After talking about Monaco, let's take a look at Ajax, a veteran supermarket that has been open for three years.

Like Monaco, Ajax had another crisis this summer, with managers Louis van Gaal and Arsene Wenger making the same choice, with the Dutch head coach deciding to take over from Robson Sr., who left due to illness, at the end of the season to take charge of Barcelona, one of Spain's two biggest clubs.

Although Barcelona president Nunez and Barcelona godfather Cruyff are at odds for some reason, the two have a rare agreement on inviting Louis van Gaal to coach the team.

In Nunez's view, Van Gaal, who once led Ajax to win the Champions Cup, is in line with the identity of the Barcelona giants; In Cruyff's eyes, Van Gaal, who was born in Ajax and studied under Michels, can do a good job of perfecting and sticking to the Tiki-Taka tactical system he created.

In this way, because two of the most powerful bigwigs in Barcelona FC have expressed their support for Van Gaal, Van Gaal has received unexpected power from these two powerful figures - the transfer rights of players.

You must know that Spain is not England, and the transfer power is generally in the hands of the general manager of the club, but Van Gaal, as the head coach, has been given this part of the power from the club manager, which has to be said to be a big surprise.

Van Gaal, who has not yet officially taken office, has begun to pave the way for his trip to Barcelona, and at his insistence and strong demand, Barcelona has begun to send special personnel to bring in the players he has requested, and to start selling those players that he deems "useless" to the team.

And Van Gaal's first target is his old club Ajax, on the list opened by Van Gaal, the De Boer brothers, Litmanning, Van der Sar and other old subordinates are on the list.

In the face of Van Gaal's poaching of "his own man", Van Praag has no good way to deal with it except feeling angry. In the wake of the Boseman Act, players, especially the stars, have become increasingly important in the transfer deal.

The only thing that can reassure Van Praag is that he extended his contract until 1999 when he renewed his contract with these key players two years ago. In other words, now Ajax can still occupy a certain initiative in the transfer of players, and if Barcelona cannot offer a transfer fee that satisfies Ajax, he has enough reasons to refuse to release him.

Barcelona's money is not blowing in the wind, and in the face of the high transfer fees offered by Ajax for these players in the face of limited budget, even the deep-pocketed Barcelona can only temporarily retreat.

With his poaching thwarted, Van Gaal had no choice but to broaden his selection, and two of his old subordinates, Reziger and Bogard, who had been quite unhappy at AC Milan, naturally came into his sights.

Van Gaal also wanted to get Kluivert in his pocket, and Galliani was also very impressed by Barcelona's offer, but the new Rossoneri boss Claudio Ranieri tried to block the transfer, believing that he has the ability to get Kluivert back to his best.

Returning to Ajax, although the high transfer fee scared off the menacing Barcelona and kept the backbone of the team, Van Praag's move also caused dissatisfaction among players who wanted to play in Europe's top league, laying the groundwork for a complete collapse two years later.

In addition to the two star supermarkets of Monaco and Ajax, other clubs that are either financially poor or under-known have also been harassed by these deep-pocketed clubs.

After the defeat of Van der Sar, Van Gaal brought in his hometown Heasp from Roda JC, and the 32-year-old Dutch goalkeeper will replace Portuguese Baia in the main position.

Monaco, who have been poached by teams in the big four leagues, have also begun to bully clubs at the lower levels, with the Ligue 1 powerhouse with a large transfer budget spending a small $1 million to bring in Willy Sagnol from Saint-Etienne in the second division to fill the void left by Di Meco's retirement from the main squad.

Rudovic Giuli moved from Lyon for $7.5 million, and after Pire's move to Arsenal was confirmed, the right-winger, who has scored sixteen goals in Ligue 1 this season, is considered by the Monaco club to be a new attacking engine for the team.

At the same time, in order to balance the growing financial expenses, Monaco also got in touch with Fiorentina, which is currently the most popular, and after some bargaining, the two sides signed a five-year contract for the development of players, to the effect that Fiorentina can hand over their players to Monaco in the form of commissioned training, and the annual training cost of each player ranges from 500,000 to 2 million US dollars, while Monaco wants to ensure the playing time of these players. Each person must play at least 20 games per season and have a total of 1,500 minutes played.

Although Ligue 1 has not been as competitive as before in recent years, it has still done a good job in developing players. Monaco, for example, is a club that has done a pretty good job of processing players. Far away are Weah and Djokaeffe; There are Thierry Henry and Trezeguet closely, and later in history, Monaco also produced a number of well-known superstars such as McConn, Gyuli, and Evra.

Therefore, after signing the agreement, Zhuang Mingge immediately sent Gattuso and Perrotta from the youth team over, and in Monaco, where there is a surplus of offensive talent and a lack of defensive strength, these two youngsters can get ample training opportunities.

Also signing a commissioned training agreement with Fiorentina is Ajax, which has tasted the sweetness before, but the term of this agreement is seven years, and Van Praag has already begun to plan to tie Ajax to the Florentina chariot.

After signing this agreement, Van Praag was a little more relieved, although long-term loan players from other clubs to make ends meet will damage Ajax's prestige, but it is better to be realistic - the family is almost out of the pot, so don't put up a big shelf.

Without good results, there would be no large amount of TV broadcast fees and tournament bonuses, and without these revenues, the club's hematopoietic function would not be maintained, thus creating a vicious circle.

Therefore, in Van Praag's view, signing this agreement with Fiorentina, which has a lot of quality resources, is a very good thing for the club. After all, the Florentine president is notoriously vicious, and he has hardly lost his eyes over the years.

Moreover, there are only so many people in the Fiorentina first team who can catch the game, and they will definitely not need so many good seedlings, as long as they can pick out one or two from those who Fiorentina can't use, they can make Ajax eat with a mouthful of oil.

Thinking of this, Van Praag seems to have seen that countless banknotes are beckoning to him......