At the end of the four-day day of genius, Detokmoste was still busy.

The new season is just around the corner, the first team has to prepare for the game, and Ronald Koeman has to worry about the phone calls from the Amsterdam Athletic Stadium to inform him that he will lose another player.

Last season, both hands were empty, and this season's results are under a lot of pressure, which is also transmitted from the management to the coaching staff to the players, no one can relax, everyone is conscientious and does not dare to be careless.

Regarding Manchester United's forced poaching of Trabelsi, Barcelona want to get Van der Vaart, and a certain Serie A giant covets Ibrahimovic...... A lot of transfer news has been reported repeatedly, among which it is difficult to distinguish between the true and the false, but it also makes it difficult for the whole club to calm down, and no one can fully control their own future.

The Academy has been relatively quiet.

Technical Director Louis van Gaal held a senior meeting of the Academy on the second day after the Talent Day, the main content of which was to discuss some of the players who stood out in the Talent Day activities, as well as the squad of players at all levels in the new season.

Back in July, during the first-team training camp, the Ajax first team had officially sent out a call-up, bringing several players such as Ryan Babel, Maduro, Tom Demul, Daniel Deridel and Niklas Mitya into the first team.

Of these players, only Maduro is a midfielder, and all the others are wingers, and all but Niklas Mitja is left-footed but can play as a right winger, and all the rest are right-footed, including Ryan Babel, who is used to playing as a left winger.

From Ronald Koeman's selection list, everyone can easily guess his intentions, that is, he is full of worries about the right winger position in the new season, and the loss of Van der Meyde makes him very worried, even if there are already many players in this position, including Pienaar and Sneijder.

The sudden withdrawal of a large number of players from the first team has led to a serious shortage of personnel in the second team, and Van Basten has had to temporarily transfer another group of players from the academy, including central defender Thomas Vermaelen, who has been recalled from Belgium this season.

'I've just discussed with Ronald that several young players, including Ryan Babbel, Nicolas Maduro and Tom Demoor, are not up to the first team at the moment and will be back in the second team.

At the beginning of the meeting, Technical Director Louis van Gaal announced the results of his discussions with Ronald Koeman.

'But these players, along with Thomas Vermaelen, Emmanuelsen and Russ Degren, will all be on the first-team shortlist and could be drawn to the first-team squad at any time.'

After the first team let go of captain Ziwu, there was a vacancy in the position of central defender, although after the introduction of Escude, the first team had three central defenders, but Heitinga was only 19 years old, although Koeman had high hopes, but in the end he was too young, the performance of Finnish central defender Pasanen has not been able to convince Koeman, which makes the central defender position also vacant.

Vermaelen and Lindgren are both young talents in central defence, with Vermaelen being called up to the second team by Van Basten immediately after the game for his outstanding performance against Almere in the amateur game, and it is only natural for Koeman to want to call them up at any time.

Nowadays, it is difficult for Ajax to retain people, there is a vacancy in the first team, the first thing that comes to mind is to poach people from the second team and the youth team, and the academy must not only be mentally prepared, but also do a good job of dealing with the aftermath.

Van Basten is very aware of Ajax's mode of operation, and after listening to Van Gaal's arrangement, he didn't say much, and agreed on the spot, but at the same time put forward his own requirements.

"I want that Yang Yang."

Van Gaal was secretly happy when he heard this, but his face remained unmoved, and he looked at others, including Tony Browns Slotz, Luther Carroll and Patrick Laderew.

"Yang Yang performed very well in the Talent Day event, whether it was the basic assessment in the morning or the competition in the afternoon, he was one of the best players, and I think he has the strength to enter the second team."

Chief scout Tony Browns Slotz groaned for a moment, seeing that no one spoke, and took the initiative to take a stand.

"I also agree with Tony's judgment that Yang Yang really needs a higher platform to challenge himself and improve his level." Patrick Ladrew agrees.

Luther Carroll thought for a moment, "I also support, and even think we can consider putting him on the special training list. ”

Everyone present was stunned, and even Van Gaal and Van Basten, who were optimistic about Yang Yang, were a little surprised.

The so-called special development is a traditional practice in the Ajax Academy, which means that it focuses on developing a certain player, for example, a dedicated coach will arrange one-on-one training for him, and arrange a targeted training plan for his strengths and weaknesses, all in order to help the player improve as quickly as possible.

But the people who can get this special treatment are generally talented players like Van der Vaart, Sneijder, and Ryan Babel, and Yang Yang doesn't look like that kind of genius at all.

