Maarten Stekelenburg made his return to Ajax on Wednesday evening in the cup match with AZ (0-1 win), almost ten years after his last match for the Amsterdam club. It was also his first appearance in more than two years for the 38-year-old goalkeeper. Stekelenburg hopes that he will remain Ajax’s first keeper in the TOTO KNVB Cup, although no agreements have been made about this. A round earlier, Kjell Scherpen was under the bar against FC Utrecht (5-4).
“Or I wish there were?” Laughing: “If that means I will play everything. I always want to play. I am satisfied that it could play against AZ and happy with the result. I’ll see what happens, ”says Stekelenburg, who played abroad for AS Roma, Fulham, AS Monaco, Southampton and Everton, in conversation with Friday. The Telegraph.
Stekelenburg has no problem with his role at Ajax. “I knew in advance that I wouldn’t play much. I spoke about this with Erik ten Hag. I knew what my role would be and not much has changed with Everton in that regard. Only now I am home. Far away was nice too, but home is the best. ” A transfer no longer has to be expected from Stekelenburg.
Generation colleague Klaas-Jan Huntelaar made the switch to Schalke 04 this month. “He can try to take me to Schalke 04, but he won’t be able to do that,” laughed the goalkeeper, who tried to convince Huntelaar to stay with Ajax. “I’ve tried to stop him every day, but he doesn’t really listen,” the veteran admits in the newspaper. “It is his choice, a decision that only he could make. I think it was a matter of feeling. ”