- Yessicajax
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Amsterdam, 10 apr 2008
Dennis Bergkamp will return to Ajax. The former pro has been asked by Marco van Basten to do a traineeship with the club. ,,I think that Dennis can make players better”, Van Basten said.
When next head coach Marco van Basten heard that Bergkamp had registered for the shortened course coach professsional football, he offered him a trainee post.
Van Basten: ,,I called Dennis a few weeks ago, because I wanted to know how he was doing and if he would want to do something for Ajax, in whatever capacity. It is important to work with as much quality as possible with Ajax and it is obvious that Dennis has qualities. In our conversation, Dennis said that he would come to Holland to take the coaching course. Part of that course is that the participants enter a traineeship. I offered him a trainee post and he was very interested. I hope and expect that this will be good for Ajax and for Dennis. I think he can make players better. His presence will have an impact on the team. For Ajax as a whole it is also good that someone of Dennis' stature is involved with the club. At Ajax, Dennis can discover how he likes it to be on the pitch in a different role.”
Bergkamp is a product of the Ajax youth academy. The now 38-year old former player entered the academy at age 12 and made his debut in Ajax 1 on 14 December 1986. In his time at Ajax he won the European Cup Winners' Cup, the UEFA Cup, two Dutch FA Cups and one national title. He scored 103 goals in 185 league matches for Ajax.
Bergkamp went from Ajax to Inter in the summer of 1993. He joined Arsenal two seasons later and ended his career there with a testimonial against Ajax in 2006. |
I think this is great news... 
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- oranjepalooza
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| Posted: Thu Apr 10, 2008 5:38 pm |
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My hope is that he does accept. He would have so much to offer and I think his ability to work with the strikers would be invaluable. He was a beautiful player to watch and is a class act................. |
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- Yessicajax
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| Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2008 11:37 pm |
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The prospect of Dennis Bergkamp linking up with Marco van Basten at Ajax is an exciting one, according to Arsenal and Holland star Robin van Persie.
Coach Van Basten, along with assistants John van 't Schip and Rob Witschge, head to the Amsterdam ArenA after leading Holland at Euro 2008.
The trio were all team-mates of Bergkamp when he was a player at the club from 1986 to 1993.
Van Basten has already offered Bergkamp the chance to study for his Netherlands Football Association at Ajax next season.
Van Persie, whose time at Arsenal overlapped with Bergkamp's by two years, feels the union could be a dream ticket for the Amsterdam giants.
The former Feyenoord forward told Spotsweek magazine "It is extremely positive, what's happening there.
"Van Basten, Van 't Schip, Witschge and Bergkamp are pure football men. When you train under them things can hardly go wrong.
"Van Basten and Bergkamp together would have so much to offer. I would like to play under such a combination - only not at Ajax of course.
"You could always ask Dennis things. Although he never came to you by himself, he helped everybody.
"Guys who showed a special drive were players who he put his energy into. No matter what was wrong with them, he looked through that." |
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