Monday, March 15, 2021 at 12:36 PM• Rian Rosendaal

Following Kenneth Perez, Valentijn Driessen is also critical of Sébastien Haller’s contribution since coming to Ajax in January. The chief football from The Telegraph saw the record purchase against PEC Zwolle again perform disappointingly on Sunday. In Driessen’s view, the failing attacker was also lucky that he was not sent off with a red card by referee Pol van Boekel.

“The biggest setback was again Haller,” Driessen concludes in a video item in the morning newspaper. “He really didn’t hit the ball and out of frustration he also kicked someone (a tap towards Kenneth Paal in passing, ed.), He must be glad that it was only yellow. could also get a red card. He clearly doesn’t have it and you can see it in his face, you can see it in everything. He is not sharp. He still had one or two good chances, but with one he comes one, two steps too late and with the other he only hits the ball half “, the sports journalist takes a critical look at the contribution of Haller in the game with PEC.

“He is not of decisive importance and the remarkable thing now was: Erik ten Hag said he will continue to use Brian Brobbey, but now he did not use it. It was not necessary now, so he only uses it in the big games. Because as we all know he is going to RB Leipzig. ” Driessen emphasizes that Brobbey will leave Ajax free of transfer, while Haller will cost a lot of money in the coming years. “Haller will cost 45 million euros over all those years, I believe. 22.5 million euros as a transfer fee and then a salary for the next four, five years. That is 45 million euros and on the other hand, a boy from his own education is walking. Free out the door at the age of nineteen. That’s a tough job and from a business point of view that’s actually a miss “, Driessen judges.

Haller was also tackled hard by Perez on Sunday evening ESPN. The analyst even used the term ‘worryer’. “He does seem to have a character trait that is not ideal for an absolute killer: he is a tremendous worryer. It is his attitude towards himself in particular that gets in his way, because towards others he always presents himself as a gentleman. I think he’s super critical of his own game. In his head he can already see for himself what he wants to do with the ball, but his feet just don’t respond “, the critical Perez gave Haller an insufficient.