ince first Marc Overmars and then Erik ten Hag left last year, Ajax have been tumbling down with the speed of an avalanche. Last season, for the first time since 2018 (excluding 2020 when competitions were halted due to COVID), they didn’t win any silverware and even failed to qualify for the Champions League preliminaries. As is so often the case when top clubs fail, “Judgement Day” was inevitable. Coach Alfred Schreuder was the first to receive his marching orders, then his successor, interim coachJohn Heitinga, was told he wasn’t the right
