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Peter Leeuwenbugh the goalie lent to Dordrecht for the season has returned and will stay with Jong Ajax for the rest of the season ,he only played 3 times for Dordrecht.

Peter Leeuwenbugh the goalie lent to Dordrecht for the season has returned and will stay with Jong Ajax for the rest of the season ,he only played 3 times for Dordrecht.

This his last season? Not likely to renew his contract? He has a lot of potential.

No he is under contract to 2018.Jong Ajax have Onana ,Groothuizen ,Alblas ,soon to return after a long injury, and A1 youth goalie V Bladeren as well to choose from .

Bit worrying that Leeuwenbugh couldn't make it as a regular at Dordrecht

Also, there is a van der Sar in the youth ranks; is this the son of???

Also, there is a van der Sar in the youth ranks; is this the son of???

Yep, most likely, his name is Joey Van der Sar, signed in 2013, link below.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footba ... ademy.html

yes he is the son of Edwin aged 17. He has played for the A2 youths this season.

Zakaria El Azzouzi now loaned to Twente for the season ,will be in their 1st team squad and Ajax say he will return in the summer.

Zivkovic could leave Willem and go to Roda on loan.He has done little at Willem wasn't even sub last night. Ligeon has played very little and seems like he should get loaned to another club also. Andersen is doing well and starts regularly and de Sa mainly a sub.

Basically 3 out of 4 loaned to Willem are not good enough for them. I bet Zivkovic wishes he had stayed at Groningen ,joining us has done his career no good.

Zivkovic is not even being played at striker but rather right wing. I agree with SPL, he should have stayed with Groningen for at least one more season. I think his confidence is shot right now and I'm not sure he will recover.

He needs an environment that sets him straight.

So El Azzouzi started for Twente and did decent.But not good enough for our Jong!

Zivkovic not on Willem's bench again and Ligeon just never makes the bench. We have him under contract to 2017!! He could be back here next season but training and not playing like Duarte.

The end of a dreadful day as an Ajax lover is summed up when you see a kid not picked for Jong Ajax ,although most of the youth followers rate him , starts for Twente and scores a goal.

Ligeon has moved on loan from Willem to Utrecht for the rest of the season hope he gets more playing time.

Was hoping Ajax would loan out Duarte , even if we just continue to pay his wages. Some games out on loan to show himself and maybe we will sell him in the summer.The lad has done nothing wrong ,but just trains and does not play.

NAC are not happy with Duarte,he is not fit.They are paying nothing to us for wages and he has only made 2or3 appearances. Last Monday they said he was unfit after 45 mins and they did not play him yesterday.As he is costing them nothing I gather they will keep him but clearly he is not match fit or generally fit enough to play.

He still has a contract to 2017 and we could go through this farce next season ie him not playing for even our Jong team and no one prepared to sign him.We need to pay him off. We will have spent about 5m euros on his transfer fee and wages.A terrible buy.

Sheraldo Becker scored a very nice goal for Zwolle from ~ 25 m with his weaker foot. I do like players who can shoot and cross with either foot.

Queensy Menig, Sheraldo Becker and Zakaria El Azzouzi all scored today.

El Azzouzi has been suspended a couple of weeks because of a very dumb red card, but scored the second goal for Twente with a header.

Are they both worth recalling to the Ajax first team (Both Becker and/or Mennig)?

That's difficult to judge.

I think both are good enough to be a regular starter at Feyenoord or at PSV. Both are really fast but lack some technical skills. Especially Menig misses a lot chances one on one with the goalkeeper, Becker scored some great ones from a big distance.

Both convert quite good crosses from the wing with really poor ones.

The problem with El Ghazi is that his form can be very inconstant, he let us down in almost all big matches this season. He had a high peak with his goals early in the season but he failed extremely in for example that Rapid Vienna Champions League qualification match with being selfish and missing enormous opportunities.

In all Europa League matches he didn't deliver, Cerny had to come in to save the away game at Celtic with our only European win in the whole season (I don't count that 1-0 against Jablonec.) Perhaps it's better to let El Ghazi go and develop some other talents.

I agree, I hear Inter are linked with El Ghazi, good riddance, as for Becker and Mennig, they should be loaned out to another eredivisie team, with a better calibre, such as Utrecht or AZ Alkmaar

Zakaria El Azzouzi ,loaned out to Twente for the 2nd half of last season, is going on a season's loan to Sparta Rotterdam .He has a contract to 2020 so a full season in the Eredivisie on loan should be good for his development.

Queensy Menig is having another year on loan at PEC Zwolle.

Jong Ajax RB Leeroy Owusu is spending a season on loan at Excelsior.This will be good for his development and Jong have Sanniez,who I think is a good prospect,and Zeefuik to play RB.

Django Warmerdam to join PEC Zwolle on loan for this season.

Jong Ajax goalie Indy Groothuizen ,who was no 2 behind Onana in Jong Ajax last season, has gone out on loan to Danish club Noordsjaelland .A bit of a surprise him going to Denmark. Assumed he may go on loan but he would not want to go to a Jupiler club and wouldn't want to be a no 2 in the Eredivisie so hope he gets some games.