Former Ajax Players

[Orange14]

Ryan Babel has moved the Besiktas in Turkey as his contract with Deportivo la Coruna ended.

[SPL]

Kishna has joined Lille on loan. And Ouasim Bouy ,another ex player who has never made it in Italy joins Zwolle on loan.

[rjf1]

Been watching the Barcelona - Bilbao game tonight. At one point they wanted to have a camera shot of Luis Suarez on the bench (not playing today) - but in the same shot there was Jesper Cillesen sitting right next to him. It was nice to see them. I don't think Cillesen has gotten/will get much playing time, though unless Ter Stegen gets injured.

[Orange14]

I don't think Cillesen has gotten/will get much playing time, though unless Ter Stegen gets injured.

Cillessen plays in all the Copa matches. Spain plays two leg ties.

[SPL]

Sad news Piet Keizer an Ajax legend died yesterday aged 73 of lung cancer. One of the all time greats of this club from that golden era when Ajax were the best in the world with their magically football.

RIP

[ajaxusa]

This happened to me something like fifteen or twenty years ago...

I happened to be in Amsterdam on Queens Day, and a friend invited me to spend the day on his boat, punting around the canals and taking in the party from a different perspective. It was a fantastic day, and here was the very best moment:

At one point, we were stuck in a massive traffic jam of boats, at the intersection of two small canals. We weren't going anywhere for a while...

Suddenly, a few people on another boat broke out in song. They had recognized Ajax legend Piet Keizer, whose boat was stuck alongside the rest of us. Within seconds, the whole crowd, everyone on all the boats, and hundreds of people on the canal banks, joined in singing "There's only one Piet Keizer!" except in Dutch of course.

It was the first and last time I personally saw the legendary player of the Golden Ajax team. He stood on the deck of his barge, smiling and clapping to the crowd as they sang for him. I felt like a poser, singing in a language I didn't know, for a man I'd never seen play. But I knew his story, and what he meant to the club. The whole scene gave me chills.

So you can count me as one more Ajax fan who had a magic moment courtesy of the late, great Piet Keizer. Rest in peace.

By the way, there was a nice article about Keizer in Champions Magazine, Aug 2010: "The Man Who Wasn't Cruyff". I searched online but couldn't find it, so here are scanned images of its pages, in case you're really keen. https://goo.gl/oGNtpd

[rjf1]

Terrific article -- thanks for the putting it up.

[SPL]

Wonderful article,glad you posted

[Amol]

Great article. Thanks for posting.

Rest in peace.

[Cruijff]

And here you see Piet running through your screen by with his styleful dribbling, his styleful goals and Piet's pure class way of celebrating goals:

In Memoriam: Piet Keizer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MdsKk4U5NhE

&

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BoygXTf9IU

[SPL]

Thanks for posting all the pictures

[Orange14]

Ricardo Kishna joined el Ghazi at Lille as he is loaned out from Lazio. I suspect he won't return to the Italian capital. Both played yesterday in a loss and Lille lie close to the relegation zone in the French league.

[Cruijff]

Thanks for posting all the pictures

You're welcome.


Also a great scene in this documentary made in 1973 is how Piet Keizer and other players arrive at the training ground in 1972 with their cars.
Coach Ștefan Kovács enters the gate of stadium De Meer by bike, he didn't own a car:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bdt4f2oha3Y

[Manneken Pis]

Interesting article on Jany van der Veen....

http://thesefootballtimes.co/2017/02/23/the-colossal-legacy-of-ajax-mentor-jany-van-der-veen/

[SPL]

De Ligt's mentor and advisor,not agent, is Barry Hulshoff.Article on Ajax showtime . de Ligt a level headed lad was approached by several agents and most of Europe wanted him but he only wants to play for Ajax and in the article says he wants to stay at Ajax for a long time. He lives just down the road from the Arena in Abcoude and Hulshoff lives there.He has been mentor and unofficial agent since 2014.

Read the other week that A1 winger Mees de Wit had a similar arrangement with Piet Keizer ,sadly that is no more.

Good to read old players advising and helping the kids.

[Cruijff]

De Ligt's mentor and advisor,not agent, is Barry Hulshoff.Article on Ajax showtime . de Ligt a level headed lad was approached by several agents and most of Europe wanted him but he only wants to play for Ajax and in the article says he wants to stay at Ajax for a long time. He lives just down the road from the Arena in Abcoude and Hulshoff lives there.He has been mentor and unofficial agent since 2014.

True.
Bayern Munich approached him 2 times, Liverpool even 3 times.

The reaction of Matthijs de Ligt (and his father) to Liverpool:

'Leaving Ajax Amsterdam for FC Liverpool? What the h#ll are you thinking?'

[Cruijff]

Always good to watch. Some great Piet Keizer moments:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vefwvTTHwc

[King Litti]

Litmanen was voted by dutch football fans as the greatest foreign player ever in Holland. Great to see he is still remembered and highly respected. Hyvä Jari!

http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/vibezoekers-jar ... en-ove.htm

[Orange14]

Litmanen was voted by dutch football fans as the greatest foreign player ever in Holland. Great to see he is still remembered and highly respected. Hyvä Jari!

http://www.vi.nl/nieuws/vibezoekers-jar ... en-ove.htm

I remember the overhead volley he scored in the Finnish league when he was in his 30s. It was an amazing goal. He is one of the best Ajax players ever!!

[Ayman]

https://www.clubcall.com/manchester-uni ... 47396.html
Daley Blind with a return to Ajax at 26? Only in a pipe dream

[Manneken Pis]

Maxwell is now the most decorated club player in history...

WTF

Brazil 1 Trophy
Netherlands 6 Trophies
Italy 5 Trophies
Spain 10 Tropiesy
France 14 Trophies
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36 Career Trophies
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(If only the sell on clause had hed been 1M€/trophy)

[Orange14]

One would think football players should know better (or at least have an agent who knows better) but not in this case!

http://www.espnfc.us/fenerbahce/story/3 ... iness-deal

[Ayman]

I saw that, Van der Wiel goes to another country, and trusts a random business man. What did he expect? I just cant believe the astronimcal amount he lost, 4.5 million????!!!!!! Gee, its not like he is a kid or anything, he is 29!

[Ayman]

Sergio Padt, ex Ajacied, is called up to the Dutch national team

[Ayman]

Leaked reports claim that Gabri will be the next Jong Ajax coach, they also say that Ajax first game for 2017/18 season will be away to NAC Breda