Volume 1 Chapter 58 Divine Tower
There's a saying that goes so far as to say in the field of scouting, you can recognize a genius in three minutes!
It would be difficult for anyone to understand the meaning of this sentence unless they saw it with their own eyes.
Football is a sport where few goals are scored, and each goal is the result of a myriad of factors, any one of which can be misaligned and the shot misses the frame.
Therefore, when scouts are looking at a player, especially a striker, it is impossible to judge him by whether he scores or not, but there is indeed such a type of striker, he can make you see at a glance that he is a genius, just like the player Ye Qiu is examining at this moment.
Malmo have had a great up-and-down start in the Swedish First Division since last season's heavy defeat to Solna from the Swedish Premier League last season, and the start is not very ideal, especially this season, after the Swedish Football Association restructured the First Division, which was originally divided into 14 teams in the south and 14 teams in the north, into a 16-team First Division, the competition has become more intense, resulting in Malmo in the middle of the first division after 10 rounds.
Sweden's winters are icy and snowy, so their league is generally from April to November, so in June, it is a crucial time for the teams to get into shape.
Malmö is no exception.
When the game reached the 27th minute, it was seen that Malmo's Danish midfielder Peter? Sorensen played a pass into the opposition Otvidaburg penalty area, where a team-mate had already picked it up.
A tall man wearing the No. 18 jersey carried the tall defender behind him with his body, his right foot against the incoming ball, a dexterous stop action, stopped the ball to his left side, and then pressed the defender with his body, calmly turned around, picked up his right foot high, and volleyed vigorously.
The ball immediately came out of his feet like a cannonball, and with lightning speed, it drilled into the goal.
"Zlatan! Zlatan!! Super Zlatan !! ”
All the Malmo fans in the stadium rose from their seats and cheered on the 18-year-old Swede for his brilliant goal.
Ye Qiu sat in the stands and witnessed Ibrahimovic's wonderful goal, and he had to applaud him.
Wonderful, hearty, but ......
"How's it going, Roland?" Ye Qiu asked with a smile.
Roland sat next to Ye Qiu, a little dumbfounded, and after hearing Ye Qiu's question, he shook his head, "My God, his body is too strong, and he is very dexterous, so tall, so strong and dexterous, it's really not bad!" ”
"I'm talking about foot work!" Ye Qiu scolded with a smile.
Roland smiled and was amazed, "It's rare for a big man to have such foot work." ”
Ye Qiu said secretly, of course, the people Wenger looks down on, can they be poor?
Ibrahimovic is now famous, he went to Arsenal for a trial in 97, but he broke up unhappily, and also went to Ligue 1, Serie A and many other teams for trials, but in the end he was left behind by Malmo, who has a strange life, until now.
Malmo's relegation to the first division this season also gave Ibrahimovic a chance to play as a regular player, and the Swedish big man has not been bad, scoring four goals and providing two assists in the first 10 rounds, which is good for an 18-year-old rookie.
"That pass just now is not technically an absolute chance to score!" Ye Qiu commented on Ibrahimovic's goal just now, "Sorensen passed, Ibrahimovic's shooting angle had been blocked, but he stopped the ball to the left side, and at the same time suppressed the opponent's central defender with his body, successfully turned around, and then without the slightest adjustment, he directly picked up his right leg and hit, the whole action was done in one go, without the slightest stagnation, it can be seen that the technical skills are very solid!" ”
After spending a year in Ajax's academy, Ye Qiu has been very careful about the players.
"However, this player's personality is too flamboyant, and he deliberately does a big leg swing after turning, and deliberately shoots so hard, which looks cool and is very pleasing to the eyes of the fans, but if you encounter the urgent defense of the experienced central defender, this shot will not have a chance at all!"
If you look closely at Ruud van Nistelrooy and Van Basten's shots, it's easy to see that they both have small leg swings, but they can make quick shots with small leg swings, which is important for a striker.
To put it bluntly, the longer it takes to swing the leg, the longer it will leave the opponent to defend and the greater the risk.
Roland looked at Ye Qiu in disbelief, and he suddenly felt that he didn't know Ye Qiu a little.
From a simple shooting action, he can figure out the character of this player, and also give a way of correction, from these details, Ye Qiu's progress can be easily seen, and this also makes Roland have a sense of crisis, because he knows that if Ye Qiu keeps improving, but he is standing still, he will be eliminated sooner or later.
"What are you doing watching me?" Ye Qiu was a little hairy when he was stared at by Roland.
Roland smiled awkwardly, "It's nothing, I just think it's okay for you to say something now." ”
Ye Qiu himself didn't feel this way, and he didn't care, "I heard that he trusts Haas very much?" Borg! ”
Haas? Borg is Malmo's general manager and the agent for Malmo's players.
"Then he is going to suffer a big loss!" Roland shook his head and smiled wryly.
