The wheels of history are still turning.

At the European Championships in Portugal, the 'Greek mythology' is still being played.

In the quarter-finals, England and Portugal were the most talked-about match, but the most surprising was the result of the clash between France and Greece, who eliminated France 1-0 after 90 minutes thanks to a header from striker Charlistias.

Next up is the semi-finals, where Greece will face the Czech Republic.

The Czech team can enter the semi-finals, which is not a small 'miracle', the strength of the squad led by Nedved is very good, but there is still a certain gap compared with the world's strongest teams, but they have come to this point, and the opponent in the semi-finals is still Greece, many Czech fans are excitedly talking about the team entering the final.

It's a pity...... They, like the fate of France, also fell to Greece's header.

Another 1:0!

The Greek team made history and reached the final of the European Championship!

This result shocked many people's eyes, and the media all over Europe were reporting on the Greek team, at the same time, Kevin Tagore was simply happy, Wan Sheng and he said that if there was a dark horse to win the championship, it would definitely be Greece, so he pressed the Greek team hard, and he and Wan Sheng earned about 300,000 pounds just by relying on these two games.

300,000 pounds is actually not a huge amount for the two of them, but think about how there is a way to get money so quickly and with such a high input and output?

So Kevin Tagore has been smiling all over his face for days.

However, Wan Sheng was not surprised by the result. He didn't affect the European Championship anything, so the game was still going on as it was and he was happy to win that much money. But for him, it's more about football, it's the transfer of the club, and he didn't come to Portugal specifically to 'gamble'.

On the second day of the match between Greece and the Czech Republic, another semi-final was played out, and the Netherlands lost 2-1 to hosts Portugal and were eliminated from the European Championships. Lost the opportunity to compete for the championship.

The results of the Netherlands are not bad, compared to Germany, Italy, and France, which were eliminated early. They were far behind, but in the end they couldn't make it to the end, and losing this game would be the end for them.

And then. Wan Sheng was finally able to wait to meet Van der Vaart.

In the week between the quarterfinals and the semifinals, Wan Sheng prepared a lot for this meeting, because he knew very well that since Van der Vaart agreed to meet him, he must have the intention of leaving Ajax, so in other words, he must have a chance.

Why did Van der Vaart leave?

The reason given by the previous news is straightforward, that is, Van der Vaart is not satisfied with his position at Ajax, where Van der Vaart can almost only play in midfield. And there's a lot of defensive work to do, whereas Van der Vaart was a pure striker when he first became a professional.

Now he is also hoping to return to the shadow striker position.

Another thing Wansheng noticed is. Van der Vaart suffered a knee injury in 2002 and the possibility of a recurrence of that injury affected Van der Vaart's pace, which was one of the main reasons for his retreat from the Ajax position.

But Van der Vaart still wants to play as a shadow striker rather than a midfielder, and he thinks he can excel in the shadow striker position, which he is more accustomed to.

this condition. Derby County will certainly be satisfied.

Van der Vaart arrived to replace the departing Cahill, who could naturally be the second striker. The first striker is Burton Reiter, and if the two play at the same time, Van der Vaart will definitely be the player behind Burton Reiter, and in addition, Ian Taylor will play, or Ivan Crewe and Ribery can be used as the first striker, so Derby County can fully meet Van der Vaart's requirements.

But with this alone, it is a little too difficult to successfully win Van der Vaart, and Wansheng must also rely on other factors, such as Van der Vaart's salary and future.

Wan Sheng is not worried about salary.

In fact, this is one of the important reasons why Van der Vaart is considering leaving Ajax, although his agent has not talked about this aspect, but it is quite important that Ajax are European giants who have always been unable to keep their players - their salary is capped at only 1 million euros!

How much is 1 million euros? The average weekly salary is only about 20,000 euros, plus 52% of the tax of high-income people in the Netherlands, Ajax's highest-paid players can only get less than 500,000 euros a year, an average of less than 10,000 euros a week.

Derby County are much more 'generous' than Ajax.

Lee Morris, who is currently the team's highest salary, has a salary of about £1.3 million a year, and according to the tax of 39% of high-income people in the UK, he can get nearly 800,000 pounds, or about 1.2 million euros, an average of 23,000 euros a week.

Who would have thought that Morris would be paid more than twice as much as Van der Vaart?

But that's just the way it is.

This is the gap between the big five leagues and the minor leagues, the Dutch league is also good, Ajax is a European giant, but despite this, the restrictions of the league still make it impossible for them to attract good players, and the excellent players in the team also want to leave for other league teams, even if it is an ordinary team in the big five leagues, it is more expensive than Ajax.

Of course, Derby's salary is actually not low, at the end of last season, before the start of Derby's new * range renewal, the team's salary level is not high, at that time, many players' salary is a few thousand pounds per week, and Morris's salary is only 13,000 pounds, but the club knows very well that with the table of many players last season, it is difficult to retain people with this salary alone, so it can only increase the salary of the players, so that the team only pays the salary of the players this season. It is expected to be more than £17 million, a salary that has already surpassed Norwich, Crystal Palace, Portsmouth and Charlton Athletic, and if Derby County do not complete relegation next season, it means that the team will face bankruptcy.

This is a problem that all small clubs have to face if they want to develop.

For example, last season's West Ham United. After being relegated from League One, they sold most of their key players to survive, but their results were also greatly affected. They almost didn't even play in the promotion play-offs, they went straight from being a team that was 'eligible for a Champions League spot' in '03 to a team that could only struggle for promotion, and a poor result in just one season would lead to such a difference.

