The Erik Ten Hag era at Ajax will go down in folklore. After almost 5 exhilarating and trophy-laden years with the Dutch manager at the helm, Ajax had to part ways with Ten Hag. The former Utrecht manager joined Manchester United as a manager in the summer of 2022, after Ole Gunnar Solskjaer was sacked midway through last season.
The Amsterdam club won 3 Eredivisie titles and two KNVB Cups under the 52-year-old. The Dutch champions also had that dream run in the Champions League 2018/19 season where they reached the semi-finals and narrowly missed out on a place in the finals, after Spurs beat them through a stoppage-time goal. But with Ten Hag gone and including the fact that some of their key players have also left, things don’t look that rosy right now at the Johan Cruyff Arena.
Many players have come and gone, but Ajax keep producing talents – and Kenneth Taylor is one of them!
Like every other season, after a successful campaign, teams all over Europe, especially Europe’s elites targeted the Dutch club as their shopping stop. As mentioned, manager Erik Ten Hag called his time at the club and decided to join the Red Devils. Following him at Old Trafford was Argentine centre-back, Lisandro Martinez, for €57m. More high-profile departures followed with the likes of Sebastien Haller and Ryan Gravenberch moving to Germany at Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich respectively.
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Just when fans from Amsterdam think that their team can capitalize on the previous season’s performance, big clubs all around the world come and rip the core apart. This time not even sparing Ajax’s manager. However, fans and football pundits might be too early to pass the judgement and write off Ajax this season. It is mainly because the fact that how quietly and smartly Ajax have gone down their business this transfer window.
They have once again rebuilt their team smartly after being gutted yet again by European elites. But this time around the task at hand was even tougher, although the Dutch Champions have tackled issues throughout the squad in brilliant fashion. How have Aja done it? FootTheBall guides you through all the incoming and outgoings for this summer 2022 transfer window at Ajax.
Ajax Incoming Manager – Alfred Schreuder
The 49-year-old had a contract with Club Brugge until 2023 and had a release clause of €1.5 million. Schreuder joined Ten Hag at Ajax as…
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