New Players for Ajax

[Kowalczyk]

Newspaper De Telegraaf has the Delorge rumour as well today. He had a contract at ADO Den Haag until 2009, but there was a special clause in his deal guaranteeing him a free transfer in case of relegation. He was, reportedly, at the VU Hospital in Amsterdam this morning for his medical and will sign a contract for two seasons.

I've never paid special attention to Laurent Delorge, so I don't have any thoughts about him. He's 27, he played for Coventry for five seasons and also spent a season at Anderlecht. No idea what the conclusion should be, but the fact that he's 27 means that he is pretty much a 'finished product'. It will be hard to make him a better player, which means that the player he is now has to be pretty bloody good... and I have my thoughts about that.

Are we signing this guy up only because we can get him for free? Something tells me he will only be an extra name on the payrole, but hey: maybe I'm just moaning. I totally trust Martin van Geel, so I reckon he knows what he's doing...

K.

[SPL]

Do not know anything about him but he is an experienced player
who should be a good back up. A replacement for Roger or Lindenbergh!!

We will obviously go for a quality player to replace Wes(hopefully!! )

[Blind3]

If they do sign him , there better be a morals clause in his contract. Match influencing, I talking about by other than doing your damnest to help your side , sounds serious to me. I agree that this guy sounds a lower budget replacement for Roger or Lindenbergh ; with the added bonus of not being foreign to the score sheet.

[SE6Ajacied]

I agree with what I think you are saying, on the face of it, not good to sign this guy but I can't get away from the fact that he could be totally innocent.....

Frankly, corruption scandals are very frequent here. The politicians are the worst...there's a new scandal every week. Even a member of the royals got caught recently (it was all a "misunderstanding" apparently). And yet...very few seem to be convicted. Anyway read the link below on the match fixing scandal:

http://www.eufootball.biz/Competitions/2178.html


I quote the most relevant bit:

In addition, two ex-Lierse players, Marius Mitu and Laurent Delorge, were let go by current club Anderlecht after admitting to investigators that they influenced the outcome of matches while playing for Lierse last season.

“During discussions this morning, the players admitted to me that they had been involved in this match-fixing at Lierse," Anderlecht general manager Herman Van Holsbeeck said. "We have no confidence in these players and have decided now to terminate their contracts with immediate effect.”

Seems pretty clear if you ask me....

Ah, well that changes things a bit. I can take off my union rep hat now. But how come they didn't get a ban from FIFA then? Peter Swann and co went to prison in the 60's after the Sheffield Wednesday match-fixing scandal as well as initial life bans so what happened to make this guy so different??

[Cedric]

Ajax.nl just confirmed the news about Delorge....

I don't really like this move (another Krohn-Dehli ?) but let's see... This guy surely knows how to fight 'till the end at least.

[SPL]

A 2 year contract has been given to Dionito Liesdek dob 13/11/88 A leftback
who has played last 4/5 reserve games. A local lad of course.

We do seem to be signing defenders and midfielders from our youth team. No strikers seem to be coming through!!

[dws]

I agree with what I think you are saying, on the face of it, not good to sign this guy but I can't get away from the fact that he could be totally innocent.....

Frankly, corruption scandals are very frequent here. The politicians are the worst...there's a new scandal every week. Even a member of the royals got caught recently (it was all a "misunderstanding" apparently). And yet...very few seem to be convicted. Anyway read the link below on the match fixing scandal:

http://www.eufootball.biz/Competitions/2178.html


I quote the most relevant bit:

In addition, two ex-Lierse players, Marius Mitu and Laurent Delorge, were let go by current club Anderlecht after admitting to investigators that they influenced the outcome of matches while playing for Lierse last season.

“During discussions this morning, the players admitted to me that they had been involved in this match-fixing at Lierse," Anderlecht general manager Herman Van Holsbeeck said. "We have no confidence in these players and have decided now to terminate their contracts with immediate effect.”

Seems pretty clear if you ask me....

Ah, well that changes things a bit. I can take off my union rep hat now. But how come they didn't get a ban from FIFA then? Peter Swann and co went to prison in the 60's after the Sheffield Wednesday match-fixing scandal as well as initial life bans so what happened to make this guy so different??

Standard Liege match fixers signed to Eredivisie clubs in season 1984/85:

Walter Meeuws - AJAX

Simon Tahamata - Feyenoord

Eric Gerets - MVV

Ajax is just continuing a great tradition

[SPL]

Erik Heijblok a 28 year old goalie from Haarlem has signed for us and will be our 3rd goalie for next season. Contract to June 2008.

[ZoefdeHaas]

So far the players Ajax have contacted or signed are decent, but how about a few class players? Not necessarily super star level, but ones like De Zeeuw's level. If we are to make a challenge for next season, we need good players esp. if the likes of Sneijder are leaving

[Van basten]

looks like we are very interested in Mbark Boussoufa. Anderlecht wants 5m euro for him. i don't know much about him, just that he's from our youth academy and that in 2005/2006 season playing for Gent, he won Belgian Footballer of the Year, Belgian Young Footballer of the Year and Belgian Ebony Shoe

[ZoefdeHaas]

he won Belgian Footballer of the Year, Belgian Young Footballer of the Year and Belgian Ebony Shoe

proof why we shouldnt get him

[Bert]

Boussoufa is a nice player, but probably not worth the money he'd cost and more importantly: he's definately not a replacement for Sneijder. If Ajax is going to buy a player from a Belgium club, Ajax should get Defour from Standard. Doesn't score as many goals as Sneijder, but does other very important things for the team and actually has the talent to be very big in the (near) future.

