The Legendary Chairman Novel - Chapter 230

230 Always Thinking About Sneaking Around

After defeating Duisburg, Zhong Cheng started to prepare for the match against Ajax.

The two matches were very close together, and they were going to play this match one day apart.

The Ajax Club was founded in 1900 and is now a century old club. They are not comparable to teams like Duisburg. Ajax is one of the ten most successful clubs in the world and one of the most successful and popular clubs in Holland.

Ajax have won 29 La Liga titles so far, He won the Dutch Cup 15 times, the Dutch Super Cup 4 times, the Champions League 4 times, the European Cup of Winners 1 time, the UEFA Cup 1 time, the European Super Cup 1 time, the UEFA Toto Cup 1 time and the Toyota Cup 2 times.

The Ajax Club is full of honor!

Most importantly, Ajax is now the world’s most famous star processing plant. The youth training system has nurtured countless stars and sent them to the five European leagues.

Ajax midfielder Gemini was also famous for a while. Van der Vaart and Sneijder were the supergeniuses that Ajax had nurtured today.

Sneijder may be less famous, just in Holland, but Van der Vaart is famous in Europe. There are a lot of big clubs looking at Van der Vaart this summer and many are hoping to get him away this summer.

Van der Vaart, Robben and Van Persie are known as the “new Dutch trio”, and this name alone attracts a lot of good clubs. Arjen Robben has joined Premier League financiers Chelsea and Robin Van Persie has joined Premier League club Arsenal. Everyone is looking to Van der Vaart.

Van der Vaart started training at the age of 10 at Ajax and made his debut as a striker in the Dutch League in 2000, scoring seven goals in his debut season. In the second season, he scored 20 goals in a single season, his fame soared and attracted the attention of countless scouts.

After Ajax captain Chivu left the team in 2003-04, young Van der Vaart succeeded Chivu as captain of Ajax and retreated to strengthen his defensive role. Even so, he scored 11 goals this season, up from 8 last season.

However, the number of clubs following him is increasing instead of decreasing because everyone knows that Van der Vaart is not happy at Jax. Because of his position, he was unwilling to stay at Ajax Club and wanted to leave, so at this time, many teams threw football to Van der Vaart, hoping to bring him in.

Apart from these two, there were also Dejon, Heitinga and other players with good strength in the Ajax Formation. These players were also coveted by some teams from the five big leagues.

It was a very strong team and a big test for Leeds United.

–Division Line–

The game between Leeds United and Ajax was a rather hurried one. Both teams had just played a warm-up game, and some of the players had yet to recover their physical fitness.

After all, this was the beginning of the new season. The players on both sides hadn’t entered their best condition yet. Perhaps some players really couldn’t stand such a dense schedule from the start.

However, the Leeds United side was fine. Under Ortega’s adjustment, the fitness of the Leeds United players was very good. Although they were not at their best yet, they were still very good.

Zhong Cheng was still paying more attention to this match. The Ajax Club was famous!

And Zhong Cheng also wanted to see if he could find some treasures in Ajax Club. Of course, Ajax Club’s players weren’t cheap.

In Zhong Cheng’s office, the members of the Leeds United coaching staff gathered together for a meeting.

At this moment, Zhong Cheng was very casual. Instead of wearing his white suit, he put on his sports coat and sat there carelessly. Zhong Cheng did not smoke, but he did chew gum!

Zhong Cheng was holding a tactical board in his hand. He was only staring at a middle-aged man sitting by the window. The middle-aged man was wearing a black suit, combed his back, and wore a pair of short-sighted glasses. But at this moment, his eyes were staring at the stack of information in his hand.

The man was Greene Nethercott, an intelligence scout and data analyst at the Leeds United Club.

“Ajax is one of the 10 most successful clubs in the world. They have a great history and won four Champions League titles. But at this stage, Ajax is in turmoil,” said Greene Nethercott.

Zhong Cheng, Rogers, and the others listened very carefully. It was obvious that they attached great importance to this match.

Greene Nethercott continued: “In more than a year, Ajax has changed coaches three times. Former meritorious coach Romand Koeman was fired, and Kroll and Slote, who succeeded him, did not stay in Ajax for long. At the end of last season, Ajax’s current coach Danny Brind took over Ajax and became the new head coach!

