The Era of Emerald

() "Chairman Corleone, it is an honor to see you again! Welcome to Amsterdam!"

"Chairman Van Prager, long time no see."

At the exit of Amsterdam International Airport, Zhuang Minge warmly greeted Van Prager who came to pick up the plane. This guy can be regarded as his old acquaintance now, and according to the well-informed little Groz, this time Florence Being able to participate in the boss summit, Van Prager has contributed a lot in this process, and it is only natural that he should show more kindness to him.

By the way, Zhuang Mingge also made a small joke, saying: "Hehe, Chairman Van Prager has kept you waiting for a long time, I hope I am not the last participant to arrive?"

"Hehe..." Hearing Zhuang Mingge bring up this topic, Van Prager smiled softly, but did not pick up the topic, but changed the subject very naturally, "Chairman Corleone, regarding the three leased to us by you After discussions with the Ajax board of directors, we intend to offer Giuliano Gianni Keida and Eugenio Colini for a package of US$600 million. As for Simone Inzaghi, we want to get him priority leasehold rights."

Van Prager, who was afraid that Zhuang Mingge would reject his offer, hastily added an additional condition: "Of course, we won't let you suffer too much... In this way, Fiorentina can loan three players to Ajax every season." The total playing time of each player will not be less than 1800 minutes; in addition, our two clubs can also carry out deeper cooperation in some aspects such as player training and scouting system..."

Zhuang Minge thought for a while, selling these two players at a price of 600 million US dollars is still a bit disadvantageous for Fiorentina purely from the perspective of economic benefits, but the two additional conditions proposed by Van Prager moved Zhuang Mingge's heart. Jax’s ability to cultivate stars is well known all over the world. The reason why the number of stars produced has dropped sharply is mainly because the overall competitiveness of the Dutch league has declined sharply, so many players are unwilling to play in the Netherlands. It has nothing to do with Ajax itself. Too many relationships.

Three places to train at Ajax each year will not only allow some of the club's key young players to be jointly trained by the two systems of Gufren and Michels, but also help Fiorentina solve the employment problem of some players who cannot play .The cooperation in the field of scouting can be said to be a kind of mutual benefit. Fiorentina, who are still relying on Zhuang Mingge's "wisdom and insight", can make full use of Ajax's global scouting network under construction to find what they need. Players, or some good seedlings that Ajax can’t afford because of their pockets, Fiorentina pays to buy them and then sells them to the Dutch for training. When the players leave Ajax, the profits are divided in half ...

"Chairman Van Prager, I am personally very interested in your proposal. We accept these two additional conditions in Florence. As for the details of the cooperation between our two clubs, I would like to discuss them specifically after this meeting is over. If an agreement can be reached, then you only need to be responsible for persuading Eugenio and Giuliano to agree to join.” The implicit meaning is that if Fiorentina and Ajax can reach an agreement on the terms of cooperation, then Corey The transfer of Ni and Gianni Kaida can basically be said to be a certainty.After all, Van Prager also privately inquired about the joining intentions of these players before making this offer to Fiorentina, and got the promise of "agreeing to sign as long as the salary and team status are agreed".

Although Van Prager's action is suspected of violating UEFA's "no private contact with players" regulations, it is understandable from another perspective. In the end, the player himself hit a snag, so why should Ajax die of depression?

After receiving the "friendly signal" from Zhuang Mingge, Van Prager, who has been busy since he became the chairman of the Ajax club, couldn't help but feel refreshed: It seems that he has a close relationship with Florence There have been some effects, and the next step is to take advantage of this good momentum and make persistent efforts to use a series of actions to make the relationship between the two clubs closer.

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Riding in the special car prepared by Van Prager, Zhuang Mingge and his team arrived at the venue of the boss summit—the Ajax headquarters.

After entering the gate, Van Prager said that he still needed to do some preparations for the meeting and had to go first, so he left a senior assistant to lead the way for Zhuang Mingge and his party, and left in a hurry.

By the way, when I came to Amsterdam this time, besides Karin who claimed to be a senior secretary, Groz Jr. and Ferrero Jr. also squeezed in in the name of "seeing the world".

So, led by the senior assistant, Zhuang Mingge and his group of four walked in from the main entrance to the meeting room.

"Hi! Antonio, I've been waiting for you here for a long time, come here quickly!" As soon as he entered the door of the conference room, a warm and familiar voice came into Zhuang Mingge's ears.

Zhuang Mingge looked at the source of the sound, and couldn't help but feel happy: "So it's Massimo, why did you arrive so early? I remember that the meeting started at one o'clock in the afternoon?"

"You have the nerve to say that among all the people invited to today's meeting, you are the penultimate one to arrive at the meeting." Boss Mo warmly put his arm around Zhuang Mingge's shoulders, and dragged him to a small room next to the meeting room. "Now we, the bosses of the Italian teams, are chatting in this room. There is still some time before the meeting starts, so come over with me and talk to everyone first."

"Oh? Why is there a meeting so soon? Isn't there another one who hasn't come?" Zhuang Mingge, who was being dragged away by Boss Mo, asked suspiciously.

Boss Mo looked at Zhuang Mingge angrily, and added helplessly: "The last one to come here is Mr. Van Prager, the chairman of the Ajax club who personally picked you up at the airport."

"Uh, ha ha." Zhuang Mingge, who knew he was wrong, had no choice but to perfunctory with a smirk.

There are much more Serie A bosses in this room than Zhuang Minge imagined. Originally, he thought that the only Italian club bosses invited to the meeting were the top three in the north and himself. Unexpectedly, the boss of Sampdoria, Mantua Jr. Ni and the old Tanzi, who has retired from the chairmanship of Parma, also came.

I should have thought of it earlier, since I, as the chairman of Florence, can participate in this meeting, then other people are naturally eligible to be drawn in by the bosses of other wealthy families...