[SPL]

We were looking at Defour last summer.

[Bert]

I know. And guess what: he's still there. ;)

[Daniel]

looks like we are very interested in Mbark Boussoufa. Anderlecht wants 5m euro for him. i don't know much about him, just that he's from our youth academy and that in 2005/2006 season playing for Gent, he won Belgian Footballer of the Year, Belgian Young Footballer of the Year and Belgian Ebony Shoe

Nope, about the 5 million. I made the story about very interested (I said that we had an agreement with Boussoufa via a fake website and all the rumour sites copied it) , I spreaded that rumour around. The real price is more likely to be above the 7 million euro's and Ajax haven't talked with Boussoufa and/or Anderlecht. Sorry mate..

[Van basten]

looks like we are very interested in Mbark Boussoufa. Anderlecht wants 5m euro for him. i don't know much about him, just that he's from our youth academy and that in 2005/2006 season playing for Gent, he won Belgian Footballer of the Year, Belgian Young Footballer of the Year and Belgian Ebony Shoe

Nope, about the 5 million. I made the story about very interested (I said that we had an agreement with Boussoufa via a fake website and all the rumour sites copied it) , I spreaded that rumour around. The real price is more likely to be above the 7 million euro's and Ajax haven't talked with Boussoufa and/or Anderlecht. Sorry mate..

I have read this on ajaxlive.nl

[Daniel]

looks like we are very interested in Mbark Boussoufa. Anderlecht wants 5m euro for him. i don't know much about him, just that he's from our youth academy and that in 2005/2006 season playing for Gent, he won Belgian Footballer of the Year, Belgian Young Footballer of the Year and Belgian Ebony Shoe

Nope, about the 5 million. I made the story about very interested (I said that we had an agreement with Boussoufa via a fake website and all the rumour sites copied it) , I spreaded that rumour around. The real price is more likely to be above the 7 million euro's and Ajax haven't talked with Boussoufa and/or Anderlecht. Sorry mate..

I have read this on ajaxlive.nl

Jup, that is possible. Many sites copied it without checking the fake source I named (Belgian SportWereld, I just took them, they didn't had any article about Boussoufa going to Ajax but many sites just copied my fake article), and ajaxlive is one of them.

[Blind3]

Saw on Ajax Netwerk , source listed as the FC Godenzonen program on AT5 , that HtC said Kenneth Perez is not the replacement for Wesley Sneijder because he is more attacker than midfielder. Interesting to see who is the replacement. Bousouffa ? Defour? Engelaar?

[GangstaRiB]

Saw on Ajax Netwerk , source listed as the FC Godenzonen program on AT5 , that HtC said Kenneth Perez is not the replacement for Wesley Sneijder because he is more attacker than midfielder. Interesting to see who is the replacement. Bousouffa ? Defour? Engelaar?

Sneijder is still at Ajax, so no reason to speculate ;)

But his replacement will be a different kind of player, simply because there is not 2nd Sneijder around.

Defour is often named as a future Ajacied, but he is more a 'Davids'-type. Boussoufa is too lightweighted. Engelaar.. I don't think so.

There are also no rumours going right now. Normally a few names are dropped if a player exits, but I have not heard a name yet.

Boussoufa was named, but Van Geel denied the interest.

Yesterday in FC Godenzonen, HTC looked pretty confident while saying that Sneijder would stay at Ajax. Valencia made an offer 2 weeks ago and nothing has been heard since...

[Cmon1983]

Hello Everyone!

I'm a bit new here , however , I'm reading this forum since 3 years approx :)
I'm from Hungary , and big fan of the lovely ajax since 1995 :)

Anyway, why I'm writing to this topic... anybody heard the rumours that Ajax want to sign hungarian midfielder Balázs Dzsudzsák from Debrecen. It's in main headline on the most famous hungarian football website . (www.nb1.hu) , so I'm curious if it's true or not?!

Greetings to everyone!

HUP AJAX!!

[DanK]

Hello Everyone!

I'm a bit new here , however , I'm reading this forum since 3 years approx :)
I'm from Hungary , and big fan of the lovely ajax since 1995 :)
...

Greetings to everyone!

HUP AJAX!!

Welcome to our Home Cmon1983.

[Blind3]

If Ajax are interested in Orlando Engelaar , they should be able to get an up to the minute scouting report from Marco The Magnificent. I read that OE was just added to the NT , replacing the injured Danny Koevermans, for a two match Asian tour.

[aveslacker]

Hello Everyone!

I'm a bit new here , however , I'm reading this forum since 3 years approx :)
I'm from Hungary , and big fan of the lovely ajax since 1995 :)

Anyway, why I'm writing to this topic... anybody heard the rumours that Ajax want to sign hungarian midfielder Balázs Dzsudzsák from Debrecen. It's in main headline on the most famous hungarian football website . (www.nb1.hu) , so I'm curious if it's true or not?!

Greetings to everyone!

HUP AJAX!!

Welcome to Ajaxtalk Cmon1983!

[Van basten]

Martin van Geel said yesterday:"Mitea is going nowhere". MvG wants give him a chance because he had an injury for a long time and he wants him to prove himself for the team

[bluedaddy19]

i heard we want delgado from besitkas to replace sneijder

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matias_Delgado