Ajax is not yet won in the battle for Steven Bergwijn, club watcher Mike Verweij reveals in the podcast on Monday Kick-Off by The Telegraph. According to the Ajax follower, the new leader in the Eredivisie will make an ultimate attempt to separate the wing attacker from Tottenham Hotspur. Manager Antonio Conte indicated last week that he would rather not see Bergwijn leave North London in the meantime. Ajax has until February 1 to do business with the Spurs.
“I do not yet assume one hundred percent that that transfer from Bergwijn will not take place,” concludes Verweij. “In fact, I assume that Ajax will make an attempt in that last week to bring him in. That the last word has really not been said about that yet. And I think Marc Overmars (director of football affairs Ajax, red. .) is very slowly wrestling from the hold of Susan Lenderink (financial director Ajax, ed.).”
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Verweij also reports that Ajax is currently scouting at a prestigious Brazilian youth tournament and the focus of the scouts is mainly on Giovanni, an eighteen-year-old wing attacker from Palmeiras. “There is a Copa São Paulo, and there are three Ajax scouts with a number of agents around it. And that seems to be mainly about Giovanni van Palmeiras. It should be noted immediately that they should have got it a year ago. because it was still affordable at the time.”
“But now about the whole world is after him”, Verweij continues his explanation. “That’s one of Brazil’s greatest talents, so that’s why they’re there.” The club watcher does not know whether Giovanni is seen as an alternative to Bergwijn. “In any case, it is an attacker. It could also be a striker, I don’t know that player well enough, I must confess to you very honestly,” said Verweij about the Brazilian attacker, who is closely followed by various Ajax scouts. .
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