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Switch Exper and Ajax insider, Lentin Goodijk, has revealed that Nigeria-eligible striker, Chuba Amechi Akpom, is on the way in which out of the membership, Soccernet.ng experiences.
The 28-year-old joined the four-time UEFA Champions League winners final summer time from EFL Championship facet, Middlesbrough, signing a four-year deal.
The transfer, nevertheless, hasn’t gone to plan because the Arsenal Hale Finish Academy graduate has struggled to stamp his foot within the first staff. Soccernet.ng earlier reported that the striker is sad, and simply needs to play soccer, even whether it is away from the Johan Cruyff Area.
In a dialogue with Dutch outlet, Voetbal Worldwide, Goodijk revealed Akpom might have left the membership through the winter switch window, however the membership couldn’t match Ajax’s participant valuation.
“In the course of the winter switch interval, Ajax stated no to a switch. They wished some huge cash for Akpom, however he was value an excessive amount of to let go. He proved earlier than the winter break that he might ship instead or in Brobbey’s absence. He’s exceptionally environment friendly, with eleven objectives and three assists in eleven begins,” Goodijk stated as revealed by Soccernews.
Sven Mislintat was appointed to be answerable for Ajax’s scouting and switch after his experience with VFB Stuttgart. He was nevertheless given a small finances and couldn’t mastermind a squad rebuild and was fired. As per Fear The Wall, Mislintat is linked with a return to Borussia Dortmund.
The German switch professional made the transfer to deliver Akpom to Ajax, and following his departure, Goodijk revealed the membership may be unwilling to carry on to the previous Hull Metropolis man.
“Akpom has achieved very nicely in England. He’s homegrown and might present good statistics. Golf equipment within the right-hand row of the Premier League specifically are very on this. Ajax can subsequently earn a pleasant switch price from him, however not solely from the striker,” he added.
Ajax had a horrible outing on this season’s Eredivisie marketing campaign, racking up 55 factors from 33 video games. They’re additionally in fifth place on the league desk, 33 factors behind league Champions, PSV Eindhoven.
Adefolahan Guerreiro
Adefolahan is a multilingual journalist and author at Soccernet Nigeria.
With a Bachelor’s diploma in Electrical and Electronics Engineering and a monitor report of involvement in School sports activities, Adefolahan is concentrated on crafting partaking soccer content material and utilising his language abilities and intensive sports activities data to boost content material accessibility for a world viewers.
He has interviewed Nigerian stars like Finidi George, Junior Lokosa, and Abraham Onahi Ogbu.
