The Godfather of Greenery

Chapter 22 Power Distribution
This is a realistic and cruel world!
Therefore, never extravagantly ask for mercy, sympathy and charity, unless you are willing to give up your dignity, kneel at the other person's feet, and beg bitterly.

The next day, the major newspapers in the Netherlands and some mainstream media in Europe that pay attention to the Eredivisie League also reported on the match between Ajax and Eindhoven, but they were more concerned about the winners. The bragging and praise, the merciless trampling and humiliation of the loser.

As the headline commentary on the front page of the Eindhoven Daily said, "In the game last night, we saw the rise of the Eindhoven dynasty, and at the same time witnessed the rise of the Ajax dynasty. We see the whole city of Amsterdam trembling under the iron heels of Eindhoven, begging for mercy!"

And at the end of this piece of comments, they even shouted arrogantly, "The championship already belongs to us Eindhoven, bid farewell to your champion, Ajax!"

It is foreseeable that this report is bound to cause an uproar in the entire Netherlands, and it is bound to once again ignite the grievances and anger between Ajax and PSV Eindhoven. The war of words between the fans of the two teams is likely to be the purpose of this article.

Kyodo Daily also made a special report on this game. They believed that Ajax's strength is not as good as PSV Eindhoven. This is true, but it will definitely not lose so badly. The reason is that Waters' tactics and arrangements are very poor.

"As early as after the battle between Ajax and Feyenoord, I once said that Waters' formation was very poor, and we can even see it from his arrangements. He didn't even get to know the opponent in depth, otherwise, it's hard for me to imagine why he would so arrogantly expose the two full-backs to the two big wing killers in Eindhoven, and let them Wanton beheading and slaughter?"

Schulder Mosso, a well-known reporter of the Commonwealth Daily, still maintained his sharp writing style, bombarding Waters' formation without any scruples, but what he said was indeed true.

"I once said that the three-game winning streak made Ajax lose their minds, which caused them to lose 0-2 at home to their arch-rivals Feyenoord, but obviously, this did not make them sober. Van Prager is still immersed in his outdated fantasies, he is still fantasizing that he can promote a new Van Gaal from the youth team again!"

"Yes, promoting Van Gaal is the greatest choice he has made since he became the chairman of Ajax, but there is only one Van Gaal. Waters is not Van Gaal, and Westhoff will not be Van Gaal either. Now Ajax The environment that Jax is facing, the current football situation is completely different from that in 1991, even if Van Gaal returns now, he can’t bring Ajax any help.”

"Perhaps, it's time for Van Prager and the top management of Ajax to calm down and think about it!"

Compared with the attacks and comments from the outside world, the reports from the Amsterdam Corriere della Sera are relatively mild.

Their front page headlines are also this game, but they try hard to let everyone know that this is not the responsibility of one person or anyone, but the change of the times imposed on Ajax pain.

"Over the years, we have watched young players emerge one after another, but soon, we sent them away one after another. The X fighters are no more!"

"On the one hand, we see with our own eyes the players trained by our own youth training, one by one, switch to other teams with low transfer fees, or even no transfer fees. On the other hand, in order to retain players, we must improve the players At the same time, in order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the team, we need to work hard to recruit new players, coupled with the restrictions of the Eredivisie League, Ajax’s financial management is becoming more and more embarrassing. Whose fault can this be said?”

But the Corriere della Sera also mentioned the management's mistakes, that is, during the club's transformation process, the club invested in Cape Town Ajax in South Africa, advocated opening up the African market, and used cheap African players to fill the Bosman bill The resulting shock, the failure of the entire African program, further exacerbated the crisis in Ajax's operations.

"Many fans say that Ajax has reached the critical point of life and death, but the more this is the case, the more brave we should be, the more we should unite, and the less we should give up, isn't this the spirit of our Ajax people?"

"Before every dawn, there is always darkness. Before the Michels era, before the Van Gaal era, we were also in turmoil and sinking, but in the end we all survived. We have every reason to believe that this time is also the same!"

It can be seen that this comment by Corriere della Sera is more about thinking and looking at the problem from the perspective of an Ajax fan and for the sake of the Ajax club, and this comment It also resonated with many diehard Ajax fans in Amsterdam.

At the same time, in De Tokmost, Van Prager gathered all the first-team coaches in the meeting room of the first-team training building early in the morning, mainly to distribute the power of the next first-team, Stabilize the team.

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Ye Qiu is self-aware. He is only 25 years old and has only been in charge for less than a year. Ajax's distribution of power has nothing to do with him. Therefore, for Van Prager's promotion of Westhoff, he Not surprising at all, it was set up before the season, and Westerhoff has been Waters' shot in the arm.

