Marciano Vink selects the transfer of Steven Berghuis from Feyenoord to Ajax as the moment of 2021. The attacker has proven his added value for his new club in his first months, says Vink in a video from ESPN. Still, Vink thinks that Berghuis would actually like to be ‘even more important’ for Ajax. So far this season, he has scored 8 goals and 7 assists in 24 official games.
“We all understand that there was enormous irritation and anger among the Feyenoord supporters. But he also had to win the Amsterdam public for himself,” Vink looks back. It took a while for the summer purchase to succeed. “In the first instance, he should compete with Antony, but that didn’t quite work out for him. Antony came back from the Olympic Games with a gold medal and full of self-confidence. Berghuis did not win that competition.”
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“But luckily, Klaassen got injured and had to focus on the number ten position. And from that moment on, I first thought at Sporting Portugal in the Champions League, he has shown what he can do for Ajax. can mean. He played fantastic”, says Vink. In that game, which was won 1-5, Berghuis scored once. He only played for the second time as an attacking midfielder for Ajax.
“He also did very well in the matches after that, but if you look deep into his heart – and I share that opinion – he would like to be even more important for Ajax and want to show even more,” concludes the analyst. Last week, Berghuis was named 2021 player of the year by his former teammate Jens Toornstra. Toornstra was in talks with Football International praising Berghuis’ performance at Ajax. “Only respect for that. If you see how he now also manifests himself within Ajax and at European level, I think that shows class.”