{"id":1093170,"date":"2019-06-11T11:34:29","date_gmt":"2019-06-11T10:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1093170"},"modified":"2019-06-11T11:34:29","modified_gmt":"2019-06-11T10:34:29","slug":"donny-van-de-beek-tottenham-ajax-transfer-future","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/donny-van-de-beek-tottenham-ajax-transfer-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Ajax star Donny van de Beek talks future plans amid links with Tottenham"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Ajax playmaker Donny van de Beek has admitted that his future at the Eredivisie champions is uncertain amid links to Tottenham Hotspur.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman faced &#8211; and scored &#8211; against Spurs in the Champions League semi-final this season but reports have suggested he may switch sides ahead of the 2019\/20 campaign.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Will Van de Beek leave Ajax? Five things to know&#8230;<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Ajax midfielder Donny van de Beek has been <a href=\"https:\/\/talksport.com\/football\/556018\/ajax-donny-van-de-beek-manchester-united-tottenham\/\">heavily linked<\/a> with a move to Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur.<\/li>\n<li>The 22-year-old has refused to guarantee that he will remain at Ajax this summer.<\/li>\n<li>Ajax&#8217;s director of football Marc Overmars has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/sport\/football\/9090946\/arsenal-transfer-ajax-donny-van-de-beek-not-sale\/\">stressed that the club do not want to sell<\/a> the talented midfielder.<\/li>\n<li>The Dutch midfielder&#8217;s contract expires in 2022.<\/li>\n<li>Van de Beek directly contributed to 19 goals in 38 Eredivisie games this season, scoring nine goals and assisting 10 times.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; max-width: 700px;\" title=\"Audioboom player\" src=\"https:\/\/embeds.audioboom.com\/posts\/7284737-it-s-time-to-talk-about-a-potential-bernard-or-silva\/embed\/v4?eid=AQAAAGB1_lwBKG8A\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Speaking after Netherlands&#8217; defeat at the hands of Portugal in the Nations League final, Van de Beek was quizzed on his immediate future and whether it remains with Ajax or elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder stressed that although he is happy, and more importantly, under contract at Ajax, a player can never know what the future holds, thus fuelling the fire of a summer transfer being a possibility.<\/p>\n<p>Van de Beek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/van-de-beek-keeping-transfer-door-open-to-man-utd-tottenham\/19eco0eqq67p21sajr0cf4fh6e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cMy situation is I have a contract with Ajax and I am really happy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou never know what is going to happen in the future but I can say nothing about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To heighten anticipation of a summer switch, Van de Beek added that it is quite normal to see players switch from the Dutch league to various countries around Europe in search of footballing success.<\/p>\n<p>He added:\u00a0\u201cYou see that a lot, players go to another country, another competition, that\u2019s normal in Holland, in the Dutch league, you see that a lot of times.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Federico Chiesa, Rodri, Matthijs de Ligt TRANSFER NEWS w\/Squawka\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uOmqzF0ED98?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Subscribe to <a href=\"http:\/\/sqwk.at\/Squawka-Sub\" rel=\"noopener\">Squawka\u2019s Youtube channel here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Van de Beek has proven his worth to this talented Ajax side who defied the odds by reaching the Champions League semi-finals this season, despite entering the competition in the qualifying stages.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutchman scored against both Juventus and Tottenham at vital moments of the competition, with his ability in the final third of the pitch a big factor in clubs such as Spurs reportedly showing an interest in his services.<\/p>\n<p><script>(function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];if(d.getElementById(id))return;js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src='https:\/\/embed.playbuzz.com\/sdk.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}(document,'script','playbuzz-sdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"playbuzz\" data-id=\"66c974de-b77b-4864-9922-f0029ea5359e\" data-show-share=\"false\" data-show-info=\"false\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ajax playmaker Donny van de Beek has admitted that his future at the Eredivisie champions is uncertain amid links to Tottenham Hotspur. 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