Volume 1 Chapter 216 Farewell Meeting
After Ye Qiu's public proposal, the next award ceremony seemed to have become a foil.
It's no wonder that the award ceremony of the Champions League final comes once a year, but in front of tens of thousands of fans and hundreds of millions of viewers in the world, such a romantic thing is unattainable.
Many fans were even proud in their hearts, because they were there to witness the moment.
In the manuscripts of many reporters, they all unanimously said that Ye Qiu's marriage proposal in public will definitely become a great talk in the history of Champions League football, and even in the history of football in the whole world, and become a romance that fans talk about.
Florentino accompanied Johansson and others on the podium, he had a good impression of Ye Qiu, and after tonight's incident, he was even more sure that after tonight, Ye Qiu's value and influence were bound to rise like a rocket.
It's not that Ye Qiu did it on purpose, it's just that the media won't pay attention to you, they want novel gimmicks and hype.
Ye Qiu did this, not only did he get a beauty, but his reputation skyrocketed, and UEFA also benefited a lot.
This made Florentino even more sure that Ye Qiu was very much in line with his requirements for the helm of the Galaxy Battleship, although Ye Qiu was younger and not qualified enough, his coaching ability, as well as his star temperament, were enough to cover up his shortcomings.
Therefore, when Bosque led the Real Madrid players to receive the runner-up medals, and the Ajax players walked onto the podium one by one, Florentino waited until Ye Qiu walked in front of him, and hugged Ye Qiu warmly.
"Congratulations, Mr. Ye Qiu, your team is very, very good, very combative, and worthy of this championship."
"Thank you, Mr. Florentino," Ye Qiu replied with a polite smile.
Florentino always wore a kind smile, "I wonder if Ajax will stay in Manchester tonight, or if you will stay for a few days when you return to Amsterdam?" ”
Ye Qiu shook his head, "We will return to Amsterdam tonight, I may go back to my motherland tomorrow"
"Oh, that's a pity," Florentino was a little disappointed, "I've always wanted to find a chance to talk to you." ”
Ye Qiu nodded, "Okay, let's make an appointment again."
"A word is a certainty," Florentino said, pointing at Ye Qiu.
"A word is a certainty," Ye Qiu nodded in agreement.
As the players received the medals one by one, Ye Qiu was the last one, receiving the medal representing the Champions League champion from Johansson, and then Johansson went to present awards to the players of Ajax, and the winner was the captain of the team, Van der Sar.
However, after Ye Qiu's crazy actions just now, the atmosphere of receiving the award was reduced a lot.
The players are still excited, the fans are still excited, but in the end it still doesn't feel as crazy as it was just now.
Ye Qiu did not participate in the team's celebration, he always stood aside, watching with a smile.
Huang Chu has already returned to the stands, and the happy beauty is accepting the ridicule of his parents and future parents-in-law.
Van Praag came to Ye Qiu's side, and the chairman of Ajax finally straightened his waist in front of Florentino and other giants again, and he finally fulfilled the promise he made when he was forced by fans in UU year, and he will definitely lead Ajax to revival.
"I've decided" Van Praag walked up to Ye Qiu's side, sighed first, and then went straight to the point.
"Decide what?" Ye Qiu was a little confused.
"Remember the promise I made to the fans in the UU year?" Van Praag asked with a smile.
More than three years have passed, and Ye Qiu's memory has been blurred, and he doesn't remember it very clearly.
'I said then that I would leave Ajax, but only if I led the team to a revival.
Ye Qiu was stunned for a moment, and then understood that Van Praag was leaving the position of chairman of Ajax, but what was this for?
To tell the truth, the team has now won the treble, Van Praag's status in the hearts of fans can also be said to be in full swing, everyone knows that if it wasn't for Van Praag's insight and decisive use of Ye Qiu, there would be no Ajax today, so it turns out that Van Praag's original decision was wise.
Even if Ye Qiu is gone now, Van Praag can choose a new manager to continue the glory of Ajax, and with his current reputation at Ajax, no one will shake his status again.
"To be honest, I'm a little tired too," Van Praag said with some embarrassment.
"As early as three years ago, when the fans kept forcing the palace, I had already considered resigning directly and leaving Ajax, but I was a little unwilling at the time, the team's results have been getting better and better over the years, so that my old guy is a little greedy for vanity, I thought, if I can go after the team returns to the top, it will be considered an honor for me."
When he said this, Van Praag smiled and sighed, which should be his sincere words.
"Now that the team has won the Champions League and won the treble, who can guarantee that what happened three years ago will not happen again?"
Faced with Van Praag's question, no one could answer.
When Van Gaal led Ajax to the Champions League final for two years and won the Champions League, who would have thought that the young guards across the Europa League would decline so quickly and the loss of players would be so great?
