Ajax has three million euros left over from the sale of Jurgen Ekkelenkamp, Mike Verweij reports The Telegraph. The 21-year-old attacking midfielder will leave for Hertha BSC for that amount, where a three-year contract is ready. On top of that, Ajax has stipulated a resale percentage.
Ajax is doing excellent business with this, as Ekkelenkamp does not appear in Erik ten Hag’s plans and was only tied up for one more year. FC Twente has made it no secret in recent months that it would like to take over Ekkelenkamp on a rental basis, but director of football affairs Marc Overmars preferred a sale. An agreement was therefore reached with Hertha BSC in the final days of the summer transfer period.
Hertha BSC are looking to strengthen this transfer window in an attacking way after Matheus Cunha was sold to Atlético Madrid for €30 million. “This is also an opportunity for us,” said Friedrich. “Now everything is not on Matheus’ shoulders. He put a lot of pressure on himself, but now the other players are being asked to deliver. You see it everywhere in the Bundesliga: today it is not individual players, but a team that wins matches. We also want to go there.”
Ekkelenkamp comes from Ajax’s youth academy, in which he was known as a great talent. In the first team, however, the number ten never fully matured. He never managed to work his way up to a fixed value in the Ten Hag team in recent years and gets stuck at forty official games, mainly as a substitute. Ekkelenkamp scored six goals and provided five assists for Ajax.
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