There are some things that Ajax can't meddle in, such as Ibrahimovic and Haas? The matter between the Borgs.
Long before the game, Ye Qiu found Haas? Borg, after a series of negotiations between the two sides, the final price was set at 3 million euros, which is a bit higher than Ye Qiu's previous expected price, but Ajax did not suffer.
Bringing in a player is a bit like buying a car, paying for it, but it's just the beginning, and there is a cost to maintaining the car.
The same goes for the players, where the transfer fee is the equivalent of the purchase price of a car, but is followed by a salary and bonuses.
Therefore, when every club brings in a player, in addition to calculating the transfer fee, it also has to include the salary, which is the cost calculation of the introduction of a player.
According to the traditional practice of all teams in Europe, assuming that the cost of a team's recruitment is fixed, then the higher the transfer fee of the player, the lower the salary, and the higher the salary, the lower the transfer fee, the most typical example is that players on free transfers tend to get high salaries, which is the reason.
Ye Qiu remembers very well that in the previous life, Real Madrid introduced Di Maria, and the transfer fee was very high, but Di Maria's salary was very low, what is the reason? It's because Mendes was able to get a good cut from the transfer fee!
Now, Haas? The same is true of what Borg is going to do!
In negotiations with Ajax, Haas? Borg said his players don't want high salaries, just Ajax's lowest salary, which is 3,500 euros a week, but he wants to ask for a higher transfer fee, which eventually reached 3 million euros.
Ajax has no way to intervene in this matter, because Haas? Borg has the power to represent Ibrahimovic with full powers, and unless Ajax does not bring in the player, they will have to talk to Haas? Borg talks.
In the end, Ye Qiu agreed to Haas? At Borg's request, Ibrahimovic was brought in for 3 million euros.
That's a lot for a player in Sweden's second tier, but it's no different for Ajax, because the four-year contract is tantamount to transferring the lost salary to the transfer fee.
Neutral Ajax didn't suffer, Haas? Borg made a lot of money, Ibrahimovic suffered a big loss!
"Then let him suffer a loss, as a lesson!" Ye Qiu shook his head and sighed.
In his previous life, Ibrahimovic transferred to Ajax for such a high transfer fee, on the one hand, because he entered the national team, and Wenger's second pursuit of him in early 2001, of course, there is also a very important aspect, Haas? Borg deliberately lowered his salary and raised the transfer fee.
The more times like this, the more Ye Qiu felt that many agents were really short-sighted, I'm afraid Haas? Borg is now relishing that he has taken a small advantage, but he has never thought that he has missed a God-given opportunity to make a fortune.
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Many people say that the agent is a robber, the difference is that some people steal and have a way, do things well, take what should be their own, and don't rob others; But some people are like bandits, whether they are their own or not, he wants them anyway.
All with Haas? Anyone who has done business with Borg knows that he is the latter, but he is very good at pretending to be the former.
Back in 1997, when Ibrahimovic was just making a name for himself, Haas? Borg decided to sell him when he looked for four or five teams in the top five leagues, the most famous of which was Arsenal, but these teams either offered too low a price or asked for a trial, and he didn't say yes and brought the player back to Malmo.
Tryouts? No kidding!
The player is controlled by him in Sweden, what he says, the player believes and does, but once he comes into contact with the outside world and understands the environment of European football, then who still believes him?
In Haas? In Borg's view, Ibrahimovic is just a silly boy from Rosengard, an immigrant family, and even better, this silly boy's parents are divorced, and they haven't been able to pay much attention to him, so they let Haas? Borg acted recklessly.
To be a close friend of Ibrahimovich, or even to a family member who cares about him, is this Haas? One of the ways for Borg to get the players is at least as early as 97, Ibrahimovic, who has agreed to Wenger's invitation to tryout, is because of his words, and finally regretted it.
Three years on, Ibrahimovic has played as a regular in Malmo and has performed well, but due to the lack of reputation in the Swedish First Division in Europe, the tall and handsome Swedish tower has not attracted the attention of the mainstream European leagues.
So, when Ye Qiu came to the door on behalf of Ajax, Haas? Borg knew that the opportunity had come.
3 million US dollars, he finally negotiated the price with Ye Qiu, and the two sides signed an agreement.
Now, he looked at the kid in front of him who was staring at the treatment contract and was so excited that his adrenaline was surging, and he smiled kindly.
"I talked to them for a long time, I learned a lot about Ajax, and I specially asked my friends in Amsterdam, the Netherlands to learn about the current situation of Ajax, and finally I was sure that Zlatan, they really need you!"
If it's someone who doesn't know, it will definitely be Haas? Borg's words touched him and saw him as a kind elder who was full of responsibility and took great care of his juniors, and this is indeed the image he has established in the past few years.
"Really?" Ibrahimovic laughed.
"Look at the transfer price, 3 million euros, my Zlatan, you are the most expensive transfer for Ajax so far this year, if they are not optimistic, will they pay you such a high price?"
