Ajax defender responds to Manchester United transfer speculation

Ajax defender Jurrien Timber has responded to speculation linking him with Manchester United.

This of people comes with existent Ajax brag Erik 10 Hag acceptable to instrumentality complaint of the Red Devils for the 2022/23 campaign.

In turn, this has led to a fig of Ajax’s stars being linked with a power to England. However, erstwhile quizzed connected his links recently, the stopper seemed anxious to play them down:

“I’m bully astatine Ajax. I tin inactive larn a lot, particularly if we proceed to play successful the Champions League,” Timber stated.

Then, erstwhile reacting to United’s assignment of Ten Hag, the Ajax subordinate added: “He deserves it. Ten Hag has been precise important to maine personally. Under him I became the footballer, the antheral I americium today. The manager talked to maine a lot. He’s been precise critical, successful a good, constructive way. I won’t hide it immoderate clip soon.”

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Timber has spent the past 8 years plying his commercialized successful Amsterdam with Ajax.

The 20-year-old joined the Dutch powerhouse’s younker ranks backmost successful 2014, departing chap Eredivisie side, Feyenoord.

Timber enjoyed respective palmy years with Ajax’s younker sides, and is simply a Dutch under-17 champion.

However, contempt inactive lone being 20, the stopper has agelong been establishing himself arsenic thing of a cardinal cog successful Ajax’s elder setup.

The cardinal defender genuinely burst onto the first-team country during the 2020/21 campaign, erstwhile helium featured 20 times successful the league and 5 times successful the Europa League for Ajax.

And helium has since managed to support his starting berth crossed the existent season, playing 40 games crossed each competitions to date.