Marciano Vink cannot understand why Ajax has chosen to hire Lucas Ocampos from Sevilla. The Argentine attacker, who is currently keeping the bench warm in the Johan Cruijff ArenA, has, according to the analyst of ESPN has not yet been demonstrated to be an added value and that is a ‘crude fact’ for the Amsterdam youth academy.
According to Vink, the players of Jong Ajax, and especially the attackers, will be disappointed. “You make it to Ocampos, while behind it you have Amourricho Van Axel Dongen and Sontje Hansen,” he says during football talk on ESPN. “They already indicated in the media that they were ready and eager to join Ajax 1. It is not about whether they are good enough already, but it is about that it is a signal for Jong All those players like Ünüvar, attackers and midfielders, now know that the chance of making it to the first team is really minimal.”
The analyst is not exactly impressed with the performances of Ocampos, whose arrival ensures that the youth will not have a chance in Amsterdam for the time being. “It remains to be seen whether that Ocampos is an Ajax player. What has he shown that someone can now say that he has added value in the Champions League? I have not seen it and nobody in the stadium has it with him Those kinds of purchases, or rent in this case, are very crude towards the youth academy.”
Alfred Schreuder, Ajax’s trainer, should, according to Vink, gradually use youth players and refuse transfers like that of Ocampos. “If you don’t get that boy, you don’t even have to let those young boys come in all the time. Bring them in when you’re leading 4-0 and then give them playing time. With the sliding with players like Berghuis and Kudus you have You don’t even need to pass Ocampos. You know what a Hansen and Van Axel Dongen can do because you’ve had them in training for a while. So give them a chance.”