Edson Álvarez and Lisandro Martínez have not yet been able to convince Johan Derksen. The midfielder and center defender are indispensable in the base eleven of Ajax and also made a strong impression on Tuesday in the Champions League against Borussia Dortmund (4-0), but Derksen was unable to convince that. The analyst believes that Ajax should be able to train such players themselves.
“There are people who want to tell me that Álvarez and Martínez are great players, but I continue to think that they are home-garden-and-kitchen football players,” Derksen added. Veronica Inside but straight to the door. “I also think that you don’t have to pay these kinds of players a top salary, you can train them yourself. There are twenty players in the Netherlands who are better than these two. I don’t think it’s anything special. They don’t add anything to Ajax. if you are a bit fit, you can join this Ajax.”
Derksen uses the name of Riechedly Bazoer as an example, who wore the shirt of the team from Amsterdam between 2012 and 2017. “Ajax will not want that, because then they will get him back while he has abandoned the club”, Derksen continues. “But doesn’t that boy have a lot more footballing opportunities than any South American? We really shouldn’t idealize this. These are just home-garden-and-kitchen football players, there are thirteen of them in a dozen,” says Derksen .
Valentijn Driessen, who also joined the football talk show, is not charmed by Álvarez. “I do agree with Johan, as far as Álvarez is concerned,” said De Telegraaf’s football chief. “Not Martínez, he played Daley Blind from the center.” Álvarez was announced on Friday that he had repulsed a charm offensive from Stade Rennes last summer. The defensive midfielder had to be changed by Salma Hayek, a Mexican-American actress married to François Pinault, owner of Rennes.