Legendary Godfather

Groningen, the northernmost city in the Netherlands, was originally an agricultural area. The city is surrounded by forests, oceans, pastures, islands and green spaces. Now it is the political, economic, cultural, trade and industrial renaissance of the northern part of the Netherlands. It has beautiful scenery, pleasant climate and convenient transportation.

The city has two fishing ports and two seaports, and shipping and land transportation are developed.

The city has a population of 230,000, with half of the population under the age of 35. It is a vibrant city.

The architectural style here is rich in Dutch characteristics, and the colorful buildings such as red, blue, yellow, gray and white make people feel like they are in a fairy tale world.

There were not many customers in a cafe near the port, but it seemed uniquely elegant and peaceful.

Looking out the window at the colorful houses reflected on the clear water, it really gives people an extremely dreamy feeling.

The scenery here is really beautiful.

It's so beautiful that Tong Yi wants to live here forever.

Yes, Tong Yi left England and came to the Netherlands after leaving the club's affairs to Campbell and Pintus.

Vieri, who was sitting opposite Tong Yi, stirred the steaming coffee in front of him with a spoon, staring at Tong Yi in front of him, his mind full of questions.

Why did Tong Yi come to Groningen?

Are talents like Ronald Koeman, Arjen Robben and Luis Suarez about to emerge from Groningen again?

Yes, don’t underestimate Groningen.

Although the Groningen football club has only been established for more than 40 years, it is also an unknown small team in the Netherlands. It has no outstanding results in the Eredivisie. Their few honors have been won twice. The Dutch second league championship, and the most recent one can be traced back to the 1979-1980 season.

But even such a small club has produced several outstanding super talents in micro-world football.

Ronald Koeman, Robben and Suarez all came from here. Now Robben and Suarez are well-known figures in world football, especially Robben. Robben is now the king of the Bundesliga and the absolute core of Bayern Munich.

This shows that Groningen's youth training is still very high-level.

And Vieri also knows Tong Yi very well. Now is the busiest time for the club. Tong Yi will definitely not come here to take a break from the busy schedule. When he thought about it again, Tong Yi said he was here to recruit, and Vieri guessed that Groningen must have produced another genius?

But why hasn't he heard of it?

Is the talent coming out this time a wing player like Robben? The Netherlands seems to be good at cultivating this type of top wingers. If this is the case, then their Crystal Palace Football Club has made a profit this time.

After admiring the beautiful scenery outside the window for a while, Tong Yi withdrew his gaze and looked at Vieri opposite. The corners of his mouth raised slightly and he said, "If you have any questions, just ask them. Don't hold them in your heart!"

This was what Vieri was waiting for.

Along the way, he was suffocated by thirst.

Vieri immediately stopped the spoon in his hand,

He leaned forward and asked, "Boss, is there another talent emerging from Groningen? Is it a winger like Robben?"

After saying that, Vieri stared at Tong Yi closely.

To be honest, Vieri is looking forward to this very much.

Because the person sitting opposite him was no ordinary person, it was Tong Yi, the same Tong Yi who had discovered countless new talents without fail in three years. As long as Tong Yi takes a fancy to him, he is definitely a genius.

Tong Yi came all the way over and paid so much attention to it, which shows that the genius Tong Yi discovered this time is incredible.

Vieri is naturally full of expectations.

Tong Yi nodded slightly and shook his head slightly.

Vieri was full of confusion, nodding and shaking his head. What does this mean?

This makes Vieri look like a monk and is confused.

Tong Yi smiled slightly and said, "There is indeed a genius in Groningen now, a top genius! But, he is not a genius like Robben as you said!"

Vieri was shocked!

Top talent?

Even Tong Yi used this word to evaluate this guy, which shows that this guy is really powerful.

In previous work contacts with Tong Yi, Tong Yi really hated using such words to describe a person. The last time Tong Yi used this to describe a person, it seems he was talking about De Bruyne.

Is this newcomer a genius of De Bruyne's level?

If this is the case, that would be amazing!

Vieri really wanted to meet the genius Tong Yi mentioned.

Vieri immediately asked, "The boss has spoken so highly of this genius, so I really want to meet this guy right away. Boss, what position does he play?"

Tong Yi was about to speak when suddenly a tall young man followed a middle-aged man into the coffee shop.

Seeing these two people, Tong Yi's eyes lit up.

Seeing the light in Tong Yi's eyes, Vieri realized something and immediately turned around.

Immediately, Vieri was attracted by the tall man with a Chinese character and a resolute face. This guy looked very strong and had a strong body. But looking at that somewhat mature face, Vieri didn't think that this was the young genius Tong Yi mentioned. Perhaps, Tong Yi was attracted by his figure!

Unexpectedly, Tong Yi suddenly stood up, raised his hand and said, "Virgil, here!"

The big man with a Chinese character who walked in first came over immediately, and beside him was a middle-aged man wearing a gray suit and holding a briefcase under his arm.

The two people came to Tong Yi, and the middle-aged man immediately stretched out his hands to hold Tong Yi's right hand, stared at Tong Yi with some excitement, and said, "I am very happy to see you, Mr. Tong! I am Virgil's Agent Vincent Mechelen

Jansen. "

Vieri was shocked. He looked up and looked at the tall man with a Chinese character face, and thought to himself, "This guy is the top young genius the boss said? But this guy doesn't look young either!"

Tong Yi held Yang Sen's right hand and said, "I'm glad to see you too, Mr. Yang Sen. And you, Virgil!"

