Volume 1 Chapter 102 Factional Strife
The Hague is the third largest city in the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam.
Although the capital of the Netherlands is Amsterdam, the central government of the Netherlands, the Queen's Palace, and even all government agencies, foreign embassies and the Supreme Court are located in The Hague, making The Hague the political center of the Netherlands.
At this moment, in The Hague, Dick who has just started his summer vacation? Advocaat was having dinner with Ajax director Ajar Körner, who had heard about Dick? When Advocaat returned to the Netherlands, he was contacted as soon as possible.
This season's Rangers are not ideal, there are only 12 teams in the Super League, according to the competition system, first three round-robin matches, and then the top 6 and the bottom 6 are divided into the championship group and the relegation group for separate round-robin confrontations, and each team plays 38 rounds at the bottom.
In terms of the last points, Rangers are 15 points behind Celtic, who are in Martin? Under O'Neal's leadership, 90 goals scored and 29 goals conceded, both of which topped the Soviet Super League, relatively speaking, the results of the Rangers were much more dismal, and in the four games against Celtic, the Rangers won 1-3, which can almost be said to be a complete defeat.
This left Advocaat a bit disheartened and eventually decided to leave his position as Rangers manager, while the club were retaining him as the team's head of technology, which he was still considering, and it was in this case that Kearner called him on behalf of Ajax.
"Hello, Mr. Advocat!" Körner is a lawyer by training, and he is accustomed to seeing all kinds of people, and he knows very well how to make a good impression in the shortest possible time, especially in front of people he values.
Advocaat has a certain status in Dutch football, he was once Michels's assistant coach during his time in the Dutch national team, and he has been praised by Michels more than once, which is evident from Michels's second time in charge of the Dutch national team, and he can't wait to bring Advocaat into his assistant again.
Then Michels did not perform well, Advocaat made a critical move, led the Netherlands to the 94 World Cup finals, and later led the team to the quarterfinals in the World Cup finals, and then coached Eindhoven, is considered to be the driving force behind Eindhoven's glory in recent years, and he also performed well at Glasgow Rangers.
It is this series of past records that makes Kearner always regard Advocaat as one of the most ideal candidates for the Ajax coaching position, especially the Dutch coach to replace the unqualified Ye Qiu, who can say anything?
Advocaat is a very stable person, and he pays great attention to demeanor in private, so he has always been a self-respecting gentleman in front of outsiders, which makes him have a good reputation in the Dutch football circle.
The two met, sat down after a brief exchange of politeness, ordered a meal, and Kearner got to business.
'Mr. Advocat, we at Ajax have always admired your coaching ability, you know, in the last two or three years, Ajax has had unprecedented turmoil and slumps, which has disappointed our management and the fans, and we are all desperate to change the situation.
I have to say that Kearner is a lawyer in the end, and he doesn't have to say anything eloquent, especially with his kind of expression, which is very convincing, and it is easy for people to have an impression of him, everything is for Ajax.
"As far as I know, Mr. Körner, Ajax has performed very well this season, even in the Soviet Super League, I have heard some journalists and some newspapers say positive about Ajax, especially the manager."
"You said Ye Qiu?" Körner didn't like to hear the name.
Advoca nodded and smiled, "Yes, I heard that he is very young, but he is very powerful!" ”
"He can't compare to you, Mr. Advocat!" Kearner laughed and boasted: "You are a champion manager, you have won a lot of titles, but he has only won two Dutch Cups so far, and we at Ajax are worried about his coaching ability, after all, he is too young and needs to be honed!" ”
Advocaat nodded, he himself is not very clear about this, because it is related to Ajax, but he does not deny that young managers need to be honed, after all, Ye Qiu is only 26 years old, where in the world to find a 26-year-old Eredivisie giants like Ajax?
This is not to say that Advocaat has any prejudice against Ye Qiu, but because the profession of head coach is different from other professions of players and football, this is a very much experienced, and at the same time has excellent adaptability and the ability to deal with things, otherwise, how can a head coach deal with all kinds of problems that arise with dozens of players in a season?
In Advocaat's opinion, no matter how good Ye Qiu's ability is, he is only 26 years old, and he is not a professional player, so he will definitely lack experience, and even in professional ability.
Where will he know that Ye Qiu's shortcomings in these aspects, in the past two years, with the help of the godfather's cultivation system, have been greatly improved, maybe for the first-class head coach in Europe, there are still some shortcomings, but coaching Ajax, at least qualified, and he has always maintained his efforts to make himself improve.
You must know that the study house of the godfather cultivation system, as well as those sold in the store, are basically the essence of every head coach's lifelong experience, Ye Qiu can see this, and understand and study these, which is of great help to the progress of his ability.
From a purely tactical point of view, Ye Qiu will not necessarily lose to Advocaat.
