Ajax sent barbed Queen's Park dig amid Marijn Beuker pursuit as supremo tells Dutch strugglers they're a step DOWN
dailyrecord.co.ukQueen's Park owner Lord Willie Haughey has sent a playful dig towards Ajax as they are claimed to be after one of his leading men - and insists it would be leaving a big club for Eredivisie struggles.It's been a wretched start to the domestic season for the Amsterdam club, who have had fans launch furious protests as they languish 16th from 18th, a far cry from where they should be challenging towards the summit.
Reports coming out of the Netherlands this week have suggested Spiders director of football Marijn Beuker is a target to become their 'football director' and to "set up the football organisation within the entire club."He is credited with co-founding the academy at AZ Alkmaar where he spent 14 years and signed a TEN-year deal with the Scottish Championship side he is currently employed by in 2022.
Supremo and primary backer of Queen's Park Haughey has poked fun at Ajax's struggles as he responded to news of the claims on Go Radio.The former Celtic director said: "I think it is one for Leanne (Dempster, CEO)!
I was just raging when I read it they didn't want to buy the centre-forward or the centre-half, I thought ka-ching! "I don't think much has happened.
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