Chapter 110
Eliza's Audi TT steadily drove from the internal passage into the parking lot below the west side of Arena Stadium.
There were countless Ajax fans gathered in the entire Arena Stadium. When they saw Ye Qiu appear, the audience cheered. Everyone was moved and shouted Ye Qiu's name. Many reporters and media pointed the camera at Ye Qiu and Eliza beside him.
Outside, there is a vague report that Ye Qiu and Eliza are in a relationship.
Previously, Ye Qiu beat Huyzinger at the youth training camp in DeTok Most, who revealed that Ye Qiu beat him for a woman, and the media dug up that the woman was Eliza Moon. Then there were several cocktail parties and events, and Ye Qiu also appeared with Eliza, which made many people misunderstand it.
Ye Qiu clarified it once, but there was no effect at all, so he gave up.
"You are definitely one of the most influential head coaches in the Eredivisie!" As he walked up the stairs on the second floor, Eliza said with a smile, "Looking at those Ajax fans, you're going crazy!"
Ye Qiu walked in front and smiled, "If I hadn't won the League Cup, would you say this still be the case?"
Eliza curled her lips funnyly. She felt that even if there was no League Cup, there would still be many fans supporting him, but the number would not be so large, but she didn't say this.
"I heard that the parade has not come back yet. It seems that you have really escaped!"
Ye Qiu laughed loudly. He was a fan in his previous life and always felt that taking the championship around the city should be a very enjoyable thing, but when you really get on that convertible bus and slowly climbing in the city under the congestion of all the fans in the city, you will definitely feel depressed and encounter a traffic jam on the Second Ring Road of Beijing.
The parade should have been out for two or three hours, but it has not come back yet. You can imagine how congested it is!
At the beginning, you will definitely feel new, proud, and exciting, but it will be blocked, which will make you crazy.
It is because of this reason that Ye Qiu doesn't like to participate in the city parade. He also righteously found an excuse that he couldn't be better, that is, let the players accept praise from the fans. The head coach was a bit disgraceful.
The two walked into the administrative office one by one, and the front desk saw them long ago.
"Mr. Ye Qiu, Chairman and others are waiting for you in the small conference room!"
Ye Qiu went straight to a small conference room next to Van Prager's office, which was specially prepared to hold small meetings for various departments. Now the meeting room is full of Ajax's new core management.
As early as the morning, Van Prager announced the reorganization of the board of directors. A group of so-called spokespersons including Kornar were expelled from the Ajax board of directors. Kornar was even deprived of Ajax's membership and would never be able to enter Ajax again.
Instead, Van Prager selected five directors from all shareholders to form an advisory group. Among them are former members of the Dutch Football Discipline Committee, former bank executives, and Ajax's current chairman Van Prager, who is responsible for overseeing Ajax's operations and finances.
As for others, I’m sorry, go as your shareholders, stop meddling and pointing fingers.
When Ye Qiu walked in, he glanced at the conference room and found that all five directors were there, and the first team assistant coach Bobby Hams and the team's technical director Leo Benhack were all on the list. It was obvious that this was not just an internal meeting of the directors, but also some plans for Ajax in the new season.
"Hello, Mr. Ye Qiu!"
As soon as Ye Qiu walked in, the director who was closest to him immediately stood up and reached out with a smile, full of politeness.
It seems that these should be Van Prague's own people!
Ye Qiu responded politely and sat down in the empty seat on the left side of Van Prag and Bobby Hams. Eliza Moon was just a partner of the team. She failed to attend the internal meeting and went directly to the Ministry of Commerce where someone would talk to her.
"In the morning, we finalized the candidates and list of the five-person board of directors and also determined the scope of authority. In the afternoon, I hope to take this opportunity to have a good talk with you, especially in the field of competitive activities. I firmly support Mr. Ye Qiu to continue to stay!" Van Prag's opening will bring an end to Ye Qiu's future discussion.
Van Pragg's words were also recognized by the directors. In this way, it was very simple and easy, without any suspense. Ye Qiu continued to be Ajax's head coach, but Van Pragg obviously knew that Ye Qiu must have his own ideas.
"Ye Qiu, tell me!" Van Prag looked at Ye Qiu.
Ye Qiu thought for a while, "I am willing to stay in Ajax, but I hope to get a promise."
Van Prag looked at everyone around him and nodded, "You said."
"I have only one goal to stay in Ajax, that is, to lead this young team to maturity and to higher glory. Our goal for the next season is the Eredivisie championship. We will completely push Eindhoven off the throne, and we will also participate in the European Champions League."
