The Era of Emerald

After talking about Monaco, let's take a look at Ajax, a veteran football supermarket that has been open for three years.

Like Monaco, Ajax ushered in another crisis this summer. The team coach Van Gaal and Wenger made the same choice. The Dutch coach decided to replace the old Rob who left due to illness after the end of the season. Sen, who coaches the Barcelona club, one of the two giants in Spain.

Although Barcelona chairman Nunez and Barcelona godfather Cruyff were at odds for some reason, they rarely reached an agreement on the issue of inviting Van Gaal to coach the team.

In Nunes' view, Van Gaal, who once led Ajax to win the Champions League, fits the status of a Barcelona giant; while in Cruyff's eyes, he was born in Ajax and studied under Michels. The current Van Gaal can well perfect and stick to the tiki-taka tactical system he created.

In this way, since the two most powerful figures in the Barcelona club both expressed their support for Van Gaal, Van Gaal obtained unexpected power from these two real power figures-the right to transfer players.

You know, Spain is not England, and the transfer power is generally in the hands of the general manager of the club. As the head coach, Van Gaal has allocated this part of the power from the club manager. It has to be said that it is a surprise. matter.

And Van Gaal, who has not yet officially taken office, has already begun to pave the way for his Barcelona trip. Under his insistence and strong request, Barcelona began to send special personnel to introduce the players he requested, and began to sell those he identified as the right players. Team "useless" players.

And Van Gaal's first target was his old club Ajax. On the list made by Van Gaal, the old subordinates such as the De Boer brothers, Litmanning, and Van der Sar were all on the list. .

Faced with the poaching of Van Gaal, his "own man", Van Prager had no good way to deal with it other than feeling angry.After the implementation of the Bosman Act, the opinions of players, especially these stars, play an increasingly important role in transfer transactions.

The only thing that can make Van Prager feel at ease is that when he renewed the contract with these team backbones two years ago, he extended the contract period to 1999.In other words, now Ajax can still occupy a certain active position in player transfers. If Barcelona cannot offer a transfer fee that satisfies Ajax, he has enough reasons to refuse to let him go.

Barcelona's money does not come from strong winds. With a limited budget, facing the high transfer fees Ajax offers for these players, even the rich and powerful Barcelona can only retreat temporarily.

When his poaching action was hindered, Van Gaal had no choice but to expand his screening range, and his two old subordinates, Rezig and Bogard, who had a rather unsatisfactory life in AC Milan, naturally entered his field of vision. .

Originally Van Gaal wanted to include Kluivert in his bag, and Galliani was also very excited about Barcelona's proposal, but the newly appointed Rossoneri coach Ranieri tried his best to prevent this transfer , he believes he has the ability to bring Kluivert back to his best form.

The topic goes back to Ajax. Although the high transfer fee frightened off the menacing Barcelona and kept the backbone of the team, this move by Van Praag also aroused hope to play in the top European league. The dissatisfaction of the ball players laid the groundwork for the complete collapse two years later.

Apart from Monaco and Ajax, which are two star supermarkets, other football clubs that either lack financial resources or are not well-known have also been harassed by these rich and powerful clubs to varying degrees.

After van der Sar's failure, Van Gaal introduced his fellow Hesper from the Roda jc team. The 32-year-old Dutch goalkeeper will replace the Portuguese Baia's main position.

Monaco, which has been poached by the teams of the four major leagues, has also begun to bully the clubs at the bottom. The Tian club brought in Willy Sagnol to fill the void left by Dimeco's withdrawal from the main line-up.

Ludovic Giuly was transferred from Lyon for 750 million US dollars. After Pires confirmed his move to Arsenal, the right winger who scored [-] goals in Ligue [-] this season was considered by the Monaco club. Become the team's new offensive engine.

At the same time, in order to balance the growing financial expenses, Monaco also established a relationship with Florence, which is currently the most popular. After some bargaining, the two parties signed a five-year player entrustment training agreement, to the effect that Florence Their players can be entrusted to Monaco for training. The annual training fee for each player ranges from 50 to 200 million US dollars, while Monaco must guarantee the playing time of these players, and each player will play every season. The number of games shall not be less than 20, and the total playing time shall not be less than 1500 minutes.

Although Ligue [-] has not been as competitive as before in recent years, it has done a good job in cultivating players.For example, Monaco, this club has done a good job in player processing.Weah and Djorkaeff are far away; Henry and Trezeguet are near. Historically, Monaco has also cultivated famous superstars such as Maicon, Giuly and Evra.

Therefore, after signing this agreement, Zhuang Mingge immediately sent Gattuso and Perotta in the youth team. In Monaco, where there is a surplus of offensive talents and a serious shortage of defensive strength, these two teenagers can get enough training. Chance.

Ajax, who had tasted the sweetness before, also signed a commissioned training agreement with Florence. However, the period of this agreement is seven years. Van Prager has already started to tie Ajax to the Fiorentina chariot. plan.

After signing this agreement, Van Prager was a little more at ease. Although the long-term loan of players from other clubs to make a living would damage Ajax's reputation, it is better to be realistic-the family is almost out of control , don't put on the airs of a wealthy family.

Without good results, there will be a lot of TV broadcast fees and game bonuses. Without these incomes, the hematopoietic function of the club cannot be maintained, thus forming a vicious circle.

Therefore, in Van Prager's view, signing this agreement with Fiorentina, which has a lot of high-quality resources, is a very beneficial thing for the club.After all, Chairman Florence's vision is notoriously vicious, and he has hardly lost his vision over the years.

Moreover, there are only so many people in the first team of Fiorentina who can catch up with the game, and they will definitely not need so many good seedlings. As long as I can pick one or two from those who are not needed by Fiorentina, Ajax can eat Mouth dripping with oil.

Thinking of this, Van Prager seems to have seen that countless banknotes are beckoning to him...