Manchester United he coaches The high price of 85 million euros signed Lukaku was still taken from Chelsea.

What an interesting thing this is!

Arsenal are also reluctant to show their weakness, and Wenger, who is known for his careful budgeting, is now also shooting.

Fifty-five million euros, signed 26-year-old striker Lacazette from Ligue 1 Lyon.

Of course, for this reason, Arsenal sold local player Chamberlain to Liverpool for a high price of 40 million euros.

On the one hand, the Red Army resolutely rejected Barcelona's proposal to dig out Coutinho, on the other hand, he signed Chamberlain for 40 million euros, and then signed Salah from Rome for 45 million euros.

Everyone felt dumbfounded.

No one expected that the transfer market in European football will have such a day, everyone has become accustomed to the transfer fee of 30 to 40 million euros, and even seems not to mind at all.

How did all this happen?

In what way 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 recruit, recruit, and recruit again!

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"Our technical team tried to push it. This storm started when Real Madrid introduced Mbappe. Paris Saint-Germain was stimulated and madly digged Di Maria and Neymar, which caused panic in Barcelona. aid."

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

"You can imagine that the promotion to Newcastle has now invested more than 30 million euros, the unknown Huddersfield has also invested more than 20 million euros, and Brighton is more than 25 million euros."

In Ajax's office, Van Gaal used a helpless tone to introduce the current situation of European football to the core Ajax senior executives. It can be seen that he himself is confused about this situation. .

Yang Yang was shocked from the heart after hearing the series of numbers.

If even the newly promoted Premier League can make a net investment of 20 to 30 million euros, then it is conceivable that Ajax is simply not competitive 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 eventually gradually toward mediocrity.

But these are all things to worry about in the future, and Ajax now encounters an imminent big problem.

That is digging corners.

Reidwald transferred to Crystal Palace for eight million euros because he could not play the main position in Ajax, and the Premier League ’s Crystal Palace was willing to give him a chance to play off the bench and opened a higher Salary.

The teenager Tate transferred to Ligue 1 for 4 million euros, because their right-back Tolisso moved to Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga for a high price of 42 million euros, which caused Lyon to turn his head and dig a corner. Jax's youth teenager.

In this regard, Ajax has no ability to stop.

"Now the most troublesome is not this. Reedwald and Tate will transfer, they are not the main force of the team, the real trouble comes from Tottenham Hotspur and Dortmund." Van Gaal worried. Said.

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

Needless to say Dortmund, after selling Dembele to Barcelona, ​​let them earn more than 100 million euros, as well as the future floating income of 45 million, which made the Bumblebees suddenly become rich and rich.

And the current head coach of the Hornet Dortmund is the former Ajax coach Pete Boss. The thing he wants to do now is probably to pick up Ajax players, which will make him more comfortable to use, as soon as possible in Dortmund Stand firm.

Therefore, before the German media broke the news, Pete Boss gave the Dortmund management signing list, there are four Ajax players. If there was still lack of financial resources before, then there is now Dembele ’s Transfer income, Dortmund is absolutely wealthy.

There is also Tottenham Hotspur. This Premier League powerhouse itself has a lot of income, plus Kyle Walker's transfer to Manchester City has brought Tottenham to the transfer fee of 55 million euros. Revenue, which has suddenly made this Premier League team rich and rich, and the pursuit of Davidson Sanchez has become more urgent.

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"Frankly speaking, with the current situation, we certainly can't keep all the players."

Van Gaal is still pessimistic about the situation because he knows where Ajax is now.

The original team won the league runner-up and the UEFA Cup runner-up, able to participate in the Champions League next season, which is a good incentive for players, but the head coach Pete Boss left the team, the core player Krasson transfer, these are people Worried about Ajax ’s prospects.

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

Just ask, when Pete Boss and Clarkson were still there, the team failed to do it. Now that they have changed jobs and transferred, can Ajax still do it?

If not, just for those two UEFA Champions League play-offs, are they worth giving up the chance to move to the four major leagues?

"The finance department has done an assessment. If we want to keep all the players, then it is bound to be a round of renewal. At least six players will be renewed. Bringing greater burdens and pressure, if the new season does not reach the Champions League group stage, we are likely to suffer a large loss. "

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

"Over the past year, the business sector has made smooth progress in market development, but because our foundation is too weak, it will take longer, and it will require breakthroughs in achievement to create opportunities, but these cannot solve our current Facing the difficulties, so I think we should make a choice. "

If Ajax is tough enough to keep all the players during the contract period, simply renewing the contract and raising the salary will put Ajax under heavy pressure, because Ajax ’s original financial Very bad.

Whether it is Wei Zheng, Van Gaal, or Van der Sar, it is very clear that from the perspective of the club manager ’s reason, it is unrealistic for Ajax to leave all players. The best option is to sell some , Keep a part.

No way, who made Ajax into sweets, anyone wants to take a bite?

More importantly, these players have experienced the UEFA Cup, and they are all proof of their strength. Due to the influence of the UEFA Cup and the Netherlands, the value is not high. A model of good quality and low price.

For example, if Clarkson is in the Champions League, or if Ajax is in the four major leagues, the value of Clarkson ’s performance will at least double, but Everton only took out three thousand. Ten thousand euros, bought the best midfielder in the Netherlands, one can imagine how much this transaction is.

"Tell me, what do you think?" Yang Yang understood the situation now and knew that there was no way.

He could inject capital again. The problem is that the Ajax Supervisory Board cannot make him do this.

"Younis has just been selected to the German national team. When Pete Boss just moved to Dortmund, he was the first to call on Dortmund to be more patient with Pete Boss. Now Dortmund wants to buy him. "

"And Davidson Sanchez, who has made it clear that he wants us to listen to the big team's quotation, which seems to be unretainable, and Dolbert, Dortmund, Rome and Naples all want him."

This 19-year-old Swedish center has played 48 times for Ajax in the past season, scoring 23 goals and eight assists. He performed quite well and was hailed as Ibrahimovic II. It is the star of hope that Ajax focuses on training and is part of the team's youth.

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

"Our technical team has identified suitable candidates." Van Gaal said.