Winger King

Ajax sports director's office.

Overmars, De Boer and Stam, three club legends, sat together.

"The Amsterdam Arena has 50,000 seats, and each home game can only fill 60% of the seats, which is a decrease from last season."

"The average attendance at the Future Stadium last season was only 5,000 people. The number of warm-up matches this season has exceeded that of the Dutch Eredivisie, and the first game of the season was almost full."

"The marketing department gave me a piece of data. The population of Amsterdam is 900,000, of which 150,000 are Chinese permanent residents, and the number of expatriates is nearly 190,000."

"The reason why the U21 game can be full is because there are 4,000 more Chinese in the Future Stadium. fans, of which nearly 1,000 also went to watch the U21 match against Fortuna Sittard away. "

"But these fans did not appear in the first-team game, so the marketing department determined that they came to the stadium for Sun Yu."

"As far as I know, Sun Yu is very popular among the Chinese community, and his information appears very frequently in the Chinese media."

Hearing Overmars' words, Stam snorted coldly: "What does this have to do with me?"

After Stam felt that the club was targeting his players, he was very resistant to this topic.

After thinking for a few seconds, De Boer asked: "Just say it directly."

Overmars smiled lightly and said: "Can Sun Yu appear in the big list against Eindhoven? If the score is ahead, give him a few minutes of playing time?"

Hearing this, Stam laughed directly: "I find it hard to believe that a former player who played for Arsenal and Barcelona would say such a thing?"

Overmars did not speak, just looked at De Boer.

A few seconds later, De Boer asked a serious question: "Is the club so short of money?"

Not to mention Overmars, even if you randomly find a Dutch fan, it is impossible to ask such a stupid question.

In the Dutch Eredivisie that ended yesterday, Ajax defeated last season's runner-up Alkmaar 3-1, and scored 7 goals in the first two rounds of the new season. The start is smooth.

If the team can beat PSV Eindhoven away in the third round, it basically booked the Dutch Eredivisie championship in advance.

As we all know, the Dutch Eredivisie is a competition between Ajax, PSV Eindhoven and Feyenoord.

In addition to these "big three", that is, the Alkmaar team that has become famous in recent years can create some threats to the top three in the league, but there is absolutely no chance of competing for the championship.

Among the traditional top three teams in the Dutch Eredivisie, Feyenoord last won the Dutch Eredivisie trophy fifteen years ago.

It is no exaggeration to say that the Dutch Eredivisie is actually a game between Ajax and PSV Eindhoven.

In the 14 Eredivisie after 2000, Ajax and PSV Eindhoven each won the Eredivisie trophy six times.

Even though Alkmaar and Twente each won once, those two championship experiences are not replicable, and the teams were dismembered by major European clubs in the second season.

Judging from the situation of the Eredivisie teams this season, only Ajax and PSV Eindhoven have the strength to compete for the championship.

Ajax has a group of the best young players in the Eredivisie, while PSV Eindhoven has been working hard to accumulate players for two or three seasons, and this season has introduced many strong players from the five major leagues.

In the first two rounds of the game, Ajax beat the opponent without any chance to fight back, while PSV Eindhoven scored 9 goals in two games.

Although the two opponents PSV Eindhoven defeated are both mid- and lower-level Eredivisie teams, their strong ability to bully weak teams just shows that it is difficult for them to lose points in games other than against strong teams.

Judging from the lineups of the two teams, Ajax has no advantage over PSV Eindhoven.

Under such circumstances, Overmars must have had some unspeakable reasons for wanting to put Sun Yu on the "Dutch Derby" roster.

Moreover, this idea was probably proposed by the club's top management. Don't think that the top management of the Dutch Eredivisie clubs don't have any tricks.

No matter what kind of person they are, they will do something that others can't understand for money.

Overmars smiled bitterly and nodded: "Let me tell you a joke. Our finances have never been rich."

"Although we sell players every season, our profits every season are very meager."

"Although the first-team salary is capped at 2 million, our total salary expenditure each season exceeds 35 million euros, accounting for 50% of the expenditure cost."

"The club's annual revenue exceeds 90 million euros, but our profit is only a few million euros."

"You should know that our financial situation has been wandering between 'to be watched' and 'healthy'."

"As a listed companyThe company, the club has almost no liquidity. "

"Once we lose the qualification for the Champions League, we will immediately fall into a fiscal deficit."

"And the Chinese community in Amsterdam has always been a market that needs to be developed for the club. They have good purchasing power, but not many people support the club."

"The biggest problem is that we didn't have a good Chinese player before. Since Sun Yu appeared, the Future Stadium has been full."

"According to the calculation of the marketing department, if 10,000 Chinese fans can participate in the club's events, the ticket and commercial peripheral income each season will bring the club 7 million euros in revenue, while our Champions League income is only 14 million euros. ”

“......”

Overmars’ words silenced the two people in front of him. Both of them knew that the club’s financial situation was average, but they didn’t pay much attention to it.

After listening to Overmars’ words, De Boer and Stam didn’t know what to say for a long time.

The office was quiet for more than ten seconds before De Boer spoke: “Sun Yu’s performance in the Dutch Eredivisie is very impressive, but in my opinion, he is not yet able to compete for a chance to play in the first team.”

“If he is promoted to the first team now, he can only be ranked third or fourth on the left wing, which means it is difficult for him to have a chance to play.”

“Once he doesn’t get a chance to play for a long time, we will quickly lose the potential Chinese market behind him.”

“I think the most important thing right now is to give him enough opportunities to play. I will consider letting him play in the first team at the right time, but this will not be the norm.”

Overmars chuckled: “How have you been following him in the past two weeks? Highlights? "

De Boer hesitated for a moment and said in a dissatisfied tone: "I watched all his games in the summer training camp, but I am the head coach of the first team and I have a lot of things to deal with every day."

"On the left wing position, I still need to give Kinash playing time. He is the same age as Sun Yu. I don't think Sun Yu has any advantages over him."

Overmars still had a smile on his face. He turned to look at Stam: "Yap, what do you think?"

Stam leaned back in his chair and said: "I'm not sure if this kid has reached the standard to play for the first team. I can only say that he has made obvious progress in every game. I think his future development will surpass Kinash."

"But the club promised me before the season that I would build the team in my own way. I don't agree with you letting him enter the first team now. "

After listening to Stam's words, De Boer fell silent again.

What a bald guy!

He was still working for me last season, but you're hiding things from me in just a few months.

"As a left winger, based on my experience, Sun Yu will become a first-class player."

"Although he still has many shortcomings now, I have a hunch that he will surpass Depay."

"If he was in Arsenal's youth training team, Arsene would let him start in the League Cup."

"I don't want to interfere with your work, but I think you should make a clear development plan for him."

"I recognize your current judgment, but you should all be mentally prepared for him to enter the first team."

At this point, Overmars smiled and said, "You can understand these words as the requirements of the board of directors. "

......

In the next few days, Sun Yu always felt something was strange.

Why did the first-team coach Frank de Boer come to the U21 training ground every other day, and chat with him every time.

Stam was also a little bit wrong. He first gave Van de Beek the position of vice-captain and had a serious conversation with him.

Let him help Van de Beek establish influence in the locker room.

Something is wrong!