If it were up to Marco van Basten, Ajax would make an attempt to take over Teun Koopmeiners and Owen Wijndal from AZ. The former striker mentions Koopmeiners in the program Rondo from Ziggo Sport ‘a real gentleman‘. Youri Mulder does not agree with Van Basten and advises clubs to remove Myron Boadu from Alkmaar earlier.
“If Ajax had to get two players from AZ, I would take Koopmeiners and Wijndal. Wijndal is a good player. And Koopmeiners is a great one gentleman, a good captain. I still have to see if he is able to play football at speed at Ajax. But he can compensate for it with his personality ”, Van Basten is full of praise for Koopmeiners. The 23-year-old midfielder and captain of AZ still has a contract until mid-2023, as does his two-year younger teammate Wijndal.
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“If you look at what kind of players you actually want to attract. You should be able to train a left back yourself, right? Wijndal is a great player. A striker is actually very difficult ”, Mulder answers. Where Van Basten believes that Boadu has a ‘defective technique’ and calls him ‘wild’, Mulder sees potential in the twenty-year-old striker. “You can get him cheaply and I see him as a player who has something to offer internationally. I’m looking at the potential, actually. His speed is so decisive. For example, if you look at Real Madrid’s Vinicius, you also think: well, technique. That is a bit like Boadu. He is so fast. ”
About Calvin Stengs resonate at the table Rondo less positive sounds. Khalid Boulahrouz thought Stengs played ‘fine’, especially in the first half against Ajax (2-0 defeat), but Van Basten ‘is not happy’ with the attacker. “I am annoyed by how phlegmatic he plays football, but that is more down to me than to him. I can hardly look at that,” said Van Basten. Dirk Kuyt sees this ‘in general’ with Dutch talents. not deadly effective. He has so much quality. With that potential he just has to score ten or fifteen goals and give assists, but it seems like that is not the point for those guys. Sometimes it seems to be about playing football. ”