Chapter 213 Star Factory: Ajax (67/155+15) Part 3
Chapter 213 Star Factory: Ajax
The plane went all the way north, and soon entered the Netherlands, the country with the lowest altitude in the world - this low country composed of four constituent countries (Netherlands, Aruba, Curacao, St. Maarten), A quarter of their land is less than 1 meter above sea level and a quarter is below sea level.
In the Netherlands, you can see seawalls everywhere - if there were no seawalls to block the sea water, most of the Netherlands would be submerged by seawater.
Seawalls, windmills, tulips.
It has almost become synonymous with the Netherlands.
The plane landed at Amsterdam Airport and boarded the team's bus outside the airport.
Amsterdam is the capital of the Netherlands. The largest city in the Netherlands was once the most important port in the world. In the era of sea coachmen, it even became the center of the world.
The bus passed over bridges large and small, which were built on the dense canal network of Amsterdam - the historic Amsterdam canal network has witnessed the most glorious period in the history of the Netherlands.
But the players are not interested in the canal.
Jeffrey was very excited to be back home.
"If you have time, I must invite everyone to see our flower fields! Although it is February, some early-blooming tulip varieties have already begun to bloom. Although the Netherlands is in the north of England, we are not like England here. Cold!" Jeffrey sat in the seat, turned his head and said loudly.
"Hey...Jeffrey, I don't want to see the tulips....I want to see the real Amsterdam flower..." Saul Campbell exclaimed.
The players laughed and Jeffrey flushed red.
The "flower of Amsterdam" that Sol Campbell said is obviously referring to the famous red light district of Amsterdam...
"Hey, Sol, you have a family..." Gao Bo also said with a smile.
The laughter in the bus grew louder.
"I'm just looking..." Thor shrugged.
"Boss...you're single..." Vardy was afraid that the world would not be in chaos.
"Jamie, you think the training is too loose, right?"
"No...I don't think so!" Vardy quickly denied.
There was a happy atmosphere in the car.
Cars wind their way through the streets of Amsterdam.
Lin Sen looked at the red wall outside the car window and sighed: "Speaking of which, I used to be a fan of Ajax. I didn't expect that this Eredivisie giant has not entered the mainstream media's field of vision for a long time now."
"The current Ajax should not be underestimated." Gao Bo shook his head and said.
Although the current Ajax is still far from its peak, no one dares to underestimate this world-renowned star processing factory. In Ajax's youth training system, A large number of stars have come out from here and flowed into major European teams.
From Cruyff, Van Basten to Sneijder, Van der Vaart, Huntelaar, etc., in almost every period, Ajax's products can occupy an important position in the Dutch national team.
In fact, before the Boseman Act, Ajax was still a powerhouse in the Champions League.
Ajax can see from history that they have performed very well in European competitions. They are one of the top clubs in the European continent. In 1962, they defeated their fellow club Feyenoord in the first UEFA Tutu Cup to win their first international championship. A number of European championships, including 4 UEFA Champions League, 1 UEFA Cup, 1 European Cup Winners' Cup, 3 European Super Cups and 2 Intercontinental Cups.
The first glorious period of Ajax was in the 1970s, 1971, 1972/1973, for three consecutive years, Ajax won three consecutive Champions League titles, they were the rulers of European football at that time , they were the strongest team at the time.
And Ajax's fourth Champions League trophy came in the 1990s. On May 24, 1995, in the final at the Ernst Happel Arena in Vienna, Patrick Kluivert was in front of the whistle. 6 minutes to break the AC Milan goalkeeper Rossi's ten fingers. This is the third time that Ajax has beaten AC Milan in the UEFA Champions League this season.
But this is Ajax's final glory in this European football's highest honor.
In December 1995, the Boseman Act was introduced.
Before the Bosman Act, it was very difficult for players to complete a transfer. First of all, even if the player's contract expired, the transfer to another team had to be approved by the parent team. Otherwise, the transfer would be absolutely impossible. , and the flow of players between European countries is also affected by the foreign aid policies of their respective countries.
In the summer of 1990, midfielder Jean-Marc Bosman, who played for RFC Liege in Belgium, expired at the end of the season with the original club's contract, and the club was prepared to cut his annual salary by 60%. Therefore, Boseman hopes to transfer to the Dunkirk club in France. However, Dunkirk was unable to pay the high transfer fee offered by the Liege Club at that time, which led to the failure of the transfer. Under the old transfer system, even if the player's contract expires, other clubs must pay the transfer fee to the player's original club if they want to recruit him.
After receiving legal consultation, Boseman took Liege and the Belgian Football Association to court in August of that year; in November, a Belgian local court ruled that Boseman’s transfer was legal, and the Belgian Football Association lost the case; half a year later, the Belgian Court of Appeals Ruling to dismiss the appeal; in January 1992, Boseman's application for unemployment benefits from the government was rejected. In a rage, he took the case to the European Court of Justice in The Hague, Netherlands, claiming $1 million on the grounds that the club violated the rules by not letting him transfer. EU Treaty of Rome "On the right of citizens of EU countries to freely choose their place of residence and freely choose their employment". Boseman also asked the EU to order UEFA to lift restrictions on non-EU players, which are fundamentally racist.
The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled in favor of Boseman on December 15, 1995. After the promulgation of the bill, players in the EU began to flow faster, and players from small clubs hoped to wait until the expiration of their contracts to join the giants.
The Boseman Act also prohibits local leagues in EU member states and UEFA from limiting the number of non-local players in games, excluding non-EU players.
After the introduction of this bill to protect the interests of players, European football immediately fell into a crazy era!
The transfer fee began to skyrocket in 1996, and almost every year, a record-breaking transfer appears in the transfer window.
In some major leagues, the wages of players have also begun to increase significantly. For players in some small leagues, many players are eager to play in major leagues such as the Premier League and Serie A, attracted by their wages.
The hardest hit by the Boseman Act is undoubtedly Ajax.
After the introduction of the bill, Ajax could no longer retain the players trained by its youth training. The players began to seek transfers to the major leagues after a little bit of success. Even for the relegation teams in the Premier League, the salary is not enough. Better than staying at Ajax.
Therefore, since 1996, Ajax has gradually changed from the center of Europe to the current star processing factory. Their youth training camp is still rich in the best players in the world, but all this is very important for Ajax. In other words, the only meaning is to send players to the big clubs in Europe, that's all.
In the domestic arena, Ajax has not been smooth in recent years. PSV Eindhoven has risen, and the Eredivisie League has risen to the top. Jax has gone five seasons without a domestic league title.
This season's Ajax still looks a bit far from the top in the Eredivisie. After 24 rounds of the league, Ajax has only scored 55 points, seven points behind the leader Eindhoven. as much!
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After leaving the airport, the bus drove around Amsterdam for about 40 minutes before arriving at a hotel close to Feyenoord's training base.
Feyenoord and Ajax are mortal enemies of each other.
Therefore, Luton's request to borrow the Feyenoord training base went very smoothly and got a response from the other side.
In the Netherlands these days, Luton can train at Feyenoord's training ground.
With more than two days to go before the game, Luton's adaptation time is very short.
For Gao Bo, the biggest difficulty in playing the Europa League is not how strong the opponent is, but the fact that their schedule is too close. Under these circumstances, the team has almost no time to rest. ...
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