Wednesday, March 10, 2021 at 13:36• Rian Rosendaal • Last update: 13:38

These are busy times for Ajax, and not only in the Eredivisie and Europa League. Later this month, the Juniors will start the group stage of the European Championship and various Ajax players will be eligible for a place in the final selection of national coach Erwin van de Looi. Erik ten Hag will be asked on Wednesday afternoon at the press conference prior to Young Boys at home what will happen to the youth internationals from his selection.

Mike Verweij from The Telegraph wants to know whether Ten Hag will hand over all players to the Dutch Juniors. “Well first: we are dealing with regulations”, is the answer of the Ajax coach. “But we do have communication with the staff of the Dutch Juniors. I also discussed this with the national coach (Van de Looi, ed.) And explained my point of view. Yes, it is an extra burden in an already very strange season. We should mainly look at the value of this. Where are the priorities for the players? And ultimately also the priorities for the various teams. Are you talking about a junior European Championship, or are the priorities at senior level? a front portal, a training team. Ajax and the Dutch national team are the final destination “, says Ten Hag in a firm tone.

“I also indicated the latter to the national coach,” adds Ten Hag. “But I also said rightly: For a number of players it would be very good to be active on that stage.” The coach is then asked to which players this does or does not apply. “Look, it always has to do with the tax they receive, but also have already had. And also the tax that lies in their path in the rest of the season. making choices in order to give them the right incentives. ” Finally, Ten Hag indicates that Van de Looi certainly takes the wishes of Ajax into account: “He certainly also has plans for my plans.”

Brian Brobbey, Devyne Rensch, Jurriën Timber, Perr Schuurs, Kjell Scherpen and Jurgen Ekkelenkamp are the Ajax players included by Van de Looi in the preliminary European Championship selection for the group matches against Romania (March 24), Germany (March 27) and Hungary (March 30). If the Juniors survive the group phase, the knockout phase of the European Championship will follow at the beginning of June. Van de Looi will announce the final selection for the group duels on Monday, March 15.