With the advent of the era of information-based global villages, there is no secret to professional football.

It is basically impossible to use information gaps to discover young players like in the early years.

In today's era, as long as a player performs well, he will immediately appear at the desks of major scouts or agents, and soon there will be attention from European teams, which makes it very difficult for the middle and lower-class teams in the European Professional League to find young players with great potential.

Even teams like Ajax can only be backed by the Netherlands, Belgium and Nordic regions to attract talents.

But one thing is certain, that is, you get what you pay for.

It is basically unlikely that a capable player will be sold at a low price unless he encounters problems in the development of a new club like Jovic and is sold after his performance is sluggish. That is another matter.

Therefore, when Yang Yang proposed to introduce a powerful central defender, Van Gaal's transfer budget was up one step compared to before, that is, to increase from the original budget of 5 million euros to 10 million euros.

This is already a sky-high price for Ajax in the Eredivisie.

But we can also see Ajax's progress and improvement.

If it was a year ago, Ajax would not dare to make such a transaction, but now he has such confidence, because the club's financial resources can not only support the transfer fee of 10 million euros, but also support the salary and benefits the players want, and at the same time give them a platform for the Champions League.

This is what Ajax has now.

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"Even if it's around 10 million euros, it's not easy for us to introduce a central defender who has competitiveness in the Champions League. We are currently considering only one candidate."

"Speak and listen."

"Diego Carlos from French Ligue 1 Nantes."

Yang Yang nodded, "I have an impression of him and have performed quite well in the past season in Ligue 1."

"Yes, the Brazilian central defender has very similar characteristics to Militon. He is 1.86 meters tall, has a very strong defensive ability, has a stamina and a long pass, which is easy to get cards. You know, Militon only got two yellow cards this season, but Diego Carlos got eight yellow cards, which can be said to be a big player in the card."

"In addition to the many fouls, Diego Carlos has another problem, that is, he is already twenty-six years old."

"Twenty-six years old?" Yang Yang was a little surprised. He had heard of the player, but he didn't notice his age.

"Yes, but it also proves that he is in prime time of his career and is very stable," Van Gaal said.

Not only that, it also represents a risk.

To introduce a mature 26-year-old star, unless Ajax can make him worth a shot within one or two years before selling it, it may be a waste of money.

Of course, if the player does have strength, there is nothing wrong with it.

"The plan of our technical team is that if both De Ligt and Militon leave, the best choice is to introduce a powerful central defender and a young player, so that our lineup will be more reasonable overall."

Yang Yang agreed with this. To put it bluntly, it is impossible for Ajax to build a group of mature stars in their 25 or 26 years old, because players of this age do not conform to Ajax's long-term planning and business philosophy.

Ajax is not Eindhoven. He has no support from the financial backer, so he can only rely on himself.

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Ajax played a brilliant season, the club made a lot of money, and the players performed well, which attracted the attention of major teams, but only one player was highly regarded.

That is goalkeeper Onana.

This is a very strange thing, because European football seems to have some prejudice against black goalkeepers, always thinking that they are not stable enough, but Onana performed very well in Ajax, but no one cares about it.

Regarding this, Yang Yang, Van Gaal and others really don’t know whether it should be happy or a wry smile.

Because Onana is also twenty-three years old, her value has soared to the peak, and the outside world's valuation is 50 million euros, which is already very high among goalkeepers. If she does not leave the team, her value should fall appropriately.

Of course, the advantage is that Ajax doesn't need to worry about the goalkeeper's position.

This time Yang Yang left Ajax and went to Real Madrid to coach, and he would only take away two assistants, Xavi Alonso and Peace.

Frans Hawke and Winston Bogard will continue to stay in Ajax. The former will be fully responsible for Ajax's goalkeeper training, and will also reform Ajax's goalkeeper training system. After all, before Onana, Ajax has not had such an outstanding goalkeeper again for many years. Even Onana is from Barcelona's youth training.

Winston Bogard will continue to serve as the director of athletic performance, which is an important task Yang Yang has entrusted to him. This position will become a fixed position for Ajax in the future. Even if Winston Bogard considers leaving in the future and goes back to China to live his own life, Ajax will definitely find a suitable candidate to take over.

