There is a thin line between love and hate and Steven Bergwijn has crossed it twice (at least), when his current club is in question. If someone had told him five or six years ago that he would be a reinforcement for Ajax, he would probably have thrown a football boot at him in a fit of rage. He hated Ajax so much, for personal reasons. But the originality is that today when Bergwijn wears the Ajax jersey, he talks about it openly. He is not afraid of what the “most faithful” will tell him. Because, after all, the most important actions are on the field, and what someone says is quickly forgotten.🎙️| Steven Bergwijn: “Ajax and Spurs are of a similar level, for sure. But it is different in terms of the way we play and train. Here it is really focused on football, many position games and matches. In England, it’s more about preparing for the next match.”📰| @adnl #Ajax pic.twitter.com/UJeutyGpHI— All About Ajax (@AllAboutAjax) July 20, 2022 Steven was a child of Ajax, born in Amsterdam, proudly wore the jersey of the red and white giant, and dreamed of one day lifting the Champions League trophy in his hometown. But the way of the Lord is a strange one. „The fun was gone because certain things happened. I am an emotional person and I was no longer happy at Ajax at the time. That had little to do with playing time. I played regularly. This has been going on for a long time. Things happened. The connection with the trainer, whose name is not important, was not there either“ he explained to Algemeen Dagblad. The most expensive transfer in the history of Dutch football – Bergwijn to Ajax for 31,250,000 eurosSo, what he did to change that? He signed from Ajax’s youth team for arch-rivals PSV Eindhoven and even scored a third goal as PSV beat Ajax 3–0 to clinch the 2017–18 Eredivisie title. Bergwijn confessed he hated Ajax for a year or two after the move and was happy when they lost to Tottenham in the Champions League semi-final. He later signed for the Spurs before coming back to his boyhood club.„That paid off in the end. I had a fantastic time at PSV. I can’t say anything bad about it. That’s where I became the player and man I am today. Not because I played for PSV, but because of how I left and was treated, I still hated Ajax in the beginning. Inside, I was done with it for the first few years after I left. At the time, I was killed in the group stage with PSV. Ajax went on and on. Seeing your competitor do so well, there was also the jealousy of course. Regret? No, I’m not sorry. I say how it was. At that moment I was also happy that Ajax was killed. You want to be in the semi-finals yourself“ confessed the Dutchman. After these statements, Bergwijn should do all he can to have a hell of a season with Ajax. ##NAJAVA_MECA_6534762##