Although the impact of the Boseman Act is unimaginable, it is clear that in recent years, European football has been completely divided into strong and weak, and Ajax has been placed in the second-rate Eredivisie, which is an inevitable fact, and they are powerless in the face of poaching from the four major leagues, which is also a fact
This is a trend, you can't go against it, you can't hide from it
Ye Qiu is now taking this group of young stars to the top of Europe, tomorrow, a large number of offers will be immediately sent to Ajax's fax room, and a large number of agents are privately contacting Ajax's players, offering several times the high salary of Ajax, and giving extremely generous treatment, can these Ajax give it?
The second-rate league is the second-rate league, in the Eredivisie, millions of euros of reinforcements are all over the top, but in the four major leagues, the transfer of millions of euros is just trivial, and people are looking at more than 10 million, or even tens of millions of transfers.
It's true that money doesn't represent everything, but money can be a good way to draw the line.
Faced with this situation, Van Praag felt helpless and powerless to resist, he knew very well that Ajax had no way to continue his ambitions, and he was not willing to accept the fact that Ajax could not compete for the European championship, so he could only choose to leave.
"What's the plan?" After Ye Qiu thought about it, he didn't say anything more and asked.
Van Praag smiled, "I've already thought about it, take the title of honorary president, the Dutch Football Association invited me to do things, you know, I still have some connections in the European football circle in recent years, and it is more convenient to do things, and many football association officials are not as effective as me." ”
Ye Qiu immediately laughed when he heard this, but he knew that this was the truth.
After laughing, Van Praag said, "Tonight, you think about it, tomorrow is the last day of my chairmanship of Ajax, I can still decide some things, you know what I mean"
Ye Qiu understands that there is still a contract between him and Ajax, what attitude the new chairman will take towards Ye Qiu, Ye Qiu doesn't know what to say, if he insists that Ye Qiu finish the contract and leave, then Ye Qiu will have to pay liquidated damages to be able to go, and it will definitely be very unpleasant at that time.
Van Praag's attitude now is obvious, he doesn't force Ye Qiu to stay, let him think about it, if he wants to leave, he will send a resignation letter tomorrow, he will give approval, terminate the contract with Ye Qiu, and let Ye Qiu leave freely.
Thinking of this, Ye Qiu couldn't help but feel a little grateful to this old man, if it weren't for Van Praag, he wouldn't be where he is today.
After all, he has lived in Amsterdam for four years, and he has worked with Van Praag and others for four years, and many things are already used to it, and suddenly it will change, and he will definitely not get used to it.
And Van Praag is leaving, and Ye Qiu has no reason to stay.
After the celebrations at Old Trafford, the players returned to the dressing room, showered and changed, and prepared to return to the hotel to pack up before rushing back to Amsterdam overnight.
Tomorrow morning, they will march around Amsterdam for a huge treble celebration at the Arena Stadium, which promises to be the craziest event Ajax has had in recent years.
In the locker room, the players are excitedly and excitedly discussing what will happen after winning the championship, many of them have received invitations from the four major league teams, some are estimated to be leaving, and some are still hesitating, but whether they go or not, Ajax has a certain initiative, after all, the contract has not expired.
The most discussed is Ye Qiu's marriage proposal, they all feel that this is a thing that is extremely romantic, and it is also the talk point they will brag about in the future, just imagine, where is there a second coach like Ye Qiu in the world?
When Ye Qiu pushed open the door of the locker room and walked in, the players all felt the excitement written on the head coach's face, but there were also some other emotions, which made them feel a little strange.
Ye Qiu first said that he thanked the players for their support to his work in the past few years, and was proud and proud to be able to coach such a team, and then he said that he was proud of the team to win the European Champions Cup.
Ye Qiu didn't say much, but the players were a little surprised when they heard it, because they had all heard the news that Ye Qiu was going to leave Ajax this summer, and now that the team has won the Champions League again, it is natural that Ye Qiu will retire bravely, I believe that many players are guessing, will this be Ye Qiu going to say goodbye to them?
"I've said before, both for you and for me, Ajax is one of the stops in our life's journey, and when we go through this stop, we have to go to the next stop."
"Although I am very reluctant to everyone, and I am very reluctant to each of you, but sometimes life is like this, we should be brave, and say goodbye with a smile, but I want each of you to know that no matter what happens in the future, I will always be proud of you and proud of your achievements today
Ye Qiu finally said goodbye, but everyone in the locker room was not surprised, but everyone stood in place, not speaking, the atmosphere was a little stiff, although they had already known the result, but when it came to this day, they still couldn't accept it and felt unaccustomed.
Sometimes think about it, in the past four years, they have been used to Ye Qiu standing on the sidelines, and if they suddenly change to another person in the future, then they must feel very unaccustomed and miss this young head coach very much.
