The longer it takes to travel to this world, the faster many things fade away.

But there are some things, some people, who still feel impressed when they think about it by chance.

When it comes to the back, many people think of Makelele, think of Gilberto? Silva, think of Gattuso, think of Essien, but there is one person who will definitely be remembered, and that is Javier? Mascherano.

This is one of the best traditional midfielders since Claude Makelele.

The so-called traditional midfielder, it is difficult to explain the definition simply, but it can be compared with the modern midfielder, such as Claude Makelele and Mascherano are more traditional midfielders, they both have excellent positional sense, and at the same time have a good view of the game, and their reading ability is also very good, and their defense is usually based on tackles and interceptions from the position.

Relatively speaking, Gattuso, Essin, Mohammed? Players such as Diarra are more like modern midfielders, that is, the beast-type midfielders in many people's mouths, they may not have the sense of position of traditional midfielders, but they can run and grab, running and not dying is their label, and if you can't run to death, drag you to death is their lethal weapon.

It is difficult to say which of these two backs is better, this has to be judged according to the team's tactics, with the current tactical system of Ajax, the back must be able to stand in the position, the traditional back of the coverage area, and because the back waist wants to protect the defensive line, so the ball must have a certain foundation, which basically excludes a few young and immature beast waists, which is why Ye Qiu did not consider Essien and Diarra.

As the most rearmost barrier in front of the team's defensive line, it is not difficult to break the ball, many midfielders can do it, but if they can break the ball, they can also protect the ball and pass the ball to their teammates when the opponent is pressing to mark and grab, this is the bottleneck of the top back, and in Ye Qiu's opinion, there are not many people who can do this, or have the potential and talent to do this.

Javier? Mascherano is one of them!

It's just that...... He was only 18 years old.

Introducing Max? Senna failed, and the latter defected to Villarreal, and Ye Qiu could only choose Mascherano in the end.

It's definitely not because of the quality of the Argentine midfielder, it's because of his age.

In his previous life, watching Mascherano play football always gave people a very aggressive feeling, but in fact, when you see him in person, you will find that he is actually a polite young man who doesn't seem to talk much, and even looks a little shy.

Yes, shy, this is a better way to say, but to put it more badly, he is a little lacking in self-confidence.

Of course, Ye Qiu felt that this was not a problem at all, he had observed Mascherano for a while, and the latter's performance in the national team made Ye Qiu believe that his strength could gain a foothold in Ajax, and he could quickly integrate into the team and play at his own level.

"I ......" Ye Qiu saw Mascherano sitting down opposite him, and pointed to the coach of the River Plate Academy next to him, "...... They told me that you might need an adult around to be able to talk to me, what do you think? ”

After hearing Ye Qiu's inquiry, Mascherano looked at the other party very politely, thought for a while, shook his head and said: "I can call the shots of many things, I am 18 years old, of course, if I can't do the master's thing, I will inform my father." ”

Ye Qiu nodded and smiled, "Very good, first of all, let me introduce myself, I am the head coach of the Dutch team Ajax, Ye Qiu, Chinese, I came to Buenos Aires this time, just to hope to be able to talk to you personally, and I hope to successfully persuade you to follow me to Amsterdam and play for Ajax." ”

"Ajax?" Somewhat surprised, Mascherano looked at the coaches around him, and they all nodded in agreement.

"Yes, we won the Eredivisie last year, won the Dutch Cup and reached the last four of the European Cup!" When Ye Qiu said this, he made a four-finger gesture, "We are very sorry in the end, when we had the advantage on the field, we lost to the most backward champion Real Madrid. ”

After a pause, Ye Qiu showed a confident smile, "But this year we will make a comeback, we hope to be able to build an even better Ajax than last year, and I hope you can be a part of it." ”

"Me?" Mascherano was a little surprised, he thought it was impossible, "I haven't even played in the first team at River Plate. ”

Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this, "Have you heard of Gilberto? Silva, Lucio and Douglas? McConn? ”

As an Argentine, Mascherano has naturally heard of these three Brazilians, the first two players have established themselves in the Brazilian national team, and they are also the main contributors to Brazil's victory in the World Cup, while the latter is Mascherano's opponent in the national youth team, and the quality is also excellent.

"I found Gilberto? When Silva, he didn't have much fame, but he had just established himself in the first team, and the same was true for Lucio, as for Douglas? McConn, he didn't have first-team experience, but if you look at them now, what do you think, how are they now? Ye Qiu asked with a confident smile.

Mascherano had to admit that Ye Qiu was indeed right when he used these players he was familiar with as examples.

Especially Douglas? McConn, as the opponent in the World Youth Championships in the past, Mascherano is very aware of the strength of this player, but what he didn't expect is that he was still excavated by Ye Qiu, which also deepened Mascherano's image of Ye Qiu in his heart, that is, he is good at excavating and cultivating newcomers.

