Marciano Vink expressed his surprise on Tuesday evening about the current state of affairs at Ajax. The Amsterdam team hoped to restore peace with the appointment of Alex Kroes, but nothing could be further from the truth. They announced on Tuesday morning that the general manager has been suspended with immediate effect and would prefer to end the collaboration permanently. Vink sees that Ajax has to start all over again.
Edwin van der Sar left as general manager after the end of last season, leaving Ajax to look for a successor. In that search, the Dutch record champion ended up with Kroes. The Amsterdam team already announced the arrival of Kroes in September, but due to a non-competition clause with AZ he could only start in March. Less than a month later, an early end to the collaboration between Ajax and Kroes is already in danger. “If you thought you had it all, this is real shocking”Vink tells the camera on Tuesday evening ESPN.
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Kroes announced in a statement that he does not agree with the decision of the Supervisory Board of Ajax and wants to jointly go to the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM) to challenge his departure. However, Michael van Praag, chairman of the supervisory board, has already indicated that this makes little sense. It is clear to Van Praag that there is no way back for Kroes. “You’ve been thrown back again. You have to look for all kinds of people who have to fulfill vital functions in the organization”says Vink. “Where you waited six months, you will actually be back for another six months”the analyst concludes.
Van Praag is very disappointed with the situation with Kroes. According to the director, there is certainly no dissatisfaction within Ajax with Kroes’ performance. “And that’s exactly why I find this so bad. We waited for him for fucking six months. I went to AZ on my knees to ask if he could come earlier. We wanted him that much too. We were happy that he had arrived and less than three weeks later this happened”Van Praag said in conversation with ESPN.
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