Blind had to pay for it a few weeks ago in the home game against Feyenoord. During his substitution, the international was whistled by some of the Amsterdam fans. „I notice that it affects him. I don’t want to speak for him, but he loves the club. Most of the audience doesn’t do it, but some do. In my view, those are not real supporters,” Klaassen said at the press conference after the duel with Groningen.
“If you whistle an opponent’s player because he doesn’t play for your club, that’s up to that point. But you should never whistle your own players.”
Ajax coach Erik ten Hag also cannot understand that his own supporters whistled Blind. “He has brought so much to the club and Dutch football. I don’t think there is a player on the Dutch fields with Daley’s palmares. He is then treated and criticized so much by his own fans, I don’t think that is possible either. In this we have a lesson to learn from abroad. Players are treated with more respect there.”
On Saturday another Ajax player had to pay for it. Dusan Tadic was whistled by the fans of Groningen, his old club. Ten Hag also had something to say about that. „With Dusan it were Groningen supporters, but we can say the same about Ajax supporters. I don’t think it’s possible.”
