The busy summer season is finally here.

After a season of being empty-handed, the pressure on Ajax's management has doubled.

The core of the defense and captain Ziwu and the sharpest right winger Van der Meyde in the front field are all going to transfer, which poses a huge problem for Ajax, and it is already impossible to keep it, and the management asks the athletic department to come up with a plan as soon as possible.

Reinforcements?

This is unlikely, with a number of first-team players facing contract extensions that will require a pay rise once they renew.

If a club's finances are seen as a balance, then transfer fees and salary budgets are the two ends of the scale, and if you want to raise one end, you have to push the other end down.

The reason why the management decided to sell people was also due to the pressure of the team's salary increase.

If you don't sell people, where will you get the money to give Van der Vaart, Ibrahimovic and Sneijder and others a raise?

Selling people and not being able to make big moves in the transfer market, but also keeping the team competitive and even better than last season is a big problem for the Athletic department.

Ronald Koeman has made it clear that he will continue to promote young talents from the youth team to the first team in the new season, and at the same time, the scouting department must find a group of outstanding young players to join the team as soon as possible to provide enough talent supply for the first team.

Even sixteen or seventeen-year-olds such as Babbel and Ramrabat have already begun to enter the first-team waiting list.

Tony Browns Slotz is the head of the scouting department, and the selection of materials is naturally his responsibility.

Recently, he has also been very busy, ushering in the delivery every day, and the player information in his hands is unknown, which makes him dizzy, and every time he enters Detokmost, he has a headache.

Especially when he saw Patrick Ladrew and Fred Arroyo coming together, his brow furrowed even tighter.

"I hope you're bringing me good news." Slotz pursed his lips and said bitterly.

Radru and Arroyo looked at each other and smiled.

Patrick Laderu is a veteran of Ajax's academy and has been coaching at youth level before he was redeployed to the role of youth assistant following the early departure of Leo Benhaake.

Fred Arroyo is a scout under Slotz who is responsible for scouting Ajax's players on loan and submitting a regular scouting registration.

Both of these guys have been busy with the same thing lately, the Summer Amateur.

"Don't say it, there's good news." Fred Arroyo chuckled.

"Tell me about it."

'Haven't you been having a headache for the centre-back and the right winger lately?'

"Hmm." Slotz nodded.

These are also the two positions that the team most desperately needs to bring in at the moment.

'At centre-back, I highly recommend the young centre-back Vlar from AZ Alkmaar.

Slotz nodded, the player he knew that he had performed well in the amateur game, and his body was also a typical central defender, but he was a little younger, but the prospects were still worth looking forward to.

'It's a good player, but he's younger, you know what we're doing at the moment, we need more mature players, so the scouting department and the coaching staff are more interested in Julian Escud in Rennes, who will be twenty-four and more experienced.

Patrick Radrew shrugged, "It doesn't matter, we have a good relationship with AZ Alkmaar, so we can talk about it first." ”

It is clear that he and Arroyo are both interested in Vlaar as a centre-back.

Slotz thought for a moment, "I'll think about it again, you know, we can't bring in the best young players in the whole of the Netherlands, we have to think about whether we have enough opportunities to play, and we have Thomas Vermaelen in the centre-back position, the Belgian we signed in 2001 but hasn't made a senior appearance yet. ”

The two no longer insisted after hearing this, and for a team like Ajax, the least scarce thing is young players.

'The other one is a right winger, you've definitely heard of it.' Arroyo laughed.

"Oh?"

"That Chinese from Almere, Yang Yang."

"It's him." Slotz nodded, "Last night, Aaron Moy's football online was basically talking about him, playing away at Volendam, scoring a brace, and two goals to help Almere turn the home team, which is really good. ”

"We've seen him live." Arroyo smiled, "His breakthrough on the right side reminded me of a man. ”

"Who?"

"Ronaldo."

"Please, the aliens are the strikers."

"I know, I mean, he's a lot like Ronaldo."

As Arroyo said this, Slotz suddenly remembered something, and immediately motioned for the two colleagues to wait, and walked to the nearby cabinet full of papers, rummaged through them for a while, and quickly pulled out a document from it.

"I don't remember how long ago our scouts recommended him."

With that, Slotz handed the document to the two colleagues.

While they were watching the scouting report, Slotz was also playing a video of the game that Arroyo had copied on his computer.

