Oh, so now we are liking him again? Farmer de Jong!
Awesome news! Hope it's true.
On a side note, Overmars played Bartomeu! This price is as much as a meme as Bartomeu is.
Overmars is doing a very good job at Ajax! Arsenal wants Overmars as their football director, shouldn't we be interested either?
amazingly, quite some hardcore ajax fans dont like him
They are still blaming him for some mistakes he made in 2014 or some shit like that. He once bought a player for 300k that was really not good enough. He also bought some players like Wober for 8m that we sold for only 12m which is way below our demanded profit margin of 500%+ on each deal.
To me Overmars is our MVP. That guy is greedy is as hell when selling players. Shrewed negotiator. Imagine this deal from Ajax' point of view. Young player. Clearly a special kinda talent (but far from the end product). An amazing hype get built up. He shines vs. Bayern and Benfica. Plays amazing against France and Germany. Partly because the coaches were not too aware of his abilities. The hype gets bigger. He invites QSG to negotiate at his terms (in a public place). That leaks. All the big clubs get FOMO. The media makes the fans crazy (and sells their papers). I strongly doubt more than 10% of foreign fans ever saw him play outside of youtube)
Big game agains Madrid coming up. Not much to gain anymore. If we beat RM with 5-0 his price won't increase much more but if get hammered it might drop substantially. Sell him for 90m while keeping him for the remainder of the season.
Next player to sell: De Ligt. Our 19 year old captain is golden boy winner, played a UEFA cup final at 17, starter in the Dutch team and a rock solid purchase. Much less risk involved given his position, physique, experience and age. Ajax is now a club flooded with cash (we already were now its crazy) We sold a 21 year old for 90.. that will affect the price of MDL as well. Similar how Neymars fee affected the price of superstar players. Somehow it sets a bottom price. This deal hasnt been official yet but already the Manchester City rumors are starting to appear. I bet your ass that OVermars is somehow feeding the media
Then Ajax still has Neres, Tagliafico, Ziyech, Van de Beek, Onana and Dolberg in whom clubs are interested... We will likely lose half our squad but that was expected and part of life for a club like Ajax
