While Ajax was fighting Juventus in Turin, Italy, far away in the Camp Nou Stadium in Barcelona, ​​Spain, Bartomeu was sitting in front of the TV with his confidants to watch the focus battle that attracted worldwide attention.

Influenced by the first round, coupled with the peak showdown between Yang Yang and Cristiano Ronaldo, media and fans around the world are looking forward to this game and are looking forward to watching this wonderful showdown.

Barcelona's management is no exception, because Ajax is not only a rival to Barcelona's semi-finals, but also a player they pay close attention to.

Frankie De Jong, Barcelona has been pursuing players for more than half a year, and every game is arranged to be followed by a full-time scout. The club's technical department also closely monitors his performance and data in every game.

Last week, after the first leg of the two sides, Barcelona's technical department gave a high evaluation of Frankie De Jong's performance, believing that he is the most suitable player for Barcelona's tactics in European football.

Not only that, the technical department is also very dissatisfied with the team's department responsible for transfer signings because they missed the excellent opportunity.

After a week, the two sides changed sides and fought again, but the script seemed to be wrong.

Juventus seemed to have obtained the supporting role script from a week ago, and Ajax once again sang the protagonist.

The game process was almost the same as the first leg a week ago. The difference was that Juventus had a match with Ajax after ten minutes of the game, but the rest seemed to be the same.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored first, but then Ajax scored consecutive goals, equalizing and reversing the opponent.

Frankie De Jong's performance in this game was not as good as the first leg. Juventus specially arranged Emre Jane's forward pressure and tried to limit Frankie De Jong's performance. However, this exposed the weakness of Pjanic's single midfielder behind him, so Van der Beck played his bravery and scored twice.

Juventus' performance tonight will use a living example to tell everyone what it means to tear down the east wall and repair the west wall.

And Ajax is shocking again.

Yang Yang didn't even go up, and Ajax had already reversed Juventus!

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"This team is too young, but it's getting better and better, which is so surprising!"

The person who spoke was Rosawood, the right-hand man of Barcelona Chairman Bartomeu. He was highly valued by Bartomeu and joined the board of directors and participated in the next Barcelona presidential election.

"Yang Yang has always been surprised. To be honest, no one expected that he could bring this Ajax to this point. If there was really a so-called omnipotent genius in this world, it would be him."

Rosawood's feelings made everyone in the office sigh.

Back then, Yang Yang was very close to Barcelona and even almost came to Barcelona for a while. Unfortunately, due to various reasons, he finally missed Barcelona and turned to Real Madrid.

Of course, this has nothing to do with Bartomeu and everyone present, but they all regret it. If Yang Yang joins Barcelona, ​​then the group of young players in Ajax will be equivalent to Barcelona's youth training camp reserve team.

"Yang Yang's coaching ability is indeed obvious to all. At least he can compete with famous coaches such as Pochettino and Allegri but not at a disadvantage. If his coaching ability is still questioned, there will probably be no famous coaches in European football."

"Who said no? He and Ajax both killed the strong teams along the way, which was a real performance."

"A year ago, this team could not play in the Champions League group stage, but a year later, they had already reached the semi-finals. This is a reflection of Yang Yang's coaching ability and his personal ability."

Everyone sighed with emotion every word.

I believe that such feelings and appreciation are constantly happening in European football and even around the world.

Because Yang Yang and his Ajax have performed so much in the past six months.

Almost every game is a bloody battle, but they are out in every game!

What's even more terrifying is that this team played better and better in each game, and each game was amazing at their growth and progress.

Just like Frankie DeJong, he is obviously stronger and more mature than before the winter break.

At least Ajax's criticized double midfielder at that time has not been mentioned again for a long time. On the other hand, many people even gave Ajax's double midfielder thumbs up and praised it all.

Bartomeu feels very sorry for this, but it is not a mistake made by Barcelona's management, because it is not that Barcelona does not want to sell, but that Ajax does not want to sell, and the players are unwilling to make up their minds.

"Before this game, Frankie DeJong's valuation in Deloitte's assessment had exceeded 80 million euros, and he is the third highest-priced player in Ajax." Rosawood shook his head and sighed.

Barcelona almost signed the midfielder for 50 million euros, and it was a big loss!

"Who is better than Yang Yang?" asked Tang Bass, vice chairman of the club finance.

"Jarden Sancho." Rosawood replied.

"Sancho's performance is indeed eye-catching and good, but if you want to say it is better than Frankie De Jong, this may be..."

Rosawood shook his head and smiled, "Sancho is Englishman."

Everyone immediately realized.