"There are a lot of people in my team who are like them, Seydoux? Keita, who has just moved to Barcelona, has made his mark at the World Junior Championships, but he has performed badly at the club and no one wants to sell him, but after coming to Ajax, it took him two years to let himself join Barcelona! ”

"We are a young team, with an average age of about 20 years old, we are good at boldly discovering and using new talents, and my goal for the new season is to take this reorganized youth guard team to continue to make a big splash in the European Champions Cup, so that all the big teams will remember me and every player's name!"

The European Champions Cup, which is undoubtedly full of incredible temptations for a rookie who can't even play in the league in Argentina.

Mascherano once watched Saviola play in the Champions League with great envy, and also watched Dali Sandro play in the Copa Libertadores with great envy, and he once dreamed countless times that he would one day be able to show his strength and shine on a football stage like the Copa Libertadores and the Champions League.

But it was just a fantasy, he never dared to hope that one day, the opportunity would really come to him.

Ye Qiu saw Mascherano's somewhat moved expression and smiled, "Believe me, Xavier, at Ajax, you will definitely become one of the best defensive defenders in this world, I am convinced of this, and I am full of sincerity, it depends on your own decision!" ”

Javier? Mascherano looked directly at Ye Qiu, he was very unfamiliar with this Chinese, but he had to deny that every word the Chinese said hit the nail on the head of his current situation, and it was very much in line with his current mood of desperately wanting to get a chance.

At the age of 18, he has reached the point where he must rely on more game accumulation to train himself and improve his strength, and in River Plate, he doesn't know when he will have a chance, but to join Ajax, he seems to have waited for this opportunity.

The premise is, will this Chinese be lying to him?

Thinking of this, Mascherano's eyes became very focused, as if he wanted to read Ye Qiu's mind from Ye Qiu's eyes, but the latter did not have the slightest timidity and concession, he came to Mascherano to find a main midfielder, there must be a chance, but he needs to press De Jong and Maduro in the competition.

This is very fair, so Ye Qiu will not have the slightest timidity at all, and he will also look directly at this Argentine youth.

"Can I trust you?" Mascherano asked, a little helplessly.

Ye Qiu understood Mascherano's situation in River Plate, and he got this rookie who had never been given a chance in the first team at a very low price, and it can be seen from the transfer fee that River Plate does not attach great importance to this player, so even now, he is not given the opportunity to appear in the first team.

"I don't know if I can get your trust!" Ye Qiu shook his head with a smile, but with a confident expression, "However, I will never disappoint those who believe in me, never!" ”

After hearing this, Mascherano lowered his head, hesitated, and when he looked up again, he had clearly already made a decision.

"Give me two days, I need to talk to my father."

Ye Qiu nodded, he felt that this was a necessary procedure.

…………

…………

Ye Qiu didn't know what the father and son of Mascherano had discussed, but when he saw Oscar in Buenos Aires in the afternoon of the next day? Mascherano, he clearly saw the surprise in the Argentine father's eyes, and the latter mentioned Ye Qiu's coaching achievements in the past two years as soon as they met.

The name of the person, the shadow of the tree.

The fact that Ajax are a well-known and well-known team in Europe, coupled with their excellent performances over the past two years and the attention they have attracted in the transfer market this summer, have convinced Oskar that his son will have a good environment and future for Ajax.

Ye Qiu has also repeatedly promised that Mascherano will be valued at Ajax and given opportunities, but only if the players themselves work hard enough to show their quality in the competition within the team and on the field, that is the key.

The conversation between the two sides ended with a very satisfactory result, and the father and son will travel to Amsterdam with Ye Qiu, where they will observe and inspect the situation at Ajax up close.

Because the team's training camp was imminent, Ye Qiu still had a lot of things to do in Europe, so after negotiating, the three of them took a plane to Amsterdam that day, and the next day, Ye Qiu took Mascherano and his son to Detokmor and Arena to take a look around.

The training camp is about to start, De Tokmostt is getting more and more lively, the coaching staff is also busy, there is a pre-season hot situation everywhere, and even players have begun to come to the team in advance for training.

After a visit to Detokmost, the Mascherano father and son finally made up their minds to join Ajax.

On the same day, Mascherano, accompanied by his father, in Eliza? Moon, on behalf of the international agent, signed a personal treatment contract with Ajax, and the official website of Ajax also announced for the first time that the team introduced a player named Javier from the Argentine giants River Plate? Mascherano's 18-year-old midfielder.

On the official website, Ye Qiu specially left a few words.

"I am very optimistic about Xavier's future in the team, and I always believe that his arrival will strengthen or even improve Ajax's midfield in the new season, and his competition with our original midfielders will also be better to promote the progress of the team, and I have no doubt that he will succeed at Ajax."

