"Why are you free to come and see me?"

Yang Yang panted and walked over to Van Gaal, sat down directly next to him, unscrewed the cap of the bottle, and gulped water into his dried-up stomach, which was quite enjoyable.

After Yang Yang entered the Ajax academy, Van Gaal seemed to keep his distance from him, intentionally or unintentionally, but from several contacts, Yang Yang could feel the concern from Van Gaal, but this was only out of personal friendship.

He believes that Van Gaal has been quietly watching over him all along.

"I'm in trouble." Van Gaal said lightly.

But Yang Yang saw that at this moment, his expression was a shallow smile, and he didn't look like a troubled person.

"And then?" Yang Yang asked.

"The last time I had trouble, I met you at the skate park in Almere, and then you helped me out of my first problem, but at the same time it brought me the trouble I have now."

"Huh?" Yang Yang was a little puzzled, what is this?

"So, shouldn't you do something?"

"For example?"

Van Gaal raised his eyebrows, "For example...... Answer me a question. ”

"Oh, that's easy." Yang Yang breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile.

Van Gaal couldn't help but laugh when he saw him laugh.

Simple, isn't it?

Perhaps, but for Van Gaal at this moment, it is not easy at all, and it can even be said to be difficult.

"Okay, then here we go." Van Gaal said softly.

"For example, I mean, for example, if you decide to do something, but everybody around you thinks it's impossible to succeed, and they even take the opportunity to hit you and get revenge on you, what do you think you'll do?"

Yang Yang frowned and thought for a moment, "Just like Henk Dimel and the others treated me like they did back then?" ”

"Much more serious than that."

"Then I will definitely consider whether this thing is worth it, if it is worth it, then I will do it, no matter how many people doubt, no matter how many people fight, I will do it, just like when Henk Dimel laughed at me in front of the whole class, I didn't take it seriously, because I knew exactly what I was doing."

"But what if it fails? You may lose a lot of what you have now. ”

"That's the price of risk!" Yang Yang smiled, "But before we do it, how do we know what the result will be?" We can't not dare to take risks because we are afraid of failure, how can there be a good thing with zero risk in this world? Yang Yang asked rhetorically.

After seeing Van Gaal's silence, Yang Yang said again: "Besides, everything I have now is hard work, not falling from the sky, lost, it's a big deal for me to work hard again, what's there to be afraid of?" ”

Van Gaal looked at Yang Yang and had to admit that his words were very frank and true, he was such a person.

From Almere to Ajax, that's how he came all the way.

In fact, Van Gaal is very clear that he has always known how to choose, but he just wants to find someone who agrees with him to give him a little encouragement and courage.

And this person is Yang Yang.

It's a very strange feeling, from the time I first met Yang Yang in Almere to the present, Yang Yang has always been very special.

"I decided I was going to do something." Van Gaal said suddenly.

"What's the matter?" Yang Yang asked casually.

He didn't notice that the expression on Van Gaal's face became extremely serious and solemn when he said this.

"I can't tell you yet, but you'll find out later." Van Gaal didn't say it directly, just looked back at Yang Yang and smiled faintly, "I'm telling you this because I think you'll understand me, we're friends, right?" ”

"That's my pleasure." Yang Yang smiled and nodded.

"People are like this, no matter how arrogant they are and when they encounter difficulties, they always hope to get some help, even if it is just verbal comfort, I also hope that no matter whether this thing is successful or not, at least you understand me, even if I am forced to leave Ajax one day, at least you will send me off."

In the end, Van Gaal's expression was deeply rooted in a trace of loneliness that was not understood.

For Van Gaal, everyone's evaluation is very polarized, with praise and disapproval, and no one can say clearly.

But as a friend, Yang Yang feels that his temper is indeed a bit big, and his personality is also a little stubborn, which seems difficult to get along with, but there is no doubt that he is not a hypocritical person.

"I remember."

Van Gaal let out a long sigh, stood up from his seat, and looked back at Yang Yang again, "Don't practice too late, pay attention to rest, have time to practice your left foot, the progress is too slow." ”

In the end, Van Gaal himself was dumbfounded.

With Yang Yang's speed of progress, it can be described as god speed on anyone, but I don't know why, Van Gaal still feels that it is not fast enough, maybe this is because he is seventeen years old, or because he is ......

'Coman and his coaching staff should be moving you to the first team in the next few days, training hard and performing well.

Yang Yang looked at Van Gaal's departing back, and his heart was both happy and worried.