"I wonder if Mr. Advocaat has ever thought about coming back to the Netherlands to coach?" Kearner asked with concern.
Advocaat didn't deny it either, nodding, "Returning to the Netherlands is indeed a huge attraction for me. ”
In recent years, it can be said that there have been many newcomers in the Eredivisie, including Dutch rookies such as Van Marwijk and Koeman, as well as foreign coaches such as Ye Qiu and Gretz, plus a few Dutch coaches who have made a name for themselves such as Advocaat and Hiddink are eager to prove themselves on a wider stage, so they have never returned to China.
But this does not mean that Dutch football is not attractive to them, on the contrary, a very important reason why they have not come back is that their vision is too high, except for giants such as Ajax and Eindhoven, who can make them tempted?
"Are you interested in coaching Ajax?" After listening to this, Körner was very satisfied with Advocat's answer.
"Coaching Ajax?" Advocaat was a little surprised.
To know that in Dutch football, Eindhoven and Ajax have become two factions that do not violate the river water, and the head coaches from Eindhoven such as Advocaat, Hiddink and others, no matter how bad Ajax's situation is, no matter how the outside media spread, the board of directors of Ajax has not considered them.
In the same way, PSV Eindhoven also gave the same attitude to Ajax-born managers such as Louis van Gaal, Cruyff and Adrianse, because there is a huge difference between the philosophies of the two clubs.
Looking at Advocaat and Hiddink, and then looking at Van Gaal, Adrianse, Cruyff and others, it is not difficult to see that the managers from the Ajax faction are more inclined to attack, while the managers from PSV Eindhoven are more conservative, which leads to the managers between the two factions not convincing each other and competing with each other.
But one thing is clear, and that is that Ajax will hardly consider PSV Eindhoven's manager, and vice versa.
Advocaat had been puzzled by Kearner's call before, but he still came, and now that he invited him in person, Advocaat was really a little surprised, but he also had to admit that this was an opportunity.
Success, it was able to give him a huge boost in Dutch football.
For Körner, Advocaat's arrival at the Arena is not necessarily impossible, because Advocaat is regarded as a direct disciple of Michels, who twice joined the Dutch national team and twice invited him to be an assistant, if this is not necessarily impossible to convince Ajax fans.
But what is certain is that if Advocaat takes over Ajax and breaks the confrontation between the Ajax faction and the Eindhoven faction, then Ajax will definitely be ridiculed by Eindhoven.
However, Körner, who is not very familiar with football, obviously did not think about this, he cared about interests!
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I don't know what happened to the road, but the scene where Körner meets Advocaat was filmed by reporters in The Hague, Netherlands, and appeared on the front page of major Dutch newspapers the next day, and all the reporters and media paid attention to it.
"The little general is in charge of the Arena Stadium?"
"Ajax's new manager - Advocat!"
"Eindhoven takes Amsterdam!"
There is no doubt that the last headline must have come from the Eindhoven daily report, but it is conceivable that the whole of the Netherlands was taken by surprise by this meeting, and Ajax really planned to invite Advocaat to coach?
"If Advocaat does take charge of the Arenal Stadium, it should be the first time since PSV Eindhoven and Ajax have a head coach in charge of Ajax, which is bound to cause indignation and resistance from traditional Ajax fans, because Ajax does not need someone from Eindhoven to save it!"
"In fact, from the perspective of this season, Ajax's performance is not bad, it can even be said to be amazing, Ye Qiu's team's performance has brought a huge surprise, especially in the second half, we are very strange, why would the management of the club choose to change the coach when the team is facing a major transformation?"
"Changing the coach means overthrowing and starting over, when the time comes, Advocaat will inevitably introduce some of his own players, and when the time comes, where will the group of young but powerful young players left by Ye Qiu go?"
Schulder, a famous reporter for Kyodo Daily? Moso also wrote in person, "If the Ajax management really gave up on Ye Qiu and chose Advocaat, then I would feel that this is the biggest mistake Ajax has made in the past ten years, and it is bound to become one of the stupidest decisions in the history of Ajax!" ”
"Let's take a look at the affirmation of Ajax's performance this season by the major mainstream media in Europe, even the World Sports Newspaper, which claims to be the mouthpiece of Barcelona, has affirmed Ye Qiu's Ajax, thinking that Ferrer should be careful of this young Chinese, but in Amsterdam, we don't trust our manager at all!"
"I'm very sorry for that, because when there is a message that it is the decision of the board of directors and not on behalf of the management, then I can't help but wonder if the club is managed by the board or by the office of the Arena Arena.
"Two years ago, we made a mistake and fired Olsen, and then the team suffered the lowest point in decades, and in this bleakness, Ye Qiu's second team became everyone's hope, and he finally led the team to the Dutch Cup, which proves that although he is young, he is a manager worthy of everyone's trust!"
