The next morning, a large number of Ajax fans gathered outside De Toekomst.
Whenever the players arrived at the club by car, the fans would erupt into waves of cheers, shouting the players' names.
Scenes like this had hardly ever been seen over the past few years, but they had appeared repeatedly this season, basically always after major matches.
Clearly, the return of the Ajax fans' enthusiasm was reflected not only in the packed stands at every match in Cruyff Stadium, but also in the support and affection they showed the players in their daily lives.
At the end of last December, Ajax had just signed a car sponsorship deal with Audi, a German company that also sponsored many elite clubs, including Real Madrid and Barcelona. No one had expected Audi to sponsor Ajax, and this indirectly proved Ajax's potential value.
In addition to the sponsorship fee, Audi provided every First Team player aged eighteen or older with a free Audi. From then on, all official vehicles used by Ajax at De Toekomst and elsewhere would be supplied by Audi, and no cars from other brands would be allowed inside.
Only Yang Yang was excluded from the sponsorship deal because his car sponsor was Porsche.
Over the past few years, Audi had done everything it could to lure Yang Yang away from Porsche, but it had never succeeded.
The Ajax fans waited outside De Toekomst's training-ground gate. Whenever they saw players entering in Audi cars, they would wildly cheer and scream. When they spotted players walking in, they would hurry over to ask for autographs and photos.
Boadu, Haaland, and Dest were the only three First Team players without Audi cars, but each had his own reason. Boadu had only turned eighteen in January and still had no driver's license,