Henk Spaan foresees problems at Ajax, as Brian Brobbey has an expiring contract and would like to play at the highest level. The columnist does not rule out that the attacker will leave the Johan Cruijff ArenA in the short term, especially given the fact that Brobbey is assisted in business matters by Mino Raiola.

Spaan also quotes Lassina Traoré, who scored no less than five times against VVV-Venlo (0-13) last Saturday. He also signed for three assists in North Limburg. “For Young Ajax he scored 22 times with 11 assists”, the Ajax watcher writes Het Parool. “For a nineteen-year-old, these are amazing statistics.” Spaan wonders, however, whether trainer Erik ten Hag has enough confidence in Traoré’s qualities.

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“And yet … Brian Brobbey is Traore’s successor at Young Ajax”, Spaan continues his analysis. “He scored five goals in nine games. He scored 34 goals in 2019 for Ajax Under-19. I saw him three times this season: he was fast, won every header and nobody got him off the ball. He also has a descending contract. At FOX Sports they were talking about renting out to FC Utrecht. Not a chance. This boy wants playing time. Raiola is his agent. Ajax has a problem “, Spaan concludes.

Brobbey, like Traoré, is included in Ajax’s match selection for Tuesday evening’s Champions League match against Atalanta. The Dutch media expects both players to start on the bench and that Ten Hag will prefer Antony, Dusan Tadic and David Neres in the attack. The game in Bergamo starts at 9 p.m.