Respected Dutch league pundit Johan Derksen has fired a barb at Ajax two goals hero against Heerenveen Chuba Akpom over his post match comments, where he lamented the way he was treated upon his arrival.
Signed from English Championship side Middlesbrough in the summer, the 28 year old is begining to show why the club spent big to sign him after finishing as top scorer and also the best player in the English second division.
Akpom who has scored three goals in his last two games said he was left all to himself at his hotel room in Amsterdam since his arrival from England in the summer. He also said the former coach of the Dutch side Maurice Steijn didn’t help him in settling down quickly.
He said new coach John van’t Schip is getting the best out of him by treating him differently from the previous coach. His comments didn’t go down well with Derksen, who is famed for his verbal outburst.
“What nonsense!” he queried with no sympathy for the ex Arsenal player. “What spoiled children to complain about that. They bought that man for way too much money. He complains a lot. He just has to work for his money.”
His statement is coming at a time when the head coach of the senior national team of Nigeria Jose Peseiro is set to include the Ajax number 10 for the first time in the list of invited players for the World Cup qualifiers games against Lesotho and Zimbabwe respectively.
Already he has been sent a provisional invitation and will be hoping he makes the final list of 23 players expected to be made public later this week.
Osas Mahawi
