In the Ajax team that Van Gaal brought out to sweep the Europa, there are many outstanding talents.

For example, Edgar? Davies, Seedorf, the De Boer brothers, Overmars, Reziger, Kluivert and many more are the mainstays of this Europa League Ajax team, and everyone feels that they will be the club's greatest asset.

What I didn't expect was that in this Ajax team that has attracted the attention of all over Europe, there is a low-key star who has created a higher value than them, and that is Edwin? Edwin.

Meet Edwin? People in Van der Sar will think that this is a person who is not so easy to get along with, because he has the arrogance that many Dutch people have, but if you know Van der Sar very well, he will definitely tell you that arrogance is just the appearance of Van der Sar, and he is a very affectionate person inside.

When the Ajax team fell apart that year, Van der Sar was the last player to leave, and his departure also brought 10 million transfer income to Ajax, which is two completely different ways than some other players competing to leave, and Van der Sar joined Juventus in Serie A at that time.

In terms of fame and influence, Juventus was far more than Barcelona at that time.

Therefore, when Van der Sar was underestimated and questioned at Juventus, many Ajax fans took the initiative to call for the club to bring Van der Sar back to the Arena Stadium, which is somewhat of a mentality of taking care of their own children.

For Van der Sar, the Juventus experience was more of a nightmare.

From the familiar Dutch Amsterdam to the unfamiliar Italian Turin, from the open-attacking Ajax to the solid defensive Juventus, Van der Sar could not adapt to the Italian style of football, both in terms of the team's overall tactical style and the way they train off the pitch.

He has said more than once that the way Juventus trains goalkeepers makes it difficult for him to adapt, but the reason Juventus gives is that Peruzzi trained this way when he was at Juventus, and he became the best goalkeeper in the world.

This made Van der Sar sound a little uncomfortable, and the arrogance in his heart made him dislike people comparing himself to Peruzzi, because he was Van der Sar and Peruzzi was Peruzzi.

Today's Ancelotti is not the Italian Bosque of later, he has the title of 1:0 in Parma, after switching to Juventus, his style has changed to a certain extent, but still insists on defending first, which has led to Juventus's performance in the league is not good, and with Zidane, Piero and Inzaghi such a luxury attacking line, Ancelotti's team has always played 1:0 scores.

Juventus have 21 wins, 10 draws and 3 losses this season, but in these 21 wins, there are as many as 10 games in which only one goal is scored more than the opponent, and in the 34 rounds of the whole season, only 1 goal or no goal has been scored in 14 games.

As for the reason for the team's poor performance, Ancelotti ultimately boiled it down to a problem of one after another, with the big Inzaghi in front of him, who lacked goals in key games, which led many Juventus fans to be very dissatisfied with him, believing that Piero was their treasure, and that Big Inzaghi was really the culprit of the team's lack of attacking power.

As a traverser, Ye Qiu thinks the funniest thing is that one of the crimes listed by Juventus fans to Inzaghi this season is that he fell into the opponent's offside trap again and again, and wasted scoring opportunities again and again.

From this point of view, in the next few years, Inzaghi's keen sense of smell for offside is not innate, but a set of survival rules on the offside line that he realized by himself after his continuous exercise and accumulation.

Another scapegoat is Van der Sar, who even ceded the first-choice goalkeeper position to Uruguayan goalkeeper Carlini at one point this season, and Van der Sar's mistakes have been amplified by the media and fans in several key games.

As soon as the season ended, Moggi approached Van der Sar's agent, revealing that the club would consider selling Van der Sar because he wanted to bring in a more consistent goalkeeper for Juventus, and the two targets he was currently considering were Bayern Munich's Lion Kahn, who was Moggie's first choice, and Parma's young goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon.

Originally, Van der Sar thought that with Carlo Ancelotti's departure, he would have a new future at Juventus, but in the club report submitted by the new head coach Lippi, he has clearly told Moggi that Van der Sar is not in his plan and that he hopes to sell Van der Sar.

After all, the arrogant Dutchman is not a man who can stand up to the bench and wait for an opportunity.

Therefore, Moggie also issued the most consultuded ultimatum to Van der Sar's agent, and quickly contacted the team to leave, otherwise after the new season training camp, go directly to train with the second team!

With the aura of the main goalkeeper of the European championship team, he came to Turin ambitiously, wanting to show himself on the top stage of Italian football, but he didn't expect that two years later, Van der Sar was waiting for such a gloomy end.

Even across Europe, few teams are interested in Van der Sar, because more people feel that Van der Sar is just a special product of Van Gaal's tactical system, and it is difficult for him to adapt to other teams.

As for Barcelona after receiving Van Gaal's transformation, the new head coach Rexach is already having a headache for too many Dutchmen, not to mention Casillas, who is currently trying to cultivate himself in the Barcelona team, where is Van der Sar needed?

