The Godfather of Football [Latest Chapters]

People say that women are like water, soft and boneless, warm and long-lasting, calm and peaceful, only creating ripples for the men they love.

Some people also say that women are like tea, with a light fragrance, neutral and calm. They will not let all men understand their purity and elegance. Their moving grace will always be shown only for the men they love.

In Ye Qiu’s heart, Huang Chu is like the bright moon in the sky, pure and aloof, always hanging in the dark and cold night sky, but always illuminating him, allowing him to feel her presence at any time. As long as he looks up, he can see that she is always there.

This feeling makes Ye Qiu never feel lonely no matter what the situation is.

Dortmund is not far from Amsterdam. It only takes 3 hours from Dortmund to Amsterdam by taking the intercity express from Germany to the Netherlands. Therefore, Ajax participated in the UEFA event last night after the game, and then returned to Amsterdam from Dortmund overnight.

When they returned to the Netherlands, it was just dawn. The players went directly to the first-team training building of De Tokmost to rest. After dawn, the team will hold a grand parade around the city, so that everyone in Amsterdam can see the two championship trophies of this season, especially the League Cup championship won last night.

Ye Qiu will not participate in the team’s parade around the city. He has already told the club and the players that he should hide behind the players instead of competing with them for the limelight.

So, after arriving in Amsterdam, Ye Qiu did not stay in De Tokmost, but went home directly.

Since they had the closest relationship, Huang Chu always put down his reserve when they were alone, and tried every means to cater to Ye Qiu, which also made Ye Qiu thoroughly experience the passionate side of this stunning beauty that outsiders could not see.

Just like this time, as soon as she got home, Eliza went back to her room to catch up on her beauty sleep, while Ye Qiu sneaked into Huang Chu’s room. The young couple got addicted and took advantage of the dim light to cling to each other in the room. They had to be careful all the time for fear of making a big noise. The excitement was simply indescribable.

Huang Chu now still looked very conservative in front of others, just like a traditional Chinese gentle woman, but in front of Ye Qiu, she had no scruples at all. After enjoying the most touching peak passion between men and women, she entangled with Ye Qiu like a beautiful snake, got into his arms, closed her eyes, and fell asleep soon.

Ye Qiu seemed very energetic, lying on the bed, smelling the lavender fragrance in Huang Chu’s room, letting Huang Chu rest his head on his right shoulder, while his right hand was caressing her smooth back, and at the same time, he tightly pulled her exquisite body close to him, feeling her ups and downs, and felt satisfied.

With Huang Chu, he won the League Cup again, and he really felt an unprecedented sense of accomplishment!

Just now on the intercity express back to Amsterdam, Van Praag mentioned something to him. In the morning, he would hold a board meeting at the Arena Stadium when the team paraded around the city, and then he would make a conclusion of all the things, and in the afternoon, he hoped to meet with Ye Qiu and have a chat.

If Ye Qiu guessed correctly, Van Praag was ready to close the net.

Now that the team has won the UEFA Cup, the momentum has completely overwhelmed PSV Eindhoven, who won the league championship. Ye Qiu and Van Praag’s reputation within Ajax has also been pushed to the highest level in recent years. If Van Praag still doesn’t know how to take back power and thoroughly reform the shortcomings of Ajax in the past few years under this situation, then he has really been in vain for so many years.

Ye Qiu is not very interested in the intrigues and power struggles among the top leaders, but he knows very well that Van Praag’s re-control of power will be of great benefit to his future coaching, at least it will give him a more stable coaching environment.

For Ajax now, the most important thing is to consider how to retain the current batch of players.

It has been a few years since the Bosman Act, and the current Ajax is not the Ajax of the past, and will not be helpless. At least among the current batch of Ajax players, the contracts are basically signed for a long time, which also determines that unless Ajax wants to sell people, otherwise, no one can leave the Arena Stadium.

But it is not completely without risk. If a big club extends an olive branch to Ajax players, Ye Qiu may not be able to keep them. Therefore, Ye Qiu submitted a report to the management at the end of the season, and gave salary increases to several players who performed well this season.

Taking the initiative to give salary increases and waiting for players to make trouble before giving salary increases are two completely different situations. The former is undoubtedly easier to give players some sense of identity and make them feel more at home in the club, while the latter is undoubtedly a precursor to separation.

Ajax performed well this season, but everyone knows that this is the contribution of Ajax’s overall football. Therefore, many players have attracted attention from the outside world, but no one has put it into practice for the time being. Only three players have attracted the temptation of other teams.

Wenger’s Arsenal has long wanted Ibrahimovic, especially since the Swede came to Amsterdam, his performance has been rising steadily, which makes Wenger very interested in this tall and technically excellent player, but Arsenal currently has Henry, Bergkamp, Wiltord, Kanu and Weah, what is Ibrahimovic going to do?

