In the past few days I have met the press; during the interview I told them my loft ambitions to turn Ajax from some UEFA Cup come-feeder-club to the Premiership, to one which can consistently make the Semi-Finals. This went down well with the fans, the board and the players who wanted to make an impact on the European stage.
I’ve also finished appointing my backroom and shuffling jobs around so I may bring in fellow countrymen. However, due to the language barrier, I kept on a majority of Dutch staff but offered them shorter contracts to the transition will happen slowly. However, I did sign about 7 new scouts who specialise in spotting raw talent across Europe. I have opted to hire two Dutch scouts as well so one will scout Holland for me while the other will travel to South America for young players. I am hoping that if we are able to bring across 2 or 3 young players from his trip, when they come to playing first team football, they will have Dutch duel passports.
On the bad side, my phone has nearly been non-stop will calls from so called ‘talent agents’ trying to whore out their players onto this club. I suspect these money men are trying to make some quick cash from a sale onto an inexperienced manager who’s looking to make an impact. Well, here is now, I will not be taking on their supposedly great services. There is a reason why I hired so many scouts, so that – I – can be the one who is good and who is not with their help. Not the help of someone who gets paid per-sale.
To end, we have a match in the Dutch Super Cup [their Community Shield] this Saturday against FC Twente. I want to give the fans a taste of things to come, so we will be looking to attack from the start and win this ‘minor’ trophy.
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