But for the time being, Winston Bogard will continue to stay in the team.

Tenhager will bring his own coaching team, and Ajax will usher in a new era.

Because this summer, the most important thing for the team to do is to buy all the remaining shares of the new stadium.

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"From the current situation, our club can only raise up to 100 million euros, and the remaining 100 million euros requires us to sell players or bank loans. In addition, if we want to commercialize the two buildings around the stadium and the stadium, at least another 50 million euros will be invested."

Mennon Herren's face looked very serious when he talked about this, "That is to say, we have to spend 250 million euros, which will be a huge expenditure for us, but it will also be a huge opportunity."

"How much do you think the remodeling of the stadium and the renovation of surrounding supporting buildings can bring to the team's fiscal revenue?"

"After the renovation and renovation are completed, the income of 30 million euros can be increased in the short term, and it is expected to reach 50 million euros within three years." Menno Herren said confidently.

Yang Yang thought it was quite cost-effective, especially for Ajax.

Only when the income increases can the club be healthy.

Otherwise, it won’t take long to get into the previous difficulties as the club’s performance fluctuates sooner or later.

To put it bluntly, professional football is still the money you play.

"Previously, the Dutch Football Association proposed that the teams participating in the European game donate 10% of the European game income to other teams in the Dutch Eredivisie, and an additional amount to low-level and amateur leagues. The expenditure is expected to reach 15 million euros." Wei Zheng said with some heartache.

The money can almost bring in a Martinelli and Diego Carlos.

But there was no way. Ajax had signed the sign as early as November last year.

Not only Ajax, Feyenoord and Eindhoven, but also other Eredivisie teams have signed.

The purpose of this is to ensure that all Eredivisie teams have better economic conditions and enhance the overall competitiveness of Eredivisie.

Ajax is still very supportive of this suggestion, because in Dutch football, Ajax is at the top of the pyramid, and other Eredivisie teams are under Ajax. The overall strength has been improved, and the players they have trained have become better, which is also a good thing for Ajax.

Of course, Ajax won the Champions League this season and made a lot of money. The Eredivisie teams that failed to participate in the European game naturally became popular and spicy. I guess each team was laughing from ear to ear.

Who is unhappy if you can get one million euros for no reason?

Although Ajax felt distressed, he could only fulfill his promise. Moreover, the team's profits were greater. Not to mention the actual income, the potential returns in the next two years would be quite amazing. Besides, when Ajax played in Barcelona in the semi-finals, the entire Eredivisie was suspended for Ajax's Champions League, just think that Ajax repays his kindness.

"From the current perspective, it is not a big problem for the club to raise 250 million euros. Players' transfer income will be far more than this number, so we can negotiate with the Amsterdam Municipal Government to buy back the supporting facilities of the Cruyff Stadium and the surrounding areas at one time. We must fully tap this potential full of commercial value."

Yang Yang ordered immediately that this was also an important part of his plan to run Ajax.

"In addition, we must seize the time to sign players. European football will not be calm this summer. We must be quick and take action before other teams react. Taking advantage of the momentum of winning the Champions League, we will strive to win the players we want as soon as possible."

Wei Zheng, Van der Sar, Van Gaal, Mennon Herren and others also nodded.

Yang Yang led the team to win the Champions League and achieved the treble Eredivisie championship. He has completed his own task. The next step depends on the operating ability of these club employees.

The commercial contract that should be signed is time to negotiate and sign it as soon as possible; the players who should be introduced shall be completed as soon as possible; the home court and supporting facilities, as well as further upgrades to DeTok Most, these are all things that Ajax must complete as soon as possible, because it is already early June.

"I will not participate in the transfer negotiations with Real Madrid and other European teams next."

Yang Yang looked at Wei Zheng, Van der Sar, Van Gaal and others, "You are solely responsible. Don't think too much about me. You can talk as much as you should, just pretend that there is no relationship with me."

Being out of the matter is the best choice for Yang Yang because he is too sensitive.

If he is not careful, even if he asks about his innocence, what will the outside world think?

Therefore, the best choice is to stay out of the matter.

Even if Real Madrid can't buy the Frankie DeJong he wants, Yang Yang will not be involved.
Chapter completed!