"I saw Pete Devither in Almere's fans last night."

Chief scout Tony Brons Slottz frowned without worry and reminded, "This is Eindhoven's second close observation of Yang Yang, and I suggest we should do it as soon as possible."

Almele is Ajax's satellite club, and Yang Yang is a die-hard fan of Van Basten. No matter from which perspective, Ajax has no reason to let this highly favored player fall behind, especially his arch-rival Eindhoven.

If this is true, Ajax's face will be ruined.

"I also agree with Tony's statement. When Robben was in Groningen, we had the best chance, but Eindhoven took the lead. If we had taken Robben in time, the situation would have been completely different now." Patrick Radrew also responded.

Robben is one of the most eye-catching rookies in Dutch football in the past two or three years. He is known as the Dutch new three musketeers together with Feyenoord's van Persie and Ajax's van der Fate. However, unlike Van Persie and Van der Fate, Robben debuted in Groningen, northern Netherlands.

Robben caused a fight between the three giants that year, but in the end Eindhoven took the lead, which made the Ajax team feel regretful. Otherwise, Robben and Van der Mede would be separated from each other, Ibrahimovic would occupy the center, Van der Fate dominate the midfield, and Ajax's front-court offense would be invincible.

But unfortunately, Robben has become the leading star of Eindhoven.

"I also think that Yang Yang has indeed had the ability to play for Ajax, and from what I have learned, he is obviously closer to us than other teams. After all, he has been in Almere for a year." Luther Carroll also expressed his opinion.

Although it is nominally just a satellite club, in fact, Almere can be considered part of the Ajax youth training system.

Of course, this part is still very trivial.

"How did he behave yesterday?" Van Gaal asked lightly.

Although he was very happy to see Yang Yang gaining recognition from everyone, since it was a business, he would do it publicly and would not care about personal relationships.

"It performed well, especially in the first half, creating several threats and another goal. Under the defense of two players, Fermulen and Emmanuelson, he was able to grab a goal alone, which is not simple." Chief Slotts said.

"Last night, Aaron Moy's Football Online was also discussing this game, and he also recognized his performance very much. This is the third consecutive period. I guess there are many teams that are targeting him now." Patrick Radrew reminded.

Van Gaal continued to ask without comment: "What about his own attitude?"

"I don't know, but I think he's still happy to join Ajax."

"Why?"

"He came to the Netherlands a year ago and lived in his uncle's house. His uncle runs a Chinese restaurant in Almere, and he himself studied at Bakken Academy. If he joins us Ajax, both life and study can remain unchanged, but when he goes to Eindhoven, everything will be in chaos."

When he said this, Patrick Ladrew suddenly smiled, "I specially learned about it with John Rep. It turned out that this kid was better at studying than playing football. He actually won the first place in the final exam at Bakken Academy and received a scholarship."

"Is that true?" Everyone present looked surprised.

Even Van Gaal and Koeman were slightly moved.

In the Ajax youth training camp, there are many good players playing football and many good students, but there are very few players playing football and having good academic performance.

Unexpectedly, this person named Yang Yang was actually a top student.

Van Gaal pondered for a moment, turned to look at Van Basten, "Marco, what do you think?"

Van Basten grinned and laughed, "I like that boy."

In one sentence, Van Basten's attitude was completely expressed.

Van Gaal looked at the first-team coach Koeman again, who shrugged and said he had no objection.

Although he is a head coach, he is more responsible for promoting youth training talents. Luther Carroll is responsible for more matters, while Van Gaal, the technical director, takes charge of all Ajax's competitive affairs.

In other words, the famous Dutch coach was present, including Van Basten's direct superior.

His words can judge Ajax's choice.

Van Gaal did not rush to express his opinion, but instead frowned slightly, obviously thinking and thinking, but soon, he put down the documents in his hand.

"From the materials, he has obtained a place for Almere to participate in Genius Day, so my opinion is that we can talk to him first and stabilize him, but it is best to arrange for him to participate in Genius Day selection and then conduct a systematic and up-close inspection. This is a rare experience and exercise opportunity."

Ajax's genius day is selected twice a year. Each time, first-team players will be arranged to participate, training and competition with all the players participating in the selection. At that time, nearly a thousand young players from around Amsterdam, from all over the Netherlands, and even from all over the world will participate.

