AZ Alkmaar swept Anderlecht 6-0, which shocked the media and fans. Although this was a warm-up match, such a score was still terrifying. At the same time, this warm-up match also dispelled many people's expectations of Buenos Aires.
Longkamp and van Bommel had their doubts, they were indeed good value for money.
The team started training and the warm-up matches were played with great passion. Many media and fans began to discuss the rhetoric of Alkmaar coach Jiang Mufang. Many Eredivisie teams were deeply afraid of Alkmaar, but
At this time, Alkmaar's actions in the transfer market stalled.[bsp; Previously, Alkmaar had been very low-key in terms of signings. The three players they acquired were Drogba from Ligue 2, Boucheroulet.
Ronkamp comes from the Dutch second division, and Van Bommel is just a semi-professional team. The three of them only cost Alkmaar less than 1 million Dutch guilders. This is very inconsistent with Alkmaar's high profile before the start of the season, because it is
Jiang Mu did it himself, and some people with ulterior motives suspected that Jiang Mu was doing private transactions and buying rubbish players. Although this warm-up match shut up many people, if there is a problem with the results, someone will definitely jump out.
Alkmaar then announced in a high-profile manner that it wanted to buy Dynamo Kyiv star Shevchenko and Brazilian veteran Romario, but the acquisition reached a deadlock. Alkmaar was willing to spend money, and the owner paid 30 million Dutch guilders to hand over to the team.
, but Shevchenko is unwilling to play for this newly promoted team that is not as famous as Dynamo Kiev. His goal is AC Milan, although the Rossoneri are still hesitant. Dynamo Kiev has a clear attitude towards this transfer.
As long as the price is right and Shevchenko is willing, he can sell it. However, Alkmaar's beautiful manager and owner's daughter Skhrinja personally went to Ukraine and promised a sky-high annual salary of two million guilders, but she was not impressed.
Ukrainian nuclear warhead in heart.
After the acquisition of Shevchenko was blocked, Alkmaar focused on Romario. Romario played 11 games in Valencia for two years and scored 5 goals. The club wanted to let him go, but there was no transfer fee.
The requirements were too high. Romario's annual salary requirement was not high, only two million Dutch guilders. However, when the two parties entered the negotiation stage, conflicts occurred. Romario's agent hoped to sign a three-year long-term contract.
When Alkmaar saw that Romario was already 32 years old, he was only willing to sign for two years, and the main position was not guaranteed in the second year. This was Jiang Mu's opinion, but this opinion made the unruly lone wolf very dissatisfied.
He unilaterally revealed to the media that he was unwilling to join Alkmaar and wanted to return to his hometown of Flamengo to play football.
Now that July is more than half over, and the league will start in less than a month, Alkmaar has only bought three players, which makes the fans and reporters very anxious. Journalist Hendry also criticized Alkmaar for lacking ambition.
Hendry, the reporter of "News Comprehensive", has now switched to the "Telegraph", the largest newspaper in the Netherlands. This reporter who is famous for reporting on Jiang Mu now has a greater say. His criticism made Alkmaar very upset.
passive.
On this day, Sihelinjia, who was somewhat exhausted physically and mentally, came to Jiang Mu's office. After closing the door, she laid her head on Jiang Mu's shoulder, hugged Jiang Mu's neck, and said: "Dear, I'm transferring
I didn't handle the matter well, so it affected your plan."
Jiang Mu hugged Skhelinja and sat down on the sofa, saying: "Shrinja, I can't blame you. Bringing in Shevchenko is not a reliable thing to do. Our small temple cannot afford to support the great master.
, this is not a matter of money, I understand your father's feelings, but I think the team's reputation is achieved through play, not by stars."
"But you lied a lot and wanted to win the championship, but I couldn't help you buy a good helper." Schlinja said with shame.
"No, you can still help me now. This is a list. If you can buy half of the players, I will guarantee to win the Eredivisie championship. The double championship is not difficult to win." Jiang Mu smiled and took out the drawer.
He took out a list. These were some of the players he had thought of during this period of time who had great potential but were not very famous now. It was just because Dilk wanted to buy a superstar and he couldn't refuse it completely, so he never said it out.
Now that there is a problem with the club's superstar plan, he took the opportunity to launch his own list.
"Miroslav Marian Klose, Gennaro Ivan Gattuso, Jondar Tomasson, Julio Cesar, Van Brontholhorst, Ruud van Nistelrooy
, Luca Tony... God, Ginger, I have never heard of these people except Van Nistelrooy in Heerenveen and Van Blondhorst in Feyenoord. Van Nistelrooy seems to be now
Getting ready to go to PSV, they are negotiating, Van Blounthorst is at Rangers, Jiang, can these people really help you win the championship?"
Schlinja does not believe that these unknown young players can win the Eredivisie championship. From the composition of the team, it is best for the old players to lead the young players, so that such a team will be stable.
"Of course, Schlinja, you have to believe me. If you don't believe me, who in the club will believe me. If your father and manager Nelson are really interested in superstars, then just wait until next season, no
The Champions League can be played, but superstars will definitely not want to come, and it will not be easy to pay."
Jiang Mu earnestly explained to Skhelinja that the only one in the club who could speak for him at this time was indeed Skhelinja. The list he gave now seemed to club officials, football critics and the media.
