In two years, Ajax, which reached the top of Europe in 1995, has changed beyond recognition.
Most of the main lineup of the team that swept Europe back then is gone. This summer, Kluivert decided not to renew his contract, Peter Pan Overmars's departure is doubtful, Bogarde and AC Milan are in love, and finally
The key is that the meritorious coach Louis van Gaal also has a change of heart. It is no secret that he has a flirtation with Barcelona.
In the past two decades, Ajax has sent nearly 50 players to the five major European leagues, most of whom are famous stars. In the eyes of Europe's first-tier clubs, Ajax is not only a Dutch giant, but also a football club.
Talent boutique store.
In the past ten years, Ajax has made more than 100 million US dollars in transfer transactions. This figure is simply unimaginable to other teams.
Ajax, Feyenoord, and PSV Eindhoven, these three Dutch giants support Dutch football, and the strength of their youth training is unspeakable.
Just like the contribution of Real Madrid and Barcelona to La Liga, perhaps in the general public's consciousness, Barcelona's La Masia is a youth training brand, and Real Madrid is not famous for its youth training. But in fact, Real Madrid has not been able to learn from its own youth training.
In addition to extracting first-team talents from the system, Real Madrid’s youth training has a profound impact on the entire Spanish football
The contribution is very large, because the players who have not made their mark in Real Madrid have gone to other teams. Counting the second league, Real Madrid will send an average of about 10 professional players to two levels of clubs every season.
Over the years, small things add up, and among the local players in La Liga, there are not a few players who came from Real Madrid's youth training.
The youth training models of these three companies all have their own characteristics. Ajax cannot retain talents and has a Jewish background. Selling people to make money is their purpose. After all, the influence of the Dutch league and its status in football have limitations.
.You can’t keep it if you don’t sell it!
Even though Barcelona started to enter the construction of the Dutch team this summer, in the long run, even if Van Gaal took office, they still promoted future core players like Xavi from the youth training, and the tactics of the youth team and the first team were consistent.
The concept allows the youth team to seamlessly integrate with the first team, allowing the first team to continuously obtain talents from the youth team.
Real Madrid pursues survival of the fittest, and coupled with the club's "aristocratic" background, the first team has too little patience for young players. There are not many opportunities, unless it is Raul or Casillas who make a blockbuster success and quickly establish themselves in the first team.
Genius, otherwise no matter how good a young player is, the club will not have the patience to wait for you to mature and take charge of your own business. However, by supplying talents to other clubs throughout La Liga, the club's influence and status are transcendent, which is also a major benefit.
In Aldridge's team building concept, if Millwall wants to be strong, it must integrate the characteristics of the youth training of these three clubs. Learn from each other's strengths and copy the tactical training model of Barcelona's first team youth team. Learn from Ajax's four network talents to cultivate rookies.
policy, and at the same time, the youth team must have a competitive environment like Real Madrid.
If a genius trains with a hundred mediocre people, most likely in the end, the genius will be assimilated by the mediocre people.
But if fifty geniuses and fifty mediocre people train together, the effect will be completely different. The competition between the geniuses will stimulate the enterprising spirit of the mediocre people, which will accelerate the growth of the players and stimulate their potential.
This summer, Aldridge not only needs to strengthen the first team, but also let the youth team have more potential new stars, so as to stimulate them to grow faster.
Because he discovered a very bad phenomenon.
The four players Joe Cole, Ronaldinho, Ashley Cole and Villa were the most dazzling stars of hope in the Millwall youth team last season. The year before last, when they were all
When they were 14 or 15 years old, their performance in the youth team seemed to be outstanding. However, in the youth team last season, as they grew older, the gap between them and the players of the same age became wider and wider, forming a polarization.
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This makes them break away from the 11-man collective and become a small group. This does not mean that they form cliques in the youth team, but the most intuitive quality shown on the court, because other teammates cannot keep up with their speed.
, football thinking, reaction ability.
And they couldn't slow down their kicking speed to wait for teammates who were obviously a few beats slower. Therefore, they only had two options, Ronaldinho and Joe Cole, and Villa with three players in the frontcourt.
When there is no room for cooperation, they become very selfish and will not pass the ball to other teammates, because they think that the choice of passing the ball is not as good as trying to break through or shoot by themselves. Anyway, the effect is definitely better than giving the ball to those whose abilities are obviously better than theirs.
Teammates with a gap are much stronger.
Because of this, Nagy approached Aldrich and gave him advice: Either loan these four players out for training, or transfer them to the first team, train with the first team, and usually play reserve team games.
In short, we can no longer stay in the youth team, otherwise it will only delay their growth.
The solution Aldridge came up with was: find them some matching teammates.
But when he came to the Netherlands today, he had no intention of poaching Ajax players under the age of 16, although there are many high-profile future stars in the Ajax youth training camp, such as Van der Vaart.
He is here for Ajax's next winger: Andy van der Meyde.
It’s not that Aldridge can’t afford the now-famous Dutch Peter Pan Overmars, but after buying Overmars, Aldridge can go on vacation and wait until the end of July to return to the team to prepare for next season.
