Hugo Borst expects that Ajax will end up at Arne Slot after Erik ten Hag’s departure. Slot was already associated with Ajax in the past; it is an open secret that director of football affairs Marc Overmars is charmed by the trainer. Slot has been working at Feyenoord with great success since this season and has a continuous contract until the summer of 2023 in De Kuip.
“You know what I think? I think that if Ten Hag leaves, Ajax will seriously think about Slot,” Slot said in the interview. AD Football Podcast. “Would Ajax dare? Completely shit. Of course. If you take Berghuis away from Feyenoord, why wouldn’t you take the trainer away?” In August last year, Slot, then still a trainer of AZ, was The Telegraph asked if he has the capacities to work at Ajax. “I think others should judge me,” he said at the time. “I also don’t want to talk about a position that is now occupied.”
On Sunday, Feyenoord and Ajax will compete against each other in Rotterdam. Borst is curious about Feyenoord’s tactics. “You expect Slot to come up with a ruse. He is a very good coach. A man with a plan. Slot is not going to close everything completely like Go Ahead Eagles. It is good and nice that Slot has made the move to Feyenoord Everyone said: “Wait until Ten Hag leaves Ajax and only then leave as his successor. “But he chose Feyenoord himself. And see what it brings him.”
Feyenoord and Ajax can put each other three points behind on Sunday. If Ajax loses, it has already lost more points than in the entire previous season. At the moment the counter stands at twelve loss points. “Of course it cannot be true that you lose twelve points, where you lost a total of fourteen last season. It is a shame, you can safely say that. Ajax is ashamed”, says Borst. The ailment of Ajax players is that they are better than they actually are. And that sucks, because they’re extremely good. But if you’re extremely good, you have to make sure you’re outstanding.”
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