It is very busy around the Ajax training complex. Tough guys with building helmets make jokes and smoke a saffie before they continue to work on the modernization of the future. Something about eight youth trainer Ismaïl Aissati runs into the site. He’s early. “Mogguh,” he tells the man at the barrier.
The security guard is happy that everything starts slowly again. “It was very boring here in recent weeks. This is much more fun.” The man shines with pride, while Branco van den Boomen arrives as the first contract player. The Ajax superfluous midfielder simply uses the parking facilities on the complex and does not have to move to P2. We read a lot of Indian stories about this in the last few days, but not everything you read is true.
A DHL delivery van drives up to the barrier. It does not swing immediately. There will be some consultation and then he can continue. I fantasize that the driver is coming to deliver a package with Raul Moro in it. The little Oliver Edvardsen is the player two who sends his huge BMW the corner, although I am not sure whether the BMW is so big or so small. In any case, it comes just above the window.
From P2 a familiar face is heading towards the entrance. It is Nordin Wooter. He let his braids grow again. For a moment I imagine myself in the 1994/1995 season. Youth players shoot in around him. They come walking or stepping from Bijlmer Arena station. Boys and girls, all talents for the future. Often staring at their cell phone or, on the other hand, ginning.
A white car stops on the corner. A long slender boy with large headphones gets out. It is Damian van der Vaart. The youth player is well dropped off. What does his future look like at Ajax? I also wonder when Owen Wijndal reports. As always, he drives past. He joins for breakfast and gets a new chance under John Heitinga.
All Ajax players drive in BMWs, but Jaros comes rolling in a Mercedestank with Czech license plate.
Youri looks like a boss when he passes silently with tough sunglasses on his nose. He personally has had a surprising top season. Can he also show it in the Champions League? It makes it curious. That is so nice about the preparation. And what talents will their nose soon press against the Heitinga window?
All Ajax players drive in BMWs, but goalkeeper Vitezslav Jaros comes rolling in a Mercedestank with Czech license plate. He has his steering steering and nods friendly to the battle bumen. In this way the players roll in one by one. Brian Brobbey, Steven Berghuis, Ahmetcan Kaplan and also the two men who stay at Ajax for longer: Davy Klaassen and Remko Pasveer.
Then a car stops. It is Menno Geelen General Director. He openly open his window: “Are you posting here?” I answer that I am getting inspiration for this blog and suppose he comes back to this in the story. He quickly gives a pimple gas.
Kian Fitz-Jim does that too, because he reports to the barrier at 9.15 am. His egg and cup tea are already getting cold and probably his teammates are already sitting at the table. After breakfast the players head towards the gym. At the end of the morning a field training is on the program led by Heitinga and Marcel Keizer.
Finally, technical director Alex Kroes arrives. The window slides open and there is a friendly word for the security guard. Kroes is the man on whom many eyes are focused. His task is a big and important one.
When Kroes drives on, the security guard looks at me satisfied. He repeats his earlier message: “So nice that it started again. It was really boring in the last few weeks!”
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