He even thought that if it wasn't for Westhoff, Van Prager would have found someone from outside temporarily.

After the redistribution of power, Westerhoff served as the head coach of the first team. Although there is still an agent in front, everyone knows that if there are no major accidents, he will work until the end of the season. Likely to stay.

The youth team is still Westhoff's territory, and he has also obtained the transfer rights of Ajax. With the addition of the first team, Westhoff's power has increased a lot at once, and his position at the meeting He also sat across from Leo Benhak.

"For the club, the first and most important event is the centennial celebration!" Van Prager looked as if he had aged ten years after last night's forced palace, and his gray hair seemed to have increased , but with a determined face.

"Hans, what do you think?"

Westerhoff stood up. The most glorious moment in his life is today. Although he was the head coach in PSV Eindhoven before, he was not as powerful as he is now, and he didn't work for long. He fell down, and now he is the number one powerful faction in the Ajax athletic department.

"In my opinion, apart from the most important issue of the head coach's line-up in this game against PSV, another very important reason is the team's lineup, especially the lack of impact on the front line. If our striker has enough impact, then it is entirely possible for us to create a murderous opportunity at the beginning!"

After a pause, Westerhoff nodded again, "Of course, the problem in the defense line is not small, and signings are definitely needed!"

Van Prager turned to the director of the finance department sitting next to Bobby Harms. The latter also spoke and said that the club's finances are not very ideal, but it can do its best to support the first team signings. Come up with a $500 million transfer budget.

"Hans!" After listening to the report from the Ministry of Finance, Van Prager looked at Westerhoff.

"Harris Huizinger, I hope to introduce this center forward from Heerenveen, and then I hope to make appropriate signings in the defense!" Westerhoff said his thoughts.

"However, Harris? Huizinger's price is not cheap!" Bobby? Harms reminded.

As a veteran of the club, Super Bobby's influence in Ajax is extraordinary, and his words hit the nail on the head.

Huizinger has performed well in Heerenveen this season. If Ajax wants to introduce this center forward, it is impossible for Heerenveen to let him go without spending millions of dollars. Once all the transfer budget is allocated to Without Huizinger, how to sign in the defense?How to arrange?

"Currently our striker has two forwards, Mahras and Avilazze, which are barely enough, and there are two substitutes, Australian striker Culina and Hoekstra. Once it is released, there are many problems in the defense line!" Leo Benhak also gave his own opinion at this critical moment.

He is an old fox. What Van Prager hoped most was to see him take over as the head coach of the first team, but he also saw that Ajax was a mess, so he refused to agree. husband.

With Waters gone, the Westerhoffs are the only ones, so how can they listen to Leo Benhak?

"I heard that Kevin Hovland, the main central defender of Sittard Fortuna, has recently made a fuss about transferring. If he can be introduced, he will form a pair of strong central defenders with Virat and Keivu. .” Ye Qiu also felt that he should make some contribution.

As the saying goes, boats love fast boats, and they all work in Ajax. Although Ye Qiu was upset with Westerhoff, he didn't want Ajax to suffer, so he gave his own advice. .

The player Hovland is not very famous yet. Although he has performed very well in Sittard Fortuna this season, the price will not be too high. If he transfers in winter, he can get it for 200 million US dollars. You know, this player was famous in Europe later, and was once regarded as the most potential and powerful central defender in Europe. Even Ferguson and others favored him.

Of course, it's hard to say what happened to a person. Due to a series of reasons such as injuries, Hovland eventually failed to become a top European central defender, but at the very least, from this point of view, he is definitely a strong central defender worthy of introduction.

"I have also learned about Hovlan, the price is too high, and although the young player Kivu has a certain potential, I am not very optimistic about him, let him stay in your second team to practice!" Wei Wei Stoghoff looked at Ye Qiu with a dark look and said with a smile.

It could be seen from his eyes that he would look for opportunities to attack Ye Qiu anytime and anywhere.

"Whatever!" Ye Qiu shrugged, trying his best.

The others are not like Ye Qiu who is a time traveler. Of course they don't know the future of Hovlan and Keivu. Now Hovlan is just in his early days, and Kivu is a 19-year-old young player. In the Jax team, such a player will not attract much attention, unless it is a talent like Van der Vaart.

At the end of the meeting of the first team, Westerhof insisted on bringing in Huizinger. Van Prager could only express his willingness to consider trying to contact him, and then the meeting was hastily adjourned.

Anyone can see that Westerhof must reconsider any team left by Waters.