Ajax won the second in the league this season, Feyenoord won the third in the league, and Eindhoven, who won the championship, became three teams to enter the Champions League. Ajax is also the League Cup champion and will definitely receive a lot of attention. After all, this young guard has performed very well in the past season.
"The European Champions League is becoming more and more important in European teams, not only because it is the core event in European football, but also because it can bring huge benefits to the team. But our goal is not just to participate in the Champions League, but I also hope to lead the team to show our competitiveness in European competitions."
Ye Qiu's promise was recognized by everyone present. No one would think that Ajax has the strength to win the championship, because the Champions League has completely become an oligarchy game for giants, but everyone believes that Ajax can show his competitiveness in the European arena, and even have the chance to become an upset and go further.
"We are a young team. I know that the advantages of the four major leagues are obvious. If they want to poach, it is difficult for us to refuse, but I hope the board of directors can give me enough power to operate player transfers, because I know better than anyone else, the value of this group of players at present!"
When Ye Qiu said this, everyone felt that he was referring to Arsenal's inquiry against Ibrahimovic not long ago. Although it was just a test, Ajax did not explicitly refuse, which made people imagine.
"Ibrahimovic is only 19 years old. How much can I sell now? 12 million euros are the best, but I firmly believe that if I give him another two or three years to grow, the transfer fee will increase by two or three times, and he will continue to stay in the team, which will ensure the team's combat effectiveness. I think this transaction is very cost-effective!"
Just as Ye Qiu finished speaking, a director interrupted, "I agree with your statement very much, Mr. Ye Qiu, but we must consider, what if the players' attitudes tend toward Arsenal?"
"Sell!" Ye Qiu replied without hesitation, "I don't like to force people. If he wants to go to Arsenal, I will definitely sell it, but I can guarantee that I can convince him to stay, not only him, but other players are the same, but the premise is that I don't want to appear. When I am having fun playing on the stage here, someone will tear my stage behind my back!"
Leo Benhack has been very low-key recently. When Ye Qiu's team shines, he even gives people the feeling that he is missing. Generally, he rarely sees him except for meetings, but this time, he also responds to Ye Qiu.
"I think Ye Qiu's statement is worth considering. The importance of the head coach in a team will become higher and higher. The reason why Ye Qiu's team can show strong combat effectiveness is because it is formed by Ye Qiu's will. Assuming that the management destroys this situation, I believe that any head coach will find it difficult to bring out results."
After a meal, Leo Benhack said, "And I am very optimistic about the current Ajax team, which is not inferior to the one from the Van Gaal period, and is worthy of entrusting the heavy responsibility. I even think we should put forward higher expectations for them!"
Leo Benhack is also the No. 1 best figure in European football. Everyone present was surprised when he said this, but it was not difficult to guess after thinking about it again, because the current Ajax team is young, but has extraordinary strength.
"If any team wants to maintain competitiveness and combat effectiveness, the stability of the lineup must be considered. I also support Ye Qiu!" Bobby Hams also spoke. At least the reason why Van Gaal was able to bring out the Ajax that swept Europa was due to how many years of accumulation?
"I agree!" Van Prag also voted for support.
No one would object at all at once, and the advisory group agreed. From this moment on, Ye Qiu became the undisputed number one powerhouse in the Ajax competitive field, and his power even spread to the entire competitive field.
After receiving this promise, Ye Qiu really decided to stay in Ajax.
"This season, the team won the League Cup, which not only helped the team get a considerable bonus, but also created huge profits for the team. In addition, the transfer surplus from last season, we can provide the team with a transfer budget of more than 20 million euros this season!"
When it comes to finance, Van Prager has to admire Ye Qiu's ability.
Last season, Ajax's cleaning and restructuring seemed to be very effective, but in fact he didn't invest much. The players sold brought generous transfer income. By comparison, the club gained an additional large transfer surplus.
If everyone was more suspicious about Ye Qiu's transfer surplus at the beginning of the season, thinking that Ajax's combat power would inevitably decline rapidly and might even be in a relegation situation, then by the end of the season, Ajax became the runner-up in the league and won the League Cup and the Dutch Cup, which undoubtedly surprised everyone.
But this is only part of the income brought by Ye Qiu, and part of it comes from the League Cup.
The total prize money for winning the League Cup is actually not much, only more than 5 million euros, which is quite a lot for Ajax, but compared with the prize money for winning the League Cup, Ajax created income for Ajax far exceeding the prize money for winning the League on just the match day. In addition to the broadcast fee, you can imagine how much benefit you will have.