Ye Qiu slowly walked in front of Sneijder, the Dutch young man stripped naked, and before he could put on it, he was slipping into the birds.
'Wesley, you're the first player I've come into contact with since I came to Ajax, you've always been very good, very good, I've always said you're going to be the best midfielder in Europe, and today, I'm going to tell you that tonight wasn't your peak, you could have been better'
After speaking, Ye Qiu ignored Sneijder's slippery and directly hugged the Dutchman, and then turned to Heitinga, De Jong and others.
Then Ye Qiu walked in front of Huntelaar, Abidal and others, these two players were introduced by Ye Qiu when he was in the second team, and they can be regarded as Ye Qiu's first batch of backbone elements in Ajax.
Although Huntelaar has always been Ibrahimovic's substitute under Ye Qiu, the Dutch center forward has not had a lot of opportunities to perform, Ye Qiu has given him a lot of opportunities, and he has always maintained an improvement momentum and performed very well.
Ibrahimovic is set to leave sooner or later, and Huntelaar will be Ajax's key scorer for years to come.
For Robben, Ye Qiu also gave encouragement.
"You know, Arjan, I've never worried about your ability, you have a strong sense of responsibility, but you should be smarter and learn how to protect yourself on the court, and you will become the best and best star in the world."
When Robben heard this, he was greatly moved.
You must know that three years ago he was just a kid who couldn't even play in the Dutch Second League, it was Ye Qiu who personally came to the door to bring him to Ajax, and gave him trust to play directly in the Eredivisie, no matter at any time, Ye Qiu always entrusted him with important responsibilities, which made Robben very grateful to the manager.
But Ye Qiu didn't wait for him to speak, and instead went to Ibrahimovic's face.
"Zlatan, you are a very self-motivated person, I have always felt that you will be the best shooter in this world, I have always been proud of you, proud of you, but sometimes, you are easily attached to the past, lack of trust in anyone, everything, you will be very resistant to integrate into a new environment, this is your biggest shortcoming."
Ibrahimovic has changed a lot under Ye Qiu, but there are some things that Ye Qiu can't change, that is, what his agent Haas Borg did to him back then, the damage it caused him, and the shadow it left behind.
Ye Qiu knows very well that the reason why Ibrahimovic in his previous life became the Lubryu Fengxian that many fans disliked, in fact, the deep-seated reason behind it is his childhood experience and Haas Borg's betrayal, which made him not believe in this society at all, and he lacks a sense of security and trust in anyone and everything.
"Head ......" Ibrahimovic suddenly had a sour nose and wanted to say something, because he knew that only Ye Qiu knew him.
"Don't say, Zlatan, tonight, you are the European champion, you must always remember that you are the European champion, you are an adult, don't be cowardly like a child, be brave and strong to walk out of the past, I believe, that will make you stronger, more invincible"
After a pause, Ye Qiu said again: "Even if you meet me on the court and beat me in the future, I will be proud of you and proud of you, Zlatan."
After Ibrahimovic listened, he turned his head directly, his shoulders twitched slightly, and people could feel that he should be crying, and the tall Swedish center forward has become a child who doesn't want to be seen by his family when he cries.
Ye Qiu walked in front of Yaya Toure, Mascherano and others, and he blessed his players one by one, gave them some suggestions of their own, and helped them improve some of their own defects.
For example, against Yaya Toure, Ye Qiu feels that he will become one of the best midfielders in Europe, but the premise is to make himself less sticky and let himself have a better ability to touch the ball, and for Mascherano, Ye Qiu feels that he will become the best and best defender in Argentina after Redondo.
For these young players, Ye Qiu also gave some of his sincere opinions, thinking that the most important thing for them for the time being is to accumulate game experience and get full training opportunities
Everyone knows that from beginning to end, every player of this Ajax team was personally promoted and introduced by Ye Qiu, if this is a family, then Ye Qiu is the parent and the backbone of this family, he knows everyone here well, and he knows everything about it.
All the Ajax players also listened to Ye Qiu's opinion, as for whether to accept it or not, it was not something that Ye Qiu could control.
After the sudden farewell party after winning the Champions League, Ye Qiu said that he would not participate in tomorrow's parade and celebration around the city, but he invited all the people in the team to attend his upcoming wedding, which was held in his hometown of Xiamen.
All the players stood there silently listening, watching, and they all believed that this was probably the last time they saw Ye Qiu in the locker room, and this was also the last time that Ye Qiu was the last to talk to them as their head coach.
If they meet on the pitch in the future, they may be opponents
However, from the day they decided to go into professional football and become professional players and coaches, didn't they already have enough psychological preparation for today's parting?
Isn't it all like this in professional football and professional leagues?