238, the summer of parting

On 6 June, it was a week since Ajax won the Champions League.

In the midst of an uproar and amazement, the club officially held a press conference to announce the peaceful termination of the contract with the meritorious manager Marco van Basten, and the white swan gave his own explanation, dispelling the doubts that the outside world thought that he was dissatisfied with the club's sale of the main players, which led to fierce conflicts.

In order to prove that the relationship between the two parties has not broken down, he also accepted the position of technical adviser offered by John Jack, and received a small amount of financial income from the club every month.

In addition to the manager, their individual captain Luis Suarez also said goodbye to the fans, and this summer is destined to be a season of separation.

Although the transfer window doesn't officially open until July, Lonshit already knows where many of his teammates are going, and those who have a clear destination will say hello to him in advance.

Dutch goalkeeper Steglenberg moved to Roma for 7 million euros, while right midfielder De Zeeuw went to the Russian Premier League for almost the same price.

South Korean teenager Shi Hyun-jun still failed to conquer the club after a season on loan, and finally chose to leave freely.

Defender Oleg retired at the age of 31 and perhaps shared Van Basten's desire to enjoy life as much as Van Basten's rise to the top with Barcelona and Ajax......

In just ten days, Ajax, who had just won the Champions League, suddenly lost four absolute main players (excluding Lonshit himself), plus Emmanuelsen, who switched to Milan during the winter break, and there were fewer and fewer comrades around Lonshit.

Like many of the underdogs that have risen suddenly, this Ajax side is on the verge of being dismembered by clubs in other leagues, and their championship squad has fallen apart......

With the old gone, there are naturally new people joining, and Ajax soon officially announced the signing of Luc de Jong, the second best player in the Eredivisie last season, as well as a number of young players who have been eye-catching in the league, and began to rebuild the team according to the ideas of Cruyff and De Boer.

It was clear that Dragonshit was no longer in their team building concept, and the only thing they had on their minds now was...... Which club has a higher offer.

2011 is not a big year in the traditional sense, there is no high-profile World Cup and European Championship, the Asian Cup is already over in the middle of the Chinese New Year, and the Africa Cup of Nations and the Olympics are next year, so only one football event will be played in the Copa America this summer.

Since no major tournament will have much impact on the value of players, although the transfer window has not been completely opened, the executives and coaches of various clubs have begun their own recruitment work, and every day they will hear countless rumors and news that are true and false......

Lonshit, who is recovering from an injury in the Netherlands, has been in contact with no less than 50 club staff in the past few days, and with the exception of some small teams that are clearly insincere, he has almost never turned away.

He didn't even insist that the club have to qualify for next season's Champions League – not really, but also for the Europa League.

Teams including Chelsea, Manchester City, Manchester United, Arsenal, Bayern, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Inter Milan, Juventus, Paris Saint-Germain, Lyon, Marseille, Malaga, Sevilla, Schalke, Bayer Leverkusen, Borussia Dortmund and other teams have expressed varying degrees of interest in him, all of which are top teams in major leagues.

Of course, it's common for a club to show interest in a player with quality, and that doesn't mean they will necessarily choose an offer.

But even so, Lonshit has plenty of options at his disposal, and he, like the club, is now just waiting for those buyers to make a formal offer after careful consideration.

The first offer came very quickly.

"It is rumored that Arsenal are officially seeking to buy Ajax captain Long Shut! The transfer fee is about 10 million pounds (about 11.8 million euros)! ”

Arsenal fans in China naturally rejoiced and began to imagine that the Chinese captain would lead his arsenal to China a month later and meet the fans in the East, but Long Shute was a little crying and laughing.

Less than 12 million euros...... Do you really think of Ajax executives as begging for food?

Even if Bergkamp is close to you, it is impossible to reduce the price so much?

Ajax chairman John Jake tore up the fax from Arsene Wenger and said in an interview with the media:

"Ajax is by no means a supermarket for European giants to buy whenever they want, and Ajax's meritorious players are by no means those simple foods that are about to expire."

Van Basten, who was on leave, unceremoniously criticized Arsenal for being disrespectful to Ajax and the players:

'In my eyes, Ronshit is better than Cesc Fabregas and Nasri combined, so how much are these two players worth, Mr. Arsene Wenger?

The new head coach De Boer also pretended to make a statement:

'The dragon has only been on his new contract with the club for a year, he is only 21 years old, his career has just begun, Ajax is the best place for him to grow and improve, and he is also not for sale at the club.

Ajax has never had anything "not for sale", these people mean nothing more than that the other party's bid is too low......

Why is Arsene Wenger's bid too low?

The players he wants to pursue are not only Ajax's vice-captain, Eredivisie MVP, Golden Boot assist king, but also the best player in the Champions League final and the best 11 in the Champions League......

Just as Arsenal's offer was ridiculed around the world, other competitors rushed to the action.

Liverpool and Manchester United have made a bold offer of £15 million (about 18 million euros) together, and Liverpool have also played Suarez's friend card to lure Lonshette.

Chelsea and Manchester City threw out a cheque for 20 million at the same time, but the old tycoons are in euros, while the new tycoons use pounds - the difference between the two is about 3.7 million euros.

Arsenal gritted their teeth and raised their offer: from 12 million a few days ago to 20.2 million pounds, which is equivalent to about 24 million euros, which is 300,000 more than Manchester City......

The offer is well beyond Arsene Wenger's record of signings in recent years, and Arsenal's insistence has made fans even more elated, who believe they see the club's ambition to win the title.

Then two pieces of news suddenly came out......

Their core attacker, Nasri, one of France's four little swans and the legendary successor to Zidane, was poached by Manchester City in pursuit of a higher salary......

Their captain Cesc Fabregas is even more torn up with the club, even if he pays out of his own pocket to transfer to Barcelona!

Their ambitions were all vanished at this moment!

originally thought that these giants would continue to bid next, but what they didn't expect was that both Chelsea and Manchester City were silent at this time.

So the tabloids began to dig deep into the reason.

What Middle Eastern and Russian bosses are actually not very optimistic about Chinese players......

What team's Japanese and South Korean players have a showdown with the head coach: I don't have him......

Why does a European sponsor dislike Chinese players and think it will make customers think that their products are of inferior quality......

There are even players and coaches who have openly mocked China's black history......

When Long Shute read these reports, he even had a sense of crisis:

Wouldn't it be very embarrassing if no one paid for themselves?