Kenneth Perez sparks a lot of debate after his statement about Ajax’s summer transfer plans: ‘Those players really are not going to PSV.’

The transfer summer window of PSV, Feyenoord and Ajax is the subject of conversation now that the millions of euros are flying out the door. In Amsterdam, it seems, everything is being done to break PSV's hegemony, because the small Amsterdam club is throwing around millions after receiving money from Newcastle.

According to Valentijn Driessen, Ajax even brings future funds forward in the chase for PSV. Well, taking risks in Amsterdam in recent years more or less equaled suffering losses, but we’ll see what it brings. Up to now, PSV has only bought Sven Mijnans, but behind the scenes, Stewart of course hasn’t been idle.

In turn, Kenneth Perez is impressed by Ajax’s activities on the transfer market. The ESPN analyst does not think that Marc-André ter Stegen and Marcos Leonardo would be feasible for rivals PSV and Feyenoord. Karim El Ahmadi also is positive about the Brazilian striker.

El Ahmadi played between 2018 and 2022 for Al Ittihad and knows the Saudi league well. Leonardo, too, he saw in action a number of times. "A good player, you know", he says on the World Cup Talk. "He has a lot of depth in his game. He isn’t really a polished player who is very good with the ball. But he is constantly on the move and very difficult to defend against. He also has a nose for goal. He is really a good player, one that Ajax can make good use of."

"Leonardo made a very good impression on me at Al Hilal. He was really noticeable and decisive in matches. There were also really big stars there with Karim Benzema and all those guys. So he really did make a good impression. I think he’s a real asset."

It is certainly striking that Ajax can pay as much as nineteen million euros for the striker. "Champion!", Perez jokes. "But I said the same thing last year as well: it remains an attractive club and it could just be that they will be in the mix again. Look, the players who go to Ajax now really don’t go to PSV or Feyenoord. Ajax just has something", he says, referring alongside Leonardo to Caio Henrique and Marc-André ter Stegen. "Ter Stegen isn’t coming for the Dutch competition; he’s coming because it’s Ajax. And Leonardo is earning a fortune at Al Hilal..."

El Ahmadi leans into that. "Henrique also earned a decent salary at AS Monaco. I don’t think you’re going to come for any less than that. Ounahi is also a player who earns a bit. In terms of salaries, they really can earn well at Ajax."

Perez wonders whether Ajax is taking the gamble again to pay such salaries while participating in the Conference League. "Then you have to become champions and have to reach the Champions League. It is nice that they are trying something and that we have some excitement in the league. Not that PSV ends up first again with a smile", said Kenneth Perez, who in particular has to process a lot of criticism on social media following his remarks about Ajax’s transfer window in relation to PSV’s.