Ajax FC was surprised that Sporting Gijón were looking for their young centre-back Vermaelen, who was on loan at this time, and Vermaelen did not attract Ajax's attention. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Therefore, Ajax does not rule out selling Vermaelen, as long as the price satisfies them, it is fine, after all, it is just a young man on loan, and he is not on the list of young talents that Ajax focuses on cultivating. Moreover, half a season has passed, and Vermaelen, who is on loan at Waalwijk in the Eredivisie, has only been given six appearances, of which only two have been starts, and the performance can only be described as average, and there is nothing special. The feedback on this news also made Ajax pay less attention to Vermaelen: this young man can be sold!

Since Ajax is not out selling Vermaelen, all that remains is to bargain.

After two days of communication between Banderas and Ajax FC, the negotiations between the two sides have reached an impasse.

Ajax have set a price tag of €1.5 million for Vermaelen.

However, the price of the task on Sporting Gijón's side is too high, and according to Li Ang's previous instructions, Sporting Gijón's attitude is that he is only willing to pay 500,000 euros at most.

Just kidding, a 19-year-old young centre-back who has just been loaned to a mid-to-lower team in the Eredivisie and is only a substitute, you Ajax dare to offer 1.5 million euros?

This was 2005, not yet the era of the general premium for players, in 2005, if you were lucky and there were no malicious bids from other teams, you could buy a strong player for one or two million euros.

Therefore, Ajax's asking price of 1.5 million euros is purely a lion's mouth in Leon's eyes. It can even be said that there is no sincerity.

Because the purchase of Metzelde, Kompany and Albiol was rejected, Leon was also angry and in a very unhappy mood. Now in his opinion, Ajax's lack of sincerity also made him dissatisfied.

"Reply to Ajax, 800,000 euros, a fixed price, if it doesn't work, forget it. Leon said directly to his assistant Banderas. A young centre-back with no name, 800,000 euros is enough. The centre-back is different from any other position, and with his peculiarities, a young attacking player may fetch a high price, but a defender is not.

After Banderas listened, he nodded, he didn't think there was anything wrong with 800,000 euros, he didn't know Vermaelen, and naturally he didn't know the future achievements of this young man, anyway, he felt that a nineteen-year-old young defender, and a young man who was loaned out by Ajax and couldn't play, 800,000 euros was too much.

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Leon thinks that Ajax lacks sincerity, and he doesn't have much hope of winning Vermaelen, so this afternoon, Leon stayed in the office, he was thinking, and at the same time watching the game video, which was the game video of some of the team's central defenders sorted out by Scottery, which is also Leang's request, Leon has now realized one point, that is, those talented players in his memory, for him now, more often than not, he can only drool and envy, because most of these players are in the giants, and it is not so easy to poach from the giants, and looking for some targets from these game videos is considered to make up for the shortcomingsHe has a system to rely on, and if needed, he can spend perspective points to 'scout' the strength of some of the players he fancies. However, watching the video of the game in the afternoon, there is no player who makes his eyes shine, and it is worth him to generate a strength inspection report on a certain player.

When Banderas knocked on the door of the manager's office, he informed him that Ajax had agreed to Sporting Gijon's offer of 800,000 euros for Vermaelen.

Li Ang was first surprised, then happy, and finally gritted his teeth and scolded, sure enough, those wealthy families are all cheap, and they are polite here, but they hit walls everywhere, and they are ruthless, but they have received miraculous results.

Of course, Leon understands the reason for this, it seems that Ajax really does not attach importance to Vermaelen, and the previous 'high price' of 1.5 million euros is also with the attitude of playing three poles with dates and no dates, in case Sporting Gijón is willing to pay a high price, they will earn it, and then seeing Sporting Gijón's tough attitude, they feel that 800,000 euros is not unacceptable......

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Ajax agreed, and the rest was left to the player's personal wishes.

Sporting Gijón were very quick to contact Vermaelen and his agent, the young Vermaelen, who joined Ajax from Akron in Belgium last summer, and the excitement of joining the Eredivisie giants was quickly shattered by the harsh reality that he was not in Ajax's current plans and was not taken seriously, and was directly loaned out.

It can be said that Vermaelen is not Dutch, nor is he produced by the Ajax academy, and he does not have much affection and sincerity for Ajax, he came to Ajax only because Ajax is a giant, and this is a bigger stage.

In such a situation, the favor of Sporting Gijón has allowed Vermaelen to see a new stage.

His agent immediately 'enlightened' him and told him about the situation of the club Sporting Gijón.

Through the agent's narration, Vermaelen has the most superficial understanding of Sporting Gijón, their head coach is Chinese, is a very interesting person, although Sporting Gijón is a promoted horse, but under the leadership of this Chinese performance is very good, now ranked fourth in La Liga, in the league has conquered the Bernabeu and Camp Nou, the two giants of Real Madrid and Barcelona have been cut down, other La Liga powerhouses such as Valencia and Deportivo La Coruna, have also lost at the feet of this team, from here you can see the strong performance of this team…… And as the winner of last season's Spanish Copa del Rey, he has now reached the knockout stage of the League Cup.

That's enough!

For Vermaelen, a 19-year-old who is not currently valued by Ajax, La Liga, a bigger stage than the Eredivisie, and the fourth-place team in La Liga, have European games to play, and such conditions are enough to satisfy Vermaelen.

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Ajax FC and Vermaelen themselves have agreed to the transfer, but that doesn't mean the deal is immediate.

This is because Vermaelen is currently on loan to Waalwijk by Ajax, and in terms of attribution, Vermaelen is now Waalwijk's man.

Vermaelen's transfer still needs Waalwijk's approval.

Waalwijk FC did not set up obstacles to Vermaelen's transfer, after all, Vermaelen is an Ajax player after all, they just loaned Vermaelen, in addition, Ajax is a giant in the Eredivisie, Vermaelen is now only a substitute central defender in Waalwijk, which is not so important, in this case, Waalwijk does not mind selling Ajax a favor.

Eventually, Waalwijk announced the end of his loan deal with Ajax for Vermaelen six months ahead of schedule, and Vermaelen returned to Ajax ahead of schedule.

In order to complete the deal as soon as possible and avoid long nights, this time, Leon allowed Vermaelen to have a medical examination in the Netherlands, and the team doctor from Sporting Gijón went to the Netherlands to accompany Vermaelen for a medical examination.

The young Belgian central defender, who was in good physical condition at this time, was not yet a glass man later, and the medical examination went well. It also means that the last hurdle to the deal has been removed.

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On January 3, 2005, the official website of Sporting Gijón officially announced that 19-year-old Belgian central defender Thomas Vermaelen officially transferred to Sporting Gijón from the Eredivisie giants Ajax for a transfer fee of 800,000 euros.

“…… We are pleased to announce that we have signed a five-year contract with this talented young Belgian centre-back...... "Sporting Gijón has signed a five-year contract with Vermaelen, saying that Sporting Gijón has always adhered to Lyon's consistent request to sign as long as possible for the players that Sporting Gijón is optimistic about......

Sporting Gijón made a long-term contract to preemptively recruit the future Arsenal captain...... Sneakily dug into Wenger's corner.