David Endt sees Ron Jans as a suitable successor to Erik ten Hag at Ajax. Ten Hag is expected to move to Manchester United in the summer, as a result of which the leader of the Eredivisie will have to look for a new coach. Jans is performing well this season with FC Twente and makes a good impression on Endt, who worked as team manager of Ajax from 1997 to 2013.
In the search for a successor to Ten Hag, only a few names are usually mentioned. Analysts point to Peter Bosz (Olympique Lyon), Alfred Schreuder (Club Brugge) and Arne Slot (Feyenoord), while John Heitinga (Young Ajax) may come into the picture if the club management prefers an internal solution. “Johnny Heitinga has now become John”, Endt tells Football zone† “He has matured and paid a lot of tuition, but I think he needs one or two more years. Maybe he would do well to further enrich himself in the craftsmanship at another club.”
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Endt himself would make a call to Jans, who is in fourth place with Twente in the Eredivisie. “I have always been charmed by the presence, the quality and the human values of Ron Jans. He does not accidentally do very well at FC Twente. He makes steps, makes players better and has an idea in his head. not obvious for the average Dutch football viewer, but I would like to see him at work there, so that he can perhaps realize his own ideals, which are now always hampered by, for example, a lack of financial possibilities at the clubs where he trains .”
“I also think he is a wonderful ambassador for football. I also think it is important at a club like Ajax that you represent your club well,” concludes Endt. Jans has not yet worked for a top club in the Netherlands, but has gained extensive experience at FC Groningen, sc Heerenveen, PEC Zwolle and FC Twente. In the service of PEC, he even won the KNVB Cup and the Johan Cruijff Scale, both by beating Ajax. Abroad, the 63-year-old coach worked for Standard Liège and FC Cincinnati.