“I would have blocked this” – Dutch striker speaks out on Burnley & Ajax deal for Wout Weghorst
Wout Weghorst departed Burnley late on in the summer transfer window after two-and-a-half years with the Clarets, and he’s managed to bag himself a big move back to his home nation with Ajax.
That has not gone down well with some though, including former Eredivisie striker Ralf Seuntjens, who has been brutally honest in suggesting that the Netherlands international is not good enough to play a part for Francesco Farioli.
Unsurprisingly, Burnley saw a number of big names leave Turf Moor after their relegation from the Premier League, and the big Dutch striker was one of those, despite failing to live up to his big-money move from Wolfsburg in January 2022.
However, after loan spells with Besiktas, Manchester United and TSG Hoffenheim in the midst of two relegation seasons and a Championship-winning campaign for the Clarets after a £12m switch from the Bundesliga, the international striker returned to his home country in a reported £2m move to the Johan Cruyff Arena.
But, following his return to the Eredivisie after spells with Heracles Almelo and AZ Alkmaar earlier in his career, Weghorst and his latest employers haven’t exactly been praised for completing the transfer.
Ralf Seuntjens slams Ajax after Wout Weghorst’s Burnley move
That’s because the aforementioned Seuntjens, who currently features for Eerste Divisie outfit De Graafschap at the age of 35, has been speaking about Weghorst’s return to the Netherlands in an interview with Dutch media outlet, FC Afkicken – relayed by SoccerNews.
Seuntjens stated that he doesn’t understand the decision for the side competing in this season’s UEFA Europa League to bring in the 32-year-old as another option in Francesco Farioli’s striking department, already having the services of Julian Rijkhoff, Brian Bobbey and former Middlesbrough hotshot, Chuba Akpom to call upon.
“I’ll be completely honest: if you arrive at Ajax with Wout Weghorst, you’ve gone far. This is really not on, man. This policy makes no sense at all. You have Brobbey and Akpom. Brobbey should simply be the first striker at Ajax,”
“If you get a player like that (who plays) for half an hour, they could have bought Sam Lammers. He’s cheaper and I think he’s more of an Ajax striker than Weghorst. In everything, he’s more of an Ajax striker than Weghorst.
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