Vol 4 Chapter 1302: Rescue Ajax

Despite being a good friend, Yang Yang has to admit that Van Basten is a great star, but not a successful head coach. His coaching career has never achieved satisfactory results.
During the coaching of Ajax, he carried the high expectations of the team's management to regain the Champions League within five years, and invested a lot of money in the transfer market, including Sulaymani's transfer fee of up to 16 million euros , Twice the Dutch transfer record at the time, and also a quarter of Ajax ’s revenue.
It can be said that the big gamble was a disaster for Ajax, they wanted high input and high output, but the result was a complete failure, and none of the introduced players have played satisfactory. In terms of value, Sulaymani played in Ajax for four years, and his performance was not satisfactory. In the end, he moved to Benfica freely.
It can be said that in this big gamble, the management of Van Basten and Ajax completely destroyed all the funds of the club. Since then, Ajax has lost money every year without any improvement.
"Financial revenue has not increased, or even decreased sharply, and the transfer operation has failed. These have hit the Ajax very hard, but what followed is the continuous increase in salary in European football in the past few years. From 2006 to 2010, Ajax's salary expenditure rose by more than 50% during the five years. "
"This is not a problem for the Ajax team, it is a problem for the entire Dutch football. Alkmaar declared bankruptcy and was supervised. Feyenoord also almost followed. The traditional giants were in vain. At that time, the Netherlands had Thirteen clubs have been listed by the Football Association as having a serious financial crisis, but there are actually more teams that are not on the list. "
"A lot of people know the things that followed. A group of people led by Cruyff launched the velvet revolution and overthrew the management. They began to pay attention to financial health, so they reduced the number of players and said they wanted to clean up some useless. Players, this is actually unrealistic. Ajax has been losing money all these years, and it is hard to make ends meet every year. "
Guido Alberts is obviously also very worried about the situation of Ajax. This veteran giant team still has a lot of weight in the minds of many Dutch people, but unfortunately, the problems they are facing are very serious. .
Yang Yang also has some knowledge of this history, but it is not as deep as Guido Albers. He still vaguely remembers that UEFA President Platini also proposed that Belgium and the Netherlands merge to form a new league. , Including well-known European teams such as Anderlecht, Ajax and Eindhoven, competed to improve their influence and financial revenue, but ultimately it was impossible to achieve success.
After Alberts finished speaking, Wei Zheng also came up with his harvest for a period of time.
"Ajax's fund reserves are very bad, from more than 110 million euros in 1999, it has continued to decline, and now it has even reached a point where the cash flow is seriously insufficient, plus the team's performance has been very poor in these years Ajax ’s stock price has also been declining, not long ago, it fell below nine yuan, and now it is only about 8.5 euros, a record low. "
"The current market value of the club is about 150 million euros, and there are no assets at all. The total value of the first team is also a record low, and the team only holds 13% of the shares of the Amsterdam Arena. The remaining 48% is held by the City of Amsterdam and 39% is held by joint shareholders. "
"For this reason, Ajax needs to pay ten million euros in stadium rentals each year, and Ajax ’s annual ticket income is about 30 million euros, deducting all aspects of stadium maintenance and other expenses, the income is actually not many."
"The only thing that is more commendable is that Ajax has no debt so far, but the current team operation is in a dilemma. Although the management has been committed to adjustment and efforts to maintain, but the funds are still seriously insufficient."
Yang Yang understands that cash is the key to the survival of a company. Ajax is seriously short of cash. Before the season, it lost the Champions League income, which made the team's operation more embarrassing.
"I vaguely heard the news, Ajax is planning to find investors, they need a sum of money to overcome the difficulties." Yang Yang said the information he got, this is why he let Wei Zheng and Laiola etc. The reason for people to inquire about intelligence.
Van der Sar talked with him before, making him feel that the management of Ajax has indeed realized the problem, and this team is his mother team. Although he is not well-managed, in terms of football, Ajak Si is still very informative.
"Your news is correct, I heard that the investment company Jingshun from the United States has some interest in Ajax, but you also know that the situation of Ajax is not optimistic now, and Jingshun is also involved in football for the first time, so Both sides are very cautious. "Guido Alberts confirmed Yang Yang's information.
Yang Yang looked at the three people in front of him, "What do you think?"
"I don't think it's a good deal, it's better to go to the British championship team." Laiola suggested from the perspective of a businessman.
