The Rotterdammer wants – so much now clear – to make the switch to the Premier League. The decision not to play came from Hato himself, who, just like the other European Championship, was destined to play for (maximum) 45 minutes under 23-goer Kenneth Taylor. If Chelsea comes out with Ajax about the amount to buy the contract running until the summer of 2028, then the left back annex left central defender has already played his last match in the Ajax shirt on 18 May.
Ajax requires between 55 and 60 million euros for Jorrel Hato
It is not that far at the moment, sources inside and around Ajax, which indicate that Chelsea will really have to move. The English top club made a first offer of reportedly 40 million euros, after which technical director Alex Kroes announced that he wanted to receive a transfer fee of 55 to 60 million. The expectation is that both clubs will find each other somewhere in the middle. In and around the Johan Cruijff Arena it sounds that ’50 million euros is also a great amount ‘.
Jackpot for Hato?
Whether that amount actually arrives, whether that jackpot for the self -educated player is partly built up with bonuses and whether Ajax will also be a percentage of resale, will be apparent in the coming days. Anyone who saw Kroes walking on the borders of Lake Como got the impression that his cell phone was stuck to his ear. Incidentally, that was not one hotline With Chelsea alone. Between the Como Cup companies and the conversations about Hato’s possible switch, he also tried to sell the other big earners Chuba Akpom and Ahmetcan Kaplan, to complete the arrival of Oscar Gloukh and to arrange the medical examination of Joeri Heerkens. That check takes place in Amsterdam today, followed by the announcement of the arrival of Heerkens.
Incidentally, Kroes in Como was not the only Ajax director who worked overtime. Where the technical director spent his hours calling, where director football Marijn Beuker chess on a different board. Together with John Heitinga and his assistant Marcel Keizer, he leaned over the profiles of the possible substitutes of Hato.
Large quality injection no superfluous luxury
If 50 million euros are actually collected, according to the calculation of Kroes that says he can spend forty cents of every euro – for 20 million euros can be invested. In addition to a left wing defender, Ajax is eagerly looking for a controlling midfielder as a replacement for Jordan Henderson. In addition, the name of Ko Itakura (28) sings around. The Japanese player of Borussia Mönchengladbach can handle as a left and right central defender.
That a considerable quality injection is not a superfluous luxury, it turned out during the game with the number ten of the last Serie A, in which a mix between Ajax’s A and B choice was completely overrun. Just as he did with the resounding victory over Celtic (5-1) (“a real exhibition match”), Heitinga will also place the hopeless exercise in the right perspective. Nevertheless, the Ajax trainer will look at his colleague CESC Fabregas, who could already strengthen the Como selection for 101.5 million euros.
Painful score
In the beautiful Stadio Giuseppe Sinigaglia located between Lake Como and the mountains, it turned out that Jayden Addai was a hit. The winger was purchased from AZ for 14 million euros and played opportunity left back Lucas Rosa Dol. After 24 minutes, the Brazilian defender took advantage of Addai and Remko Pasveer had no answer to the penalty kick by Nico Paz (0-1). It was due to the same pass spring that the ajax suffered a lot of ball loss did not rest with a much greater backlog. Especially his salvation on Addai’s use was feline. Ajax proposed one feat for the break. Jorthy Mokio, the replacement for the injured Kian Fitz-Jim, ventured a fruitless attempt between the posts.
Nico Paz scores. © Getty Images
The hope for a better result for the Amsterdammers was drilled into the ground in the second company after one minute. Martin Baturina was allowed to play freely and left Pasveer without a chance in the far corner (0-2). An oil-stupid violation by Nick Verschuren enabled former FC Utrecht player Anastasios Douvikas to make from the Stip 0-3. Brian Brobbey got the chance to do something about the painful score, but was kept off the 1-3.
Heitinga is wise to also include the role of the (social) media department in his evaluation of the embarrassing Como Cup. Placing images of pots of basketball and water polo on the club channels, appears rather clumsy after such a misunderstanding as against Como and is bad for imaging. Precisely, because there is a hard training in Italy and the playing method and content have been worked on. Now the impression of a holiday trip was wrongly created.
Ajax-Como 1907 0-3 (0-1). 26. Paz 0-1 (penalty kick), 46. Baturina 0-2, 64. Douvikas 0-3 (penalty kick).
Ajax setup: Pasveer; Governor (46. Godts), Verschuren (73. Bouwman), Baas (46. Janse), Rosa (46. Jetten); Klaassen (46. Bounida), Fitz-Jim (22. Mokio), Taylor (46. Steur); Berghuis (46. Brobbey), Traoré (73. Moro), Edvardsen (73. Wijndal).