Ye Qiu had talked to Ibrahimovic before. If he goes to Arsenal now, he must start from the bench, or even from the reserve team, because he has no bargaining chips to compete with Henry, Bergkamp and other famous players. In this case, it is better to stay in Ajax.

Ibrahimovic’s final reply to Ye Qiu was that if Ye Qiu stayed, he would stay.

As for Van der Vaart, because he was suppressed by Van der Meyde in Ajax last season, several Eredivisie teams wanted to rent or introduce this new Cruyff, but Ye Qiu clearly refused, because he believed that Van der Vaart would be able to take back the starting position sooner or later.

Moreover, Ye Qiu has always felt that the competition between Van der Vaart and Van der Meyde is actually a good thing.

Robben is another player of Ajax who has received strong attention from the outside world, but no team has asked Ajax for the time being, and Robben himself has never thought about leaving Ajax, because he is still too young, only 17 years old, and needs more games to train and improve his strength.

Ye Qiu’s training and cultivation of young players is very effective. On the one hand, he gives young players more game training, and at the same time gives them targeted guidance and trust. For example, Robben, someone once suspected that this young player’s style of play was too independent, but Ye Qiu trusted him and adjusted the team’s offensive system for Robben appropriately.

There is also Sneijder. At present, this Dutch midfielder has become more and more like a general. He is also only 17 years old, but he has played in the professional league for a year and won a League Cup championship. This can be said to be very rare among his peers, but Sneijder’s performance is impressive.

In fact, Ye Qiu is still very cautious in using young players like Robben and Sneijder. He has to consider their physical growth, give them game stimulation, and also take into account their fatigue and burden. Therefore, relatively speaking, players such as Yaya Toure, Hleb, and De Jong have many opportunities to play.

Ajax played for a season this season. Although there are many gratifying gains and progress, it also exposed many problems. One of the biggest problems is the team’s goalkeeper.

Before joining Ajax, Fred Grim played for Leeuwarden. Most of his career was in the Dutch Eredivisie. After joining Ajax in 1994, he has always been a substitute for Van der Sar. From 1994 to 1999, he didn’t even play a game a year.

You know, the five years from 29 to 34 are crucial five years for a goalkeeper, but Fred Grim spent the most critical improvement period of his career on the bench.

It was not until Van der Sar left Ajax that Fred Grim was promoted to the main force, but his performance was mixed. He never gave people the steadiness that an old goalkeeper should have, and there were certain defects and deficiencies in his skills, especially in the judgment and prediction of the ball path, and even the communication with the back line was insufficient.

The reason why Ajax lost so many points this season must be partly due to the mistakes of Grim and Lucio, and the latter is something Ye Qiu can tolerate, because Lucio’s mistakes are equal to progress, but Grim can’t, after all, he is 36 years old.

Emotionally, Grim is pitiful, but rationally, Ye Qiu must find a goalkeeper he can trust.

In the final against Barcelona, Ye Qiu observed Reina. The Spanish teenager, who was hailed as Barcelona’s Casillas, performed very poorly. Although part of this was Barcelona’s defensive problem, Reina’s strength was also part of it. Ye Qiu didn’t think Reina could play the main force in the current Ajax.

It is not difficult for Ye Qiu to choose a good goalkeeper, especially to choose a goalkeeper who fits the tactical system of Ajax, such as Peter Cech in the Czech Republic this season, and Diego Lopez in the Real Madrid youth training camp. These two players are the focus of Ye Qiu. As long as the signing is confirmed, he will let the scouts go out to investigate.

Relatively speaking, Diego Lopez is easier to find. He is in the Real Madrid youth training camp. This goalkeeper has a perfect goalkeeper height, excellent reaction ability, and solid goalkeeper skills. Otherwise, Real Madrid would not have taken a fancy to him last summer and brought him to the youth training camp.

In Ye Qiu’s previous life, many coaches including Capello, especially several goalkeeper coaches, felt that Diego Lopez had the strength to be no less than Casillas, but Casillas was the flag of Real Madrid and always maintained a good state, so Diego Lopez was always pressed on the bench.

The only trouble is that he is only 19 years old, and it is not clear how much strength he has now.

Petr Cech is also a goalkeeper that Ye Qiu values very much. He feels that Petr Cech before he wore the hat-trick was almost synonymous with a perfect goalkeeper. However, he couldn’t remember for the moment which team this Czech goalkeeper is playing for now, and whether he has gone to Sparta Prague?

If the plan to introduce these two goalkeepers is blocked, Ye Qiu will consider directly promoting Stekelenburg, but this Dutch goalkeeper is only 18 years old, still too young and lacks experience. If he plays in the Eredivisie, it may be okay, but it is too dangerous to play in the Champions League.

On the contrary, Cech, this goalkeeper can be said to be a typical example of a young man who is mature, and is also Ye Qiu’s first choice.

