Recaps

Tang Ye rose from a lazy reserve to a promising first-team midfielder through a system that rewarded his performances and supplied football skills. After helping Utrecht win matches, he continued training to improve while Ten Hag weighed whether to trust him with a starting role.

• Tang Ye entered a friendly as a substitute, used Modrić's Sublime Outside-Foot Shot (Right Foot) to assist Zaka, and later scored and assisted against Sparta Rotterdam.
• Ten Hag moved Tang Ye into the first team and registered him for the Eredivisie, though Tang Ye’s lateness and apparent laziness kept causing trouble.
• Tang Ye debuted against ADO Den Haag, tackled Duplan twice, and then came off the bench against Groningen to send Haller through for a late winning goal.
• Tang Ye helped Utrecht beat Vitesse, scoring once and assisting another goal, then returned to China briefly to visit his parents before going back to the Netherlands.
• Tang Ye bought Kevin De Bruyne’s Growth Template on credit and endured extra training, but Ten Hag continued punishing his late arrivals by sending him to the reserve-team cafeteria.
• Against Willem II, Tang Ye came on at halftime, set up Haller’s hat trick with a curved through ball, and helped Utrecht win 3–0.
• Tang Ye improved his curved passing with Cristiano Ronaldo's broccoli boost, while Haller urged Ten Hag to consider starting him for the Dutch Cup after seeing him practice passes alone.

Tang Ye earned a place in Utrecht’s starting lineup through hard work and a string of goals, while navigating training demands, contract negotiations, and scrutiny over his age. The arc left Utrecht leading Twente 3–2, with Tang Ye driving the attack as Haller chased down his clearance.

• Tang Ye made his first-team debut against Sneek, scored Utrecht’s opening goal, converted a penalty for his second, and earned Man of the Match honors in a 3–0 win.
• After public criticism over his treatment at Utrecht, Tang Ye joined Weibo, signed with Boer as his agent, and trained through exhaustion while developing his passing skills.
• Tang Ye earned his first start against Zwolle after arriving early for three days, then scored twice to help Utrecht win 3–1 despite Van der Maarel’s red card.
• Boer negotiated Tang Ye a weekly wage of 2,600 euros and a 200,000-euro release clause, while Tang Ye completed extra training to secure another start.
• Tang Ye scored twice against Groningen, helping Utrecht come back to win 3–2, and earned Bruno Fernandes’s First Touch Module from the system.
• Tang Ye was named Utrecht’s attacking midfielder against Twente, where Agyepong put Twente ahead before Tang Ye assisted Haller’s equalizer and helped set up Utrecht’s 3–1 lead.
• Ziyech pulled Twente back to 3–2, but Tang Ye tracked back and cleared the ball forward, allowing Haller to run onto it and shoot.

Tang Ye emerged as Utrecht’s decisive playmaker, helping the club challenge the league’s top sides while drawing transfer interest and earning a new contract. After an ankle injury exposed Utrecht’s dependence on him, he returned to lead a dramatic comeback win over PSV Eindhoven and turned his attention to building his strength.

• Tang Ye scored twice and assisted Haller as Utrecht came back from 3–1 down to draw 3–3 with PSV Eindhoven, earning Man of the Match.
• Tang Ye improved his set pieces and helped Utrecht beat Nijmegen and Ajax, including scoring the decisive direct free kick against Ajax.
• Tang Ye gained attention in China and was valued at €4 million, while Feyenoord tried to activate his release clause.
• Tang Ye chose to stay at Utrecht, signed a five-year contract without a release clause, and assisted three goals in a 4–1 win over Groningen.
• Tang Ye injured his ankle against Zwolle, and Utrecht drew with Roda JC and lost to Twente while struggling to score without him.
• Tang Ye hid how quickly his ankle healed, then convinced Erik ten Hag to start him against PSV Eindhoven.
• After PSV took a 2–0 lead, Tang Ye helped Utrecht fight back, scored the equalizer, and set up Kleiber’s 91st-minute winner in a 3–2 victory.
• Tang Ye decided to focus on strength training and spent 80 Comeback Points to unlock Cristiano Ronaldo's Chicken Breast.

Tang Ye led Utrecht through a surge of league victories and helped the club win the Dutch Cup while Erik ten Hag risked arrest to keep him on the pitch. As transfer interest grew and Ten Hag’s future at Utrecht became uncertain, Utrecht entered its final league match needing a result to contend for the title, but AZ Alkmaar took a 2–1 lead before halftime.

• Tang Ye assisted Utrecht’s 2–0 win over PSV Eindhoven, and Erik ten Hag publicly clashed with Cocu after the match.
• Tang Ye scored and assisted goals as Utrecht kept winning, while Ten Hag repeatedly challenged the Youth Protection Act to give him more playing time.
• Tang Ye scored a late winner against Feyenoord, then assisted Haller’s winning goal in the Dutch Cup final as Utrecht claimed the trophy and Tang Ye earned MVP.
• Police arrested Ten Hag after Utrecht’s comeback win over Ajax, but he continued directing the team from detention before returning to lead Utrecht toward the cup final and league title.
• Tang Ye’s transfer attracted bids and interest from several European clubs, while he declined a return to Shandong Taishan and left his Utrecht future undecided.
• Tang Ye helped Utrecht beat Vitesse 4–0, won April Player of the Month, and then assisted and scored in Utrecht II’s 5–1 U21 Dutch Champions Cup victory over Ajax Reserves.
• With Utrecht needing a result against AZ Alkmaar to overtake PSV, Ten Hag said Tang Ye would play the full match, while Utrecht announced Michel van der Gaag as head coach and Ten Hag as assistant.
• Tang Ye helped set up Haller’s opener against AZ Alkmaar, but Jahanbakhsh equalized and then scored again to put AZ ahead 2–1 before halftime.