Make preparations.
Under Andrew's arrangement, Aldridge met Andy van der Meyde, who was about to turn 18, in an ordinary hotel in Amsterdam.
There is no language communication problem between the two. Almost everyone in the Netherlands can speak English.
Andy van der Meyde was dressed neatly and had his hair styled specially. The handsome young man was a little nervous when he saw Aldrich. Aldrich could see that he was a little excited, which made Aldrich feel fresh.
Because when he introduced players in the past, regardless of their age or reputation, when they met him for the first time, they either looked suspicious or had no expression on their face. It seemed that they did not want to see the young coach from London.
In the past three years, he has led Millwall to great heights. Aldridge also has the aura of a famous coach. This makes him even more sincere when he personally recruits players.
"Hey Andy, can I call you this? Okay, let's sit down and talk."
Aldrich generously invited Vandermeyde to sit down on the sofa, and then went straight to the point and outlined the blueprint he had sketched for him.
Come to Millwall and you will be a member of the first team in the new season, starting from the bench. Integrate into the team first, which can take as short as one season or as long as two years. If everything goes well, when he is 20 years old, he should be able to play the main position.
Launch a challenge.
As for how to train him, Aldrich did not go into details. If the other party asked, he would be willing to spend more time explaining it to him.
Van der Meyde suppressed the excitement in his heart, and his enthusiasm also cooled down a lot.
He heard that Aldrich, the young coach, wanted to see him. He thought that he was valued by the opponent and would go directly to Millwall to play the main role.
Now I understand. That's not the case at all.
But at least, his potential was affirmed, which made him a little happier after calming down.
Thinking of the treatment he received at Ajax, Van der Meyde asked: "Can you talk about my contract?"
Aldrich smiled, knowing that the other party agreed, so he said to Andrew: "You talk to him."
As an agent, Andrew has done several transactions in the Netherlands. He has single-handedly handled the transfers of players such as Stam, Larsson, Ruud van Nistelrooy, etc. He is also well-known in the Dutch football circle because he
He plays the role of matchmaker in these transfers, and also obtains generous contracts for the players. In addition, he is Aldridge's brother. Young players who want to play for Aldridge and dream of becoming famous with one goal will naturally have an interest in him.
Must understand.
Van der Meyde was originally going to sign a professional contract with Ajax this summer, but Ajax is now suffering from internal and external troubles. The golden generation of 1995 is being poached every year. This summer, the club has fallen into the turmoil of coach replacement. Van Gaal
His departure will be announced in a few days. The club is trying its best to retain the main players of the first team, and for a while it cannot take care of youth team players like Van der Meyde.
Although it is difficult for English clubs to sign non-European hopefuls due to labor certificates, because they can sign professional contracts with 16-year-old players, this also benefits English clubs in disguise. The Football Association regulations of mainstream leagues such as Spain and Germany require signing professional contracts.
The contract must be after the player turns 18. It is this loophole that allows English clubs to poach players. However, in this era, too many clubs have not realized that poaching must be done early. Not only must it be done early, but the whole family must be poached!
Van der Meyde doesn't have an agent at this time, so Andrew won't have much of a problem getting him because Andrew promised to help him get a contract with a weekly salary of 3,000.
This made Van der Meyde feel incredible.
Why can’t the Dutch league retain talent?
In addition to the influence of the league, the most important reason is the cost of the club. Compared with the top clubs, the wages paid to players are not even comparable to those of the middle and lower reaches of the Premier League, because the club basically relies on
Selling people and European wars, relying solely on the earning power of the Dutch league itself, the three giants of the Netherlands have already gone bankrupt. Therefore, there are limits on the wages they can give their players. How much can a player from a youth team like Van der Meyde earn per week?
One hundred pounds is a lot, but even ten years later, it will basically be just a few thousand pounds.
The weekly salary of three thousand pounds is definitely the lowest among Millwall's first team salary levels. Even the youth team's Ronaldinho signed a contract when he was 16 years old, with a weekly salary of five thousand pounds, but he
After all, Aldridge regards him as the absolute main player of the team in the future, so there is nothing wrong with giving him a higher salary.
After reaching an agreement with Van der Meyde, Aldrich said goodbye to him first, and Andrew also called back to the company to ask his assistant to send someone to Amsterdam to accompany Van der Meyde when he left Ajax.
His apprenticeship contract with Ajax expired in the summer. Ajax originally planned to sign a professional contract with him, but as long as Van der Meyde refused, he could leave as a free agent.
Before new FIFA transfer regulations were introduced this autumn, Millwall could acquire a talented player like Van der Meyde without spending a penny.
After negotiating the signing of Van der Meyde, Aldrich and Andrew rested in the hotel that night. Early the next morning, the two walked out of the hotel carrying travel bags and wearing sunglasses.
"Next stop, where to go?"
Andrew looked up at the sky, looked at today's weather, and asked casually.
Aldrich opened the back door of the taxi, turned around and said: "Eindhoven." (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!