Van Gaal glanced at the reactions of everyone present, thought for a while, and said: "It's okay to enter the second team, and then consider entering the special training list, but the scouting department should pay close attention to Yang Yang's training and games." ”

The meaning of this sentence is that it will not be included for the time being, but it will be considered for it.

It should be said that this is also a compromise plan.

"If everyone has no opinion, then I will officially sign the document, arrange for him to report as soon as possible, and participate in the team's joint training, and the logistics department should also make proper arrangements as soon as possible."

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Yang Yang received a message from Ajax two days later when he returned from training at the skatepark and went to a Chinese restaurant for lunch, and in addition to Fred Arroyo, the scout in charge of him, there was also a female employee named Priscilla Jensen.

According to Arroyo, she is a handyman in Ajax's logistics department, specializing in logistics, including properly handling the placement of out-of-town players.

They had been waiting in the Chinese restaurant for more than an hour, and they had a lot of conversations with their uncle Shen Ming, among which Shen Ming, who was also Yang Yang's parents, was most concerned about Yang Yang's studies, and they didn't want Yang Yang to give up his studies too early.

At this point, Ajax gave two sets of plans, one is that Yang Yang continues to stay in Almere's Bakken School Park, but because there is only one Ajax academy player in the entire Almere, Yang Yang, it is difficult for the club to arrange a special car transfer, and someone will have to pick Yang Yang up to Detokmoste for training every day.

Another option is to attend the Ajax school, which is also one of the most prestigious schools in Amsterdam's south-east new town, where almost all of Ajax's out-of-town players are attended, and the club bus transports them to De Tokmost.

"There is a conflict between the training time of the second team and the school time, so no matter which set of plans, Yang Yang will only attend half a day at school, gather at the club around 2:30 to 3 o'clock after the lunch break, and train and eat at the club from 3 to 7 o'clock." Priscilla Jensen reminded.

"But in this way, won't the study be delayed?" Shen Ming asked anxiously.

Yang Yang's parents have one request, and their studies must not be delayed.

Jensen smiled and shook his head: "You can rest assured that the school we have chosen has been cooperating with us for a long time, and the education level will definitely not be lower than that of Bakken Academy. ”

"Not only that, we will keep in close contact with the school, and if a player's cultural performance declines, we will immediately stop all his training and games until he improves his academic performance again, and we will keep in touch with you at all times, and it will definitely not affect his learning."

After hearing this, Shen Ming was a little relieved, he believed that Ajax was responsible, but he was deeply embarrassed by the choice of the two sets of plans, and couldn't help but look at his nephew.

Yang Yang was also frowning, and he was also thinking about this issue.

The first plan is undoubtedly the most suitable, he is already familiar with everything about Almere, including study and life, but the problem is that it is very troublesome to pick up and drop off every day, after all, Almere is more than 20 kilometers away from Detokmost, and the round-trip time is exactly the meal time for lunch and dinner, and the restaurant will be very busy and inseparable from people.

As for the second option, it would undoubtedly be to leave Almere and move to Amsterdam's New South-East New Town.

Perhaps seeing Yang Yang and Shen Ming's difficulties, Jensen smiled slightly and introduced: "For the first plan, the club will provide a transportation subsidy every month, and for the second plan, the club will also help rent the house and pay the rent, but the players of the second team may have to share the house with other teammates, and the location is generally near Detokmost." ”

Yang Yang looked at his uncle Shen Ming and thought about it again.

Ajax helps with renting and paying rent, even if it's with his team-mates, he just has an extra companion, he spends most of his time training, and after signing the contract, he can receive a salary of 400 euros a week from the club, which is enough for his daily living expenses.

This salary is very low at the club, and even young rookies like Heitinga and De Jong have risen to more than 2,000 euros after contract extensions, and Van der Vaart has received a maximum salary of 25,000 euros from the club.

But no matter what, at least Yang Yang can support himself.

"I'll transfer schools." After thinking about it, Yang Yang made a decision.

It was also his deliberate decision.

Uncle Shen Ming is also aware of the current situation, and also feels that transferring to another school is the best choice at present, after all, he really has no way to transport Yang Yang to Detokmost every day.

"Well, I will communicate with the school and the Almere Club immediately, and complete all the formalities as soon as possible, so as not to delay the start of the new semester." Jensen had apparently done the same many times, and said confidently.

Yang Yang was still a little reluctant to leave Almere and his uncle's family, but he was even more looking forward to his upcoming challenge, and he was eager to prove himself again at Ajax.