By the time the last offer from England came in, Ajax officials were almost sneering. Everton had sent a £15m-plus bid in for Mohammed Kudus, but the Dutch champions were never going to even consider it. Aside from the fact they believe the Ghanaian will soon be worth multiple times that, their long-term plan had only allowed for a certain number of sales this summer.
It would take silly money to change that. The type of money, coincidentally, that Manchester United paid for Antony. As recently as Saturday, Ajax were adamant they weren’t going to sell the Brazilian, until the Old Trafford hierarchy made a €100m offer that “was just too much to leave on the table”. Ajax felt it would be ludicrous to turn it down.