Thinking of this, Ye Qiu couldn’t help but sigh, always feeling that it is really hard to say about signings, especially goalkeepers.

Other positions can be young, but the goalkeeper position is indeed very special. Hasn’t anyone said that? A good goalkeeper is worth half a team, but the problem is that the top goalkeepers that Ye Qiu knew later are either still very young or have already been taken, such as the goalkeepers in the Premier League.

Just when Ye Qiu sighed, Huang Chu in his arms woke up with a cry. Seeing that Ye Qiu was still asleep, she put her arms around his waist and hugged him tightly, letting her beautiful body press against him, and scolded: “Don’t you say you are tired? Why don’t you sleep?”

Ye Qiu smiled, turned sideways, and looked at Huang Chu closely. He reached out and helped her tidy up her hair on her forehead, “I can’t sleep when I look at you.”

“You are so talkative, who would believe you?” Huang Chu glared at him unhappily, but with a smile on his face, he felt very happy.

“I’m serious!” Ye Qiu promised, “Achu, shouldn’t we plan where to travel?”

“Where to go?”

Ye Qiu thought about it and smiled, “How about we go to a place where there’s no one, just the two of us.”

Seeing Ye Qiu’s extremely lewd smile, Huang Chu knew his evil thoughts, and she was a little happy in her heart, because the man she loved was so obsessed with her, but she felt shy, who would say such nonsense?

“I’ll strangle you to death!” Huang Chu stretched out his hand and pinched Ye Qiu’s waist fiercely, but he couldn’t bear to use force.

“You strangle me? I’ll grab you!” Ye Qiu reached out his hands to Huang Chu’s chest, grabbing one by one.

The two of them were fighting in bed, and when they were finally passionate, they ignited another fierce encounter. In the end, both of them were panting and fell asleep on the bed.

…………

Ye Qiu woke up, it was already noon.

Huang Chu was gone from his arms, so he tiptoed back to his room. After taking a shower and changing clothes, he went downstairs and saw Huang Chu and Eliza watching the news in the living room. He could hear from afar that they were reporting on the final of the League Cup last night, and heard Eliza saying something that seemed very unconvinced.

“I didn’t expect that sloppy guy to be photogenic!”

Ye Qiu was immediately upset, “How am I sloppy?”

Being caught red-handed, Eliza immediately smiled and dared not reply, while Huang Chu laughed out loud. When she turned around and looked at Ye Qiu, her face suddenly turned red, and she felt her whole body become hot.

The past half day was definitely the most wild half day in her life, but she felt unprecedented joy and satisfaction.

“I’ll get you something to eat!” Huang Chu walked out of the living room softly. When she passed by Ye Qiu, her pair of tender eyes seemed to be able to drip water, full of infinite affection.

“Get ready, we have to go to the Arena Stadium this afternoon!” Ye Qiu said as he sat on the sofa.

Now he no longer cares about how the media and reporters on TV and in newspapers evaluate him, because he can guess that if he wins the game and wins the championship, the whole world will praise him, and all the media and newspapers will praise him.

Eliza nodded, “Ajax also informed me that they are going to talk to me about the contract renewal of Ibrahimovic and Gilberto Silva, and this is your work!”

Ye Qiu did not mean to embezzle money at all, mainly because these players’ performances are indeed outstanding. If Ajax is unwilling to give higher salaries, then they may not be willing to stay in Ajax. After all, Gilberto Silva, Lucio, Kivu and Ibrahimovic have been selected for the national team one after another.

The Brazilian national team is currently short of players in the midfield and backcourt. Scolari values Gilberto Silva, who has performed well in Ajax. He is already the main midfielder of the Brazilian team, and Lucio is also regarded as the backbone of the Brazilian team’s defense in the next ten years.

These two players are bound to participate in the World Cup next year. Ye Qiu feels that measures must be taken as soon as possible to retain them.

I have to admire Eliza’s operation methods. After obtaining the authorization of Ajax and becoming the player’s agent and obtaining the player’s portrait rights, Eliza has managed the image of the company’s players very well, not only earning extra income for the players in addition to their salaries, but also helping the players to gain popularity.

Next, Eliza will continue to launch services to help players make safe investments and financial management. The company’s business is bound to spread further, and it is even possible that it will spread out of Amsterdam to various regions in the Netherlands in the next two years.

As the company’s scale expands, the number of employees naturally increases as well. Currently, the scale of their company is expanding rapidly, and they have even opened offices in Rotterdam, Eindhoven and The Hague in the Netherlands to handle player and club business.

If other agents use methods to control players and clubs, then Eliza and Ye Qiu adopt a win-win attitude, taking care of the interests of all parties as much as possible to maximize their interests, which is somewhat similar to the operating model of Hollywood stars.

But Eliza’s company has just started, and it can only survive in the Netherlands for the time being. If it wants to go abroad, it has to wait for the right time!