Telegraaf sees an ‘internationally refined coach’ as the ideal savior for Steijn
Thursday, September 28, 2023 at 7:56 AM
De Telegraaf puts Henk ten Cate forward as the ideal man to save Maurice Steijn’s face. The Ajax coach is under great pressure and was once again confronted with the facts on Wednesday when Feyenoord also proved to be far too strong in the remainder of the Classic in the Johan Cruijff ArenA (0-4). If it were up to Mike Verweij and Valentijn Driessen, Ten Cate would be flown in as a mentor.
“The arrival of a heavyweight like Ten Cate could extend Steijn’s coaching life at Ajax, otherwise it would seem to be a matter of counting down until the native of The Hague leaves the field in the Johan Cruijff ArenA,” Verweij and Driessen said the day after the historic defeat against Feyenoord. . “Steijn will do everything he can with his staff of lightweights Hedwiges Maduro and Said Bakkati, but the trio has been hopelessly failing for weeks to get Ajax going.”
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Ten Cate and Steijn are no strangers to each other. The two previously worked together at NAC Breda, where the current Ajax coach was a player at the time. According to De Telegraaf, Ten Cate is the right man to add to Ajax’s technical staff. “He has been refined nationally and internationally as a coach, dares to make tough decisions and is completely blank when it comes to Ajax’s current selection.”
The newspaper adds that there is ‘no doubt whatsoever’ about whether Ten Cate wants to help his former pupil. If there is no collaboration, the above-mentioned will have a gloomy outlook. “Not for a moment do the players give the idea that they will go through fire for this trainer. Steijn is known as a good communicator and a team builder, but if this is the result of his hard work, then it is hardly possible to escape the most drastic measure: dismissal.”
2023-09-28 06:35:00
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