This is also normal, the emperor and the courtiers have always been like this in European football!
After the meeting was adjourned, Van Prager specially left Ye Qiu alone, which also made Westerhoff look at Ye Qiu somewhat strangely when he left, as if he was jealous and treated a gentleman with a villain's heart. He believed that Ye Qiu would tell his secrets behind his back.

This man, why is his mind so small?
Or, is this a power order?

"Suddenly I feel very tired!"

In the locker room where no one else came, Van Prager sighed deeply and said wearily.

Ye Qiu knew what was going on in his heart, but the one who really planted the root of this disaster was not Van Prager himself?
"It's an eventful time now!" Van Prager still pinned some hopes on Ye Qiu. Maybe it's because, in his heart, Ye Qiu resembles that person in many ways, extremely similar, " Three days later, for the match against Eindhoven, we must try our best to preserve the dignity of the club!"

It was foreseeable that even the first team was slaughtered 4:0 by Eindhoven, and the second team played, who would have hope for Ye Qiu's team?From the perspective of the club, as long as the loss is not too ugly, then it is very satisfied.

"I know how to do it!" Ye Qiu nodded. In the past month, he has been fully preparing for this game. He even arranged the team's training for this game. .

Kefu was transferred to the second team, which in Ye Qiu's view was to further enhance the strength of the second team.

Although this Romanian central defender is only 19 years old, he already has a lot of professional game experience and is also very strong, so Ajax will not hesitate to introduce him this summer with 250 million US dollars.

With him, Ye Qiu's plan has more leverage.

Van Prager looked at Ye Qiu, patted him on the shoulder, smiled and shook his head, "Unfortunately, you are too young!"

There are many things revealed in these words.

Before this year, Ye Qiu didn't have any coaching experience, and at the age of 25, people couldn't trust him.

But Van Prager thinks that someone is right. Ye Qiu's progress is too fast. He is like a sponge that absorbs the nutrients of professional football. Create surprises, bring surprises.

No one thought he could beat Westerhoff, but he did it in two months.

At the beginning, no one could have imagined that the second team of Ajax could kill the professional team of the Going Eagles, but he also did it unexpectedly, and even did it very well.

But Van Prager is a very pragmatic person. He feels that Ye Qiu is a rare talent, but it still needs time, training, and more and richer experience.

If he can accumulate a few more years of coaching experience like Van Gaal did back then; or if he can have a brilliant career like Waters, then he is the master who is enough to place high hopes on in Van Prager's mind. Coach Candidates.

Hearing what Van Prager said, Ye Qiu always kept a calm expression on his face. He also knew that European football is actually very particular about ranking seniority. Like Jekaard, without the slightest decent coaching experience, but suddenly became the head coach of a giant like the national team and Barcelona, ​​what did he rely on?
Isn't that a brilliant career?
Although everyone knows that an excellent professional player may not be an excellent head coach, but under similar conditions, everyone would rather choose a professional player than a non-professional player. This is a kind of seniority ranking. .

"There is a sentence that I don't know whether I should say it or not?" Ye Qiu hesitated, but finally decided to speak.

Van Prager laughed, "It's okay, just say it!"

"In my motherland, there is a saying that if the carrion is not dug up, it will only spread continuously, and eventually even the body will rot. Only by digging up the carrion can there be a chance to grow new meat!"

When talking about this, Ye Qiu smiled, "Perhaps digging up the rotten flesh will be painful, but that is temporary, and letting it rot away, the pain will last forever, so when necessary, you should be ruthless, Still have to be ruthless!"

Van Prager was a little surprised when he heard Ye Qiu's words, because Ye Qiu's rambling words were not talking about the current situation of Ajax?
There are a lot of so-called carrion, including the former veterans of the first team, who are living in retirement with high salaries, and the intrigue between the club management and the first team management. Aren't these all the carrion of Ajax?

"Thank you for your advice!" Van Prager understood what Ye Qiu meant.

"If it's okay, I'll go first!" Ye Qiu nodded, turned around and walked out of the meeting room.

Looking at the back of him leaving, Van Prager suddenly felt that although he looked very young, he was not the kind of person who was completely ignorant. The hesitant balance began to tilt.

Of course he didn't know that Ye Qiu said these words mainly because in his memory, one of the most important reasons why Ajax was able to rise in the previous life was that they began to vigorously promote young stars and reorganized the team. A vibrant Ajax youth guard.

It was also because of this, and Ye Qiu's understanding of Ajax in the past six months, that he made such a suggestion to Van Prager.

From Ye Qiu's point of view, he tried his best, and whether he accepts it or not has nothing to do with him.

(End of this chapter)