The joy is that he is about to break into the first team, and the worry is what Van Gaal has to do.

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While Yang Yang returned to the locker room to pack his things, Van Gaal left Detokmost, but did not drive, but walked slowly all the way to the Amsterdam Arena.

Familiarly speaking, he entered the administrative office and came to the door of the office of the club's president, Michael van Praag.

The door was not closed, and the people inside were sitting anxiously, waiting impatiently.

Seeing Van Gaal appear, Van Praag immediately stood up from the sofa, called out to Luis, and beckoned him to come and sit down.

Michael Van Praag is a son who inherited his father's footsteps, his father created one of the most glorious legends in Ajax history, Michels and Cruyff both came out of that period, but after the elder Van Praag stepped down, Ajax was in a quagmire for a while, and it was Michael van Praag who stepped forward.

Van Praag Jr. brought the last glory to Ajax, that is, the legend of Van Gaal's tenure, but then the impact of the Bosman Act, coupled with the failure of youth investment and the impact of the club's listing, made Ajax's situation worse year by year, and in recent years, it has lost money every year.

In the past few years of the new century, Michael Van Praag's chairmanship has been in crisis, and because of this, he once again invited his old friend Louis van Gaal to come out as the club's technical director, hoping to turn the situation around.

But now, it seems that nothing has changed.

"Luis, you said you had something very important to talk to me about, what was it?" Michael Van Praag asked with concern.

Van Gaal looked at the club president with a solemn face and replied lightly: "I decided. ”

"What?" Van Praag's heart jumped, and he hurriedly asked, "What has been decided?" ”

"Don't worry, I'm not going to get stuck with Cruyff anymore, it doesn't mean anything to me anymore, and I'm not going to change myself easily, I'm going to compromise on difficulties, and I've decided to do what I'm supposed to do as technical director of Ajax."

"What do you mean?" Van Praag had a very ominous premonition and panicked.

"You know, Michael, there are some things that can't be escaped, problems arise, and there they are, and we can't act as if they didn't happen, pretend not to see them, what we should do is how to solve these problems, not run away."

Van Praag now understood what Van Gaal was going to do, shook his head and said, "No, Luis, you're doing this too aggressively, understand?" Not to mention Cruyff, not even the rest of the board would agree. ”

"But you and I understand that it may be a short-term pain, but it can lead to long-term development for the team."

"No, it's not going to work." Van Praag kept waving his hand, looking resistant.

"If you don't strip off the carrion, you won't grow good skin."

"But it's too much of a movement and it could have a serious impact on the team's results."

"It's been affected for a long time, Michael, today's European football is not ten years ago, and now AC Milan is relying on a false transfer rumor, which can make our team panic and make our main players centrifuge from Germany, don't you still see where we are?"

Van Gaal's words left Van Praag speechless.

Ajax do have an illustrious past, but as Louis van Gaal says, it's all in the past.

Today's European football is no longer the European football of ten years ago, when there was no Bosman Act, and at that time Ajax could rely on a group of self-trained players to dominate European football, but now?

Even Van der Vaart, who is in the thick of the eyebrows, is secretly operating transfers, let alone others?

Van Gaal smiled coldly, shook his head and said: "Michael, you, like many people, many fans, are still immersed in the glory of the past, and you are not willing to open your eyes to take a good look at this new world, you are scared, you are running away." ”

Van Praag was a little overwhelmed and sat back on the couch weakly.

"This is a cruel, survival of the fittest world, what we need to do now is to put aside the layers of shackles of the past, heavy baggage, drastic reforms, and travel lightly, so that we have the opportunity to maximize the team's position in European football, otherwise, we will be eliminated sooner or later."

Van Gaal's words were categorical, and Van Praag turned pale when he heard it.

"They...... None of them will agree. ”

"I don't need their consent." Van Gaal said resolutely.

"What do you want to do?"

"You don't have to worry about this, as long as you believe me, I will try my best to make sure that the team can beat Club Brugge in the next game and advance smoothly, if the team qualifies by then, you can't stop me."

"That'...... What if I fail to make the cut? ”

"I take the blame and resign, take all the responsibility, everything in Ajax from now on has nothing to do with me."

Van Praag's hands trembled, he had no idea that Van Gaal would gamble so big, which was completely unexpected.

But he has a hunch that whether or not what Van Gaal wants to do will succeed, he will not end well with the team.

This should be the fate of reformers.