Noa Lang made the switch to Ajax as a youth player from Feyenoord. The 21-year-old attacker has never made it a secret that he has always been a big fan of the Amsterdam club, even when he wore the shirt of the team from Rotterdam. His love for Ajax had to pay for Lang with damage to his car, he says in the program Andy not in Vermeijde.

Long, in his own words a ‘Rotterdam boy’ left the youth academy of Feyenoord in 2013 for that of Ajax. It was a spicy move that was not appreciated by everyone in Rotterdam. “I am for Ajax, yes. Always been “, Lang says in conversation with former football player Andy van der Meije.” Even when I played for Feyenoord. I am a Rotterdam Ajax player. ” The fact that Lang is a fan of Ajax has resulted in unpleasant situations in the past. “I once had that I woke up in the morning and that the entire hood of my car was scratched with a stone. A really deep scratch.”

“And my windows were smashed a few times”, Lang continues, who is asked by Van der Meijde if people are calling to him on the street in Rotterdam. “No, but you know what it is? They only act tough in groups. “I can just walk in the city and nothing will happen. But when Feyenoord plays, you shouldn’t go into town because then you will also look it up yourself.”

For a long time the first team got away from Ajax, but never managed to enforce a fixed base place. Earlier this year he was rented by Ajax to FC Twente and this season he hoped for a big breakthrough in Erik ten Hag’s team. After good preparation, Lang noticed that his chances of playing time were decreasing, after which he decided to leave the Johan Cruijff ArenA permanently. He made the switch to Club Brugge, which hires him for a season and takes over permanently next year.

The ex-Ajax player is candid about his own development. The youth international realizes that he could have been much further as a football player if he had shown different behavior. “For me it has always been a mental, a character issue. If I had behaved better now and then I would have been much further. I know that about myself and that’s what they say at Ajax ”, said Lang, who made his debut at Club Brugge last weekend in the match against Standard Liège (1-1).