The Schreuder Era Starts and Ends: 2022-23 Ajax Season

Your right about Fabrizio Romano he is the man with the information.
Ajax badly need some reinforcements.
Hopefully Bergwijn and Brobbey happen soon.
Defensively seeing the likes of Schuurs and Blind in the back is extremely worrisome, and they are food for the opposition.
No real GK in my opinion, and as things stand it’s an absolute joke.
I’m always for adding from Jong Ajax, but it seems to me that currently there are some very small and weak kids who would have their hands full playing at the top level.
In comparison PSV with some excellent business, and so far have managed to hold onto Gakpo and Sangare so Ruud Van Nistelrooy has to be thrilled.
They have also being linked to a return of Gini Wijnaldum.
I’m sure things will pick up on the overall transfer portal this week.

 

I'm OK with Schuurs playing a lot in the Eredivisie/being a super sub. I just think that tempers what we can do in CL. He cannot hack it at that level.

I'd love Alvarez to go back to CB and put a more ball playing 6 in there. I'm curious if that is how Schreuder wants to play. But if we got a really good passing 6 and returned Tadic to the 9, we would have a ridiculously good technical lineup. It'd also help big time when Davy played as the 10.

In a lot of ways this sounds weird but Taylor may be the key to the whole season. If he is good, that solves a ton of issues. If he is bad, our midfield is in trouble and that throws off the whole squad. (Kudus the same to a degree).

 

Who's running the transfer show atm?

 

Oh, that means trouble.
'Lenderink zit op de centen, Ajax dreigt naast Wijndal en Brobbey te grijpen'
voetbalcentraal.nl|30 days ago
Ajax-watcher Mike Verweij ziet voor de komende transferperiode een belangrijke rol weggelegd voor financieel directeur Susan Lenderink. Ajax heeft interesse in het prijzige drietal Steven Bergwijn, Owen Wijndal en Brian Brobbey en de Telegraaf-journalist ...

 

Who do Barca have to lead the attack?

 

I watch a lot of Barcelona matches, and I think it will be a very Foolish decision to sell Memphis and Frenkie by Barca who are quite obviously mismanaged.
Then again they are assets that the poorly run Catalan club need to cash in on.
They have made a mess over the years signing the likes of Coutinho, Griezman, and Dembele among other overpaid flops for huge money with little return, that has resulted in near financial ruination.
Xavi is over his head imo, and prefers overrated, overhyped, and physically overmatched youngsters, along with old slow veterans.
Memphis and Frenkie are top class players who can perform in multiple roles, but have not had the luxury to play in their best positions, which certainly applies to Frenkie while Memphis has had injury problems that has slowed him down.
If Xavi truly believes that Ferran Torres, Aubameyang, Dembele, and Ansu Fati are better then Memphis he is dead wrong.
Memphis to Ajax would be absolutely fantastic, but I have a feeling he will go to Arsenal who have had interest.
Frenkie now might stay as Laporta seems to figure out it would be a big mistake to sell him especially when the player does not want to leave, but his treatment under Xavi has not been great so perhaps the Love from Ten Hag will persuade him to join the mismanaged ManU.
I’ll say it again though Memphis to Ajax would be fantastic, but his wages are likely far too much unfortunately.
For the sake of Oranje I’m hoping for a good club for him to do his thing.

 

Xavi has zero clue.
Memphis better then all 3 of these guys, and it’s not even close in my book.

 

They want to sign Lewandowski who is under contract at Bayern and don’t seem willing to sell him to Barca who had a few bids already shot down.
If the Pole was to move he’s 33 years old and unlikely to get to his high level at Bayern. It might not be a wise move by the Club who again have big money troubles.
On top of this is the very serious Financial crisis at Barca who are in complete disarray and have serious restrictions in place from the Spanish Federation.
They stupidly wasted 55 million on Ferran Torres last year who cannot finish. Some of the chances he missed this past season were absolutely pathetic.
He’s more of a wide player too, but Man City we’re quite happy to dump him for that crazy amount as he rode the bench under Pep.
Aubamayeng is a central striker who needs the service of others, and is a questionable character having been stripped of the Captaincy at Arsenal and obviously was sent packing.
They also had the muscle monster Adama Traore from Wolves who is blessed with outrageous pace on top of his incredible physique, but he’s out after just not producing on the pitch or in training from what I have read.
They also have the young Ansu Fati who they love but he’s physically weak and has had injury problems.
Dembele was productive in the last few months, and had double digit assists after doing little for most of his time at Barca.
He is a shaky character who also is soft, and injury prone & is clearly overrated and overpaid over the course of his time at the club.
I’m biased but honest in my opinion that Memphis is their best attacker, but it remains to be seen what happens with all of the drama and speculation on top of the serious financial situation at Barca.

 

If we lose Antony... A front 3 of Bergwijn/Tadic/Memphis would be incredible. I wish we were going after Ziyech too (Again... if/when we lose Antony).

Sounds like Bergwijn is a done deal for 30M. Everton/Man U offered (considerably) more but he wanted to come to Ajax to play. I'm assuming to be selected for the WC.

Any other Dutch players in a similar situation we could lure? Ake if we sell Martinez?

 

I have been wanting to ask this question for long time. Can he become the next sneijder.?

 

I agree but over the last few years we've gotten Blind, Tadic, Haller, Bergwijn. So it is possible.

I also believe guys are starting to care more about playing in CL than the league. So guys would rather play for Ajax (CL, at home) vs. a non Bayern/BVB/CL team even though that league is way better.

 

Great scoop by Ajax. But wow... Spurs not only got their money back from the original transfer fee, but indeed managed to make a (tiny) profit out of a player who didn't work out for them and is deemed considered a surplus of requirement

Anyway, all things considered. I have a feeling that Bergwijn will carbon-copy Haller... use the EPL experience (and struggles) to get his footing back, tear apart Eredivisie, and look for a rebound transfer again in a year or two. I've always liked Stevie back from his PSV days... a typical blue-collar player. Hardworking, unselfish, pacey and more-than-decent skillsets. Better days ahead for this young fella. Still only 24 years old!

 

Who in your opinion will be our starting RB for the next season? Bar Rensch who else do we have at that position. We should have hold onto Mazraoui.

 

Practically this leaves us with Rensch and Regeer. From what I've seen during Young Ajax games the latter is pretty good at MF, can't recall seen him playing as MF. Maybe we should delve deeper - U19.