"Good morning!"
Yang Yang strode into the administrative office at Cruyff Stadium and waved from a distance at the receptionist sitting behind the desk.
"Mr. Yang!" The receptionist immediately stood up and walked out from behind the desk, pointing toward her right. "They're all waiting for you in the conference room." As she spoke, she walked ahead and led Yang Yang over.
After all these years, Ajax's offices had long since been renovated. Yang Yang felt somewhat unfamiliar with them.
But everyone knew that he was not only a club legend but also the team's owner, so they were all extremely polite to him.
"Do you know what happened?" Yang Yang asked with concern.
The receptionist turned back and gave him a helpless, wry smile. "We've been sued by Standard Liège."
"Sued?" Yang Yang was somewhat surprised.
As they spoke, they had already reached the conference room. Van der Sar, Van Gaal, Overmars, and the other club executives and key members of the technical team were already seated. It looked as though he was the only one missing.
"Get me a glass of water, please," Yang Yang said to the receptionist.
After the receptionist acknowledged him, closed the door, and left, Yang Yang walked to the seat at the head of the table and sat down directly.
"Take a look at this first." Van Gaal handed him a fax.
Yang Yang took it and saw that it was a notice from UEFA.
Standard Liège had reported Ajax, claiming that Yang Yang had violated the rules!
The Belgian club had gathered evidence and submitted it to UEFA, proving that Ajax's Head Coach was nominally Xabi Alonso, but that the Spaniard was actually only an Assistant Coach. Yang Yang was the one truly in charge of the team.
According to UEFA's current