Am sitting with a group of Ajax gentlemen fans in Turkey watching their game v Besiktas.
Their no 7 stood out for me so I was interested in who he was just to understand a little of this fabled Ajax model of building teams.
After 8 appearances for São Paulo and more importantly featuring well for the Brazil under 20s they paid €12 million for this youngster. Apparently he is worth €25 million now.
Not unlike Ferguson plucking Ronaldo at 17 from Portugal.
They are cash rich after many years of high value sales.
I realise we are not in that ball park but I thought it was worth pointing out that there is no magic wand for developing players even In Holland.
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Their no 7 stood out for me so I was interested in who he was just to understand a little of this fabled Ajax model of building teams.
After 8 appearances for São Paulo and more importantly featuring well for the Brazil under 20s they paid €12 million for this youngster. Apparently he is worth €25 million now.
Not unlike Ferguson plucking Ronaldo at 17 from Portugal.
They are cash rich after many years of high value sales.
I realise we are not in that ball park but I thought it was worth pointing out that there is no magic wand for developing players even In Holland.
