Monday, November 22, 2021 at 5:02 PM• Jordi Tomasowa • Last update: 17:22

Antony could bring Ajax more than a hundred million euros, Jeroen Grueter thinks. The commentator has in the football podcast of the NOS praise for the Brazilian attacker. Antony was not directly involved in Ajax’s goals on Sunday evening during the 0-5 victory against RKC Waalwijk, but did impress with his frivolous actions on the right flank.

“I really think we’re talking about a player who can become a phenomenon,” Grueter says. “That boy can do a lot better than he shows now. How much will he earn? About a hundred million euros, I think.” Colleague Arman Avsaroglu, however, cannot imagine this. “One hundred million euros for a player from the Dutch league?” For Grueter, however, this is a realistic amount. “Frenkie de Jong also left for 85 million euros? Antony has something very unique.” De Jong moved from Ajax to Barcelona in the summer of 2019 for at least 75 and a maximum of 86 million euros.

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Antony is the big eye-catcher of Ajax this season in the Eredivisie and the Champions League. The commentators do not see it happening that the attacker will still play in the shirt of Ajax in the coming years, especially if he plays a good World Cup. “I think that after this season he is no longer tenable for Ajax,” says commentator Arman Avsaroglu. “A year ago you saw this game much more sporadically from him. Then you also saw it, but in fragments. Sometimes he was just ‘out’ during a match.”

The situation of Davy Klaassen is also discussed in the football podcast. The midfielder lost his starting spot to Steven Berghuis after he sustained an injury with the Dutch national team. “Klaassen is a good football player in a season in which Ajax needs him,” says Jan Roelfs. “He has his contribution in this Ajax, he always fills in. It is typically a player who wants to fight back. It is ideal for Ten Hag to have a player like Klaassen on the bench.”