New Players for Ajax

[bryan]

Lorrente, Maidana... both players who were at the U-20 World Cup in the Netherlands.

Our scouts haven't travelled as far as you might think... cheap ass Ajax as usual.

edit: Maidana wasn't at that tournament. Mai bad.

[Blind3]

A wanking right back? Should fit in nicely with the rest of a defense which has been largely been a group of goal allowing wankers for several years.

[bluedaddy19]

Lorrente, Maidana... both players who were at the U-20 World Cup in the Netherlands.

Our scouts haven't travelled as far as you might think... cheap ass Ajax as usual.

edit: Maidana wasn't at that tournament. Mai bad.

even if he was, do you really think they used a 3-year old evaluation?

[bluedaddy19]

de telegraaf says we have agreed an 18M euro fee for sulejmani

[Michael_B]

No they say Heerenveen wanted 18M for him and Ajax and Heerenveen are currently closing the deal.

Asking price 18M so Ajax will pay maybe 14 or 15.

[aveslacker]

That's a lot of money.

[gordonvandekamp]

That's a lot of money.

Yeah it is, 14-15 sounds more reasonable, but still high. He's a good player and I'd love to have him. I think that's really indicitive of the transfer market these days. We pay 15 million and then hope to make 5-10 million selling him to a bigger club in 2 years.

I hope he can be a worthy addition, I was quite impressed with him this season.

[jamcocteau]

Piece on sky news about it

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528, ... 09,00.html

Also looks like we are after defender from Boca Juniors Jonatan Maidana

[SPL]

18m Euros is alot of money as it is now £14m . A year ago that was £12m which did not sound as bad.

Do not see us bringing any Dutch player in !!

[ZoefdeHaas]

18 million?? screw that!

Apparently Dos Santos from Barcelona is rated around 8 million. Ajax should look esle where, or give youth a chance. Not being in the CL, money cant be relaxed over.

[bluedaddy19]

stop sweating the money!

1-you know it probably wont end up being that much

2-the guy has already had manU and chelsea sniffing around... aka we will make our money back in a couple seasons

3-CL or not, we still sold about 60M euros worth of players last season

[aveslacker]

I agree with Bluedaddy. It's only a bad purchase if there's any chance that we won't get our money back with interest when we sell him, or that his presence won't lead us to more lucrative competitions (i.e. the Champions League).

I'm not all that worried about it.

[Van basten]

Can anyone translate what is said here?

Heerenveen: transfer Sulejmani naar Ajax niet waarschijnlijk

Directeur Yme Kuiper van Heerenveen noemde in de nieuwe uitgave van Voetbal International een transfer van Sulejmani naar Ajax niet waarschijnlijk. 'Als Sulejmani zijn carrière in Nederland voortzet, kan hij voor zijn ontwikkeling net zo goed in Heerenveen blijven. Wij spelen net als Ajax ook in het UEFA Cup toernooi. Bovendien heeft Mickey nog geen jaar bij ons in het eerste elftal gespeeld. Een vertrek naar Ajax is wat ons betreft niet waarschijnlijk.'

[DanK]

Sounds like they are saying the transfer is not likely as why would he move to another Dutch club who are also playing in the UEFA Cup.

Also says, due to this reason he might as well continue to develop at Heerenveen.

[The Purple Cow]

It's a Heerenveen director saying that a transfer of Suljemani to Ajax is unlikely, because he can develop his skills just as well at Heerenveen as at Ajax, and "Ajax are only playing in the UEFA cup just like we are".

[Duke]

If your read between the lines Kuipers is saying that Heerenveen doesn't have to sell Sulejmani, and they will only sell him if the money is good.

[bluedaddy19]

a trustworthy argentine paper says the maidana deal should be done soon for 3M

[The Purple Cow]

Why would 3M sign a football player?

[Venezuelan Ajacied]

a trustworthy argentine paper says the maidana deal should be done soon for 3M

3 million is a very good price for a player with his potencial....this could be a steal :hupajax.gif:

[Tom_]

Why would 3M sign a football player?

Haha, nice one

[aveslacker]

Out of curiosity, who is in charge of signing players these days? Has van Geel left already?

[Jeroen126]

Out of curiosity, who is in charge of signing players these days? Has van Geel left already?

Where have you been for the last couple of weeks mate?
Van Geel is history, Danny Blind is now in charge of signing players.

[aveslacker]

Out of curiosity, who is in charge of signing players these days? Has van Geel left already?

Where have you been for the last couple of weeks mate?
Van Geel is history, Danny Blind is now in charge of signing players.

It's not always easy to keep up to speed when you're working 55 hrs/week.

Thanks for the update.

[Jeroen126]

Out of curiosity, who is in charge of signing players these days? Has van Geel left already?

Where have you been for the last couple of weeks mate?
Van Geel is history, Danny Blind is now in charge of signing players.

It's not always easy to keep up to speed when you're working 55 hrs/week.

Thanks for the update.

Heh, i get the point. Eitherway, be it Blind or Van Geel, so far nobody has been able to buy us some decent players (defenders).

[aveslacker]

And Blind doesn't exactly inspire faith based on his personnel moves as Ajax manager. Hopefully Marco's making the decisions and Danny's rubber-stamping them.