Green Dragon

Chapter 111 Ajax is a poor ghost

When the World Cup in South Africa ended, more than half of the 2010 summer window transfer period had already been carried out.

This summer's transfer bid king belongs to Spanish striker David Villa. Before the World Cup, Barcelona used a high price of 4000 million euros to recruit him to the Nou Camp, and the performance of "Gourd Baby" in South Africa also proved that The cost of Barcelona is definitely a good deal.

Ushering in Villa, Mascherano, Adriano, sending away Ibrahimovic, Yaya Toure, Henry, Ziglinski, Max, although Barcelona's investment in the transfer market Not small, but clearly not as good as their old rivals.

Mourinho, who led Inter Milan back to the top, retired bravely and chose to join Real Madrid after the World Cup. Van der Vaart, Drenthe, and Robinho who didn't get a chance were all expelled. In contrast, Ozil, Di Maria, Khedira, Carvalho, etc., although not well-known, But extremely practical players, with a total cost of more than 8000 million euros.

Compared with the restraint of the La Liga duo, the Premier League upstart Manchester City is relentless. They spent 1.45 million and bought Yaya Toure, David Silva, Balotelli, Milner, Cole Famous stars such as Larov and J Boateng, although some are suspected of being price-gouged by the seller, such a large-scale signing will undoubtedly completely start the name of Blue Moon.

When the lingering warmth of the World Cup is still there, news about transfers in world football has been overwhelming, and the Spanish dynasty has been quickly squeezed out of the headlines.

However, no matter how lively other people's transfers are, there is still no movement here at Ajax.

Although Van Basten is highly respected in Dutch football, and his performance last season has brought his reputation to a peak, but... the club has no money!

You said the league championship bonus?And the Champions League bonus?
That money has to repay debts, distribute dividends to shareholders, and invest in infrastructure. What does it have to do with the team's transfer fee?
What's more, this is not England where the head coach is responsible. As the head coach, Van Basten does not have a decisive say in the transfer.

When all the tycoons in Europe made drastic signings, Ajax could only introduce some cheap or even free players.

The first is that a large number of players have left the team one after another.

The first to bid farewell to Ajax was the veteran Romedal. His outstanding performance last season earned him the opportunity to go to the World Cup with the national team. After fulfilling this wish, the injured veteran also Choose fallen leaves to return to their roots.

The striker Pantridge, who joined free last season, is on a free transfer again. Although not as crazy as Suarez, the old striker scored 16 league goals for Ajax in limited playing time, becoming the As the team's second offensive player, in the winter of Suarez's poor state, it was his stepping forward that allowed Ajax to retain a good momentum for the championship.

However, Soleimani, who was supposed to be firmly in the main position, only played 16 times in one season and scored a pitiful 3 goals due to injuries and poor form. Defender... I don't know if such a stark contrast will make the cheerful Serb feel ashamed?
In addition, substitute striker Kvitanic, defenders Villarrth, Silva, Gabriel, midfielder Sarpong, Kennedy, Snow... More than 10 regular main players of the first team played this summer. Parted ways with Ajax.

Ajax's player lineup ushered in a large-scale change. When the new season started, Long Shute was surprised to find that nearly half of his teammates had left.

Then he ushered in more strange new teammates.

36岁的后卫安德烈-奥耶尔、30岁的中场特穆-泰尼奥、27岁的前锋阿哈迈德-哈桑-米多、22岁的后卫范德海登、20岁的中场阿拉什-厄兹比利兹、22岁的后卫尼古拉-博伊莱森、19岁的门将马尔科-比佐、19岁的韩国前锋石铉俊、19岁的青年队小将克里斯蒂安-埃里克森……

The combined worth of the above nine new players is...zero.

If you consider the corporate sponsorship behind the Korean players, Ajax may still earn hundreds of thousands...

It was not until the end of July that Ajax finally secured two "blockbuster signings":
In the 2008-09 season, the top scorer in the Eredivisie League and the head striker of Alkmaar, Munir Al Hamdavi switched to the new champion for 500 million euros.

Uruguay U20 captain, midfielder core, 2009 Uruguayan league player of the year, Nicolas Rodeiro came to join his old-timer Suarez with a worth of 400 million euros.

900 million euros, that's all Ajax's transfer fee in the summer of 2010.
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Due to the impact of the World Cup, the major leagues in the 2010-11 season have been postponed for more than a week.

The clubs also don't have the energy to organize large-scale business activities this summer, such as traveling to the United States and Asia to collect money has become very unrealistic.

Not only that, but even the pre-season training time and warm-up matches have been greatly reduced.

Although Ajax's official training time began on July 7, the Netherlands, Uruguay, and Cameroon internationals who participated in the European Cup were not able to return to Amsterdam until ten days later.

Stegelenberg, Aoyer, Van der Wiel, De Zew, Emmanuelsen from the Netherlands, Suarez and Rodiro from Uruguay, Enno and Atuba from Cameroon... These players look It's almost like falling asleep while running and warming up!

When Van Basten looked at a yard of exhausted players, he could only let the team doctor and physical coach lead them to recovery training.

The Eredivisie League will officially open on August 8th, leaving only two weeks for them to adjust their bodies, reserve their energy, get acquainted with their new teammates, and get used to their new lineup...

And on August 8, they will have a Dutch Super Cup match against Twente!
Twente, who missed the league championship last season, will not let them go easily! -
As time went by, Long Shute gradually became familiar with the teammates who joined the new team.

Everyone also knows that beside me, there is a training madman from China. If anyone wants to challenge Long Shute's training intensity beyond his control, everyone will definitely stop him as soon as possible. move……

Van Basten must be very fortunate that at least a few absolute main players in his team can still stand on the training ground with plenty of energy.

The three defenders Vertonghen, Alderweireld, and Oleg, the first two are members of Belgium, but Belgium failed to enter the World Cup, and Oleg missed being called up by Spain. They all got Get plenty of rest.

In addition to the young midfielder Long Shute who has never been called up by the Chinese team, and even if he is called up, he is not eligible to participate in the World Cup. These four players can at least ensure that the team's defense remains solid.

Van Basten thought for a while, and suddenly felt that God was still very considerate to him.

If Long Shute joins the Chinese team and leads the Chinese team to win the World Cup, then his Ajax will be finished!

Thank goodness!
(End of this chapter)