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Ajax's academic success story | |
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Barcelona's Patrick Kluivert started off at Ajax
When it comes to developing their own players, few teams can compete with Ajax Amsterdam.
Forget the Man Utd youth team that found the likes of David Beckham, the Neville brothers and Paul Scholes. And never mind the Liverpool set-up that unearthed players of the calibre of Michael Owen, Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher. When you're talking about a production line of real world class talent, it's all about Ajax's world-famous De Toekomst (which translates as 'the future') academy. Just consider this list of players who came up through the Ajax ranks: Johan Cruyff, Johan Neeskens, Marco van Basten, Frank Rijkaard, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Patrick Kluivert and Dennis Bergkamp. Not a bad line-up! So what is it that allows a club that, by its own admission, cannot compete financially with the likes of Man Utd or Real Madrid to discover such fantastic talent? Well our friends at BBC World Service's World Football programme went over to Amsterdam to try to find out! Click on the buttons on the right-hand side to find out what makes Ajax's youth set-up so productive.
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