Kieft calls ‘season of truth’ for Ajax player: ‘It’s something every time’
Saturday, August 12, 2023 at 08:20
Brian Brobbey will start his season of truth on Saturday evening, concludes Wim Kieft in his weekly column for De Telegraaf. According to the former top striker, the 21-year-old from Amsterdam must now really show it with the number three of the last Eredivisie season. Kieft says that the omens are good, as Brobbey looks fit. Last season, Brobbey finished on 14 goals and 4 assists in 45 games. In total, he played 2,136 minutes for Ajax.
Kieft thinks it’s time for Brobbey to assert himself on a weekly basis. “For Brian Brobbey, the season of truth begins. It’s something every time and he has to shake off that stamp. Now 21 years old and apparently fit enough to complete the ninety minutes three games a week, it has to be done now happen for Brobbey. He has the potential and possesses the qualities to be Ajax’s first striker. There is also little wrong with his goal average, but you can demand from Brobbey as attack leader that he becomes more stable in his performance. “
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Maurice Steijn said on Friday at the press conference preceding the home game with Heracles Almelo that Ajax is still looking for a competitor for Brobbey. “Brobbey is the only striker at the moment. I can only move with Kudus at the moment if something happens. The priority now is to get two more defenders and a striker. The reinforcements we want will come.” Kieft would not consider it a disaster if Kudus still leaves Ajax. “A good player, not much wrong with that, but what has he brought Ajax in the past three seasons? Kudus does not take things in tow. Especially if he has set his sights on a transfer.”
Steven Bergwijn
The fact that Steijn has chosen Steven Bergwijn as captain of Ajax is a strange choice, says Kieft. “Few players have so much self-knowledge that they reject such a request. Bergwijn is someone with an Ajax past from a young age, is stuck with the Dutch national team as an international, one of the older, most experienced players in the selection and can play with his qualities decide matches. But captain… Then you also have to play a pioneering role in and outside the field, get boys along and be verbally strong, especially towards the media. In my opinion, Bergwijn is much more of a player who is mainly focused on himself. At heart I don’t think he even wants to play the role of captain. But if you’re asked, you might start to believe in it yourself.”
Kieft calls the choice for Bergwijn ‘a choice out of poverty’. “Davy Klaassen would be more obvious, but since he is passed by Steijn, the playing time prospects are not rosy for the midfielder. Branco van den Boomen, once trained by Ajax, after his adventures in the Kitchen Champion Division and return from To make Toulouse captain immediately, Steijn apparently went too far, although I see more leadership qualities in him than in Bergwijn.”
2023-08-12 12:13:56
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