Kenneth Perez thinks that the trend around Ajax has gone a bit too far in recent weeks. The analyst gets into the program football talk by ESPN that people even claimed that Dusan Tadic is ‘one of the best Ajax players ever’, something he thinks is going too far. Perez thinks that Ajax may have lived a bit beyond its means.
“I think it also depended on the players’ attention”, Perez analyzes Ajax’s match against Heracles Almelo, which ended in a 0-0 draw last Saturday. “They have performed at a top level, you want to show yourself there. Perhaps they played football above their ranks and now below their ranks. Somewhere in between Ajax should be playing football. When you have an opponent who was tactically good and annoying in the right way… All that together.”
“It’s more about the decline, Ajax was so hyped,” Perez continues. “The players were the best Ajax has ever had. Then the decline is great, if you can’t win at Heracles. It is special that Ajax has already lost seven points in the Eredivisie, if you consider those matches against Borussia Dortmund (4-0 victory, ed.), Sporting Portugal (1-5 victory, ed.), Besiktas (2-0 victory). , ed.) and PSV (5-0 win, ed.).”
“The trend after these three weeks was… Well, people said that Dusan Tadic is one of the best Ajax players ever. That goes too far for me,” says Perez. “If you take the list of players who have caused a furore at the best clubs in the world, it’s nonsense. Tadic has brought a lot for Ajax, with his professionalism and his game. The highlight was of course the away game against Real Madrid. But somewhere in between is the level of Ajax.”