Danny Blind had different insights in several areas than the management of Ajax in the transfer area. That is what Valentijn Driessen states during ‘in the corridors’ of Today Inside. For example, Blind would have preferred a return from his son Daley Blind, while he would also have had a preference for Bertrand Traoré as a striker.
Driessen now sees that Ajax brings out that Blind has meant a lot to Ajax. He doesn’t quite agree. ‘As a player he was great, but then all the functions he held has not been successful. Now he is being fooled by the management, “says the reporter of De Telegraaf.
The journalist stays that Blind wanted to get his son Daley back to Ajax. ‘It was not without reason that he had an Ajax clause in his contract. They could get it for a few tons. Danny saw him as the defensive midfielder, John Heitinga didn’t want that. Then came Liverpool’s boy, James McConnell. ”
Driessen indicates that he can understand that Blind is not satisfied with that. ‘A boy of twenty, who has played for less than a minute in the Premier League. That is of no use to you. Danny just passed. ”
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Blind would also not have preferred the arrival of Kasper Dolberg. The departing football commissioner is said to have advised the technical board members – technical director Alex Kroes and director of Voetbal Marijn Beuker – to enter the season with Wout Weghorst and Traoré.
The management of Ajax wanted to enter the market after the departure of Brian Brobbey, although Blind saw it differently. ‘Danny thought that Ajax should sell Brobbey and did not have to buy a striker. Yes, that is of course not possible. Of course Alex Kroes saw that well. ”
“Blind said: we can play with Wout Weghorst and Bertrand Traoré in the rush? But Traoré is of course over. He immediately sold Kroes and that is why he was allowed to buy Dolberg, “says Driessen, who saw that Ajax Brobbey and Traoré sold together for at least 23 million euros to Sunderland. A day later Dolberg came over from Anderlecht for around ten million euros.
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Finally, Driessen is of the opinion that Kroes has made ‘weird purchases’. ‘Three left winger, that is not possible? The best left winger, Godts, who is partly trained itself, does not play. It is on the couch. What kind of policy is this? ‘, Says Driessen, who is finally asked about his prediction of Ajax in the Champions League. He laughs: ‘I am a little more positive than Klaassen, who thinks Ajax will take zero points. I think they will take one point. ”
Blind did not want to tell too much about his upcoming departure at Ajax at Ziggo Sport last week. ‘Sometimes things go like that and you have your reasons for that. That will come again. It is of course an unwritten or perhaps even written law that you cannot always let go of everything if you still have a seat in the Supervisory Board. That certainly also applies to me. ”
