First Blood for Ajax at Euros
By: Matt | June 11th, 2008
Besides Holland’s Euro demolition of Italy a few days ago, there is little going on in the Ajax front. The Sulejmani rumors are still hovering, KJH is too busy watching Ruud to talk about wanting to play for Real ManJuvBarcArsen United Milan, and Heitinga sat behind Khalid the Khannibal. While he did eventually get into the match, I almost have to stop writing about him, seeing as how he now wears the honorific “former Ajax player”. (Speaking of did you see Sneijder’s goal…? I’ll stop.)
But there was one person integrally involved in the Oranje success against the Azzuri, Marco van Basten. The conversation that is now in order is what a successful Euro run can do for Ajax. If you want to talk something else, why are you here? Here are a few thoughts:
> Should the Dutchmen fly into the later rounds, perhaps even a final, or a trophy to raise, the possibility of KJH staying has to go up, right? Marco would instantly become the hottest manager in Europe before he has even managed his first club match. And with his two assistants accompanying him, the buzz would be deafening. The question is, how far must they go? For my money, surviving this ridiculous group and winning a knockout match would be outstanding. But let’s hope MvB is more ambitious than that.
> Now for Heitinga’s benching. Let’s daydream a bit. Honestly, I would love to see Khalid come in as a replacement. He has to be for sale, although the price may go up with a few more appearances in lop-sided matches. And if he builds a good relationship with MvB, why not come to Amsterdam? England was not kind, Spain was awful; maybe it is time to come home, Khalid? I am going to start a rumor…
> There was not a single current Ajacied on the pitch during the match. Steks is a backup, Urby got cut, KJH did not budge from his seat. Let’s hope MvB can ready a strong Amsterdam contingent for his replacement. I think the young Dutch talent is there, and the resources are as well.
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I agree that Ajax could do worse than getting Khalid in, but Chelsea are currently negotiating a price and contract with Marseille for him. Unless there’s a last minute breakdown, I’d expect the Marseille move will probably be confirmed fairly soon. But there’s always that possibility of a breakdown with these things, especially in this case with a new manager for Chelsea just being announced yesterday.
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