Ajax has officially received the 35th national title in club history after a 4-0 victory over FC Emmen. Immediately after the match, a photo of Tonny Bruins Slot was placed on the field in the Johan Cruijff ArenA. The former Ajax scout passed away on November 2 last year. In the gathering of director of football affairs Marc Overmars and head video analyst Pieter Morel, head coach Erik ten Hag put an Ajax shirt with the photo of Bruins Slot. “It gives me goosebumps”, responded Ronald de Boer, present in the stadium on behalf of ESPN.
Bruins Slot worked as a scout and analyst for Ajax for years. ‘Champion’ and number 35 was on the back of the shirt that was placed with his photo. “He has been a great scout for Ajax in all those years. And a great man ”, said De Boer, who experienced Bruins Slot up close through his work at Ajax. “When you talk about football animals … He lived it every day to watch games. He looked at the away games of the opponents, came up with an extensive analysis. A really great man. ”
Despite the fact that Bruins Slot had been struggling with health problems for quite some time, he continued to provide Ajax with match analyzes of opponents until just before his death. “He contributed to the championship. He was always there ”, says De Boer. “It has become a tradition that he was going to do it, then the staff went on with what he saw and where the opportunities lay. This says something about the respect he has earned in recent years. ”
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