‘Alex Kroes returns to Ajax and appoints Graham Potter as Van ‘t Schip’s successor’

A striking rumor is emerging in England about a possible return of Alex Kroes to Ajax. The chance of this would be very high, and it would also be announced immediately afterwards that Graham Potter would become the new head coach of the Amsterdam team.

Twitterer Sam C, associated with the influential TheUnitedStand, writes that Kroes’ possible return to Ajax is currently being discussed ‘internally’. Club officials are said to be confident that Potter could be announced as the new head coach immediately following a positive decision on the grace hiring of the general manager.

Earlier this month, the same Twitter user was the first to report the discussions between Ajax and Potter about a possible employment relationship. “A deal seems close, especially given that the club has no contact with other trainers,” he wrote on April 7. A day later I knew Football International However, to report that Potter would have pulled the plug on the negotiations, which could not be seen separately from the situation surrounding Kroes.

However, that obstacle will be removed if Ajax were indeed to release a position for Kores. “The negotiations were already at such an advanced stage that a contract for Potter was practically already on the table,” the Twitter user said today (Tuesday). He (or she) is also firmly convinced that Kroes will actually play a role in Amsterdam again: “That is not just a point of discussion, there is a good chance of that.”

Kroes took over as general manager of the Amsterdam team on March 15, but was suspended by the supervisory board on April 2 when it turned out that he had purchased a large package of club shares just before it was announced last summer that he would take up that position. Telegraph-journalist Valentijn Driessen indicated this week that he is taking into account a return of Erik ten Hag to the Johan Cruijff Arena, he says in the online section Coffee with Valentine by Today Inside. The football chief of the morning newspaper even bases that possibility on a number by Kroes off the record statements made.