Thursday, March 23, 2023 at 06:56• Wessel Antes • Last update: 06:59

Johan Derksen does not understand why Ajax is going to work with Julian Ward as technical director, he says on Wednesday evening Inside today. follow it General Journal and the Mirror will the team from Amsterdam clarify this week about the appointment of the 41-year-old Englishman, who is still working at Liverpool. Valentijn Driessen and Derksen are skeptical about Ward’s arrival at the Johan Cruijff ArenA.

The Telegraph came this week with the news that Ajax is working to dissolve Gerry Hamstra’s contract. “He is going out and that Julian Ward, nobody has ever heard of him, he is in his thirties, he has to help Ajax on top,” said Driessen, who does not have a good memory of Ward’s actual age. Ward was born on June 17, 1981 and is therefore 41 years old. Previously he was employed by the national teams of Portugal and England as an analyst. Ward also has a history as a scout at Manchester City and has held several positions at Liverpool.

Derksen does not agree with Ajax’s choice, it turns out. “It really is a ridiculous decision. He knows nothing about Dutch culture or youth academy.” Driessen joins in. “And nothing from Ajax, zero point zero. He’s also third choice, so how the hell do you end up with a guy like that? Is it because he happened to make two good signings at Liverpool?” René van der Gijp sees a comparison with the appointment of the already dismissed Scott Parker as head coach of Club Brugge. “There someone drunkenly shouted at the table: ‘Scott Parker!’ That man also knew nothing about Belgian football and now he is gone again.”

According to Derksen, the problem at Ajax is currently deep. “All departments at Ajax are occupied by lightweights. The Supervisory Board has let it get completely out of hand. Our departure dickpicventer is taken much too lightly, because then the most important man has fallen away due to his own behavior. They thought that Van der Sar would catch that for a while, but he doesn’t catch anything at all. He has been completely unsuitable for his position for years.”