Kenneth Perez is impressed by Anass Salah-Eddine’s performance against AZ on Sunday evening. The Ajax mercenary was allowed to complete ninety minutes for FC Twente in the 2-1 win against the Alkmaarders and was able to This was the Weekend rely on mere compliments from the ESPNanalyst.
“He came as a left back, but he is also a very skilled player for midfield,” Perez begins his argument. “He has a nice left leg and he dares to dribble past players. I think that’s a great thing for a midfielder, someone who dares. This creates an overnumber situation and defenders have to choose. I think he can speed up the game very nicely with that.”
Yet Perez does not think that Salah-Eddine should be brought back by Ajax quickly. “Of course it’s not that simple. This boy is much too good for Jong Ajax. At Twente he can really become a better player in the long term.” Perez points to a former colleague at ESPN who was also sent to Twente for a year by Ajax. “Ronald de Boer has also become a very nice player,” said Perez.
Salah-Eddine is rented by Twente from Ajax this season. After a rough start in Enschede, the 21-year-old youth international of the Dutch fought in the base at Twente after the World Cup. At Ajax he mainly played left back, but the talent is often used by Ron Jans as a midfielder. He has so far played twelve Eredivisie matches this season, in which he has not yet scored and has not yet delivered an assist.