Heading into January, Ajax regrouped and the team once again moved south to escape the cold.

The training camp during the winter break is still arranged in the small town of Ragush in Portugal, and the hotel is still the same as last year's hotel.

The only difference is that Ibrahimovic, who sat together to fight the landlords last year, is no longer there, and has gradually established himself in the first team, and Fermaelen, who has played in the main team, has become another in the Iron Triangle.

However, Yang Yang basically didn't play cards and gave up his position to Heitinga or Sneijder.

He is also facing the pressure of going to school this year, although his parents didn't say anything, but Yang Yang also guessed in his heart that they still hope that he can continue to study, plus Yang Yang himself also has the idea of continuing to study, so he also took the opportunity to work hard.

Anyway, during the training camp, everyone is in the same room, and it is not good for him to sleep directly, so it is better to use it to study homework.

In addition to studying, Yang Yang will also chat with friends in China through the Internet.

The one who chatted the most diligently was Su Xiaomei, and she was also under pressure now.

Although Su Wenhong and his wife have promised to let her take the Chinese opera exam, it is not easy to be admitted to the Chinese opera, let alone just by being beautiful, and more is needed, so she has been working very hard recently and is still rehearsing a drama.

On the one hand, Wei Zheng was helping Yang Yang's father Yang Yongqiang to be busy with the company's affairs, and on the other hand, he fulfilled what he said before, and signed two blockbuster endorsement contracts for Yang Yang before the Chinese New Year, each of which was worth eight figures.

Relying on domestic commercial endorsements alone, Yang Yang can earn at least 50 million every year, plus Nike's sponsorship contract and Yang Yang's salary at Ajax, his annual income is already quite good.

Wei Zheng also revealed that there are still many domestic enterprises and brands interested in cooperating with Yang Yang, but considering Yang Yangning's instructions to be indiscriminate, he strictly controls it and is still negotiating.

Zheng Zhi, a teammate of the national team, successfully transferred to Mainz in the Bundesliga when the transfer market opened during the winter break in January.

The specific transfer fee was not disclosed, but Zheng Zhi persuaded the domestic club to release him, and he also transitioned part of his interests.

Mainz's young head coach Jurgen Klopp is very satisfied with Zheng Zhi's joining, believing that he can greatly improve Mainz's competitiveness, and also said that the team's introduction of Zheng Zhi is not for the Chinese market, but purely for competitive considerations.

Actually, if you think about it, it's not surprising.

Mainz is just a promotion horse, how can it have the ability to develop the Chinese market?

Cho Jun-cheol also completed the transfer before the winter break and went to Celtic in the Super League.

The Soviet Super League team originally considered between two players, one is Japanese midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura, who plays for Regina, and the other is Zhao Junzhe, who plays for China.

After several setbacks, coupled with Reggina's reluctance to let go of Shunsuke Nakamura during the winter break, the Celtics finally chose Cho Jun-cheol, who is younger and cheaper.

In this way, the entire central axis of the Chinese national team is controlled by foreign internationals, Yang Yang in the front, Shao Jiayi and Zhao Junzhe in the midfield, and Zheng Zhi in the backfield, which also makes domestic fans more full of expectations.

Everyone believes that this national team is indeed capable of breaking out of Asia and entering the World Cup again.

And the one who gave them the strongest confidence was Yang Yang.

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During the training camp in Lagush, Ajax focused on tactical drills.

Among them, in addition to practicing the four-three-three formation that the team is good at, Ronald Koeman also trained another set of play.

The goalkeeper position is largely held by young player Stekelenberg, with veteran Hans Funk as an important substitute.

At the back, Maxwell on the left side is the main force, which is no suspense, Felipe Luiz is still young, and it is difficult to challenge Maxwell at the moment, with Vermaelen and Heitinga in central defence.

On the right side, McCone gradually returned to the main position by virtue of his state in the second half of the first half, especially in the tacit cooperation with Yang Yang on the offensive end, especially after the Christmas holiday.

The difference between the two lineups is in the midfield.

One of them is dominated by controlling the attack, with Galasek or De Jong as the laggard, Pinar and Sneijder in the middle, and Wesley Sonke, Charlie Steas and Yang Yang in the front three.

This is also the main lineup of the team in the first half of the season, and basically as long as there are no personnel absent, this is the way to play.

But the other set of play is also four-three-three, but the position has changed.

Juraisek and Frenkie de Jong played as a double midfielder, with Sneijder in the middle, picking up the playmaking and passing of the midfield alone.

On the left side of the front court is Pienal, Charlie Steas is in the middle, and Yang Yang is still playing on the right side.

Judging from this set of playing styles alone, the latter set of lineups is more inclined to defensive counterattacks.