Zhong Cheng nodded. It could be seen that the Ajax Club was really in a mess.

Green Nethercott continued: “Ajax’s new head coach Danny Brindt was the former double captain of the Dutch and Ajax clubs. In 1995 he captained Ajax to the only reformed Champions League title in the club’s history. Previously, Ajax won the European Championships in the European Club Cup, and that was in the early 1970s.

Zhong Cheng nodded slightly. This Danny Blind Zhong Cheng knew that he was the father of Daley Blind, the legendary Dutch football star. Van Gaal later coached both the Dutch national team and Manchester United.

Now this guy is actually the head coach of the Ajax team. Not bad, not bad.

Rogers and the others also nodded slightly. It could be seen that they also knew about the legendary Dutch star.

Green Nethercott continued: “The last year or two Ajax players have left Ajax, such as Ibrahimovic and Van der Vaart.”

Zhong Cheng raised his eyebrows and said, “Wait, what’s the situation with Van der Vaart?”

The other Leeds United coaches were staring at Nethercott and wondering what was wrong with Van der Vaart.

Greene Nethercott immediately said: “Van der Vaart has moved away from Ajax and his choice of team has exceeded all expectations. Van der Vaart chose not Manchester United or Inter but Hamburg in the Bundesliga!”

Zhong Cheng was not surprised that Van der Vaart should have moved to Hamburg in history. What surprised Zhong Cheng was that he did not know the exact timing of Van der Vaart’s transfer to Hamburg, which was why he asked.

The other Leeds United coaches exclaimed, “How? How could it be a hamburger? What the hell can a hamburger club do?”

“It’s not April Fool’s Day, is it?” Rogers shook his head. “Van der Vaart chose Hamburg?”

Rogers really can’t figure it out. He thinks Van der Vaart should have chosen Manchester United or Inter. He really didn’t expect the Rossoneri and Nerazzurri to lose to the Bundesliga’s Hamburg team in the end. This is really unexpected.

Green Nethercott said: “It’s said that Hamburg gave Van der Vaart a starting spot and his favourite Shadow Forward position. So he chose Hamburg Club!”

Zhong Cheng nodded. He thought Van der Vaart was smarter.

What Van der Vaart needs now is a game. Joining a wealthy club may improve his fame and income, but he can only wait on the bench. For example, Robben and Van Persie, who are on par with him, are waiting on the bench for a pitiful opportunity.

Van der Vaart went to Hamburg to play in his favourite position. In two years, he would definitely be a genius for the big clubs. At that time, even if he joined a wealthy club, he would definitely be able to obtain a fair chance to compete for the first place, rather than sitting on the bench.

Zhong Cheng praised Van der Vaart’s character.

Originally, Zhong Cheng wanted to use this match to get in touch with Ajax’s Van der Fatlal to see if he could get rid of Van der Fatlal before Hamburg.

From the looks of it, Zhong Cheng was really thinking too much.

However, there were still Dejon and Sneijder in the Ajax Formation. Without Van der Vaart, they should have a chance to take them away.

In Zhong Cheng’s memory, Sneijder had stayed in Ajax until 2007, right? Now he still had a chance. However, Dejon’s words were about to get out of hand. It seemed that during the winter break this season, Hamburg had extended an invitation to Dejon. After that, Dejon joined Hamburg and Van der Vaart in Germany.

Dejon is a defensive player who can play multiple positions in the middle and back court. Although he wasn’t tall, his defense was extremely ferocious. Moreover, his physical fitness was outstanding, his running ability was outstanding, his defensive coverage area was relatively large, and he also had a certain amount of assisting ability.

This is a very good defensive type of waist, in later generations Chinese fans even teased: “South Pei Pei North Dejon, one of the world can be at peace!”

Now that Dejon is almost 21 years old, his style of playing football has matured. This is more stable than Diaby and Alexander Song. Diaby and Alexander Song may have good potential, but they are still young.

For the sake of safety, Zhong Cheng felt that the introduction of Dejon was a good choice.

This will give Diaby and Alexander Song more time to grow and will not put too much pressure on them.

Therefore, at this time, Zhong Cheng decided to bring in Dejon this season!

Actually, another reason was that Zhong Cheng did not have confidence in Yaya Toure’s passing of the Special Genius Ordinance, which was why he was added to Dejon.