Rubbish. These players that I personally bought before have been defined as rubbish, especially Drogba. Many people suspected that he had made private transactions. If it weren't for Jiang Mu's amazing record and the discovery of players like Kuyt.
, I’m afraid there’s already a lot of saliva outside, so Jiang Mu has to act with caution.
"Okay, Jiang, I will try my best to help you, I believe in your vision, and I love you." Shelinjia stroked Jiang Mu's hair and murmured. During this time, this rich girl was indeed exhausted physically and mentally.
"I love you too. Don't worry, Sihelinjia. As long as the league starts, everything will be fine." Jiang Mu hugged Sihelinjia and comforted her with confidence.
"Well, with you by my side, I have confidence. Let's go dancing together in the evening and have some fun." Scheringa felt better and hugged Jiang Mu and gave her a sweet kiss.
"Okay." Jiang Mu kissed Schlinjia hard on the lips.
Due to the failure to acquire superstars, Jiang Mu's civilian plan was recognized by the club. With Schlinja's promotion and personal operation, Alkmaar's signings began to proceed quickly.
AZ Alkmaar's first major acquisition was Danish forward Thomasson who played for Newcastle United.
Thomason is the kind of person who relies on his body rather than his mind to play football. He scores goals by grabbing points in front of the goal and picking up missed shots. Although his physical condition is not excellent, he can always get ahead of the opponent's defender with his awareness. He is
An "opportunist" striker, this is exactly the type of striker AZ is lacking right now.
Thomason came to the Netherlands at the age of 18 and joined the Eredivisie club Heerenveen. In his second year at Heerenveen, he became the team's main forward and became the team's top scorer for two consecutive seasons. He is familiar with
Eredivisie football is the key signing target for AZ Alkmaar.
After Thomason became famous, he was called up by Newcastle United coach Dalglish in the 1997-98 season for 2.2 million pounds. At Newcastle, Thomason missed most of the season due to injury. In the 23rd season he participated in,
He only scored 3 goals in each game, so he did not become a member of the Danish team competing in the 1998 World Cup in France.
Because he did not adapt to the rhythm of the Premier League and performed poorly, Thomason also intended to return to the Eredivisie. Feyenoord was negotiating with Newcastle, hoping to get Thomason, but due to the transfer fee and annual salary, the agreement has not been reached.
After Alkmaar intervened, they agreed to buy Thomason for the original Newcastle purchase price of 2.2 million pounds. At the same time, Thomason was promised an annual salary of 700,000 Dutch guilders, which was Alkmaar's highest salary.
With the huge sum of money, both Newcastle United and Thomasson quickly agreed to Alkmaar's offer. The two parties settled the contract within a week, and Thomasson quickly joined Alkmaar.
AZ Alkmaar went through a lot of trouble when acquiring Gattuso from Rangers because the Italian fighter wanted to return to Italy to develop.
Gattuso was born in the Italian club Perugia. Last season, the 19-year-old Gattuso did not want to be benched, so he moved to the Scottish Premier League team Rangers. At that time, he was one of the club's first choices. Later, he moved to the Scottish Premier League team Rangers.
Rangers changed head coach, Gattuso lost the trust of the head coach, was not reused, and was often benched.
Gattuso felt that instead of being on the bench in Scotland, it would be better to return to China. After all, Serie A at this time is known as the Little World Cup, and he can at least learn a little more from the superstars.
However, Rangers asked for 3 million pounds, and Perugia was unwilling to repurchase. Serie A newly promoted Salenitana wanted Gattuso but were afraid of the transfer fee and Gattuso's annual salary, so Gattuso's transfer was temporarily shelved.
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AZ Alkmaar proposed to buy Gattuso, which made Rangers very happy. Gattuso and the coach were at odds with each other. Rangers wanted to clear out Gattuso, but Gattuso was satisfied with being able to get the main position in the Eredivisie.
So Alkmaar easily acquired the Italian midfielder for 2.7 million pounds.
However, Alkmaar suffered a setback when competing with PSV for Ruud van Nistelrooy. The future king of the small penalty area still hopes to play in the Champions League, and PSV does not want to let Alkmaar's strength increase too much.
Duo, who has been insisting on the transfer, although AZ's final offer and annual salary were higher than those of PSV, in the end Van Nistelrooy successfully signed with PSV.
Feyenoord, another giant of the Eredivisie, is also very wary of Alkmaar. They are used to the situation of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms in the Netherlands and do not want the scene where Alkmaar broke the monopoly and won the double crown to happen again 20 years ago, so
When Alkmaar proposed to acquire Van Blounthorst, Feyenoord refused and sold van Blounthorst to Glasgow Rangers in Scotland at a price much lower than that of Alkmaar.
Although Jiang Mu was a little disappointed that the two kings of the small penalty area, Ruud van Nistelrooy and Van Blounthorst, were not bought, it would be good to get Gattuso and Tomasson. They are what Jiang Mu needs most now.
One of the players, with Drogba, Kuyt and Ruud van Nistelrooy, is not irreplaceable. Although they are a little behind in efficiency, Thomason can make up for their shortcomings.
With the additions in the front, middle and backcourt, Jiang Mu's vision of Alkmaar has basically taken shape. What is missing now is a good goalkeeper. A great team cannot do without a great goalkeeper. Now Jiang Mu's goal is