Last night's match was played at the Callas Stadium in Volendam, although it was not broadcast live, but at the request of Ajax, the scene was videotaped, and Arroyo specially edited Yang Yang's game highlights and copied them to a USB flash drive.

Slotz's brow furrowed deeper as he watched.

If he was not mistaken, the scouting report should have been put on his desk more than a month ago, but he didn't pay much attention at the time, because the person who recommended it thought Yang Yang was Ronaldo II, which was judged by Slotz to be grandstanding.

But judging from the game video submitted by Arroyo, Yang Yang's breakthrough on the right side is indeed sharp, and the investment in the front court, especially in defense, is very high, which is very rare among offensive players.

Slotz is not a head coach, but he knows very well that any manager will treasure a player who is willing to put his energy into defense while also attacking well.

The reason why Ronald Koeman doesn't particularly trust Ibrahimovic is because the Swedish center is not keen on defending.

Watching the game video carefully, Slotz found that as long as Yang Yang took the ball and hit it head-on, the one-on-one success rate reached almost 100%, which was unbelievable.

But the footage also exposes many of Yang's problems.

'The fundamentals are so poor, especially the first stop, the passing is very thoughtful but not good, and his crosses are terrible.

Being able to take charge of Ajax's scouting department, Slotz can be described as sharp-eyed, and he can see Yang Yang's strengths and weaknesses at a glance.

If it weren't for the poor fundamentals, the player would have been very good if he had been more reliable in the first stops and crosses, and Almere definitely scored more than two goals in this game.

This is a player whose strengths and weaknesses are very clear.

Arroyo and Ladrew glanced at each other, and they both saw the helplessness in each other's eyes.

"I listened to Football Online last night, and many enthusiastic fans said on the phone that this Yang Yang couldn't play at Almere two months ago, but in the past two or three months, he has suddenly improved rapidly and has become the core of the team."

Slotz looked at Radrew, "Patrick, what do you mean ......"

"I think we should take a closer look at him, and it's better if you go there yourself."

"Well, I'll think about it." Slotz thought for a moment and said.

Arroyo on the side also saw Slotz's perfunctory, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Tony, I know you've been busy lately, but I really suggest you think about Patrick's proposal." ”

"Huh?" Slotz also sensed that something was wrong.

"I saw Gullit last night in Volendam."

"Well, he's already decided to take over the Netherlands Under-18s this summer." Slotz is not surprising.

"There were also scouts from Utrecht, Genk Funk, Feyenoord's scout Michel Becks, and scouts from several other teams, all of whom spoke highly of Yang."

After hearing this, Slotz immediately paid attention to it, but he didn't expect that someone was still eyeing him, which had to be taken seriously.

"Also, I saw Pete Deviser on the spot."

"Pete Devisor?" Slotsden was taken aback, stared at Arroyo and asked, "Are you sure?" Did you read the wrong person? ”

"It's true, it's Carlas Van Balen who came with him." Arroyo said with great certainty.

Slotz's face changed and changed, and he didn't speak for a long time, but finally he stood up.

"I'll call Luther Carroll right away."

After speaking, he looked at Fred Arroyo in front of him again, "Fred, you can help me check it out immediately, see when Almere's next game is, who the opponent is, I want to get the exact news as soon as possible." ”

Arroyo knew that he had attracted the attention of the top of the scouting department, and he dared to be careless, so he immediately stood up and agreed.

Patrick Ladrew added, "Tony, you'd better call John Rep too." ”

Slotz and Arroyo immediately shouted.

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After playing Volendam, Almere returned triumphantly and was warmly welcomed by Almere fans, especially Yang Yang, who scored twice, once again became the savior of the team.

Everyone gathered again at Shen Kee Chinese Restaurant to celebrate, and after a meal and drink, they went home to rest.

That night, in the super training ground, Yang Yang and Lao Bing had a round of post-match review, mainly for some of the mistakes made by Yang Yang in the game, some of which were caused by poor basic skills and were difficult to improve in a short period of time, but some were Yang Yang's own problems, which should be avoided as much as possible in the next game.

Encountering problems and solving them is how Yang Yang has been making progress in the past three months.

Early the next morning, Yang Yang went to the skatepark for special training in good spirits.

Due to last night's game, the team suspended training for one day today, so Yang Yang spent most of the rest of his time in training at the skatepark except for his lunch break, and did not return to the restaurant until dinner time to help.

Finally, after finishing the meal and eating dinner, Henk Dimel and others came to the door again.

It wasn't long before John Rip arrived.

This is the first time in history.