Former Netherlands international Rene van der Gijp claims Ajax should’ve accepted the money from Chelsea for Edson Alvarez on deadline day.
Chelsea were adamant about signing a new defensive midfielder on deadline day and they made a €50m offer for the Mexico international, which was turned down.
Alvarez was reportedly frustrated that Ajax rejected the bid from the Premier League side with claims he could earn €50m over a five-year contract.
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There were rumours that Chelsea were ready to bring PSV Eindhoven’s Ibrahim Sangare to Stamford Bridge instead but that didn’t materialise.
The Blues finally settled on a loan deal for Denis Zakaria from Juventus with Chelsea owner Todd Boehly taking his summer spend to over £250m with the signing of Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang.
But Van der Gijp thinks Alvarez should’ve been afforded the opportunity to pursue a move to the Premier League with Chelsea unlikely to come back in for him.
“That boy can earn ten times as much, is a Mexican who goes to Chelsea, so he gets a status if he plays there,” Van der Gijp told Ajax ShowTime.
“And there [Chelsea] they are crazy now, because they have a new owner, that American who is totally crazy. They started badly and he just buys Álvarez as a backup for Kante who is 31 and often injured.”
And Boehly isn’t going to come back for Alvarez in the future, according to Van der Gijp: “That club is no longer coming [back]. They are in a panic and they have an owner who is not in his right mind. They’re just doing something at the moment,” he stressed.
“If you can earn €7m in two years at Ajax and he can earn €50m there in 4 years… you can’t do that to a boy like that.”
A move for 33-year-old Aubameyang has raised a few eyebrows but former Liverpool defender Jamie Carragher thinks it’s going to be a good signing for Chelsea.
“He’s a quality player, there’s no doubt about that. I think it’s a good signing. People may question Arsenal’s role in this; the fact that they let him go for free, and now Chelsea are paying money for him,” Carragher told Sky Sports.
“I think it’s a good signing for Chelsea, but I actually think it was the right decision by Mikel Arteta and Arsenal. Look where they are right now.
“We know what he brings; goals and quality, but at times maybe situations and misdemeanours off the pitch or within the dressing room,…
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