The tall man with the Chinese character behind Yang Sen excitedly stretched out his right hand to Tong Yi, held Tong Yi's right hand tremblingly, and said, "I'm glad to see you, sir, I'm Virgil Van Dijk!" .?? .

Yes, the big man with a Chinese character face who looks a little mature in front of him is the future No. 1 defender Van Dijk!

Van Dijk is still playing for Groningen. He only came to Groningen from the Willem II youth training camp in 2010. He only entered the first team at the end of the 2010-2011 season. He only played 5 games throughout the season. He became Groningen last season. The club's regular rotation player, he played 24 Eredivisie games and scored 3 goals throughout the season.

Tong Yi also knew that he would become Groningen's main central defender this season, playing 34 league games throughout the season and 3 cup appearances, playing a total of 37 games and scoring 2 goals.

Then he will be spotted by the Celtics, a giant in the Scottish Premiership, and then sold for 3 million euros to become the main central defender of the Celtics in the Scottish Premiership.

Therefore, Van Dijk's current strength is actually very good. There is no problem in going to Crystal Palace to play in the British Championship and play as the main central defender. Moreover, this guy will improve rapidly and will definitely be the legendary center back of the Crystal Palace Club in the future.

Tong Yi came all the way to Groningen obviously for Van Dijk.

And before coming, Tong Yi had already discussed with Groningen through Crystal Palace Club, and Groningen Club agreed to Crystal Palace Club's offer of 2 million euros.

Therefore, Tong Yi will directly meet with Van Dijk and his agent now.

At present, Van Dijk and his agent should also know that Groningen has accepted Crystal Palace's offer.

At this time, both Van Dijk and Janssen looked very excited.

After all, this guy Tong Yi is still very well-known in world football. Especially when it comes to discovering young players, it can be said that he is absolutely accurate. Now that Van Dijk can be favored by Tong Yi, it means that Van Dijk's future is unlimited.

Moreover, Tong Yi is also a head coach who is good at and boldly employing new players.

Young players can get a lot of playing opportunities under Tong Yi. Now that Tong Yi can come all the way to personally deal with the introduction of Van Dijk, it shows that Tong Yi attaches great importance to Van Dijk, so Van Dijk went to Tong Yi The team will definitely have no shortage of competition opportunities.

This is why Van Dijk and Janssen are excited.

Yes, it only took Tong Yi three years to establish his "top Bole" brand, which is really very attractive to young players.

Power!

Van Dijk is the best proof now.

Tong Yi motioned for everyone to sit down and talk.

In fact, seeing the attitudes of Yang Sen and Van Dijk, Tong Yi knew that there was no big problem in this negotiation.

Sure enough, after entering the negotiation, Tong Yi and the others occupied an absolutely dominant position.

Yang Sen and Van Dijk basically nodded and agreed to the conditions proposed by Tong Yi. There were only a few places where Yang Sen and the others would put forward their opinions. However, these are within the acceptable range, and Tong Yi fully agrees to the other party's request.

Sure enough, this two-way trip is the most perfect and the most trouble-free.

In the end, Tong Yi signed a 2+3 five-year long-term contract with Van Dijk.

If Crystal Palace is promoted to the Premier League within two years, Van Dijk's contract with Crystal Palace will automatically be extended to five years. If Crystal Palace is not promoted to the Premier League within two years, Van Dijk has the right to propose a transfer and leave Crystal Palace.

Tong Yi has no objections to this.

Tong Yi is very confident in himself. He will definitely be able to lead Crystal Palace to upgrade to the Premier League within 2 years. Therefore, in Tong Yi's view, in fact, the contract between Crystal Palace and Van Dijk is a five-year long-term contract.

Then, Van Dijk's annual salary is not very high.

The current average annual salary in the Premier League is about 2.3 million pounds, which translates into a weekly salary of about 440,000 pounds. Of course, players from wealthy clubs account for the majority. For example, wealthy clubs like Manchester City have many players whose weekly salary exceeds 200,000 pounds. The maximum salary among wealthy clubs such as Manchester United, Liverpool and Chelsea is also around 150,000 pounds. Arsenal His maximum salary is also around £100,000.

After calculation, the maximum salary for the mid- and lower-tier teams in the Premier League should be 450,000 pounds. There are few players with a weekly salary of 70,000 to 80,000 pounds. The weekly salary of the main players should be around 20,000 to 30,000 pounds.

The average salary in the English Championship is around 4.68 million pounds, and the average weekly salary is 9,000 pounds.

There are players in the English Championship teams who earn a weekly salary of 20,000 to 30,000 pounds, but they are few and far between.

Tong Yi offers Van Dijk a weekly salary of 8,000 pounds, which is equivalent to an annual salary of about 420,000 pounds.

For a 21-year-old, this salary is already very high. This is much higher than what he did in Groningen in the Eredivisie. Van Dijk is naturally very satisfied, and so is Jan Sen.

You have to know that the average weekly salary in English League Two is only 1,000 pounds, and the average weekly salary in English League One is only about 4,000 pounds.

Van Dijk was very satisfied and signed his name directly in the contract.

Even when he saw the liquidated damages item of 60 million pounds, he didn't hesitate at all.

Tong Yi was also very happy to see Van Dijk sign his name on the contract. He was making a lot of money. By signing Van Dijk, Crystal Palace won’t have to worry about a central defender in the next ten years!