Chapter 102 Faction Disputes
The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands, second only to Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Although the capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, the Dutch central government, the queen's palace, and even all government agencies, foreign embassies and the Supreme Court are in The Hague, which makes The Hague the political center of the Netherlands.
At this moment, in The Hague, Dick Edvorkat, who had just begun the summer holiday, was having dinner with Ajax's director Corner. When the latter heard that Dick Edvorkat had returned to the Netherlands, he immediately contacted him.
The performance of the Wanderers this season is not ideal. The Suzhou Super League has only 12 teams. According to the competition system, they will first play three-round games, and then divide the first and the last 6 into the championship group and the relegation group to compete separately. In the end, each team will play 38 rounds.
According to the final points, the Wanderers were 15 points behind the Celtics. Under the leadership of Martin O'Neal, the Celtics were the best in the Serie A Premier League. Relatively speaking, the Wanderers' results were much worse, and in four games against the Celtics, the Wanderers had 1 win and 3 losses, which could almost be said to be a complete defeat.
This made Edvorkat seem a little disheartened and finally decided to leave the position of the Wanderers head coach, while the club was trying to keep him as the team's technical director, and he was still considering this. In this case, Corner called him in the name of Ajax.
"Hello, Mr. Edvorkat!" Corner is a lawyer and is used to seeing all kinds of people. He knows very clearly how to leave a good impression in the shortest time, especially when facing people he values.
Edvocart has a certain status in Dutch football. He was once an assistant coach personally identified by Michels during his time in the Dutch national team. He has been praised by Michels more than once. This can be seen from the fact that Michels was in charge of the Dutch national team for the second time, and he couldn't wait to introduce Edvocart as his assistant again.
Then Michels did not perform well, and Edvocart took action at a critical moment, leading the Netherlands to the 1994 World Cup finals, and later led the team to the quarterfinals in the World Cup finals. Then coached Eindhoven, which is considered to be the behind-the-scenes driver of Eindhoven's glory in recent years. When he went to Glasgow Rangers, he also performed very well.
It is this series of past achievements that make Kornar always regard Edvokat as one of the most ideal candidates for the position of Ajax coach, especially the unqualified Ye Qiu with a Dutch coach. Who can say what?
Edvocart is a very steady person and pays great attention to demeanor in private, so when he appears in front of outsiders, he always looks like a gentleman with self-respect and self-respect, which makes him have a good reputation in the Dutch football circle.
The two met, and after a while, sat down, ordered the meal, and Corner began to get to the point.
"Mr. Edvorkat, we Ajax have always admired your coaching ability. You know, over the past two or three years, Ajax has encountered unprecedented turmoil and troughs, which has disappointed us, the management and the fans, and we all hope to change the situation at the moment."
I have to say that Kornar is a lawyer and has no eloquence, especially with his expression, which is very convincing and makes people easily have an impression of him that everything is for Ajax.
"As far as I know, Mr. Kornar, Ajax performed very well this season. Even in the Soviet Super League, I have heard some reporters and newspapers comment on Ajax, and they all affirmed it, especially the head coach."
"You said Ye Qiu?" Corner didn't like hearing this name.
Edvoka smiled, "Yes, I heard that it's very young, but very capable!"
"He can't compare with you, Mr. Edvocart!" Kornar smiled and flattered: "You are the champion coach and have won many championships, but he has only two Dutch Cups so far. We at Ajax are all worried about his coaching ability. After all, we are too young and need to be honed!"
Edvocart nodded. He was not very clear about this, because it was related to Ajax, but he did not deny that the young head coach needed to be tempered. After all, Ye Qiu was only 26 years old. Where can I find a Dutch Eredivisie giant who was 26 years old to lead Ajax?
This is not to say that Edvorkat has any prejudice against Ye Qiu, but because the profession of the head coach is different from that of the players and other professions of football. This is a very necessary experience, and also has excellent ability to adapt and handle things. Otherwise, how can a head coach handle all kinds of problems that arise in dozens of players in a season?
In Edvorkat's opinion, no matter how outstanding Ye Qiu's ability is, he is only 26 years old and is not a professional player. He will definitely lack experience, and even lack professional ability.
How could he know that Ye Qiu's shortcomings in these aspects have been greatly improved in the past two years with the help of the Godfather's training system. Perhaps it is still a shortcoming for the first-class head coach in Europe, but coaching Ajax is at least qualified, and he has always been working hard to make himself progress.
You should know that the Godfather’s system of learning houses and those sold in the shops are basically the essence of every head coach’s lifelong experience. Ye Qiu’s ability to see these and understand and study them is of great help to his ability improvement.
From a tactical perspective alone, Ye Qiu may not necessarily lose to Edvorkat.