"Hey, thank you, Uncle Haas!" Ibrahimovic is grateful.
"Look down there, here's your salary!" Haas? Borg pointed to the bottom of the contract, where it was clearly written that he was paid 3,500 euros a week before tax, which left Ibrahimovic's eyes wide.
"Oh my God!" He shouted, "This ...... That's 4 times my current salary! ”
Haas? Borg smiled and nodded, "Yes, my Zlatan, I managed to get this price for you, which is quite high in the Ajax team, and I have always known your thoughts, so as long as you pick up the pen and sign your name here, then, when you arrive in Amsterdam, you will get a signing fee......"
Ibrahimovic looked up and looked at Haas expectantly. Borg's eyes were full of eager hope.
Haas? Borg knew very well what the kid in front of him was thinking, and smiled, "...... A Mercedes! ”
"Oh yes, Mercedes!!" Ibrahimovic cheered loudly.
Haas? Borg looked at Ibrahimovic and sneered secretly in his heart, a country boy who has never seen the world is so easy to deceive!
"Alright, my Zlatan, for your monthly salary of more than 10,000 euros, for your Mercedes, come on!" He slammed a pen in front of Ibrahimovic.
The latter looked at Haas? Borg, get Haas? As if encouraged, Borg nodded, picked up his pen and signed his name on a contract that he might not even have read the terms of.
"Thank you, Uncle Haas, I really, really thank you!" Ibrahimovic was very touched and said.
"Don't thank me, Zlatan, you deserve it, when you get to Amsterdam, remember to behave well and try to make your mark at Ajax, I'll be proud of you in Sweden!"
Ibrahimovic walked over, and Haas? Borg gave him a heavy hug and left the Malmö general manager's office.
Along the way, he was thinking about Ajax, thinking about the upcoming Eredivisie, thinking about a lot, and he fantasized that if he could really become a successful professional player in the future, he would definitely come and thank Uncle Haas, because without him, there would be no trip to Ajax today.
Out of the club's office, Ibrahimovic took out his mobile phone, pressed a few numbers and dialed out.
He wanted to relay the happy good news to his parents, but before the phone could go through, he pressed it again.
Since he was a child, he has almost always lived alone, taking care of himself and being accompanied by football, his mother is very busy and rarely comes to watch him play and train, and his father has never watched him play, even training, he is a poor man who still lives in war and relies on alcohol to anesthetize himself.
Eventually, Eevee put the phone back in his pocket and sighed softly.
It's also a very pitiful thing to have something to be happy about, but no one can share it with him.
Just when Ibu was feeling down, the mobile phone in his pocket rang.
When I took it out, it was a text message from an unfamiliar number.
'A goal, a great performance, but I think you can do better, especially in terms of a whole bunch of details!' The signature at the bottom of the text message was [YEQIU], which made Ibrahimovic stunned for a moment, and then thought of it.
Isn't Ajax's new head coach called Ye Qiu?
"So he came to see me play!" Ibrahimovic smiled, the feeling of being valued suddenly enveloped his whole body, he thought about it, and replied, "I think I've done a good job, what do you think?" Mr. Head Coach? ”
Just as Ibu was about to put down his phone, a message came from there.
"There is a kind of person who always pretends to be arrogant and confident in front of people, and the purpose is not to show timidity, which is not a good habit, Zlatan!"
As soon as Ibu saw this text message, he was stunned.
His reputation in Malmö can be described as mixed, some people say that he is arrogant, some people say that he is talented, but no one has ever been able to care about him carefully and understand him, but Ye Qiu's sentence seems to be aimed at his previous sentence, but it also reveals his understanding and familiarity.
This made Ibu suddenly feel a sense of fear.
A person who has lived alone for more than ten years, and who has relied on a pair of swagger to protect himself, once he finds that he is seen through, he can easily become timid and afraid.
"I hope to be able to talk to you in Amsterdam soon!"
"For what?" Ievee hesitated for a moment and sent a text message.
"I'm sure any manager wants to know their players and tailor their tactics to get the most out of them, and you're my player!"
One sentence warmed Ibu's heart again, but he soon gave birth to a sense of resistance.
"I still have some problems, but I promise to go to the training camp on time!"
"Whatever, just call me if you have something!"
Looking at the phone, Ibu looked at it in a daze for a while, but the text messages stopped coming, obviously Ye Qiu on the other side of the phone had stopped texting, he should be going to the airport now, returning to Amsterdam, right?
Not long after the game ended, if Ye Qiu came to watch the game, then he should go back now, this is Ibu's guess.
As soon as he thought of Ye Qiu, he didn't know what Lu Dao was for, Yi Bu remembered what he said just now, and he had another feeling that Ye Qiu had thought it through, which made him very unaccustomed and uncomfortable, but he was a little scared.
"What kind of person are you?" Eevee guessed apprehensively.