Just when Van der Sar was distressed, the outside world came to Ajax's main goalkeeper Fred? The news of Grim's retirement, and Ajax is also actively looking for the main goalkeeper after Grim, this can't help but ignite a sense of hope in Van der Sar's heart, because he will never forget the scene of playing together with the same young but energetic teammates at Ajax.

"I heard that the new head coach of Ajax is a young Chinese, named Ye Qiu, the Ajax team he leads is also young, a group of rookies in their twenties, but won the League Cup last season, maybe you should consider talking to him well, at least I think returning to Ajax will be a very good choice!"

In front of Van der Sar, the agent Jensen did not hide his affection for the young Ajax team, although he as an agent, he could not get involved in the Ajax player business, but he still felt that Van der Sar's return to the Arenal Stadium would be a good choice.

"But ......," Van der Sar hesitated, "he's only 26 years old!" ”

There is a good saying, the merit is high, Van der Sar is the former Ajax meritorious player, and the old courtier of Ajax, if he returns to the Arenal Stadium, with his qualifications, with his age and status, will Ye Qiu be able to accept him?

It is not difficult for a young manager to manage a young team, but it is difficult to manage a team with established stars, which is undoubtedly very difficult.

Van der Sar is well aware that there are a lot of young managers who don't like him at all.

"Give Ajax a call and talk, if not!" Jenson felt.

Now for Van der Sar, there are not many options, there are almost no teams interested in him at the moment, if he continues to stay up like this, then Van der Sar can really only go to the second team to train when he trains, and at that time, which team is willing to want him?

In fact, in Ye Qiu's previous life, Van der Sar really went to the second team for training for a period of time, but there was really no way, and finally switched to the Premier League promotion horse Fulham, otherwise, as the main goalkeeper of Van der Sar Juventus, would he go to the Premier League promotion horse at the end of the four major leagues at that time?

With Jensen's encouragement, Van der Sar finally picked up his phone and soon found Bobby in the address book? Van der Sar admired the oldest assistant coach on Harms' phone call and kept in touch.

I called it, and it was through quickly.

"Hello, Bobby!" Van der Sar was a little embarrassed, "I'm Edwin!" ”

"Oh, it's you, Edwin!" Bobby? Harms soon heard Van der Sar's voice.

"It's me, Bobby, how are you doing?" Van der Sar smiled, hiding his embarrassment.

"Very good, thank you!" Bobby? Harms replied with a smile, "But I've heard that you're not in a good place, Edwin, is there any difficulty?" ”

Van der Sar's nose was sour, in the end, he was his own person, he didn't have to open his mouth, he took the initiative to mention that there were two attitudes towards Juventus's way of treating him, which made him feel very moved in his heart.

"Don't be sad, Edwin, I always believe that you are a very strong goalkeeper, you are one of the strongest goalkeepers in the world, I never doubt this, it is the Italians who don't know how to use you, so you don't need to be sad at all!" Bobby? Harms encouraged and comforted on the phone.

He was still the same old man, Van der Sar on the other side of the phone listened and smiled warmly.

Taking a deep breath, Van der Sar plucked up his courage, "Bobby, I want to ask, is Ajax looking for a goalkeeper?" Is there a suitable candidate? ”

Bobby on the phone? When Harms heard this, he immediately understood the intention of Van der Sar's call, and nodded, "Edwin, you know, this is business, what I can tell you is that Ajax does need a goalkeeper, if it were me, I also think you are very suitable, but now the team's reinforcements and everything else, our manager is in charge!" ”

After hearing this, Van der Sar snorted, he understood Bobby? Hams's situation.

"Edwin, maybe I can mention it for you and arrange for you to meet with our head coach!"

"Really?" Van der Sar was a little surprised.

"Of course, but I don't guarantee success!" Bobby? Harms laughed, "But I have to warn you of one thing. ”

"You say!" Van der Sar nodded.

'He's a very assertive manager and at times, tough!'

Bobby? Harms didn't say much, but Van der Sar understood.

So many years at Ajax, Bobby? Harms has seen all kinds of people and experienced all kinds of things, such as Rijkaard's return to Ajax, Van Gaal was very distressed about this, and then he completely suppressed the patriarchs including Rijkaard and Blind, which led to the revival of Ajax later.

Nowadays, in Bobby? In Hams's opinion, the relationship between Van der Sar and Ye Qiu will undoubtedly be the relationship between Rijkaard and Van Gaal, so he was a little worried that Van der Sar would not accept Ye Qiu, so he took a preventive shot in advance.

"I know, thank you, Bobby!" Van der Sar knew it.