"I wonder if Mr. Edvocart has ever thought about coming back to coach in the Netherlands?" Kornar asked with concern.
Edvocart did not deny it, nodding, "Returning to the Netherlands is indeed a huge attraction to me."
In recent years, there can be said that there are many new players in the Dutch Ligue. There are Dutch local rookies like Van Marvik and Koeman, as well as foreign coaches like Ye Qiu and Gretz, as well as Edvorkat and Hiddink, a few head coaches who have made a name for themselves, all of whom are eager to prove themselves on a wider stage, so they have never returned to China.
But this does not mean that Dutch football is not attractive to them. On the contrary, one of the important reasons why they did not come back is that their vision is too high. Except for giants like Ajax and Eindhoven, who can move them?
"Are you interested in coaching Ajax?" After hearing this, Corner was very satisfied with Edvokat's answer.
"Teacher Ajax?" Edvokat was a little surprised.
You should know that in Dutch football, Eindhoven and Ajax have become two factions that do not violate the river. Eindhoven's head coaches such as Edvokat, Hiddink and others. No matter how bad Ajax's situation is and how much the outside media spread, Ajax's board of directors has never considered them.
By the same token, Eindhoven also gave the same attitude to head coaches from Ajax such as Van Gaal, Cruyff, Adriansey, because there are huge differences between the concepts of these two clubs.
Looking at Edvokat and Hiddink, and then looking at Van Gaal, Adrianser, Cruyff and others, it is not difficult to see that the head coaches from the Ajax faction tend to attack more, while the head coaches from Eindhoven are more conservative, which leads to the head coaches between the two factions not convinced each other and compete with each other.
But one thing is clear, that is, Ajax hardly considers the head coach of the Eindhoven department, and the contrary is the case.
Edvorkat had been puzzled by Kornar calling himself, but he still came. Now he has made an invitation in person. Edvorkat is really surprised, but he has to admit that this is an opportunity.
Success can greatly improve his position in Dutch football.
For Kornar, it is not necessarily impossible for Edvocat to enter Arena Stadium, because Edvocat is regarded as Michels' direct disciple, who has twice joined the Dutch national team and invited him as an assistant. If this is used to convince Ajax fans, it may not be impossible.
But it is certain that if Edvokat takes over Ajax and breaks the opposition between the Ajax faction and the Eindhoven faction, Ajax will definitely be ridiculed by Eindhoven.
However, Kohnner, who is not very familiar with football, obviously never thought about this, he cares about interests!
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For some reason, the scene of Corner meeting with Edvokat was filmed by a reporter from The Hague, Netherlands, and appeared on the front pages of major newspapers in the Netherlands the next day, and all the reporters and media paid attention to it.
"The young general entered Arena Stadium?"
"Ajax's new coach - Edvocart!"
"Eindhoven's direct lineage captured Amsterdam!"
There is no doubt that the last title must have come from the report of Eindhoven Daily, but it can be imagined that the whole of the Netherlands was surprised by this meeting. Is Ajax really planning to invite Edvokat to coach?
"If Edvokat really enters Arena Stadium, this should be the first time since Eindhoven competed with Ajax, the head coach who coached Ajax, which will inevitably arouse the indignation and resistance of traditional Ajax fans, because Ajax does not need Eindhoven's people to save!"
"In fact, from this season, Ajax's performance is not bad, and it can even be said to be amazing. Ye Qiu's team's performance has brought people a huge surprise, especially in the second half, we are very surprised, why did the club's management resolutely choose to change coaches when the team is facing a major transformation?"
"Change coaches means to push back and start over. At that time, Edvocart will inevitably introduce some of his own players. At that time, where will the group of young but extraordinary young players left by Ye Qiu go?"
Shuld Moso, a famous reporter from the Joint Daily, also wrote an article in person, "If the Ajax management really gives up Ye Qiu and choose Edvokat, then I would think that this is the biggest mistake Ajax has made in the past decade and will inevitably become one of the stupidest decisions in Ajax's history!"
"Let's see what major European mainstream media affirmed Ajax's performance this season. Even the World Sports Daily, which claims to be the mouthpiece of Barcelona, has affirmed Ye Qiu's Ajax, believing that Ferrer should be careful of this young Chinese, but in Amsterdam, we don't trust our head coach at all!"
"I feel very sorry for this. There is news that this is the board of directors' own decision and does not mean management. Then I can't help but wonder whether the club is the board of directors managing it, or the office of Arena Stadium is managing it?"
"Two years ago, we made a mistake and fired Olsen. After that, the team encountered the lowest trough in decades. In this bleak situation, Ye Qiu's second team became everyone's hope, and he eventually led the team to the Dutch Cup, which proves that although he is young, he is a head coach worthy of everyone's trust!"
