It seems that the season of truth has arrived for Noa Lang at Ajax. The attacking midfielder has been knocking on the door for several years, but the competition is fierce and he was loaned to FC Twente for a reason. However, at the moment it does not look like a rental base. Stepfather Nourdin Boukhari would think it would be a shame if Lang would earn a few minutes in the Eredivisie and, on the one hand, think that the current situation is skewed. “It was a bit like that last year.”

“If you are not always allowed to play for Young Ajax, you cannot be loaned out, but you sit on the bench every time and can replace five or ten minutes each time and only play if someone is suspended or injured, you have to be mentally strong. be. is ”, says Boukhari in conversation with Ajax Showtime. The former attacker therefore insists on his stepson that his mentality should be good and that he should want to learn every day. ‘And that he finally gets his chance to play ten games in a row in the base. Yet it is crooked that you indicate certain things, but you do not use them. ‘

Boukhari uses a metaphor. ‘It’s like a Rolex. If I had a Rolex worth 20,000 euros, I would not have left it in the drawer at home, but put it on every day. ‘With Dusan Tadic, Antony, Quincy Promes, Zakaria Labyad and David Neres, there is a lot of competition for Lang, who according to Ten Hag is not a number ten, but more a wing. ‘From the outside he is more threatening and in recent years he has always played there. In the youth of Feyenoord, however, he always played at ten. ”

“He does not care where he plays, as long as he plays. He wants to play ninety minutes. This is the most important thing for him. Boukhari thinks that Promes will be Ajax’s number ten, even though Lang is most like the late Hakim Ziyech in terms of style of play. ‘I think Ten Hag chooses the position with Promes for his depth and speed. He is also an international and was the best scorer for a reason last year. But maybe Ten Hag will use Noah. ‘

Boukhari would think it would be a shame if Lang could not be loaned out if he actually had no prospect of playing time in the coming weeks. ‘It will be a pleasure for the Eredivisie if he plays every week. At FC Twente he could make minutes and show himself. People then know: Noah can play football well. It would be a pity if such a boy, who grows and flourishes, makes a few minutes in the Eredivisie. We have to wait and see, but I think it will be fine with Noah. ”