Guido Albers pondered, "I think Ajax has a lot of knowledge in the football field, which is why the difficult period, Van der Sar, Davis, De Boer, Bergkamp and others The reason for the return will be one after another. The problem now is that Ajax needs a lot of money to support this difficult period and re-enter a healthy development path. "
"Investing in a Dutch club may not be a cost-effective business, but I believe that you and I are the same, and I do n’t want to see Ajax just fall into this quagmire, and if there is your investment, I believe Ajax will be very Quickly regroup. "
Today Yang Yang is too hot.
He invested in Ajax today. Tomorrow the Dutch team will immediately appear on the world ’s major media. The influence has skyrocketed. Everyone mentioned Ajax. In addition to the declining European giants, there are Yang Yang's team, these are very helpful for Ajax.
More importantly, Yang Yang's funds can help Ajax get through the difficulties ahead.
"How about you?" Yang Yang looked at Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng smiled, "You have already made a decision, why ask me again?"
Yang Yang smiled bitterly and nodded. "At the Grimalty Convention Center that night, I talked a lot with Van der Sar. He said that for him, Ajax is his memory. For me, again Is n’t it? I used to think about it, I ’m going back to Ajax one day sooner or later. "
Laiola looked at Yang Yang, turned his head to look at Wei Zheng and Alberts, and finally looked back to Yang Yang. He sighed. He suddenly remembered that Yang Yang invested in Apple ’s stock. I opposed it at the time, but Yang Yang turned it over, and now it has more than ten times turned over.
When Yang Yang bought Apple stocks at that time, he didn't even think about making money at all, simply because of likes and interests.
He knows Yang Yang, and he knows that Yang Yang is a person with strong feelings.
"If you are really interested in Ajax, it is undoubtedly a great opportunity to bargain. The stock price has fallen to eight and five, and the market value has fallen to 150 million euros. I am afraid it is difficult to fall again."
Laiola opened his mouth, and Yang Yang knew.
"Well, I ’ll leave it to you to talk about it. I can give 50 million euros for capital injection. You let the management of Ajax come up with a plan. I want to know how they plan to spend the money. The plan for the next three years, but one thing must be clear, I must get the corresponding power of the board of supervisors. "
At present, 75% of Ajax ’s shareholding is privately held, which is controlled by the member organization of the Ajax Association, which is composed of Ajax management and members. The remaining 25% is in circulation on the stock market.
Although it is a listed company, Ajax ’s management structure is similar to that of other clubs in the Netherlands. It consists of a shareholders ’meeting, a supervisory board and a board of directors. Needless to say, the shareholders’ board is composed of shareholders. The board of directors is responsible for the club ’s daily operating decisions, while the supervisory board Is responsible for supervising the board of directors.
Under normal circumstances, the shareholders ’meeting has no right to interfere with the board of supervisors and the board of directors. That is to say, it is impossible to intervene in the daily operation and decision-making of the club. It is purely to pay money to be a mascot. There is no management at all. right.
Yang Yang is very familiar with this set of Dutch football models, but he is not a Kaizi himself, he has feelings for Ajax, and hopes to help this team out of difficulties, but it is impossible to accept that he has paid out First name, but the result is just as a mascot.
Even Cruyff, who does n’t have any shares and has never paid a penny, can enter the board of supervisors, and he is ignorant of the daily management of the club. Yang Yang can be a real man. Agree.
Wei Zheng nodded and smiled when he heard it. He just wanted to remind Yang Yang of this. He didn't expect Yang Yang to have prepared himself.
"Okay, let us talk about this matter. You can rest assured that the relationship will be the relationship, but how to do business and how to do it." Laiola was particularly clear.
Wei Zheng also had no comments.
He is now Yang Yang ’s Chancellor of the Exchequer. He is well aware that 50 million euros is a gift to Ajax, and it has been a long time. But for Yang Yang, it is nothing.
Not to mention, Yang Yang has been getting away from Rice Technology in the past two years, and he has very generous cash in hand, not to mention 50 million euros, even if it is a 100 million investment, I believe it is not too much. The big problem.
Of course, if Yang Yang really wants to buy Ajax, that is really not realistic.
At least Ajax ’s management and fans will not agree, and the gambling is a bit big. After all, no one knows whether Ajax can really reverse the business dilemma after receiving Yang Yang ’s capital injection.
Therefore, this matter has to take its time, first enter the venue to try the water, it really has investment value, Wei Zheng has a way.