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sport">Klaassen, whose brother is a big Feyenoord fan, enjoyed his youth training in Amsterdam and left as captain of the club – with three national titles in his pocket – for Everton in 2017.
sport">He then moved to Werder Bremen a year later. However, the midfielder continued to follow Ajax faithfully – and fanatically – and when he was able to return to the Johan Cruijff ArenA last summer, he took immediate action.
sport">In conversation with Ajax TV Klaassen looks back on his time abroad in the run-up to the cracker with Feyenoord, a clash between the numbers one and two of the Eredivisie. And in particular the way his former teammates dealt with his passion for his Amsterdam ‘childhood sweetheart’.
Davy Klaassen duels with Feyenoord player Renato Tapia during the Klassieker in Amsterdam in April 2017.
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sport">“If Ajax lost, I was told that right away in the dressing room. The day after they lost to Tottenham Hotspur in the semi-final of the Champions League, my Werder teammates showed up with a cut-out Champions League cup … To tease me of course. ”
sport">By taking a victory with Ajax on Sunday, Klaassen can take back his former teammates. “Many people may think: Ajax will win that easily. I think we will eventually have a better team, but we have to show that. We cannot play a match on our favorite role. We have to accelerate on Sunday. ”
sport">For Klaassen it is unthinkable that he will ever play for Feyenoord. Even though his brother is an ardent supporter of the Rotterdam club. “No, I really can’t imagine that. That is out of the question ”, is the midfielder, who scored four times in seven duels against the arch rival.
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