"Crazy! All are crazy!"

When Yang Yang took a flight to Amsterdam Airport and had just taken Wei Zheng's car to pick him up, the vice chairman of the Ajax Supervisory Council complained to him about the current situation in the European football transfer market.

"Not only me, but not only Van der Sar, but even Van Gaal, who has been intoxicated in European football for decades, is now confused. No one knows what the situation is, and no one knows what will happen next. It's like suddenly everyone has lost their minds and falls into fanaticism."

Yang Yang nodded with a wry smile, looked at the scenery that was quickly retreating outside the window, and a word came to mind.

Tulip bubbles!

It was a fanaticism that took place in the seventeenth century and even attracted the research of many economists.

How similar is the tulip bubble today?

But no one knows when this bubble will start and end?

I believe many football practitioners have this feeling, but no one can afford to bet because no one wants to fall behind in the new season or in the talent competition, because this represents the future!

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Just two days after Yang Yang received a call from Van Gaal and Van der Sar and was about to leave and return to 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 85 million euros.

Interestingly, when Mourinho coached Chelsea, he didn't like Lukaku and didn't even give him many opportunities. This is also the reason why Lukaku switched to Everton. But now, Manchester United, whom he coached, signed Lukaku for a sky-high price of 85 million euros, but he still took it from Chelsea.

What an interesting thing this is!

Arsenal is also not to be outdone, and Wenger, who is famous for his careful calculations, has taken action now.

For 55 million euros, the 26-year-old striker Lacazette was signed from Ligue 1 Lyon.

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

On the one hand, the Reds firmly rejected Barcelona's proposal to poach Coutinho, and on the other hand, they signed Chamberlain for 40 million euros, and then signed Salah from Rome for 45 million euros.

Everyone was stunned.

No one expected that the transfer market in European football would have such a day, and everyone was used to the transfer fee of 30 to 40 million euros, and even seemed to have not taken it seriously.

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, and then sign!

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"Our technical team tried to sort it out. This storm started with Real Madrid's introduction of Mbappe. Paris Saint-Germain was stimulated and poached Di Maria and Neymar frantically, which led to Barcelona's panic signings."

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

"You can imagine that the newcomer Newcastle has invested more than 30 million euros so far, and the unknown Huddersfield has invested more than 20 million euros, and Brighton has spent more than 25 million euros."

In Ajax's office, Van Gaal introduced the current situation in European football to the attending core Ajax executives. It can be seen that he himself was confused by this situation.

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

If even the Premier League's newly promoted teams can always put out a net investment of 20 to 30 million euros, then it is conceivable that Ajax will have no competitiveness in front of these teams.

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

But these are things to worry about in the future. Ajax is facing an imminent problem.

That's poaching.

Reidwald transferred to Crystal Palace for 8 million euros because he couldn't play in the main position in Ajax, and Crystal Palace in the Premier League was willing to give him a chance to play as a substitute and offered a higher salary.

Young player Tate transferred to Ligue 1 Lyon for 4 million euros because their right back Toliso transferred to Bundesliga Bayern Munich for a high price of 42 million euros, which made Lyon turn his head to poach Ajax's youth training teenagers.

And Ajax doesn't even have the ability to stop this.

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

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

Needless to say, after selling Dembele to Barcelona, ​​they earned more than 100 million euros, and at the same time, they also had a floating income of 45 million in the future, which made Bumblebee become rich and prosperous.

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

Therefore, German media previously revealed that there were four Ajax players on the list of signings offered by Pete Bosch to the Dortmund management. If he had insufficient financial resources before, then now with Dembele's transfer income, Dortmund would definitely be considered rich and powerful.

There is also Tottenham Hotspur, the Premier League powerhouse itself has a considerable income. In addition, Kyle Walker's transfer to Manchester City has brought Tottenham Hotspur a transfer fee of 55 million euros, which immediately made the Premier League team richer and more urgent for Davidson Sanchez.

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"Frankly, with the current situation, we definitely have no way to keep all the players."

Van Gaal is still pessimistic about the situation because he knows Ajax's current situation.

Originally, the team won the league runner-up and the Europa League runner-up and was able to participate in the Champions League next season, which was a good motivation for the players, but head coach Pete Boss left the team and core player Klasson transferred, all of which made people worry about Ajax's prospects.

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

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

If it cannot be done, just for those two Champions League playoffs, it is worth their chance to give up the transfer to the four major leagues?

"The finance department has made an assessment. If we want to keep all the players in the team, we will inevitably have to renew a contract in one round, at least six players. This round of contract renewal will bring greater burden and pressure to our finances. If we do not enter 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 Council and is also in charge of the financial department. He knows Ajax's financial situation well.

"For more than a year, the business sector has been making great progress in market development, but because our foundation is too weak, it takes longer and requires breakthroughs in performance to create opportunities. However, none of these can solve the problems we are facing at the moment, so I think we should make a choice."

If Ajax is tough enough to keep all the players in the contract period, just renewing the contract and increasing salary will put Ajax under heavy pressure, 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 perspective of club operators, it is unrealistic for Ajax to leave all the players. The best choice is to sell part of it and keep part of it.

There is no way, who has made Ajax a popular guy? Who wants to take a bite?

More importantly, these players have experienced the UEFA Cup, and they have proved their strength. Due to the influence of the UEFA Cup and Eredivisie, their value is not high, so they can be regarded as a model of good quality and low price.

For example, if Clarson was in the Champions League or Ajax was in the four major leagues, his performance would at least double his net worth, but Everton only took out 30 million euros and bought the best midfielder in the Netherlands. It is conceivable how much this deal would be.

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

He could reinvest capital, but the problem is that the Ajax Supervisor could not let him do this.

"Eunice was just selected for the German national team. When Pete Boss just switched to Dortmund, he was the first to call Dortmund to be more patient with Pete Boss. Now that Dortmund wants to buy him, he probably can't keep it."

"And Davidson Sanchez, who has made it clear that he hopes we can hear the offer from the big teams, and it doesn't seem to be able to keep it. Dorbert, Dortmund, Rome and Naples all want him."

The 19-year-old Swedish center has played for Ajax for 48 times in the past season, scoring 23 goals and assisting eight times, and performed very well. It is known as Ibrahimovic II, a star of hope that Ajax focuses on cultivating, and is also part of the team's youth.

"Let him go, what should we do on the front line?" Yang Yang asked quite distressedly.
Chapter completed!