After taking the team to a 5th place Bundesliga finish and UEFA Cup Semi - Final appearance after less than a year on charge, Hamburg officials have acknowledged that Martin Jol has left the team and taken over at Ajax on a 3 year deal.
Less than a year after taking over following his stint as National Team coach, Dutch legend Marco van Basten has walked out of Ajax following their failure to qualify for a place in next seasons Champions League.
Holland International and sometimes used Liverpool first teamer Ryan Babel and his agent had a loan request for the 21 year old to get more playing time rejected by Red’s boss Rafa Benitez.
Real Madrid Sporting Director Pedrag Mijatovic has admitted to tracking Holland International Klass Jan Huntelaar for the last two years before making the outright move to pay 20 Million Euro to Ajax for his services as soon as the January Transfer Window opens.
LG Amsterdam Tournament
1-0 J.Suarez - Ajax
2-0 Huntelaar - Ajax
2-1 Adebayor - Arsenal
2-2 Bendtner - Arsenal
2-3 Adebayor - Arsenal
Adebayor is one absolute fire!
Eredivisie runners up Ajax has paid 3 million Euros to Catalan side Barcelona for the services of defender Oleguer Presas (so that’s his last name). If Ajax make it to the Champions League just once over the next three seasons, they are required to pay Barcelona another 2.5 Million Euro.
Oleguer is reportedly set to earn 750,000 Euros a year for three season and is the 4th addition (Ismael Aissati, Miralem Sulejmani and Dario Cvitanich) this summer.
Oleguer, known to be one of the deeper thinkers in the game, published his first book, Cami d’Itaca (Road to Ithaca) which told the story of his struggle with anorexia as a youth and publicly questioned the Spanish governments involvement in both of the Gulf Wars.
Marco Van Basten’s first order of business at Ajax was to get in touch with former teammate Dennis Bergkamp, just to catch up. That call led to a conversation about Bergkamp’s availability to be a part of Van Basten’s staff at the legendary Dutch club, one Bergkamp jumped at.
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After only two weeks back at Ajax, Holland legend Johan Cruyff has taken his ball and gone home. The 60 year old seems to have a major difference in opinion with incoming manager Marco Van Basten over the importance of the club’s youth development, something Cruyff deemed highly important to future objectives.
Cruyff told the Dutch media on Friday: “I wanted youth training to be a priority and to be carried out as a matter of importance.
“I outlined my objectives clearly but my vision is not shared by the people who must carry it out.”
This will be something to keep on eye on since the relationships between players past and present has always been a sticking point in Holland.
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