A Porsche Cayenne is speeding from Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport to the southeast new town.

Yang Yang sat in the passenger seat, took off the sunglasses from his nose, looked out the window and quickly retreated. He was a little familiar, but he felt the unfamiliar scenery, and felt a lot of feelings in his heart.

He lived in this city for five years and was familiar with everything here, but more than ten years have passed and earth-shaking changes have taken place here. Although he often comes, he has never felt so many feelings like he is now.

Wei Zheng was driving in the driver's seat, who had studied in Amsterdam for many years.

From the Ringcheng Expressway to the Southeast New Town District, the area where Ajax home court and training base DeTok Most is located.

Yang Yang still clearly remembers that more than ten years ago, it was still desolate and had no supporting facilities. The Southeast New Town just put forward the plan of the Amsterdam Municipal Government. But now, there are not many tall buildings here, but at least the prosperity is no less than that of the city center.

From the intersection, you can see Ajax's home court, Amsterdam Athletic Stadium from afar.

"The city government has passed a resolution to officially rename the stadium to John Cruyff Stadium. Not only that, the surrounding areas will also see streets and overpasses named after Cruyff to commemorate this legendary Dutch legend."

After Wei Zheng finished speaking, he glanced at Yang Yang and found that he did not react much.

Everyone knows that Cruyff doesn't like Yang Yang, and Yang Yang doesn't like him either.

Maybe it's because of Van Gaal.

"They are major shareholders and have the right to decide to change their names, so we can only support them." Yang Yang said lightly.

Although Ajax is using the stadium, the shares are not in the hands of Ajax.

So far, Ajax only owns 13% of the home stakes, but the Amsterdam Municipal Government holds up to 48% of the stadium, and the remaining 39% of the shares are in the hands of the joint shareholders.

To this end, Ajax needs to pay more than 10 million euros in stadium rent every year, and also bear all costs such as maintenance and management of the stadium, which is also a large amount of income for Ajax.

"I had a discussion with Mennon Herren before. Ajax is not in an ideal situation now and the financial pressure is still very high."

While driving, Wei Zheng introduced the situation to Yang Yang.

“It goes without saying that the burden on the court is, basically more than half of the game-day income is paid for rent every year, and we have no way to properly renovate the court, which has led to a very bad income in the business of the court.”

"Our current stadium occupancy rate is good. With more than 50,000 seats, the average occupancy rate is 48,000 people, and the sales volume of season tickets is 42,000 people. This is quite good, but I still can't make much money."

"It's fine if you can't make money on the stadium. The opposite DeTok Most is a cash sales den. In the past two years, we have invested a total of 40 million euros to expand this training base. The standard football stadium has increased to fifteen, all of which are natural turf, and there is also a second team competition venue with 6,000 people."

"The maintenance fee for this stadium alone is a large sum of money, and the cost of maintaining the youth training system. I am almost caught now. Every youth training player in Ajax only needs to pay 12 euros insurance premiums every year, and all other expenses are borne by Ajax. This is simply a huge pit, and I don't know how much it will be poured into every year."

At the end of the conversation, Wei Zheng smiled bitterly.

"I'm not complaining. I really think it's normal for this club to lose money every year. If such a team can make money, that would be a strange thing."

Yang Yang looked at his brother-in-law with a funny smile. He knew that Wei Zheng was very angry and immediately comforted him: "Okay, okay, I know you are having trouble, and I know you have worked hard. Am I here?"

Wei Zheng turned his head, looked at Yang Yang deeply, and then sighed again.

Sometimes he really feels that Yang Yang took over Ajax and really brought a big burden to himself.

Of course, he also understood what Yang Yang wanted to do.

"Mennon Herren expects that business revenue will increase significantly this year, but the team's finances are still not optimistic. Unless they can enter the official Champions League game, they may still suffer losses."

Ajax's annual salary cost has dropped sharply. After all, many high-paying players have been sold in the past two years, but many fixed costs are there. If you still can't enter the Champions League, the pressure will be very high.

"Don't worry, I know it."

Wei Zheng nodded and said, "You really decided to sell Ziyech?"

This is a decision made by Yang Yang just two days ago. He is willing to accept Chelsea's offer and sell the leading star Ziyech at a high price of 40 million euros. This is also a big deal. For Ajax, it can be said to be a huge sum of money.

"Didn't you just say it? If you can't enter the Champions League, the team will still have to lose money this year, so I have to sell people to raise money."

Yang Yang's words immediately made Wei Zheng so angry that he was smoking. Is there anyone who is so sarcastic?

