DBasia.news – Ajax Amsterdam has seized the public’s attention last season with their success to qualify for the Champions League semifinals, then winning the KNVB Cup and Eredivisie.
This of course has made their mainstay players begin to be glimpsed by the top European teams, Frenkie de Jong has officially moved to Barcelona, while the captain, Matthijs de Ligt has also pitted his fortune in Italy with Juventus.
Actually there are still several other players who are also rumored to be leaving from Johan Cruijff Arena, one of which is Donny van de Beek who is included in Real Madrid’s shopping list.
Los Blancos seems to be very serious to wanting to bring in the players, especially before they have already failed to bring in Manchester United star, Paul Pogba. Even Van de Beek was also alleged to have found a personal agreement to immediately join the Santiago Bernabeu.
But it looks like the opportunity to see the Dutch player be the latest recruit of Zinedine Zidane will not be realized in the near future, as Ajax manager, Erik ten Hag has given a signal that Van de Beek will still survive and become part of his team in the 2019/20 season.
“At the moment what Donny van de Beek is thinking is to play football. I think he will remain at Ajax in the 2019/20 season. Otherwise, I will definitely hear something from Marc Overmars (club sports director),” Ten Hag stated as reported by Marca.
As additional information, it was rumored that Madrid had prepared funds worth of 50 million euros for Van de Beek, but until now Ajax has not received an offer from any club.
The midfielder seemed to be completely unaffected by the issue of his transfer to Real Madrid, Van de Beek even scored a total of two goals in his first two Eredivisie matches.