Panna King

Ajax played a really bad game against Apoel, a lot of the big players still seem to be off form and the midfield is missing something to break the play up and distribute the ball to the attackers.

Lisandro Martinez has become an instant hit at Ajax. A journalist wrote about him and also Marc Overmars made comments about him after the game on Saturday.

Ten Hag was asked at the press conference on Saturday after Ajax's match regarding the Olmo transfer rumours, He said that he is happy with the group of players he has now but if one is to leave then he will have to bring in another player. Well Ajax are selling Dolberg for over 20 million euros so I guess hopefully Olmo will be brought in.

Reports are that Ajax have accepted a 25 million euro offer for Dolberg from Nice.

Hope so, Ajax could so with him.

Ajax also have a huge talented striker coming through Brobbey so he will feature some point this season, Dolberg has had plenty of chances but just not the quality Ajax are looking for.

Neres and Ziyech are not leaving any time soon, the only reason why Dolberg is leaving he was told he will be 3rd choice striker this season behind Tadic and Huntelaar.

Ajax's offer has been made quite public, they have offered 22 million euros with a 40% sell on clause, they are also offering Olmo a 5 years contract.

It shows really what a special player de Jong really is and how important that kind of player is, de Ligt won't be too much of a miss but the only thing is that he was Dutch and one of Ajax's own. Going forward Ajax are still a huge threat but its just midfield they need to sort out in the next 2 weeks.

Marc Overmars was interviewed after the PAOK game, he wasn't impressed with the midfield void left by de Jong and Schone as Ajax got exposed in midfield a lot as they failed to keep the ball in keys areas. He is worried against bigger teams that this will be very serious problem so they are in the market to get a ball playing midfielder before the window closes and Ajax hopefully should make the group stages now in the Champions League. They have got Marin but looking at him he is very different to de Jong as Ajax have currently put Blind in the de Jong position for now. Olmo will certainly add a lot of quality to the Ajax team.

It shows that maybe Zidane isnt a great coach and just like Mourinho wants already made players to get the results for him.

Real Madrid is not a great club at all to go to right now, there is no rush for Van de Beek to leave Ajax. It is also not hard where to play van de Beek and that is like in floating around in midfield and attack, also has incredible fitness and work rate to track back.

It was the same story at Crystal Palace, he wanted to change so many things so it would take time but they didn't trust him. Glad it is working out now at Atlanta.

Nice! also happy for Frank after a rough start.

Ajax are closing in on the signing of Spanish midfielder Dani Olmo, who had also been a target for Manchester United over the summer. Ajax have opened transfer talks with Olmo and are prepared to pay around €22m to lure him away from Dinamo Zagreb.