The Godfather of Football

It takes about 10 minutes to take the highway from Diemen to Detokmost.

Hleb drove his Mercedes-Benz CL from the southeast exit of the A2 highway, turned to Arena Stadium, and drove slowly into Detok Most. Since it was early, the parking lot was still empty. .

The parking lot at Detok Most is divided. The first team has its own parking lot, while the coaching staff and staff usually park in one area, and the players have their own exclusive parking spaces. There is already a tacit understanding.

Looking at the past, there are many Mercedes-Benz. This is because Mercedes-Benz Netherlands Headquarters announced not long ago that it has become a sponsor of Ajax. Although their sponsorship project is only to provide Ajax buses of all ages, the club receives In terms of welcome cars, etc., club staff and players receive considerable discounts when purchasing cars.

Because of this, many Ajax players and staff changed their cars, many of them to Mercedes-Benz. Even Roland sold the red and sexy POLO that had been with him for several years and replaced it with a Mercedes-Benz. Coupe.

Many players regard this as an additional benefit, because in the entire Netherlands, only Ajax can enjoy such treatment, and this should also be thanked to Eliza Moon, who represented Ajax. negotiations, which could help Ajax save a lot of money a year.

And I heard that Ajax is currently negotiating with ABN Amro, the largest bank in the Netherlands. It has sponsored Ajax since 1991. However, in the years after Ajax won the Champions League, it has always been in a difficult situation. There is turmoil, and sponsorship fees have not kept up with the pace of development. It is still at the level of 1996 and can no longer keep up with other teams.

It is reported that Van Praag entrusted the sponsorship management rights to Eliza Moon's company, and Eliza quickly formulated a plan to further expand Ajax's sponsorship. business scope, which will greatly increase Ajax’s operating income.

As the team's performance gradually improves, everything in Ajax is also thriving.

Eliza Moon is a very, very outstanding strong woman. The company she runs now has a very close cooperative relationship with Ajax. She not only helps Ajax achieve a series of commercial income, but also He has become the agent of more and more Ajax players.

Ibrahimovic, Lucio, Gilberto Silva, Van der Vaart, Sneijder, Kivu, Keita, Robben... Ajax went up to the first team and down to the youth training Almost all of the budding rookies in the camp are players under Eliza Moon's company, and each of them has received a lot of extra income from a series of business plans launched by Eliza Moon's company. And most importantly, the service this company provides to its players is very attentive.

At present, many other players in the Netherlands have joined Eliza Moon, such as Feyenoord's Van Persie and PSV Eindhoven's Van Bommel. Their business has spread to the entire Netherlands, and it is said that they are gradually going out. Netherlands.

After Hleb opened the door and got out of the car, he stood in the parking space and looked at the first team training ground not far away and the second team's new home stadium which was being built in full swing next door. He felt that everything was the same as what he had done more than a year ago. When I first came to Ajax, it was completely different.

The new home stadium of the second team will be called the Cruyff Stadium to commemorate the football saint who once made brilliant achievements in Ajax. According to the cooperation between Ajax and sponsor Adidas, the first team and Cruyff Stadium In the middle of the Ruyff Stadium, an Adidas Sports Center will be built, which will bring together a series of advanced and unique training equipment and technologies to help the first team and youth teams, the most famous of which are some sports measurement and analysis systems provided by Adidas.

You know, Adidas is the most advanced in the world in these aspects.

"Why are you standing here in a daze?"

While Hleb was sitting in the parking space in a daze, team captain Edwin van der Sar also drove in a Mercedes, slowly parked in, got out of the car, and asked with a smile.

"Nothing!" Hleb shook his head. He also felt that sometimes he was really sentimental. Even though there was nothing necessary, he always seemed to be full of melancholy. Wasn't he asking for trouble for himself?

"The changes are really big!" Van der Sar followed Hleb's eyes and looked over, which happened to be the construction site of the second team's home stadium and sports center. "I still remember that when we just moved from the Olympic Stadium, there was nothing here. , but now...if this series of supporting facilities are completed, we will be a first-class, even the most advanced training base in Europe."

Not only that, Ajax also has a piece of land north of the Arena Stadium. According to the plan submitted by Eliza Moon, it will be built into the Ajax Fitness Center, dedicated to To attract people from all walks of life who are interested in football, sports and fitness, we adopt a membership system and arrange professional coaches for guidance.

This will also form part of Ajax's future revenue and profits.

Hleb looked at Van der Sar and smiled, "More than a year ago, when I and others joined the team, we were just a group of unknown little characters. No one knew us. I remember, that The boss paid 150,000 euros for me..."

When he said this, Hleb said with a bit of self-deprecation, "That's a huge price for me!"