Last season, Ajax won the league runner-up and the League Cup championship, judging from Ye Qiu's coaching results in the past two years, this is a very thoughtful, thoughtful, and capable manager, and such people often don't like the disobedience of the players under him, so Van der Sar must have such psychological preparation if he wants to return to Ajax.

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A day later, at the Golden Thin Chinese Restaurant at the Arena Stadium, Ye Qiu met Edwin? Edwin.

There has been a lot of controversy among fans about Van der Sar's performance in Serie A this season, and one of the most interesting controversies is that Van der Sar has the tallest height of any goalkeeper in Serie A, but he is the worst at saving high balls.

Ye Qiu feels that this is mainly because Van der Sar encountered two different styles at Ajax and Juventus.

Strictly speaking, Van der Sar has never been a goalkeeper in the small penalty area, and if you look closely at Van der Sar, it is not difficult to see that whether it is at Ajax, at Fulham, or even at Manchester United, he is a goalkeeper in the big box, with excellent ball control and accurate long passes, which allows Van der Sar to be an attacking initiator in front of goal.

This is also why Van der Sar was praised by the media as a scavenger goalkeeper when he was in the Premier League, he would not stick to the small penalty area, he even often rushed out of the small penalty area to defend, or to receive the knockback of his teammates, becoming an important part of the team's control of the game system.

But because of his style, he was challenged a lot at Juventus, and even scored high goals often.

In fact, to put it very interestingly, Van Gaal's Ajax, after going to Serie A, how many of them performed well? With this in mind, it is not difficult to see that Van der Sar's problem is a problem of style incompatibility, not a problem of personal ability.

However, Ye Qiu also needs a goalkeeper of this type now, because he plays high defense.

"Edwin, you are a goalkeeper that I admire very much, and I always believe in your experience at Juventus, it was a little joke that God played on you, it is not for you, in my opinion, your style is either in the Eredivisie or in the Premier League, only these two places can allow you to prove your quality!"

After meeting, Ye Qiu left the impression on Van der Sar that he was approachable, without the arrogance of a young man, and very good at communicating.

"Thank you!" Van der Sar doesn't talk much.

"We at Ajax are a young team with a very young but talented group of players, but that doesn't mean we will turn down veterans, especially one of the club's former decorated players like you, which will undoubtedly give the team a morale boost!" What Ye Qiu said was almost all polite words.

Van der Sar is now asking for help, listening carefully, he feels that what Ye Qiu wants to say should be more than that.

"I'm a person who likes to say ugly things in front of me, I hope you can use your experience, your ability, to lead this group of young teammates in the team, and I want you to be a role model for this new Ajax team!"

In Louis van Gaal's Ajax side, Rijkaard and Blind both played pivotal roles.

Ye Qiu's words undoubtedly mean that he does not object to Van der Sar joining Ajax, but it is based on the premise that Van der Sar is willing to obey the tactics and rules set by him Ye Qiu, if he wants to return to Ajax and think that he can rely on the old and enjoy the privileges, then he is very wrong.

Speaking of this, everyone knew Ye Qiu's attitude, and Ye Qiu stopped talking and looked at Van der Sar.

"Tell me, Edwin, can I trust you?"

It's very direct, but it's very simple, if you can accept my requests, then you can say yes, otherwise you can't.

Van der Sar has a lot of feelings for Ajax, he often sees Ajax news from the newspaper, and he also knows Ye Qiu to some extent, and from what Ye Qiu said to him just now, Van der Sar also knows that Ye Qiu is the person who really understands him.

At the very least, Ye Qiu can see that Van der Sar is not suitable for Serie A.

"I promise, Mr. Ye Qiu!" Van der Sar nodded solemnly.

Ye Qiu smiled after hearing this, but didn't stand up, through the dishes on the table, reached over and held Van der Sar tightly, "Congratulations, Edwin, welcome back to Ajax and become a part of us again!" ”

Van der Sar also smiled and nodded, "Xie Lu Xie, head!" His name has changed.

"Trust me, Edwin, it's going to be the wisest thing for you to do with it, because my players and your team-mates and I will once again send you to the top of your career, I promise!" Ye Qiu said with great confidence.

Van der Sar kept nodding, he felt that Ye Qiu's words were very attractive to him.

'I'll get in touch with Juventus tomorrow and I'll talk to them about your transfer fee, but I'm sure it won't be a problem and I can assure you that when you go back to Turin, you can bring your family back to Amsterdam.'

Ye Qiu's words made Van der Sar's heart warm again, because it means that no matter how much Juventus offers, Ajax will definitely bring Van der Sar back to Amsterdam.

If Van der Sar was still a little skeptical about Ye Qiu's promise before, then now, he believes that what Ye Qiu said to him before is true, and he is also looking forward to this new journey after returning to Ajax.