"This season his team firmly occupies the second place in the league, and even almost pushed the champion PSV Eindhoven off the throne, won the Dutch Cup, reached the final of the League Cup, I don't know what to do, when did Ajax's ambition become so big, and such an honor could not satisfy Ajax?"
"If it is, then there must be something wrong with Ajax, and if not, then we can't help but ask, what is the reason for this? And we should all know that secretly contacting other managers when a manager is still in office is an insult to the current manager! ”
"Perhaps, it's time for all Ajax people to reflect!"
Ye Qiu, who was concentrating on preparing for the battle in Amsterdam, also received the news as soon as possible, and it was Eliza who sent him the news.
"That's when we have to fight back!" Ye Qiu was fed up with that gang of bastard directors, and he decided to fight back!
Eliza also supported his decision, "But at present, you have to concentrate on preparing for the League Cup, this matter is left to me, you stabilize the team, winning this championship is more important than anything else, as for the counterattack, you can rest assured, leave it to me!" ”
Eliza is now more and more experienced in dealing with this kind of thing, and she knows very well that at present, Ajax's military spirit cannot be chaotic, and if she can't win the League Cup, Ye Qiu's chips will be even less, so the key is to stabilize the military spirit.
And Ye Qiu is not suitable to come forward, because as soon as he comes forward, he will say that he is dead, and there is no way out, so the most ideal is for the agent to come forward, and she will fight back on behalf of Ye Qiu.
At noon that day, Eliza gave a telephone interview to a reporter from the Amsterdam Corriere della Sera.
"I am very angry about Ajax's private contact with Advocaat, this is a huge insult to Mr. Ye Qiu, because he has not left the position of Ajax manager, in view of Ajax's behavior, we feel unacceptable, I believe that Mr. Ye Qiu is the same, we will start to consider terminating the three-year contract with Ajax early!"
At the same time, Eliza also said in an interview that Ye Qiu has no shortage of interested teams.
"I find it difficult to understand the remarks that many people think that Ye Qiu is young and lacks coaching experience, at least at the moment we have no shortage of interested teams on hand, including big names such as Valencia in La Liga, other teams in La Liga, and several teams in the Premier League are interested in Mr. Ye Qiu."
"I understand Mr. Ye Qiu's feelings for Ajax, he has put a lot of effort into this team in the past two years, and the results are obvious to everyone, but it is clear that he is not treated with the respect he deserves here, which makes him disappointed, and we will seriously reconsider our future options at the end of the season!"
Eliza's words on the phone immediately caused an uproar in Amsterdam.
Ye Qiu is concerned by other teams, it is not a secret, it has been rumored that Villarreal, a team in the lower reaches of La Liga, is interested in Ye Qiu, as well as Manchester City, which was relegated to League One this season, and Tottenham Hotspur in the Premier League, these teams are either dissatisfied with the current results, or want to change the manager for some reason, and Ye Qiu has become one of their candidates.
Of course, being interested does not mean that Ye Qiu will definitely be invited to coach, but at the very least, it can now be used by Ye Qiu and Eliza as a bargaining, or even a powerful bargaining chip to put pressure on Ajax.
Ye Qiu felt depressed about what had happened to him in the past two years, and now he wanted to win back some initiative, at least to suppress the vote of the board of directors who were eager to see him leave Ajax in disgrace.
The words from Ye Qiu's agent soon appeared on major media websites in the Netherlands, as well as in the real-time news of TV stations, and immediately caused a reaction from Ajax fans, most of whom were disappointed and even angry at the club's management's actions.
In the eyes of fans, they were dissatisfied with Ye Qiu at the beginning of the season, but as the season deepened, with the team's current achievements, they have completely changed their opinion of Ye Qiu and his team, and they have now begun to believe that Ajax can be revived in Ye Qiu's hands, just like Van Gaal back then.
But when the fans rekindled their hopes, the board of directors went to do such a thing, and the fans were disappointed and even angry, it is conceivable that they all knew very well that the club could not stand Ye Qiu in this matter.
The League Cup final is imminent, but at this time such news broke out, it is already light to call Corna a troublemaker, and it is even a traitor and a spy for Barcelona to say that he is serious.
In the questionnaire survey of the Amsterdam Evening Post, except for a very small number of extreme fans, all the other fans were dissatisfied with the club's actions, thinking that Ye Qiu should be retained, and immediately after, Van Praag was interviewed as soon as he got the news, clarifying that Körner's actions were personal actions and did not represent the decision-making of Ajax management.
In the interview, Van Praag was also dissatisfied with the outrageous words and deeds of some directors, and believed that the team should make a change of power at the appropriate time.
'I think it's time for Ajax to get back to football!'