Van der Sar is the captain of the team. From some information provided by Ye Qiu and the coaching staff, he also learned about Hleb. It is said that in order to help this player, Ajax not only brought his family to Amsterdam, but also allowed his younger brother to enter the Ajax Youth Training Camp. These were all supervised by Ye Qiu himself.

"Are you still angry?" Van der Sar looked at Hleb's expression seriously.

To be honest, in front of so many people, he was picked up by Ye Qiu in public and severely scolded. Although Ye Qiu was out of angering Hleb to make him perform better, it is inevitable that the player is angry in his heart.

"Not angry!" Hleb shook his head, "I was angry during that game, but after the game, I went home and thought about it seriously, and I wasn't angry anymore."

After hearing this, Van der Sar patted Hleb on the shoulder and nodded, "The boss is a bit too much, but sometimes we have to think about him. If we can't beat Eindhoven, we will be very passive and may even lose this most critical period of the schedule, so the boss is under a lot of pressure."

Hleb nodded, "Don't worry, captain, I understand!"

Looking up, looking at the construction site in the distance, it changes almost every day, "More than a year, everyone has changed, Zlatan is no longer the guy who was too poor to buy gas more than a year ago, now he is worth tens of millions of euros, very rich, and Seydou, Rafael and Arjen..."

"Everyone has changed, only I am still standing still!" Hleb said a little sadly.

In the past year, among this group of players in the Ajax team, he has changed the least and made the least progress.

"Be bold and brave, we are a team, we will all support you and help you!" Van der Sar said.

As the captain of the team, Van der Sar is not the type of Keane or Vieira. It is difficult for him to show the captain's leadership temperament of Keane and Vieira on the court, but he can do what Keane and Vieira cannot do, that is, off the court, he can use his experience to help and lead this group of young teammates.

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After playing against PSV Eindhoven, Ajax became the top favorite for the new season's Eredivisie championship, and was unanimously praised and affirmed by the entire Dutch media. At least Ajax is the only team that can make PSV Eindhoven look bad in the past few years, even Feyenoord can't do it.

It is reported that Gretz has been sentenced to death by the PSV Eindhoven management. Even if he wins the championship this time, he can't save his future in PSV Eindhoven. He will definitely be dismissed, but there is no clear candidate for who will replace Gretz. After all, it will take until after the season to be determined.

It is reported that famous Dutch coaches such as Advocaat, Hiddink, and Ronald Koeman are all under consideration by PSV Eindhoven.

Ye Qiu is not very interested in the news from PSV Eindhoven. He is very busy now because he not only has to deal with the intensive schedule, but also has to participate in some management projects of Ajax.

At this moment, he took advantage of the team's training time to attend a club high-level meeting at the Arena Stadium.

In order to accommodate Ye Qiu's time, this meeting was even delayed to nearly noon, which has never happened before. It can be seen that Van Praag attaches more and more importance to Ye Qiu, and the status of Chinese in Ajax's management is also getting higher and higher.

This meeting is mainly about integrating the club's sponsor resources.

Ye Qiu sat next to Van Praag, listening to Eliza, who was dressed in OL clothes, on the podium, cooperating with the projector, talking about some of her plans and details. He had to admit that this was a woman with both wisdom and beauty. At least her ability is beyond doubt.

Another focus of the meeting was to discuss the specific arrangements for the summer trip to Asia after the World Cup.

Ye Qiu was not opposed to the trip to Asia, because he never felt that where the training camp was arranged would affect the club's preparations. What really affected the club's preparations was the club's specific arrangements. Whether it was business-oriented or preparations-oriented was the key.

As the team's head coach, Ye Qiu always insisted that preparations should be the priority.

"The current situation of the team is not optimistic. We are not afraid of PSV Eindhoven, but this does not mean that our strength is outstanding. We are not very competitive in the European arena, so I don't want the Asian trip to affect the team's preparations for the new season, because that will definitely affect the team's performance."

"In fact, it is not just the Asian trip next summer. I hope the club can also focus on the training after the winter break this year. I think we should go to a quieter place for training, which is very important for the team's sprint in the second half."

After defeating PSV Eindhoven, many people felt that Ajax seemed to have won the game, but Ye Qiu had to remain calm and rational at this time, because he knew that the league was still quite long.

Van Praag also understood Ye Qiu's worries. In order to accommodate the World Cup, the Dutch Football Association compressed the schedule very tightly. In addition, Ajax had to play in the Champions League and the Dutch Cup, which could be said to be a three-line battle. The pressure was very high. If one was not handled well, it might lead to the team's total collapse.

"Don't worry, I will personally supervise this!" Leo Benhakker assured.

He has now completely handed over all the power in the competitive field to Ye Qiu, and he holds the title of technical director. In fact, he serves as a communication bridge between the management and the head coach, and is also responsible for managing Ajax. Provide some necessary opinions at the competitive level when formulating policies.

