Ajax is close to an agreement on the transfer of JP Chermont. According to Mike Verweij in the podcast Kick-off van The Telegraph it is almost certain that the Brazilian will strengthen the team from Amsterdam. Verweij also says that another option has also been offered.
“It is striking in itself, because Ajax has indicated that they are looking for a left back,” Verweij begins in the podcast. “Tomiyasu, however, is a jack of all trades, so they now have him in mind on the left side and have shifted their sights to the right back. That is almost certainly this Brazilian.” Reported earlier today The Telegraph in Football International the news already.
Nineteen-year-old Chermont may not have been the first target of the Amsterdam team. “An experienced left back has also been offered to rent, but he has not played football for a year,” says Verweij. Just like with Maximilian Ibrahimovic, it would initially be a rental structure. “Ajax already wants to rent someone for the number six position and they do not want to work exclusively with rental players. This is a temporary rental with an option to purchase. If this boy does well, he will be signed after this season.”
Chermont has already played fifty games in the first team at Santos, but he is not seen as a huge top talent. According to Verweij, it is therefore logical that Chermont has appeared on Ajax’s radar. “Everyone and every scout sees the real big pearls in Brazil, but they come with a much higher price tag. Ajax, Feyenoord and PSV have to look in a category just below the absolute top, which they think can become a sensation in the Eredivisie. In this way, such a player can develop and later be sold back to the Premier League.”
