Alex Kroes faces a gigantic job at Ajax. Three major issues await him: appointing a new trainer, filling the position of technical director and transforming the selection.

After the dismissal of Sven Mislintat, Ajax has to look for a technical director again. According to Kroes, the German was a 'charlatan' and a 'master swindler', as the new general manager said in the book Ajax in crisis by Menno de Galan.

“Four left backs?! I would have given people a slap in the neck if I had known about it as general manager. Four left defenders and not a single right winger. It is really terrible,” Kroes was quoted by De Galan.

And now it is Kroes' turn to show what he can do. He may, among other things, consider the appointment of a new technical director. According to the NOS Kelvin de Lang is in the picture as the new director of football affairs.

De Lang, originally appointed as head scout, brought in Jordan Henderson and Julian Rijkhoff last winter. He also managed to commit Jorrel Hato to a stay in the Johan Cruijff ArenA.

According to Football International However, De Lang will soon return to his original post. “But he will remain closely involved in the technical heart.”

With Marijn Beuker, Ajax has already brought in someone who will oversee the selection composition for the long term. Beuker must work with a person yet to be appointed td shaping the Amsterdam selection.

It is still unknown who that technical director should be. Within Ajax, people are already explicitly looking at the Red Bull group. “In the search for a new technical director, various options from the Red Bull angle were recently reviewed in Amsterdam,” writes VI.

Feyenoord model

But another interpretation is also possible. A 'Feyenoord construction'. “The main question at the moment is how much haste Kroes is in (in appointing a td, ed.). There is a chance that the new general manager will prefer the Feyenoord model for the time being (with Dennis te Kloese in the dual role) and will take control on a technical level himself towards next summer.”

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