Football: I am only 16 years old, and you want me to retire and make a comeback?

Chapter 52 So what is our current result?

After Van der Gag left, Ten Hag stayed in the office and used his computer to log on to the Royal Dutch Football Association website again.

Ten Hag let out a long sigh when he saw the photo of himself on the homepage wearing a suit and directing the players on the field.

The selection of the best head coach is mainly based on tactical arrangements. Ten Hag remembers that he didn't study Utrecht's tactics much in October.

I can only say that this month’s best coach trophy is much easier to win than I thought!
I just don't know if I can get another one this month?
……

Resuming training after 1 day off.

The first day's training was not very intense, just some of the simplest ball feel and coordination training.

The training was simple, but the players were not happy.

Because their next league opponent is PSV Eindhoven!

Ramsselaar, Barazite, and Tang Ye were practicing passing the ball on the right side, while Haller was trying to steal the ball in the middle.

"Tang, you don't seem to be under any pressure. Don't you know how powerful PSV are?"

Ramsselaar noticed that Tang Ye had the most relaxed expression among all the players participating in the training today.

"PSV, of course I know PSV, they have a guy who is really good at tackling!"

A great tackler?

Tang Ye's words confused Ram Russell and the other two: "Did you see it on TV? What's the name of that player who's great at tackling?"

“Oh, he’s from the second team.”

Tang Ye suddenly realized: "I'm talking about the second team. That guy is from PSV's second team. The people on the second team are so powerful, so the people on the first team should be even more powerful!"

"Haha, Tang, were you kicked out by PSV's second team last season?"

Alai asked with a smile, but Tang Ye shook his head.

"Oh? You guys tied?"

Tang Ye continued to shake his head.

Barazite's eyes lit up: "Wow, you didn't kick the PSV Eindhoven II team to pieces, did you?"

"Neither"

Tang Ye shook his head: "I didn't play, I was sitting on the bench, my teammates were beaten by them"

"..."

Ramseral and Balazit laughed so hard that they held their stomachs. Tang Ye didn't understand what they were laughing at.

Soon, Ten Hag blew a long whistle and ended the first phase of training in the morning early.

He looked down at his watch and said, "I asked you to end your training 15 minutes earlier because I felt that your training effect today was not very good."

Ten Hag's eyes were bright. The Utrecht players had not looked very good since they gathered in the morning. They were obviously under pressure for the game this weekend.

It would be impossible to maintain this state, and Ten Hag knew he had to stand up and say something.

He looked around at all the players present and finally said: "I know PSV Eindhoven is very strong. They were the champions last season and they are still at their peak this season."

“But that doesn’t matter”

Ten Hag's eyes were determined. Just by looking at the coach's expression, Tang Ye could feel an inexplicable power.

"Although we are only in the middle of the league and may even be a relegation team this season, what I want to say is that we are actually not bad"

"We have good players, Sebastian, Barazite, well, these are all very good players. And, no matter what, I am still in the team"

Ten Hahe's words attracted Tang Ye's attention, and Tang Ye, who was originally sitting on the ground, suddenly stood up again.

"To be honest, the Dutch Football Association announced the best head coach for October yesterday afternoon, and I was elected with some luck..." Tang Ye squatted down again halfway through his words.

After a careful observation, Van der Gag and Ten Hag were surrounded by players, so Tang Ye just ran away.

According to Tang Ye's experience, Ten Hag would be very focused when he was showing off, and it would be difficult for him to notice that he was sneaking away!

……

That afternoon, Ten Hag had originally planned to arrange a tactical lesson for the players, but the club owner Verhof visited the club at that time.

The training was temporarily handed over to Van der Gaag, and Ten Hag and Verhoff chatted in the office.

Verhoff was straightforward and took the initiative to mention what Ten Hag had always asked for, which was to buy a top-level holding midfielder!
"I read the report Michel gave me. You have your eyes on a midfielder from Ajax B, an organizing midfielder, and the price is about 850 million euros."

"And you mean we need someone in the winter transfer window, is that right?"

Verhof looked up into Tenhach's eyes, and the latter nodded sheepishly.

In July this year, Utrecht First Team and Ajax Second Team competed for a player named Frenkie de Jong.

In the end, De Jong transferred from William II to Ajax II for 770 million euros.

This was the first deal that Ten Hag made after taking over Utrecht, and it ended in failure because Utrecht could not come up with so much money in the summer transfer window.

Ten Hag has repeatedly expressed to the club's top management that he wants to buy De Jong from Ajax in the winter window, but the club has never agreed.

"Yes, sir, listen to me, Frankie is definitely a qualified midfielder. He is very suitable for our system, and..."

“I came here to talk to you about this.”

Verhof interrupted Ten Hag: "I know you want De Jong, and we can get some money in the winter transfer window through sponsorship and broadcasting revenue sharing, but Eric, you want someone in the winter transfer window."

European football has two transfer windows, summer and winter. For the same player, his price in the winter window is likely to be higher than that in the summer window.

This is because when you buy players in the winter window, everyone knows that you have a need to strengthen the team, so some black shops will raise the price accordingly.

阿贾克斯在7月份的时候以770万欧的价格买到德容，如果要他们在1月份的时候把人卖出去，乌德勒支高层估计他们至少需要花费850-900万欧，甚至1000万欧也不好说。

Utrecht can still squeeze out 1000 million euros in the winter window, but the problem is that De Jong is a young talent, and Ten Hag is just drawing the lottery.

If De Jong fails to perform well in Utrecht, the 1000 million euros will be wasted.

That’s 1000 million euros!

Verhoff has been busy negotiating with Nike for more than a month, with the aim of signing a six-year sponsorship contract worth 1 million euros.

Ten Hag spends a quarter of the money to buy a monster!

"Sir, listen to me"

Ten Hag wanted to fight for it again, but Verhofhof raised his hand to refuse: "I know it's difficult, but I can give you 800 million euros to buy other players. Our primary goal this season is to avoid relegation, and it's best to stay in the top ."

"For this purpose, you should use the money to buy some 25-year-old or 26-year-old players, who are more stable."

"We are working hard, and our results are pretty good now, so relegation is basically not a problem."

Ten Hag was a little anxious.

"You keep saying that you have good grades. Well, what grades are we at now?"

"Um……"

Ten Hahe hooked his nose and whispered:
"League, first in the league"

"what?"

……

(End of this chapter)