,,I want to have him at the first, but if you can’t run, then everything stops,’ said Ten Hag. The Ajax coach himself also seemed to be shocked by that fierce statement, because he immediately nuanced his words slightly: ,,I mean running at Eredivisie or Champions League level, then you are asked that you can make meters at high speed. .”
However, Ten Hag left little to the imagination with regard to Ihattaren: ,,If you can’t do that, then everything stops,’ he concluded his telling answer.
Ihattaren started his career stormy at PSV, but after the death of his father and a bad relationship with trainer Roger Schmidt, got sidetracked with the Eindhoven team. He moved to Juventus, who rented him directly to Sampdoria. Things went from bad to worse at the Italian club for the fallen top talent, who even moved under the radar for a while.