Trainer Erik ten Hag says that Ajax is not busy bringing back Luis Suárez, after rumors surfaced this week about Amsterdam interest in the FC Barcelona striker.
“Nothing from where,” Ten Hag told it on Friday AD about the reports that Ajax would work on bringing in Suárez. “Only if Suárez wants to come, please,” he added with a laugh.
Ten Hag did say that he spoke with director of football affairs Marc Overmars about the 33-year-old Uruguayan, who is under contract for another year at Camp Nou. He may have to leave this summer, because Barcelona has announced a “big clean”.
“But it’s not a theme at the moment,” said Ten Hag. “You have players that you get as replacements and you have players in the category that they give an incredible boost to the team. Suárez falls in that category.”
Spanish media have already reported that Ajax has offered 15 million euros for Suárez, who has indicated in the past that he ever wanted to return to the Amsterdam club, where he played from 2007 to 2010. With 81 goals in 110 Eredivisie matches, he had an excellent period in the ArenA.
‘Selling is not necessarily necessary’
General manager Edwin van der Sar also spoke about Ajax’s transfer summer in Bramberg am Wildkogel, where Ajax is at training camp. He stressed that the club does not have to sell anyone.
“If we stop selling players, it means we have a hole in the budget, because we always assume that we will get rid of a certain number of players. That can still happen this year, but I don’t have to. not necessarily. I always prefer sporting success to financial success “, Van der Sar said Football International.
Ajax sold Hakim Ziyech to Chelsea this summer and Joël Veltman to Brighton & Hove Albion of the permanent employees. On the other hand, there is the arrival of Antony and Mohammed Kudus and the return of Maarten Stekelenburg.
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