Hello friends and welcome to my Ajax story….again. Before I go any further with Ajax let me explain. It is never advisable to play this game whilst having a sinus infection, looking at new homes and trying to file ones Canadian Income Tax Return for 2009 all at the same time. Consequently the game was inadvertently deleted so now I’m finally recovered from everything I’m starting over.
Some of the following will be as before though I was unable to re-create exactly as previously posted. Also although I live in Canada I’ll keep all the transfers in British Pounds as it more meaningful to me.
So in looking at the Ajax first team squad I was already happy with what was available but took the advice of my Assistant Manager Danny Blind to seek out a left back and perhaps a left midfielder. Danny’s suggestion was to go with a Brazilian named Eduardo from Botofoga.
As for the board of directors they were expecting me to challenge for the title and handed me a £4million transfer budget for new players.
I secured my first transfer of the season after a long drawn out affair with Botofoga who eventually let Eduardo go for £2.3 million.
My next signing was a 16 year old from Italy and is familiar to many of you and that’s Marco Verratti. The whole Ajax set up is dominated around Youth Players so I felt Marco would be a good fit for the club.
My final signing was Nacer Barazite who I got on loan from Arsenal for the season and will replace Kennedy on the right flank who I sold to Aston Villa.
So July turned out to be a very quite transfer market for the club with just three players leaving for other teams. I’m hoping with just a minimal amount of new players that team harmony will remain good and everyone will easily adapt to my tactics.
I’ve already received several bids for Suarez from a host of Premier League clubs but so far I have not been tempted to sale him even though the bids are rising.
I was happy with the pre-season results and the way the team was playing though Suarez was having difficulty in scoringbut his partner up front Sulejmani was having no problem at all.
We managed to get through pre-season without any major injuries and so the season proper will start away to FC Groningen and there’s the prospect of a difficult game against PSV in the middle of the month.
So that’s it for now and thanks for reading this for a second time.
Majk
21 марта, 2010 at 00:57
Too bad about having to start over. Your signings look okay for the time being. We all now Verratti will turn in to a heck of a player. I have him on my game i Caen aswell.. I ‘always’ buy him if I think about it.
Well good look, I will be interested to see how you’ll do in the league and europe.
Lye
21 марта, 2010 at 07:16
Hi Kevin, things remained pretty the same as the first attempt. Three players in and out but this time round you focus on youth signings and thats the tradition of the club. I hope you have a great start and looking forward to your August updates. Good luck.
cory berman
21 марта, 2010 at 10:54
WHICH DO you prefer this one or the one that got deleted or are they pretty much the same?
Kevin
21 марта, 2010 at 11:20
Hi Majk & Lye
Thanks for your comments and support and I hope to get off to a good start as well.
Cory:As I only got as far as Pre-Season last time I feel they are pretty much the same. A couple of different signings maybe but nothing drastic. I think we scored more goals in pre-season this time though :)
Johnny Karp
21 марта, 2010 at 11:39
Good luck Kevin, focusing on youth is the best policy considering the club’s tradition. You could send your scouts to the under 21 and under 18 competitions, I’m sure they’ll find some gems for you.
Kevin
21 марта, 2010 at 11:44
Hi Johhny
Thanks for the well wishes.
Ajax do have a lot of scouts that have great attributes in judging potential and ability so your suggestion is exactly what I have done.
Laxeyman
21 марта, 2010 at 19:13
Hi Kevin, unfortunate about the game delete but I don’t think much has changed from last time. Goood luck for the season ahead.