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Mark Walker

Calvin Bassey earns post Rangers rave review after 'very strong' Ajax debut as big Ibrox difference explained

Calvin Bassey says he will need to adjust his game from what he was used to at Rangers as part of Ajax's 'tiki-taka football' approach after making his league debut.

The £19 million Nigerian international made his debut for the Eredivisie champions in a 1-0 win away to Sparta Rotterdam, coming after receiving a two-game suspension for his red card in a Johan Cruyff Shield defeat to his former club's Champions League play-off opponents, PSV Eindhoven. Bassey says it was great to make his bow in the league for manager Alfred Schreuder's side, but there were differences from life at Ibrox.

He said: "The manager coaches me to take different positions or to choose different spaces and which passes I should make or not make. That makes it a lot easier for me. I notice a big difference between the game here at Ajax and Rangers. Here, I receive the ball in a lot of different positions on the pitch.

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