New Players for Ajax

[ZoefdeHaas]

These signings can't be worse than what we've had before. let's hope a strong defender comes in

[aveslacker]

These signings can't be worse than what we've had before. let's hope a strong defender comes in

And even if they're bad, the cost is minimal, which is what is so nice.

If we keep this up for another four or five years I might begin to regain my faith in our board.

[bluedaddy19]

we are supposedly still talking to several defenders, including:

pato from mexico (already mentioned)
benfica's brazil CB luisao (seems unlikely, as he would cost a pretty penny)
cruzeiro's brazil U20 CB thiago heleno (supposedly a loan move... with option?)
werder bremen's serbia LB dusko tosic (who would be free)
vartek's croatia U-21 CB igor prahic (who would likely run about 2M)

and supposedly, we have reached a deal with one of the latter two and he is having a medical now

[Amol]

Dang - Van Der Boog on steroids Lets hope we get at least one if not two defenders.

[Amol]

Dang - Van Der Boog on steroids Lets hope we get at least one if not two defenders.

Eduardo has been confirmed by ajax.nl as a one year loan deal -

http://ajax.nl/Nieuws/Laatste-nieuws/Ni ... duardo.htm

[Ajaxfanuk]

3 new players for the season should help our quest...long season ahead so i'm optimistic again. However, hopefully the board will look at holding on to these guys or searching out some more long term help

Good work though Van den boog. good work

[martinkohout]

Good work though Van den boog. good work

Hear, hear - suddenly I'm all excited and optimistic again!!!

But then again, I'm notoriously easy.

[Michael_B]

3 new players for the season should help our quest...long season ahead so i'm optimistic again. However, hopefully the board will look at holding on to these guys or searching out some more long term help

Good work though Van den boog. good work

Two of them who will be playing in our youth team: Kerlon and Eduardo. Pantelic and Eduardo both a one year deal, Kerlon as well but with him Ajax has an option for transfer.

[gordonvandekamp]

So we've signed a striker, a winger, and a defensive midfielder. Where is that defender? Have we reached the deadline?

Honestly, I'm a little

They all seem to be good signings in terms of cost and promise for the future (that's if they don't get ushered out the door next season), but again I don't think they fix the biggest problems in the squad, or even attempt to.

I can only hope someone from Bluedaddy's post comes through.

[rjf1]

Araujo to Ajax means more live tv games for me

And for me too. ESPN Deportes has been showing nothing but P$V due to that other pinchi bendejo de Tricolores. Now maybe we'll get some love for Ajax out of those bastardos.

I think you mean pinche pendejo.

Gonna take getting used to rooting for a Mexico player. But I will sacrifice for love of my club.

Or maybe pinche cabron. Anyway, let's hope the good news keeps on coming.

[bluedaddy19]

another defender supposedly in the mix is aslovenia U21 center back named vuckic... dont know anything about him

also, the f-side site says we are interested in luiZao (a 22-yo) and not luiSao (the benfica veteran)... that makes more sense, but i have no idea who this luiZao guy is

[aveslacker]

When's the deadline again?

[Neefkens]

Now.

[Amol]

Now.

So ummm, did we actually get the defenders which we have needed for the last 15 months?

[acab]

No

[bluedaddy19]

not everything is announced right away, its possible we may have gotten one

[Amol]

not everything is announced right away, its possible we may have gotten one

- you are our resident transfer optimist

[bluedaddy19]

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- you are our resident transfer optimist

well, sheesh, we cant do 8 pieces of busines in one day and forget the most important one of all... right?

ugh i am hoping against hope, we need at least one viable defender

[Amol]

well, sheesh, we cant do 8 pieces of busines in one day and forget the most important one of all... right?

ugh i am hoping against hope, we need at least one viable defender

Is that guy with family connections to the VU saying anything at all? He was absolutely right about the 3 transfers which have already happened.

[Blind3]

No defenders......ARGH !!!

[afcajax73]

its still possible, not all the transfers are announced straight away, some take a few hours

[SPL]

From an attacking point of view I am quite happy but we wont win anything with that defence.

[aveslacker]

At the end of the day, if we don't have a defender that we can use in fairly short order, we will have generated a whole lot of light but not much heat. We got the reserve striker we needed and two talents that may pan out or not. But we still don't have a defender. Still, these are encouraging signs compared to years past where we got busts like Colin, Urzaiz, Luque and Kuffour and paid some money out to do so.

[Amol]

its still possible, not all the transfers are announced straight away, some take a few hours

You know what's funny - all of us have seen this club go about their transfer dealings for a long long time. I just don't understand how all of us are so optimistic

[Orange14]

No defenders......ARGH !!!

I think it was the final match day two seasons ago. One of our defenders picked up a yellow in the next to last match and Lindgren had to do service in the back line for the final game. Did a passable job. Not saying that this is a solution to anything; just and observation.