Pierre van Hooijdonk does not agree with the sale of Sébastien Haller. The striker makes the switch from Ajax to Borussia Dortmund for 35 million euros and will be presented this week in Germany. According to van Hooijdonk a bad choice by Ajax. “I find it surprising and remarkable that Ajax is already letting him go.”
“There is absolutely music in Brobbey, but it is still surprising that Ajax is already letting Haller go”, Van Hooijdonk noted by the General Newspaper† “I think his goals will really be missed. It’s hard to get it back. Of course an Ajax striker always gets a lot of opportunities, but if you can make so many in the Champions League, for example, then you are a good striker for me.”
Van Hooijdonk believes that Ajax is making a serious mistake in selling the Ivorian international. They could also have chosen to keep him. It’s also not an amount you really can’t refuse. Are you saying as a club that you see him as a bad buy? Why else do you sell him with such figures”, the analyst and former footballer refers to the transfer fee that has been agreed. In any case, Van Hooijdonk thinks that Haller had a good season at Ajax. “For me he has certainly succeeded at Ajax.”
Haller leaves Ajax with a score of 21 goals last season in the Eredivisie and another 11 in the Champions League. Haller scored eight of those goals with his head, a force that Van Hooijdonk values of great value. “A striker does not have to pass four men, a striker mainly has to score goals. Haller did and without him I don’t see any attacking headers at Ajax anymore. In my opinion you should always have one of those in your team.”
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