As the entire European football world knows that the Premier League is the richest league in the world. Even a team at the bottom can reach the upper level of the La Liga in a single season, which gives Premier League teams a strong purchasing power.

Although there have been many talents in English youth training in recent years, there are actually not many who can truly reach the top level.

With his outstanding performance in Ajax this season, Sancho has become the leader among the younger generation in England and even the world football. This will of course be coveted by the English team. If he wants to get his team, he will be extremely popular. In addition, he has an English household registration book and his value is higher, which is also normal.

"Eighty million euros, that means, if you want to sign him, it will cost at least ninety million euros or even over 100 million euros." Tombas was more moved and sighed.

Nowadays, the transfer in European football is really ridiculously high.

"It is probably not easy to grab even if it exceeds 100 million."

"What's the meaning?"

Rosawood said slowly: "We have received news that Manchester City is determined to win Frankie De Jong. Guardiola has wanted such a player for a long time. He has frequently said in the media that Frankie De Jong is very similar to Busquets, and will even be stronger and better than Busquets in the future."

Bartomeu suddenly felt tricky, "If Manchester City intervenes, things will be difficult."

This is a team that is not short of money.

"There is also Manchester United, Solskjaer is said to be very interested in Frankie De Jong, Paris Saint-Germain is also interested in it, and there is also Real Madrid."

"Real Madrid?" Bartomeu was shocked, "They are not short of people in the midfield."

"For Yang Yang!" Rosawood said, "Frankie DeJong is Yang Yang's favorite player. In order to invite Yang Yang back, Real Madrid is very interested in Ajax's players. Moreover, players such as Suarez, Modric, David Silva, Ramos, Fermuren are all old and need to introduce fresh blood."

Real Madrid's metabolism did not just start now, but it had already started as early as when Mbappe was introduced.

"We have received news that Florentino seems to have convinced Yang Yang. This summer, Real Madrid will once again sign ups and their targets include Jovic, Frankie De Jong, De Rigt and Militon."

"Is this possible?" Bartomeu was shocked.

"Frankie De Jong's current valuation is 80 million euros, and Dricht, Jovic and Militon are all around 70 million euros. If you want to pack these four players, Real Madrid will have to pay at least 300 million euros. Do they have that much money?" After Tombas calculated, he was very disbelieving about this news.

"Don't forget that Real Madrid has made so much money over the years, but in fact, it has not invested much in the transfer market. Especially in the past five consecutive championships, only Mbappe has really signed up, but he has sent away other players such as Di Maria, Jamese Rodriguez, etc., so in fact, Real Madrid is not short of money at all now."

"I heard before that Florentino's transfer budget this summer is as high as 600 million euros."

Rosawood's words made the entire office silent.

This is really outrageous!

Six hundred million euros?

Do you know what the concept is?

You can buy almost the entire Ajax!

In contrast, Barcelona has introduced strong aid and invested huge amounts of money in recent years, but the financial pressure has been greatly increased.

"Yang Yang is the current head coach of Ajax. He has trained this group of outstanding young players. If he switches to Real Madrid, it is reasonable for him to introduce young Ajax players in a large scale, whether it is out of his own or the needs of the team. At that time, our situation will be very difficult."

"So..." Bartomeu looked at Rosawood.

Rosawood nodded and said, "So, we must disrupt Real Madrid's wishful thinking."

"Yang Yang cannot come to Barcelona!" Thomas shook his head.

"But others can, like Frankie De Jong and De Rigt, they don't resist Barcelona, ​​and even, as Ajax's youth training, they should be born with a more intimate feeling towards Barcelona, ​​aren't they?"

Ajax, or the entire Dutch football, is very close to Barcelona, ​​which is an emotional bond passed down from generation to generation, including Michels to Cruyff to Van Gaal to Cruyvert.

"But they trust Yang Yang more." Bartomeu said worriedly.

Rosawood nodded, "It's true now, but Ajax will always lose. They can pass Juventus, but they can't pass the semi-finals, and they will not be able to reach the finals."

"We all know that the Champions League final has been in 15 years, and no team from non-Four Major Leagues has entered. The last time it was Ajax, and all the dark horses could only stop in the semi-finals. This is the curse of the Champions League dark horses!"

In the Champions League knockout stage, every step forward, the pressure of the game and the strength of the opponent will increase by one level.

The more you end, the more pressure you will be in the game.

Modern football competition is no longer just about spiritual strength, but also about all-round competition.

Even if Manchester United and Juventus are eliminated, even if they are optimistic, they believe that Ajax will only reach the semi-finals.

Because their semi-final opponent is Barcelona!

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