Real Madrid and Arsenal Transfer Targets Decide to Stay with Ajax Amsterdam

Nicolas Tagliafico


DBasia.news –  The 2018/19 season can be remembered as Ajax Amsterdam’s best season which has the potential to win the treble (three trophies). Ajax won 80 points in the Eredivisie, competed in the Champions League semifinals, and reached the KNVB Cup final.

The opponents they got rid of were also not playing games, in the last 16 round Ajax successfully defeated the defending champions, Real Madrid, while the Italian giants, Juventus’ step successfully stopped in the quarter-finals. Now Hakim Ziyech et al have put one foot in the final, considering that in the first leg they successfully defeated Tottenham 1-0.

Impressive performances displayed by Ajax certainly made a number of mainstay players began to be glanced by a number of top European clubs, in addition to Frenkie de Jong who has been confirmed to leave for Barcelona in the 2019/20 season or Matthijs de Ligt who is also on Juventus shopping list, there is still one player who is also associated with the club’s exit, Nicolas Tagliafico.

The left-back player is reportedly on the transfer radar of Real Madrid, Arsenal, and Atletico Madrid. After the agent mentioned that Tagliafico had the potential to leave at the end of the season, this time Ajax fans could breathe a sigh of relief because the Argentine player had confirmed that he would remain at the Johan Cruijff Arena in the upcoming 2019/20 season.

“I want to tell you all that I will stay with Ajax Amsterdam one more season. Hopefully, the 2019/20 season will be a fantastic season, like this season,” Tagliafico told the Sport English.

In the 2018/19 season, Tagliafico is almost always the main choice of Eric Ten Hag, he has even appeared in 42 matches with a score of five goals and six assists.

Even though Tagliafico is certain to stay, Ajax is predicted to remain a club that is busy maintaining a number of its flagship players, besides De Ligt and De Jong, the club which has 33 Eredivisie titles is likely to lose Hakim Ziyech or Donny van de Beek.