The Ajax Herald
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
$14.2M settles it between the clubs for Kévin Denkey
FC Cincinnati have accepted the money. What Ajax do not yet have is the man, and between here and the photograph is a conversation about wages that both sides are dreading.
Match15 Aug 2026
No mercy from Ajax
Sparta Rotterdam will want this one forgotten quickly: 4‑0, every duel lost, and a long ride home. Ajax were ruthless in the way good sides are ruthless.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
Door shut on Wilfried Singo
Ajax asked and Galatasaray said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
A brace, and Davy Klaassen takes the afternoon — 8.17
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Davy Klaassen provided it, and the 8.17 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Market17 Aug 2026
Steven Berghuis turns Eintracht Braunschweig down
“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.
Transfer targets17 Aug 2026
No deal for Wassim Bouziane at that price
Ajax offered $4.4M; AZ said it was not close. The manager will be told the money is still there for the right player, which is what managers are told.
Market17 Aug 2026
Business is business: Maarten Paes goes
Heerenveen paid $5.2M and Ajax took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.
Market17 Aug 2026
Everton join the queue for Kasper Dolberg
Add another name to the list: Everton have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Kasper Dolberg. The answer from Ajax has not changed — yet.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Ajax
Thilo Kehrer was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
In brief
- The terraces Ajax supporters have found a favourite in Oscar Gloukh
- Player ratings Julian Brandt in the eights
- The dugout Guus Malen has his say