How Ajax imploded
The Athletic FC Podcast
The Athletic
4.0 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 27 September 2023
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
Ayo is joined by The Athletic's Carl Anka and Simon Hughes, plus Chief football writer for Dutch newspaper AD Sjoerd Mossou, to explain how Ajax imploded - after the ugly scenes on Sunday that led to 'De Klassieker' being abandoned...
The panel discuss the power vacuum left by Marc Overmars, Edwin van der Sar and former manager Erik ten Hag, and how far the club has fallen from that run to the Champions League semi-finals in 2019.
Also, what role the former Arsenal and Dortmund transfer chief Sven Mislintat has played in this summer's chaos, as Ajax, like so many of Europe's legacy clubs, have been plunged into an 'identity crisis' of their own.
Produced by Adonis Pratsides
Additional Production: Jay Beale
Executive Producer: Adey Moorhead
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| 0:00.0 | The Athletic. |
| 0:06.0 | In Amsterdam on Sunday, anger that had been bubbling for Monta Iax finally boiled over. |
| 0:12.2 | The biggest fixture in Dutch football was abandoned and riot police dispatched, |
| 0:16.7 | a supporters tried to regain access to the stadium. |
| 0:22.6 | Finard would 3-0 up when this game was abandoned, around 58 minutes. |
| 0:26.6 | But that was only the start. |
| 0:29.6 | These were chaotic scenes which are a shame of Dutch football. |
| 0:33.6 | For club legends, like Marco Van Basten, Iax's identity crisis is deepening. |
| 0:39.3 | So today, we explore how a club, |
| 0:41.1 | Champions League semi-finalists under Eric Tenhag, |
| 0:44.1 | just a few years ago, imploded. |
| 0:46.7 | And while there's no shortage of targets for fans' frustration, |
| 0:49.9 | what role has Arsenal's former transfer chief played in all of this? |
| 0:54.3 | I'm Ayahu Akimu Lerere. Welcome to the Athletic Football Podcast. Music What role has Arsenal's former transfer chief played in all of this? Amaya Oakemuelero. |
| 0:55.5 | Welcome to the Athletic Football podcast. |
| 1:13.9 | All right, so joining me today, the Athletics Carlanca and also Simon Hughes, |
| 1:17.9 | who this morning actually published a brilliant article all about the crisis unfolding at Iax. |
| 1:22.5 | We're also joined by Shored Moussou, chief football writer for newspaper, Al-Gabin Dagblad. |
| 1:28.1 | Shored, Iax are playing at this moment in time. |
| 1:31.8 | I think by the time we finished recording this podcast, the game would have finished. |
| 1:35.5 | But take us back to what happened over the weekend. |
| 1:38.7 | Everybody's really sad and angry about what happened on Sunday, of course. |
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