finds it awkward that Maurice Steijn spoke on Sunday about his holiday in Ibiza. Together with his children Sem and Biba, he traveled to the Spanish island for a short trip during the international match.
“There are a few things that he does not do very well,” Perez said on Voetbalpaat on ESPN on Monday evening. “Go to Ibiza for three days if you want, but if the house is on fire, you don’t have to tell everyone that you have been away for a few days. I think he can go, but you don’t have to flirt with it every time, you don’t have to tell everyone,” says the former midfielder.
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Before the match against FC Twente (3-1 defeat), Steijn said that he met fellow coach Arne Slot from Feyenoord: they coincidentally were on the same plane. “Supporters of a club that is completely on fire don’t want to hear that, I don’t think. You don’t have to say it, it doesn’t come across very well.”
Steijn’s match analyzes also raise Perez’s eyebrows. “He comes up with terms like ‘we have to get into more matches’ and ‘we have to work harder’, which shows that he has worked at smaller clubs. At Ajax it is not about that, at Ajax you have to play better football, be tactically stronger, show more confidence on the ball and operate as a team. The boys really work hard, but if they don’t know what to do with each other.