On the premise of encouraging newcomers, Ye Qiu did not forget to knock on old courtiers like De Jong and Maduro, after all, when he saw Gilberto? After Silva's transfer, De Jong and Maduro both saw their opportunity to occupy a place in the main first-team squad, and Ye Qiu naturally could not extinguish their hope.

Encouraging more healthy competition has always been Ye Qiu's strategy for coaching Ajax, after all, the pressure caused by competition is the best motivation to urge players to always maintain self-discipline and always improve.

For this recruitment of Ajax, many media have given suspicions, because Gilberto? Silva's performances over the past two years have proven himself to be one of the best defenders in Europe, and his performances at the World Cup have shown his incredible quality, and many even believe that he is the cornerstone of Ajax's outstanding results in the past two years.

In this case, Ye Qiu introduced Mascherano and wanted to replace Gilberto? Silva, is it possible?

Ye Qiu can't object to this kind of thinking, because this is a very extreme judgment in itself, and he doesn't plan to put too much pressure on Mascherano, after all, this player is only 18 years old and has not played the main force in River Plate, so Ye Qiu is also mentally prepared for poor performance in the early stage of the league, after all, it takes a period of adaptation.

At the same time that Ajax announced the introduction of Mascherano, PSV Eindhoven announced a piece of news that detonated European football, that is, Dutch coach Guus Hiddink officially announced his coaching of PSV Eindhoven.

For Hiddink's joining, PSV Eindhoven has invested a lot of money, and even has the idea of making Hiddink the most important signing for PSV this summer, and specially organized a huge press conference.

At the meeting, Eindhoven President Raj said he had full confidence in Hiddink when asked by reporters.

'He's the greatest manager in PSV Eindhoven's history and I've always wanted to have the opportunity to work with him and I'm confident that he's coming to coach with us, he's the best manager and the manager who can bring great success to the team, and he's proven himself very well in the World Cup.'

Led the Korean team to the semi-finals of the World Cup in history, and although there were many controversies in the process, Hiddink's transformation of the Korean team was very successful, and he almost became the most eye-catching head coach in the World Cup.

"I am very grateful to the management of PSV Eindhoven for a lot of people to come to Korea to talk to me about this in person, Raj and I are very good friends, I told him that I can't refuse a kind offer from my hometown team, and I want to be able to go home and lead PSV Eindhoven to great success!"

For Hiddink's confident remarks, nearly 100 media reporters at the scene applauded and affirmed.

The famous marshal of the world is the famous marshal of the world, and one appearance easily killed the popularity that Ye Qiu has accumulated in the past two years, and the sensation caused has even surpassed the momentum created by Ajax reaching the semi-finals of the Champions League last year.

In the odds offered by many bookmakers, PSV Eindhoven has climbed and now surpassed Ajax to rank first in the Eredivisie, while Ajax has been questioned by the outside world because of the loss of two midfield cores, and the ranking has slipped down, but it is second, and Feyenoord is far from third.

Obviously, everyone feels that the new season of the Eredivisie will be a battle between PSV Eindhoven and Ajax, Hiddink and Ye Qiu, and has little to do with Feyenoord and Van Marwijk.

And at the press conference, Hiddink also mentioned Ajax and Ye Qiu in the reporter's inquiry.

"There is no doubt that Ye Qiu is a talented manager, he is young, even younger than the player Van der Sar, but he is full of strength and charisma, his football is very balanced and charming, I believe he is constantly refining his football philosophy, but his team is too young."

"I'm very sure that the biggest opponent for PSV Eindhoven to win the title in the new season will definitely be Ajax, I have fully felt the threat from this team, and I am also fully aware of the difficulties and difficulties ahead, but I and the team management and the players are full of confidence that we will succeed!"

But there are also some media concerns that Hiddink has not joined the team until now, after all, it will not give him enough time to operate in the recruitment market, because the team training camp is about to start, is it too late for Hiddink to bring in reinforcements?

'We have a strong and balanced squad, with Heyselink, Brookingk and Kezman up front, Van Bommel and Vojger in midfield, and good players like Romedal in midfield, and we're very solid at the back, so I don't think we need to make too many changes.

"What PSV Eindhoven need now is to restructure the team's defensive system, to make our attack and defense more balanced, to make our three lines more rational and orderly, so that the team can function more smoothly, which is far more important than bringing in players."

Hiddink's confident analysis was once again met with applause, and even some Eindhoven media chanted Hiddink's name, as if to see him as the savior of the team.

The next day, almost all the media in the Netherlands were discussing Hiddink and Eindhoven, and the Eindhoven Daily even used "presence" to describe Hiddink's joining this time in the front page headline.

Ye Qiu and Ajax?

Excuse me, let's stand aside!