Chapter 69 I am willing to join Atletico Madrid!
Yang Hao has wanted to sign Van der Sar for a long time.
But when Atletico Madrid first asked Juventus for the price, the Zebras did not refuse, but Van der Sar did.
The Dutch goalkeeper conveyed his wishes through his agent, and he still prefers to stay at Juventus.
He gets up from where he fell and is eager to prove himself again in the Bianconeri.
Thus, the transfer was aborted.
But just a few days ago, Van der Sar's agent Rob Jansen suddenly called Yang Hao. The player hoped that Yang Hao could take the time to meet with him.
Of course Yang Hao would not refuse. Considering that Van der Sar had been with the national team recently preparing for the European Cup, Yang Hao accommodated Van der Sar. The two sides agreed to meet secretly in Lausanne, Switzerland after the warm-up match between the Netherlands and Poland. Van der Sar took a leave of absence.
After arriving in Lausanne, Van der Sar's agent gave Yang Hao two tickets, allowing him and Mendiodor to watch the warm-up match live, in which the Netherlands defeated Poland 3-1.
Kluivert scored twice and De Boer scored one goal.
It is worth mentioning that despite his outstanding performance at Atletico Madrid, Hasselbaink was ultimately unable to convince Rijkaard and was not selected for this year's Dutch national team.
For this reason, the Dutch striker was very angry and criticized Rijkaard harshly in the media.
Yang Hao could see that Van der Sar's condition was not particularly ideal.
When the two parties met in the agreed hotel room, Yang Hao also noticed that Van der Sar was not in a very good mood.
This doesn't look like the state it should be in before a major war.
…
"Excuse me, but could you tell me what made you suddenly change your mind?"
Yang Hao asked curiously.
Previous feedback from the club said that Van der Sar still has a strong desire to stay at Juventus.
How could it change in such a short time?
Van der Sar and his agent Rob Jensen looked at each other and after a moment's hesitation, he said: "Juventus is preparing to sign Buffon."
Yang Hao was not surprised.
The current helmsman of Juventus is the Italian football tycoon Moggi, who was later the protagonist of the Calciopoli scandal. His son runs the most powerful agency in Italy. It has long been no secret that Buffon is a player that Juventus has its eyes on.
Just like this summer, when AC Milan wanted to change their goalkeeper, they didn't consider Buffon but chose Dida.
This is partly because Buffon is too expensive, but everyone knows that Buffon is Moggi's prey.
Yang Hao remembered reading a report in his previous life that Buffon almost transferred to Barcelona in 2001. The player and his agent had even reached an agreement with Barcelona. However, after returning to Italy, Moggi received the news and called Buffon's agent directly, asking him, "Where do you want to go?"
In the end, Buffon couldn't go anywhere and went directly to Juventus.
The story of Buffon and Juventus is certainly a good story, but Moggi did use some tricks to sign Buffon.
As for now, why haven't you taken action yet...
Mainly because of lack of money.
Buffon became famous at a young age and is now a popular superstar of the Italian national team. Given the current reputation of the Italian Mini World Cup, is it possible to sign a rising star like Buffon without spending money?
"Is Juventus willing to spend this money?" Yang Hao asked with a smile.
It’s not that the Zebras are short of money, but Moggi is too frugal and has always believed in the principle of living within his means.
For example, last summer, Juventus sold their main goalkeeper Peruzzi to Inter Milan for 19 million euros, and sold Henry to Arsenal for 16.1 million euros.
Then, Moggi used the money to sign Kovacevic for 17 million euros, Oliseh for 10 million, and Van der Sar and Zambrotta for 8 million each.
Look, after this operation, Juventus' overall competitiveness has been further enhanced.
Putting aside the stain of the phone-gate scandal, Moggi is indeed quite good at transfer operations.
But this summer, there seems to be no news that Juventus is going to sell anyone. Instead, there are reports that they want to sign Trezeguet, which is not a small amount of money. Where will they get the money to sign Buffon?
"In fact, Juventus has already spent 8.3 million euros to sign Uruguayan national youth team player Carini. If they sign Buffon..." Rob Johnson was also very frank and did not hide anything from Yang Hao.
Carini performed very well in the World Youth Championship, but unfortunately, he did not perform well after transferring to Juventus.
"Juventus is so willing to spend money now?" Yang Hao was a little skeptical.
This isn't Mogi's style, unless...
"Real Madrid's presidential candidate Florentino Perez has already talked to Juventus and once he is elected, he will sign Zidane." Van der Sar revealed a secret that outsiders do not know yet.
Yang Hao frowned immediately, "Juventus agreed?"
"Probably." Van der Sar nodded.
Otherwise, why would Moggi set his sights on Buffon?
"As early as when Atletico Madrid made the offer, Juventus talked to me and said they had considered changing the goalkeeper. And this time it is said that Real Madrid's offer to Zidane is very high, even exceeding the astronomical figure rumored for Figo," Johnson analyzed.