The reason why all teams participating in European events care about European events is that they not only have generous bonuses, but also have game day income. Especially for those giant teams with a hot home market, playing an extra European event often means an additional income of several million euros, which is so terrible!
The transfer surplus, coupled with the extra income from the League Cup last season, made Ajax's financial situation very relaxed, so Van Prager had enough courage to buy stocks of those shareholders, and at the same time he was willing to give Ye Qiu a higher transfer budget to support him in further strengthening the team.
After hearing this, Ye Qiu thought about it and shook his head, "The team was working out and formed last season, and the framework was basically stable. This season is not suitable for greater action. Moreover, in the situation in the Eredivisie league, everyone knows that first-class stars are unwilling to come, and second-rate stars are not favored. So, my goal this summer is to introduce a powerful goalkeeper!"
Other head coaches are eager to ask for some more money, but our Ye Qiu is so good that he even took the initiative to push him.
After hearing this, Van Prag and the directors all felt a little confused about whether to laugh or cry.
"But I think the budget for this part can be used appropriately to do two things. First, continue to transform the training and competition environment of DeTok Most, especially the youth team."
After Ye Qiu took over Ajax, he transformed teams of all ages in DeTok Most and further promoted scientific training. However, because last summer, Ye Qiu suddenly drew several main players from the second team, and some other main players also switched to his team, making the second team's performance not ideal.
But Ajax began to believe that Ye Qiu's reform could bring earth-shaking changes to Ajax, so they were unswervingly continuing Ye Qiu's plan.
Ye Qiu was doing his investment in the youth training camp as early as last summer. At that time, he recovered some of the funds from the transfer market and directly invested in the hardware transformation of the youth training camp. However, these were all done through the club, and the progress was never very ideal. Ye Qiu hoped to go further.
Many people in their previous life thought that there was no need for hardware in the youth training camp. Some people also mentioned Lamacia, thinking that Barcelona's youth training camp was just that little, but it was so successful. However, they didn't know that Lamacia is a sparrow, but it was complete. If we count it based on various hardware and technological facilities, Lamacia is also very advanced.
Without keeping up with the times and not having enough investment, youth training cannot be played!
"There is another one. I hope to keep this money and improve the contract treatment of players at the right time so that they can stay with the team more at ease!"
Ye Qiu has always believed in a salary structure that is proportional to his treatment, so he is very disgusted with some clubs and deliberately squeezes players' salaries in order to save money. He believes that although this approach seems to have made a profit from the club, in fact, the club suffers a great loss in terms of emotions.
Maybe someone will say again, are you talking about relationships with a group of professional players? Are you funny?
Ye Qiu couldn't say this. Everyone has different views, so the entry point is naturally different, and the perspectives of viewing the same thing are also different.
He always believes that most of the transfers in the transfer market are all in love, but some are in abusive manner in front of the media to gain sympathy, or to appease the fans, while others are in a arrogant attitude to get players. But in the end, they are all in a love-willing transaction.
Football is always pyramid-shaped, and the top giants always rely on exploiting the teams under his feet to survive. Therefore, mid- and lower-level teams have long been used to this situation, and they are even willing to do so. Teams such as Sevilla, Porto and others survive by relying on this means, and Ajax will definitely be like this in the future.
But for a head coach, if you want to integrate the teams and make all players unite, you must not rely solely on salary, or simply on contracts, but you need to give them some emotional support.
People have feelings and are lazy. In other words, as long as the player is doing well with you and is satisfied with all aspects of salary and grades, over time, he will be a little content with the status quo and will inevitably develop a sense of dependence on the club, and this sense of dependence will prompt him to be willing to fight for the team.
Relying solely on cold contracts and salary, one can only form a mercenary, but it is impossible to form an iron-blooded team that is united, so Ye Qiu chose the latter.
Regarding these suggestions put forward by Ye Qiu, Van Prager said that the board of directors must consider them carefully and will give a clear reply in the shortest time. At the same time, he also hopes that Ye Qiu can stabilize the players in the team, especially several players with transfer rumors, before the team disbands this afternoon.
At the end of the first internal meeting of the establishment of the new board of directors, Ye Qiu proposed his new round of goals.
"My goal is to build a strong team that can compete with all European teams in the next four years. Before that, I will lead the team to completely push Eindhoven off the throne next season. From now on, the Eredivisie will end the Eindhoven era and enter our Ajax dynasty again!"
The directors were very happy with Ye Qiu's full guarantee and affirmation.
Chapter completed!