"This season, his team firmly ranks second in the league, and even almost pushed the champion Eindhoven off the throne, won the Dutch Cup, and reached the League Cup final. I don't know why, when did Ajax's ambition become so great that such honors could not satisfy Ajax?"
"If so, it must be that Ajax has a problem. If not, then we can't help but want to ask, why did this turn out? And we should all be very clear that when a head coach is still in office, secretly contacting other head coaches is a humiliation to the current head coach!"
"Perhaps it's time for all Ajax people to reflect on themselves!"
Ye Qiu, who was concentrating on preparing for the war in Amsterdam, also received the news as soon as possible, which was the news that Eliza sent to him.
"We must fight back at this time!" Ye Qiu had enough of the bastard directors, and he decided to fight back!
Eliza also supported his decision, "But at present you have to concentrate on preparing for the League Cup. Leave this matter to me. You can stabilize the team and win this championship is more important than anything else. As for counterattack, don't worry, leave it to me!"
Eliza is now more and more experienced in dealing with such things. She knows very clearly that Ajax's morale cannot be chaotic at present. If he cannot get the League Cup, Ye Qiu will have even fewer chips, so the key is to stabilize the morale of the army.
Moreover, Ye Qiu is not suitable for coming forward, because as soon as he comes forward, he says he dies and there is no way out. Therefore, the ideal thing is to come forward by the agent and she will fight back on behalf of Ye Qiu.
At noon that day, Eliza was interviewed by a reporter from the Amsterdam Evening Post.
"I feel very angry about Ajax's behavior of private contact with Adevokat. This is a huge insult to Mr. Ye Qiu, because he has not left the position of Ajax's head coach. Given Ajax's behavior, we feel it is difficult for us to accept. I believe that Mr. Ye Qiu is the same. We will start to consider termination of the three-year contract with Ajax early!"
At the same time, Eliza also said in an interview that Ye Qiu is not short of teams that are interested.
"I find it hard to understand the statement that many people think that Ye Qiu is young and lacks coaching experience. At least we are not short of interested teams at hand. Among them are big-name teams such as Valencia in La Liga, other teams in La Liga, and several Premier League teams, all of whom are interested in Mr. Ye Qiu."
"I understand Mr. Ye Qiu's feelings for Ajax very much. He has devoted a lot of effort to this team in the past two years, and the results are obvious to everyone. But it is obvious that he has not received the respect he deserves here, which disappoints him. We will be very serious about reconsidering your future choices after the season ends!"
Eliza's words on the phone immediately caused an uproar in Amsterdam.
It is no secret that Ye Qiu has attracted the attention of other teams. It has been rumored that Villarreal, the downstream team in La Liga, is interested in Ye Qiu, as well as Manchester City, which has been relegated to the English League One this season and Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League. These teams are either dissatisfied with their current results or want to change their head coach for some reason, and Ye Qiu has become one of their candidates.
Of course, being interested does not mean that Ye Qiu will definitely be invited to coach, but at least, Ye Qiu and Eliza can now be used as a bargaining or even a powerful bargaining chip to put pressure on Ajax.
Ye Qiu was depressed by his involuntary experience over the past two years. He wanted to win back some initiative now, at least he would have to suppress the board of directors. Korna and others who wanted to see him leave Ajax in shame.
The words from Ye Qiu's agent soon appeared in real-time news from major media websites in the Netherlands and TV stations, which immediately aroused the response of Ajax fans. Most of them were disappointed and even angry at the actions of the club management.
In the eyes of fans, they were not satisfied with Ye Qiu at the beginning of the season, but as the season deepened and the team's current achievements made them completely change their views on Ye Qiu and his team. They have now begun to believe that Ajax can be revived in Ye Qiu's hands, just like Van Gaal back then.
But when the fans rekindled their hopes, the board of directors went to do such a thing, and the fans were disappointed and even angry. It can be imagined that they all knew very well that the club was sorry for Ye Qiu in this matter.
The League Cup final is about to come, but such news broke out at this time. It is considered to be a lighter to call Corner by calling him a troublemaker. To be serious, he can even be said to be a traitor and a Barcelona spy.
In the Amsterdam Evening Post questionnaire, except for a very small number of extreme fans, all other fans were dissatisfied with the club's actions and believed that Ye Qiu should be kept. In addition, after he received the news, Van Prager accepted an interview as soon as possible to clarify that Kornar's actions were personal behavior and did not represent the decision of Ajax's management.
During the interview, Van Prager was also dissatisfied with the extraordinary words and deeds of some directors, believing that the team should make power adjustments at appropriate times.
Chapter completed!