Ten Hag postpones official Ajax debut: ‘Has a reason, his time...

One Ajax player will have been somewhat disappointed about Ajax’s tour de force at VVV-Venlo: Kenneth Taylor was not allowed to make his Eredivisie debut. Erik ten Hag preferred Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, explains the trainer in De Telegraaf.

“It seemed like an ABC’s in De Koel to let Taylor make his Eredivisie debut,” writes The Telegraph. The eighteen-year-old midfielder did not play for Young Ajax against MVV (1-5) on Friday evening, because he would be sitting on the bench in the main force against VVV a day later. Ten Hag, however, spent his five substitution options on Quincy Promes, Lisandro Martínez, Zakaria Labyad, Edson Alvarez and Huntelaar.

“Everything has its reason, because of course I can only bring in five substitutes”, Ten Hag explains. “Kenneth has played a lot recently and Klaas-Jan, for example, I cannot let play in Young Ajax, while it could become very important in the further course of the season. This was an opportunity to bring him. Kenneth’s time will come. He is of course still very young. But if he continues like this, it will (Eredivisie debut, ed.) Automatically. “

‘Ten Hag not a real Ajax player’
Valentijn Driessen places in The Telegraph questions Ten Hag’s decision not to let Taylor make his debut. ‘It had completed the picture. This lack of empathy underlines that Ten Hag is not a real Ajax player, ‘he writes.