"Just kidding, I really think that since he wants to leave, it's boring for us to stay. Besides, Ajax won't be able to play with anyone without it. And I want to make those who leave the team regret it, at least they regret that they choose to leave this summer."

In football, Wei Zheng believes in Yang Yang. Since he has decided, there must be a way.

Didn't this buy Odegao, who played right winger last season at Helenfin?

He is a famous European super genius.

"What is the attitude of the municipal government on the stadium?" Yang Yang changed the topic and asked.

“Based on what we have learned, the city government does not mind selling forty-eight percent of its shares, and other joint shareholders are also unresisting, but there is a problem, that is, if we cannot acquire it in one go, we will not be able to trade for a second time in the next ten years, so…”

Yang Yang originally meant to sell Ziyech's money and buy back some of the stadium shares from the municipal government, so as to reduce the club's fiscal expenditure. The bank's interest rate is very low now, so if the club needs it, they can go to mortgage loans.

Isn’t Real Madrid transforming the Bernabeu Stadium like this?

"How much does it cost?" Yang Yang asked with a frown.

"It will cost at least nearly 200 million euros, because not only this stadium, but also some surrounding commercial facilities. Overall, the transaction is quite cost-effective. The city government has also taken care of Ajax in this regard. Once bought and renovated, it is expected to become a major source of income for the club, but the premise is that we have to have this money."

Yang Yang nodded, he had money, but the problem was that the Ajax Supervisor refused to let him invest again.

According to the agreement between the two parties, if Yang Yang meets the conditions within the next year, he can propose an acquisition. Once the acquisition is completed, no matter how he wants to do it in the future, it will be Yang Yang's business.

But until then, they certainly won't give in.

If you want to improve a company's financial situation, it is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure.

But now, it is unlikely that Ajax wants to reduce expenses. As Wei Zheng said, there are too many places for the club to spend money, and coupled with the hard work of supporting youth training, Ajax's fiscal expenditure is basically impossible to lose.

As for Kaiyuan, with Yang Yang's joining and Wei Zheng and Mennon Herren's hard work over the past two years, Ajax's commercial revenue has been booming and has hit a new high this season, but it is still very far from the teams in the four major European leagues.

At present, Ajax's fiscal revenue is the highest in Eredivisie. Including Belgium, it is also the number one. Compared with the four major leagues, especially the Premier League teams, Ajax is not even as good as their mid- and lower-level teams.

This is why they all say that the purchasing power of Premier League relegated teams is stronger than that of Ajax.

The Champions League is crucial to improve the club's finances.

Once you enter the Champions League, Ajax's guaranteed income of at least 20 to 30 million euros per year is definitely a sky-high price compared to Ajax, whose broadcast fee income is less than 10 million euros.

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Long after Yang Yang decided to come back, he asked Ajax to help him rent the house he had in Odkerk again and renovate the interior.

After many years of living here again, Yang Yang felt mixed feelings.

Ibrahimovic, who lived opposite him, has now gone to the United States, and Maxwell has also returned to Brazil. Roommate Fermuren is still at Real Madrid, but it seems that he will not stay for a long time. After all, he is almost thirty-three years old.

Time is like a pig-killing knife, taking away everyone's years without mercy, leaving only those ethereal memories.

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When Yang Yang stood at the doorstep of his home, remembering the green years of that year, at the home press conference of Ajax, which was officially renamed Cruyff Stadium, the club's general manager Van der Sar and technical director Van Gaal were holding a press conference to officially announce the joining of two rookie players from Real Madrid.

Ashraf and Odgao also appeared at the press conference and officially signed a five-year contract with Ajax.

This means that they will all play for Ajax in the next five years, but Ajax has terms with Real Madrid, and Real Madrid has transfer priority over these two players. At the same time, two years later, Real Madrid can file a buyback at any time.

Van Gaal welcomed the arrival of the two players on behalf of the team, believing that they will succeed in Ajax.

“They are undoubtedly an important part of the team’s new season and we all believe that they will play a huge role in the new season and that’s why we signed them.”

Van Gaal expressed confidence in the upcoming Champions League qualifiers, believing that the team can break the curse for many years and advance to the group stage.

But media reporters obviously don't believe this, because Ajax has always said so in the past few years.

It was also at this press conference that Van Gaal officially announced that the team has introduced superstar Yang Yang from Real Madrid through a free transfer, and he will serve as the club's first team player and assistant coach in the new season.
Chapter completed!