Since the previous in-depth contacts, Ye Qiu's view of Leo Benhak has changed a lot. At least the latter has successfully changed Ye Qiu's impression of him fighting for power, and now Leo Benhak He does a good job in the Ajax management and is very supportive of Ye Qiu's work, and the relationship between the two parties has become very harmonious.

"I also heard some news!"

Ye Qiu's solemn expression attracted the attention of everyone present.

"I know that the team has performed well in European competitions, and many teams are paying close attention to our players. I do not deny that some teams are indeed very attractive to our players..."

The Eredivisie is always just the Eredivisie. Who among professional players would not want to go to a higher level to prove themselves?

No matter how high Ye Qiu's prestige is among the players, he can never stop the players from pursuing higher dreams. Therefore, to a certain extent, Ye Qiu is mentally prepared to lose some players. , but he still has to continue working hard to ensure the integrity of the team's overall tactical structure to the greatest extent.

This is a very contradictory paradox. As long as the team performs well in the European competition, it will definitely be tempted by the top league teams. This is a natural flaw of the Eredivisie league, and Ye Qiu cannot stop it no matter what.

"I hope that for every transfer transaction, I can get first-hand information, even if it is just the intention, because I hope to ensure the integrity of the team to the greatest extent, and as long as the integrity and stability of the team's lineup can be guaranteed , give me another year, and I will definitely make the team shine in the European arena!”

Ye Qiu is very inexperienced in this year's Champions League, and the players are also inexperienced. However, with the accumulation and experience of the two rounds of group matches this season, Ye Qiu believes that the team's performance will get better and better, and he can feel it. The current momentum of progress is very good.

Last season in the Eredivisie, the team improved very quickly. This season, Ye Qiu is worried that after the novelty is lost, and the level of the Eredivisie itself is not high enough, the players' progress will slow down. But now through European competitions With the stimulation, the players' progress has always maintained a momentum of steady improvement.

With the strength of Ajax's players, Ye Qiu is not afraid of any team in the Eredivisie, including PSV.

The meeting finally ended with a series of requests from Ye Qiu and a series of clear promises from Van Praage. This was equivalent to unifying the message from top to bottom and coordinating the cooperation between various departments.

After the meeting, the club still didn't care about the food, so Ye Qiu could only take Eliza to the Golden Slender Man's place in Arena Stadium to eat.

Ye Qiu was full of praise for Eliza's performance in the meeting just now, but the Dutch-French mixed-race person seemed a little dissatisfied. With a charming and lazy attitude, he shook his head, "It's a pity, I'm so busy." I have learned so much, but I still work for others!”

Ye Qiu somewhat understood Eliza's difficulties. She had complained to Ye Qiu before. If Ajax was willing to give her more power, she would definitely be able to run the club even better, but now she He is just a partner of Ajax and does not have much actual power.

"Hey!" Eliza's mind was very active and she suddenly thought of something. She stretched out her jade finger and poked Ye Qiu's hand, "Let's just buy a club by ourselves. I will be responsible for running it and you will be responsible for coaching. You see How about it?"

After hearing this, Ye Qiu was overjoyed at first. He wanted to own his own club, no longer work for others, and be the boss of his own country. This was also Ye Qiu's long-cherished wish. Eliza also knew about it, so her proposal was indeed very interesting. Tempting, but the problem is...

"My eldest lady, where is the money?" Ye Qiu asked with a wry smile.

After hearing this, Eliza curled her lips playfully, "It doesn't cost much to buy a club in the Netherlands now, it's very cheap!"

"I either don't do it, or I have to be the best!"

Eliza was a little surprised, but immediately laughed, this was the Ye Qiu she knew.

"Four major leagues?" She also looked excited.

"You don't have a few hundred million to play with, young lady!" Ye Qiu reminded.

"It seems that you have your own plans," Eliza is also a smart person, and she can hear the overtones of Ye Qiu's words from his tone, "It doesn't matter, I will sell it to you for the rest of my life, so just continue. I'm working for you, but we have to agree, I won't miss my share of the seventy-three points!" That coquettish and arrogant look was extremely moving.

Ye Qiu was already used to this side of her. This girl was very good at taking advantage of women's natural advantages. She smiled and said nothing.

"By the way, tell me, what are you planning to do next?"

"Come on, when did you become so nosy?" Ye Qiu said as if he looked down on you, "You must have watched too many dramas, and your thoughts have become like those of the male and female protagonists, including business secrets. Don’t you understand?”

"Go!" Eliza poked him fiercely, "You are the only one who still wants to keep trade secrets?" But she didn't ask any more questions.

Since she met Ye Qiu, Eliza felt that Ye Qiu was very organized and planned. He was not as radical or reckless as he seemed. So she really had a hunch that Ye Qiu would either not do it or try to do it to the best of his ability.

And all she had to do was to help him and wait and see!