Derby County will also need to face such pressure, but the team is currently on the rise, and the club's current salary rate is still attractive to Van der Vaart.

In addition to the salary package. And the future.

The future is anyone's guess. Wan Sheng is very confident in the team, but it is not easy to convince Van der Vaart.

……

Rafael van der Vaart looked at Wan Sheng standing in front of him in confusion, and then he turned to look at his agent, Robert Jones, as if asking with his eyes. "Are you sure this is the manager of Derby County?"

Robert Jones just smiled and nodded.

Wan Sheng naturally celebrated Van der Vaart's doubts, it could only be his age, he had long been used to this, he shook hands with the two of them, and looked at Van der Vaart carefully.

Potential: 98.

Strength Assessment: Purple (over 90).

Sure enough, it's a big star in the future, no, it's a famous star now.

It stands to reason that the 21-year-old Van der Vaart should be just a young player, but actually. Van der Vaart became famous very early, a young genius from an early age, and excelled early at Ajax. By now, his strength has actually been somewhat fixed, of course, there is still a lot of room for improvement for a young player who is on the rise at the age of 21, just as his potential is as much as 98, and there must be a lot of improvement.

Van der Vaart has short hair and looks very sedate.

After seeing Van der Vaart finally 'believe' that he is the Derby County manager. Wan Sheng also said directly, "I am Wan Sheng." Derby County manager, you can just call me by name! I'm here today to invite you to join my team, and I think Derby County will have the one you need. ”

"What do I need?" Van der Vaart looked at Wansheng with a smile and felt very interesting. Do I need a qiē? Can this young coach know what I need?

Wan Sheng didn't care about Van der Vaart's eyes, he just said sternly, "Yes, you need a qiē!" ”

Seeing Wan Sheng's expression, Van der Vaart also put away his smile and asked with a long breath, "Then do you know what I need?" ”

"Value, treatment and future! These are things you don't have at Ajax. ”

"Oh?" Van der Vaart asked curiously, "Why not?" The team values me and I'm the captain of the team. And my salary is the highest in the team, I am also very famous in the Netherlands, like now, I am the main player of the Dutch national team, will I have no future? ”

Wan Sheng looked at Van der Vaart with a smile and just shook his head, "Rafael, we all know very well that you want to leave Ajax, otherwise you won't see me, you are very mature, so I don't think our conversation needs to beat around the bush." ”

Hearing this, Van der Vaart was also much more serious, and he asked, "Then tell me, what good can I do by going to Derbyshire?" ”

"Of course."

Wan Sheng said seriously, "Come to my team, I will give you the greatest attention, you can play the position you want to play, you will be the absolute main striker of the team, no one can take your position." ”

Before meeting Van der Vaart, Wan Sheng didn't dare to make such a promise, but when he saw Van der Vaart and saw that his current strength assessment had reached purple, he didn't have any doubts.

For such a world-class player, promising a main position is nothing.

"Also, in terms of salary, the current salary cap of the team is around £1.3 million a year, and I can offer you a contract like that, and it can go up a certain amount of money every year, which I think would more than double what you earn at Ajax."

Van der Vaart was finally a little moved.

But Wan Sheng's words are not over, "...... The most important thing is that you come to my team and have a future. You should know something about my team, last season we were just a team that was barely relegated in the second division, as you were surprised to see me, this was my first managerial job, I only worked for a little over a year, but the results were good, I led the team through relegation, we won the second division and the FA Cup, so we were able to play in the UEFA Cup this season. I haven't thought about my goals for next season yet, but the team's basic goal will be to continue to fight for European places. ”

Speaking of his own team achievements, Wan Sheng is still a little proud, in the past year or so, he almost got the best results that the team can get, but he emphasized not this, "If you pay attention to Derby County, you should know that my team has a lot of unknown players, they have all become famous this season, I believe that you will also improve when you come to my team, strength, fame, will have." ”

Wan Sheng looked at Van der Vaart solemnly and said, "Raphael, your future is the future, not the present. ”

Wan Sheng finished speaking and looked at Van der Vaart.

He didn't know if his words had any effect, but he had already tried to say as much as he could, and these were what he and the team could bring to Van der Vaart.

Van der Vaart's fame is not small now, but he is just a new star and a genius in the Dutch league, that is nothing, even if he becomes a player of the Dutch national team, his future should be broader, and only by standing on the stage of the five major leagues and becoming the world's top superstar, that should be his future.

After Wan Sheng finished speaking, Van der Vaart was silent for a while, and then he began to think.

In fact, he didn't have much hope before he saw Wan Sheng, in his opinion, Derby County is really a team with no name, and the attraction of a Premier League promotion horse is really a little small, if the goal of this team is only to relegation, he will not consider it at all.

But the Chinese in front of him said very sincerely, especially the last sentence 'Your future is the future, not the present', which moved him somewhat.

It was because of his dissatisfaction with his present that he wanted to leave Ajax to face the wider sky, but was it a good choice to go to Derbyshire?

He couldn't be sure.

Position, salary, Derby County can definitely give him, but the future is more important than the first two, in Ajax he has reached the limit, he originally wanted to go to a big team, but now there is no better choice, he looked at the young Chinese in front of him, and suddenly felt that it was not bad to try Derby County?

It is not clear whether Derbyshire has a future, but it is clear that this young Chinese has a future.

He was only in his twenties.

The head coach of the big five league teams in his twenties, his future will be broad, that's for sure, so if he goes to Derby County and plays under him, maybe the future will be broader, right? (To be continued)