Ajax Youth & Amateurs

[SPL]

Real Madrid want Ouazane and I have a feeling we have been too late and he will go.He was 16 back in January so I wonder why Ajax did not try and sign him well before then. I do keep rough stats of U17 and U19 of who plays and subs and he started 8 u17 games but never played a full 90mins. For U19 4 sub games.

All posters on showtime say he is ready for the 1st team and is the biggest talent at the club. I do wonder how Simeon the U17 winger is rated , he was only 15 back in December but spent most of the season in U17 and was in their starting lineup at 14.

[SPL]

An article on Showtime that Simeon has still not agreed with Ajax and foreign sides are interested. Oh dear he and Ouazane are the greatest talents in our youth but losing them would be a hugh blow. Simeon is not 16 until December and Ajax really should have had him agreed by his 15th birthday.

PSV and Feyenoord are probably looking at him as we have about 8 other wingers under contract who will be in U19 next season but this lad should be starting at U19

[Orange14]

It was only six months ago that we were all moaning that Bounida was going to leave. He signed a contract extension and will likely see first team football at some point next season. We have no idea what is happening behind the scenes at Ajax. I'm sure that management is aware of the talents and foreign interest. They likely have plans for these players and are communicating to them. If they are not interested in staying with Ajax, they should move on. As with Misehouy (another who was labeled the top talent in the youth system!), the club will not miss them. If they are interested in developing their career rather than picking up some big money and then being discarded after a couple of years, good luck and good by.

[SPL]

Ouazane reported to be joining Real ,which is no surprise. Still dont know why we did not start contract talks back last summer . Seems like we started back in January when he reached 16.Went to African U17 championships was the best player and I think Ajax's chance was gone then .

Think foreign clubs are offering Simeon a big contract for when he is 16 in December.

We can easily sign the lesser talents but last year Misehouy left and now likely the 2 best talents in the youth. We of course do the same ie Hato comes from Sparta, Mokio and Bounida from Belgium. We should be lucky Uk is out the EU as they cannot sign kids until they are 18 from EU countries.

[SPL]

No 16 year old has ever left Ajax and made it abroad. Malen left for Arsenal but returned to PSV aged 18 and broke through from there.. Ake now Man City and Bogarde now Villa both left for England aged 16 and have made it ,both Feyenoord youths.

[Orange14]

Ajax have a financial problem as all small country teams do. We cannot splurge big money on 16 year olds. All the club can do is promise a fair chance to make the first team and point to the success that other players such as Hato have found. Hato now has a big transfer value that he would not have had as a 16 year old. If the kids want to leave, there is nothing Ajax can do. As SPL notes, Ajax have taken some 16 year olds from other clubs. This is the way of football these days.