This is undoubtedly an excellent opportunity to recognize one's own strength and a platform to broaden one's horizons.

More importantly, if a 16-year-old player like Yang Yang signs directly into the team, he usually goes up to the age of 178 and then slowly advances from the echelon. However, if he passes the genius day selection, as long as he performs well, he will have a chance to directly join the second team, that is, the team coached by Van Basten.

This can be regarded as a little selfishness that Van Gaal expressed within the scope permitted by rules and power.

Van Gaal believes that whether from the perspective of the club's players or from Yang Yang's own development, participating in the Genius Day selection is a good choice and a good opportunity to experience.

After all, it is not easy to have the opportunity to compete with the first-team stars.

After hearing Van Gaal's words, everyone felt that Van Gaal was out of caution and strictness, which was very consistent with his always-standing style, so they were not surprised.

It doesn’t matter whether you participate in the Genius Day selection, mainly because you now have competitors.

"What if Eindhoven contacted him during this period?" Chief Slotz worried.

The reason why everyone was anxious to sign Yang Yang was also due to this consideration.

"He is a smart man. He doesn't have much chance to go to Eindhoven at this time, and as you said, his uncle is in Almere. As long as we promise that after the genius day selection, we are willing to sign him no matter what the grades are, I believe he will not refuse."

Everyone felt it was reasonable after hearing this, and they were still very confident in Ajax's attraction.

"Of course, to be safe, Patrick, you can go to Almere in person after the meeting."

Patrick Radrew nodded and agreed, "I'll go to the Chinese restaurant to talk to his uncle first."

"If he is not in a Chinese restaurant, it should be in a skate park. You can go there and ask him directly and tell him that this is my decision." Van Gaal said lightly.

Everyone looked surprised when they heard this.

How did Van Gaal know where to find him?

Did they know each other before?

So what is their relationship?

Everyone was confused, but Van Gaal refused to say more, and there was no need for them to guess.

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At noon, youth training assistant Patrick Ladrew, accompanied by scout Fred Arroyo, came to Almere's Shenji Chinese Restaurant, but Yang Yang was not there.

After a deep conversation with Yang Yang's uncle Shen Ming, they led the way down to the skate park and saw Yang Yang who had been practicing hard for a morning in the core skateboard area.

At this moment, Yang Yang had already completed the training program against the wall. In front of a yellow signboard, he pushed, pushed, pulled, picked or buckled his left and right feet, allowing the ball to move around the small signboard.

As Ajax's youth training assistant and scout, Ladru and Arroyo naturally knew very well that this was the most basic ball-handling movement, but Yang Yang repeated it over and over again, with his expression on his face very focused and did not notice the appearance of them on the outside.

From his wet jersey, his head full of sweat, and the broken wall in front of him, they could easily think of Yang Yang's training program here and the hard work of this Chinese boy.

This shocked both of them.

This is almost self-abuse training, especially this extremely boring basic training, but he is able to concentrate so much.

"How long has he been training like this?" Patrick Radrew asked in a trembling voice.

"It's been three months." Shen Yuzhu felt a little distressed when she said it.

Her parents regard Yang Yang as their son, and she also regards Yang Yang as her younger brother.

Ladru and Arroyo looked at each other and saw the shock in each other's eyes. Obviously they all thought of the same thing, that is, Yang Yang's rapid rise from Almere started three months ago. After that, he seemed to soar into the sky, shocking everyone, and almost every game was improving.

Everyone later attributed it to him, and they suspected that he suddenly became aware of the competition. Compared with Yang Yang's poor basic skills, everyone also felt it was reasonable, but now it seems that the secret of his rise is hidden in this skate park?

Van Gaal must know this, so he told them that if they can’t find anyone in a Chinese restaurant, they will come to the skate park.

But what is his relationship with Yang Yang? How did they meet?

"It seems that we still underestimated him." Patrick Radrew shook his head.

Fred Arroyo also agreed, and they did underestimate Yang Yang.

This is not an underestimation of Yang Yang's current strength, but an underestimation of Yang Yang and his future possibilities.
Chapter completed!