Ajax: The Plan to Rebuild

[drgriffen]

An article, written in December so not every prediction is correct, looking at how Ajax have tried to adapt their business model to allow them to improve. Must admit, I didn't know they are paying some players €3m a year.

https://www.otbfootball.net/ajax-the-plan-to-rebuild/

 

[A Magician Named Gob]

"What they really want is trophies now and to get the Ajax name back up in lights. That’s the club’s ambition. The healthy bank balance has seen Ajax happily agree with PSV Eindhoven and Feyernoord to donate a percentage of their UEFA money to the rest of the Eredivise, because they know how important it is to have a competitive league."

And we're stuck with them.

 

[Superrangers]

It’s always a case of speculate to accumulate. Paying higher wages allows you to hold onto better players and for longer. It’s all a building process. Porto and Ajax are the best examples of what can be done.

 

[madridista]

An article, written in December so not every prediction is correct, looking at how Ajax have tried to adapt their business model to allow them to improve. Must admit, I didn't know they are paying some players €3m a year.

https://www.otbfootball.net/ajax-the-plan-to-rebuild/

If you’re paying £10m for players such as Tadic, it’s only normal that you should also be paying them £50,000 a week, surely?

Other than that, great article. Refreshing to see such forward thinking compared to the infighting that blights Scotland.

 

[Kaiserweiss]

If you’re paying £10m for players such as Tadic, it’s only normal that you should also be paying them £50,000 a week, surely?

Other than that, great article. Refreshing to see such forward thinking compared to the infighting that blights Scotland.

If your paying 10 million for Tadic then u would expect to be winning the domestic league.

Champions is a bonus

 

[MarkWalters11]

They have a good business model in buying Sanchez, Suarez,De jong for not very much and selling them for big bucks, Porto also do this very well.

 

[madridista]

If your paying 10 million for Tadic then u would expect to be winning the domestic league.

Champions is a bonus

Sorry, I was referring to the OP saying he couldn’t believe Ajax were paying 3m€ per year for a player.

 

[Barclay the Bear]

When you are going to receive over 100 million in transfer fees this year, its been a good gamble

 

[drgriffen]

Sorry, I was referring to the OP saying he couldn’t believe Ajax were paying 3m€ per year for a player.

I never said, I couldn't believe, I said, I didn't know.

 

[madridista]

I never said, I couldn't believe, I said, I didn't know.

My bad! Sorry OP!

 

[mkgers]

"What they really want is trophies now and to get the Ajax name back up in lights. That’s the club’s ambition. The healthy bank balance has seen Ajax happily agree with PSV Eindhoven and Feyernoord to donate a percentage of their UEFA money to the rest of the Eredivise, because they know how important it is to have a competitive league."

And we're stuck with them.

Rest assured a competitive league will once again be at the top of the agenda as soon as we win it.

 

[BobbyShearer]

"What they really want is trophies now and to get the Ajax name back up in lights. That’s the club’s ambition. The healthy bank balance has seen Ajax happily agree with PSV Eindhoven and Feyernoord to donate a percentage of their UEFA money to the rest of the Eredivise, because they know how important it is to have a competitive league."

And we're stuck with them.

I’ve been going on about this for a while but most can’t get past the “why should we split monies when we bring most to the table”
(And that’s before any 2012 era wounds are discussed)

It does seem counter-intuitive but our club more than most should recognise that history teaches us waltzing in to play with the big boys after warming up against cannon fodder does us more harm than good.

 

[DJ_RFC_1872]

They have a good business model in buying Sanchez, Suarez,De jong for not very much and selling them for big bucks, Porto also do this very well.

That's what we need to be doing also as we have the crazy rich EPL on our doorstep.

 

[A Magician Named Gob]

If you’re paying £10m for players such as Tadic, it’s only normal that you should also be paying them £50,000 a week, surely?

Other than that, great article. Refreshing to see such forward thinking compared to the infighting that blights Scotland.

The last time that Scotland almost qualified for a European Championship or a World Cup was when Rangers and Celtic were fairly even in terms of attracting players, transfer fees and paying wages. I've wondered if having guys like McManus, Caldwell, Hutton, Hartley, McCulloch, Ferguson, Boyd and Miller playing for teams that were winning every week gave them a bit more 'confidence' or belief in their own ability going into those games than the current team probably get from plodding around in the lower half of the Premiership or upper half of the Championship. Tadic at Ajax seems like the exact kind of thing I'm thinking about - relatively 'quiet' and unimpressive at Southampton and now starring in the Champions League now he's playing for a bigger club in a smaller league and used to playing and winning regularly.