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An earlier quote from "666" on the New Player's thread:philippe schreef:how long left before the CL list is closed ?Kowalczyk schreef: This time, Ajax do have time, and the fee is as high as it should be.
K.
No need to panic:
uefa.com wrote:
17.15
The player lists have to be submitted to UEFA through the national
association by the following fixed deadlines:
a) 10 July 2007 (24.00 CET): for all matches in the first qualifying round;
b) 26 July 2007 (24.00 CET): for all matches in the second qualifying round;
c) 9 August 2007 (24.00 CET): for all matches in the third qualifying round;
d) 1 September 2007 (24.00 CET): for all further matches as from the first
match in the group stage up to and including the final.
17.16
For the three UEFA Champions League qualifying rounds, the player lists may be amended at any time until 24.00 CET on the day before the relevant first-leg match, provided that the club’s national association confirms in writing that the new players are eligible to play at domestic level by the respective above-mentioned qualifying date.
Oh, no... I'm just comparing them as players. That's what we used to do all the time when they were both at Ajax. I'm basically just comparing the two last super-talented 'numbers 10' from the Ajax youth system.K.J. Huntelaar schreef:What is this talk about VDV coming back? Do you think this is even possible?
You know, that slightly more business-like tone of voice in the Babel story was a conscious decision. I mean: he's been a starter for Ajax for only one full season and he's only 19 years old. He left Ajax before he had even matured.Cmon1983 schreef:@Ko: as i "criticised" (it wasn't really,only missing the emotional part of it) your last article about a departing player, namely Babel, i can say only positives on your latest about Wes.
Thanks, mate. It's a phenomenon that can really annoy me. The most famous example is Dennis Bergkamp. People who only follow the Italian and English leagues, and never really pay attention to the Eredivisie for the simple reason that it's a bit 'off their radar', often claim that Bergkamp left Ajax as a promising youngster and that the Ajax fans never saw the best of him.DanK schreef:"There is a fair chance that ignorant people will, in a few years' time, say to you that Wesley Sneijder is another 'Ajax talent' who developed into a star after he'd left. Nonsense. Wesley Sneijder was already a superstar when he left. He was in the Ajax-1 squad for four and a half seasons. He was a talent for three, and a superstar for one and a half."
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Nicely put Menno. Totally agree.
Kowalczyk schreef:You know, that slightly more business-like tone of voice in the Babel story was a conscious decision. I mean: he's been a starter for Ajax for only one full season and he's only 19 years old. He left Ajax before he had even matured.Cmon1983 schreef:@Ko: as i "criticised" (it wasn't really,only missing the emotional part of it) your last article about a departing player, namely Babel, i can say only positives on your latest about Wes.
That's a completely different story than Sneijder's, who's been a first teamer for four seasons and renewed his deal twice.
I feel much more of a connection with Sneijder than with Babel. Bluntly put: Sneijder was 'our boy', whereas Babel left before he even became one of 'our boys'.
I only get personal (and sometimes a bit emotional) about the players who really had something special with Ajax and the supporters. This says nothing about the players who don't get a 'personal report'; it only says something about the ones who do.
See what I mean?
K.
Same here, i am from Slovenia and nobody cheers for teams like Ajax. It is either Real or Barca, Milan, Chelsea..andy schreef:You know its hard for someone who leaves so far way form Amsterdam (I live in Colombia, south america) to really relate to a team like Ajax. I like Ko's words so I'm going to use them, the eredivise is off-radar from a place like this (I bet you know what I'm talking about venezuelan ajacied) and people usullay support the typical european giants.