Ronald Koeman mentioned in his introduction that the main reason was that the team did not perform well in the first half of the Champions League, especially in defence, which made the coaching staff feel the need to strengthen the team's midfield defense.

That being said, the players in the team are still talking about the intentions of the coaching staff.

Everyone was vaguely aware of the coaches' displeasure with Wesley Sonk, especially when it came to scoring efficiency.

As the most tactically supported scorer, Wesley Sonk's goalscoring efficiency is far inferior to Yangyang's, which is absolutely unreasonable, and the Belgian striker also looks increasingly lacking in confidence.

Whether it was his performance on the pitch or training off the pitch, Wesley Sonk gradually gave people the feeling of losing confidence, losing the keen sense of smell to score goals on the pitch and not being able to create a threat.

The latter set of tactical play is obviously to tilt the offensive score to the right side, focusing on supporting Yang Yang.

Now no one doubts Yang Yang's strength, and no one doubts his status in the team, everyone believes that he is the most important player at Ajax, and it is logical for the coaching staff to arrange it this way.

The only thing that worries people is whether Yang Yang can pick up this burden?

Van der Vaart and Wesley Sonk and others are all overwhelmed by the heavy pressure, will Yang Yang be next?

After all, he was much younger than the two of them.

Yang Yang didn't pay too much attention to the speculation from inside and outside the team.

During the training camp in Portugal, he always practiced hard, insisted on training in the morning and evening every day, and did not dare to relax in the slightest.

Whether it is Van Gaal's previous words or Ronald Koeman's arrangement, it is like an incentive for him to work harder and more diligently to improve himself.

Only by making himself stronger can he have enough strength to pick up this burden.

At the same time, Ajax's technical team is also actively looking for suitable candidates in the transfer market, mainly to further strengthen the team's midfield.

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"Galasek is 32 years old, and although he is still doing well this season, his age is there."

In Yang Yang's room, Maxwell, a jack of all trades, was sharing the news he had found out with Yang Yang and others.

'Both Maduro and Lindgren have come off the bench in the first team this season, and Maduro has performed well, but in the end it is not reassuring enough, and the club is interested in bringing in another young midfielder with good quality.

"Is there a specific goal?" De Jong asked with concern.

Maxwell nodded, "One of them is midfielder Demi Dezeu of the Eredivisie Eagles. ”

"Dezeu?" Everyone shook their heads, clearly not knowing him.

Yang Yang frowned and thought for a while, "I seem to have heard of him somewhere, and he behaved well, both offensive and defensive." ”

Soon, Yang Yang remembered, it seems that when Van Gaal's house was having dinner, he mentioned this player, and I heard that AZ Alkmaar also took a fancy to him, and the price was not expensive, in the end, it was a player from the Dutch second team.

But these Yang Yang will definitely not leak about Van Gaal.

In addition to De Zeu, the club also has an eye on another player, Timoshchuk, who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk in Ukraine, the 25-year-old defensive midfielder is in the prime of his competitive career, and he is very strong, but the price should not be cheap, and the team is said to have arranged for scouts to follow him in Ukraine.

Shakhtar Donetsk is also a strong team in Ukraine, but their performance has declined in recent years, and they have not been able to participate in the Champions League.

If they want to poach such a player, Ajax must give sincerity, but what the Eredivisie team lacks most now is money.

'Another option is to dig inward, with Maduro already on the list of key players to be developed in the second half of the season, and Belgian youngster Jan Vertonghen could also be promoted to the first team.

Maduro is an acclaimed rookie in the Ajax Academy and is hailed by many as Rijkaard II, but that's just a reputation, and his first-team performances are still inconsistent enough to shake the position of De Jong and Galasek for the time being.

As for the Belgian player Vertonghen, he is a versatile player at the back who can play in multiple positions, and has been in the academy since joining Ajax in 03, but previously played in the youth team, and it was not until Yang Yang and Vermaelen were drawn to the first team that he was selected by Van Basten in the second team.

Yang Yang is not familiar with Fertonghen, but this is also normal.

There are so many young players from all over the world in the Ajax Academy, how can he know them all?

But through Ajax's series of operations, as well as the previous reminders of Van Basten and Van Gaal, Yang Yang clearly realized that his opportunity had indeed come.

The most important thing he needs to do now is to put in his best performance and convince all the coaching staff and technical team, including Ronald Koeman, that he has what it takes to take on the attacking responsibilities of the club.

That night, after his teammates went back to their rooms to rest, Yang Yang also entered the super training ground.

As soon as he saw Lao Bing, his first words were......

"I felt like I needed to start learning my fourth skill."

"Why?" Lao Bing asked lightly.

"I want to improve my shooting ability." Yang Yang said resolutely.