Ajax director Edwin van der Sar is disappointed that
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The 21-year-old will depart Amsterdam this summer for Barcelona in a deal worth €86 million.
Speaking to AFP, Van der Sar said on the deal, “You want to build as strong a team as possible and that’s better if the team stays together but we are in a smaller league, we know there are bigger clubs than Ajax.”
“The fact that a player like
Van der Sar also compared the midfielder to Real Madrid star Isco and Chelsea’s Eden Hazard, “He reminds me a bit of Isco at Real Madrid, that low centre of gravity, and Eden Hazard, with the way he dribbles and tries to beat people, as