Ajax has one of the best training schools in Europe, but Marco van Basten confirms that the club's current young players are “very bad” and this reflects on the core team that is not experiencing one of its best moments this season. Dutch Championship. “If you, as a young player, don't have chances in this team, then you don't have talent,” said Van Basten, 59, one of the best strikers of his era. Ajax tied with Fortuna Sittard (2-2) at home last weekend, and Van Basten did not hide that.
The frustration of seeing his club suffer their worst season in 60 years. “Ajax has always had dominant players and a coach in Dutch football. But the youth are simply too bad.”
After that, he criticized the training: “Many coaches and players were fired, and now they use laptops,” and then explained sarcastically: “Training is no longer normal. It is very strange. Ajax has always been an example for talented children and this is not the case.” “Ajax. At this club there have always been young players, some more qualified than others, but there have always been some very good players. For a few years now, almost none of them have managed to stand out.”
Ajax currently ranks fifth in the championship, 29 points behind leaders PSV Eindhoven.
Written by Isabelle Dantas
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