Yang Hao thought about it and couldn't help but smile bitterly.
He vaguely guessed that this should be the butterfly effect after he traveled through time.
He had previously told Florentino that the biggest problem with his superstar strategy was time.
It is not feasible to have a superstar every year, because in two years, the superstars will be old.
So now Florentino is very eager and wants to swallow Figo and Zidane in one breath.
In Yang Hao's previous life, Real Madrid also made an offer to Zidane in 2000, but Juventus rejected it at the time. The reason was simple: the offer from Real Madrid was not high enough.
But now it seems that Florentino is determined to win.
Two superstars in one summer, Florentino is so bold!
How can this unlucky guy Sans bear it!
Juventus also realized that Van der Sar was not adapted to Serie A, so they wanted to change the goalkeeper. Real Madrid happened to offer money, so Moggi immediately took advantage of the situation and sold Zidane and Van der Sar in exchange for Buffon.
European football is becoming more and more interesting!
"Mr. Yang, can I ask you a question?"
Van der Sar looked at Yang Hao deeply, with a hint of eagerness in his eyes.
"You ask."
"Mr. Hill once told my agent that he thought I was the best goalkeeper in the world. I want to know if you really meant that."
When asking questions, Van der Sar stared at Yang Hao with his eyes, not allowing him to hide or lie in the slightest.
"Really." Yang Hao gave the answer very straightforwardly and with great certainty.
He said it was one of the best, but Hill obviously omitted that when he conveyed it.
But that doesn't matter.
"I admire the Ajax team coached by Louis van Gaal. I also believe that the goalkeeper of the future should not only stand on the goal line, but also do more for the team, including organizing the defense of the defenders and controlling the entire penalty area."
"I spoke to Perizaro and he told me that in Italy the requirements for goalkeepers are very simple: don't make mistakes, but in the Netherlands and La Liga, the requirements for goalkeepers are different, especially in Van Gaal's Ajax team. Sometimes you even act like an attacking player, don't you?"
Many people say that Neuer pioneered the goalkeeper school, but if we trace its origins, Van der Sar might have been there earlier.
Anyone who has seen Van der Sar play in his early years will be familiar with him. His footwork may even be better than most midfielders. He also has a very amazing long pass that can launch an attack directly from the goal.
Van der Sar's defensive style is to command the defense line, organize the defenders to defend, and lock the position through reasonable positioning. As a result, it is often seen in the game that the opponent is more likely to kick the ball directly into his arms.
In Italy, Juventus fans completely disagree with this defensive style. They feel that Van der Sar did nothing, and it is difficult for the defenders to accept that there is such a person behind them, pointing fingers at them.
Why?
Ancelotti is not good at using such a goalkeeper, which led to Van der Sar's situation at Juventus being very bad.
When he performs well, he can keep the opponents scoreless for consecutive times, but it seems that it is not his credit at all, because he did nothing, it was just luck and the opponents' shots were inaccurate.
But once he makes a mistake, all the problems are his responsibility.
This is what happened to Edwin van der Sar at Juventus.
Juventus fans even used an insulting football term to describe Van der Sar's low-level mistake.
Papere, duck.
Yang Hao is different from Ancelotti. He knows Van der Sar's abilities and understands his characteristics, so he introduced to Van der Sar the tactics he will adopt in the new season. He also said that he will entrust the goal and the entire penalty area to Van der Sar to give full play to his characteristics and advantages.
"I once heard this expression about a goalkeeper."
"A goalkeeper 's job on the pitch is to spot problems, identify situations and come up with solutions quickly. It's a skill that comes with practice."
"An experienced goalkeeper can quickly read the opponent's attack and has enough time to organize the defense in front of him, but it is difficult for young goalkeepers to do this, so they can only rely on their talent to solve the problem."
"Whether it's an older, experienced goalkeeper or a young, green goalkeeper, once they start making mistakes, it's easy for them to fall into an endless cycle of self-doubt until they completely lose confidence."
After hearing what Yang Hao said, Van der Sar looked at the strange young man in front of him in disbelief. He could never have imagined that Yang Hao could say such words to him.
This is definitely not something that can be said by someone who has no professional experience, especially goalkeeping experience.
"Who said that?" Van der Sar asked.
Yang Hao really wanted to say that your former Dutch goalkeeper Joop Shearer was referring to Manchester United goalkeeper Howard.
But at this moment, Yang Hao made some slight modifications and used it to motivate Van der Sar.
“Everyone doubts themselves. You, me, everyone.”
“And we can only make progress if we overcome our self-doubt!”
Ever since they met, Van der Sar gave Yang Hao the impression of being very calm and rational, as if nothing could move him.
But at this moment, he found that the Dutch goalkeeper was moved.
Van der Sar closed his eyes, trying hard to calm himself down. When he opened them again, he looked at Yang Hao and said word by word: "I am willing to join Atletico Madrid!"
