The Denmark manager Morten Olsen,
who was the Ajax manager from 1997-99,
is a great admirer of the defender, Boilesen
himself has expressed great expectations
to play in the away game against Celtic,
wanting to experience the very special
atmosphere on European nights at Celtic
Park,
In midfield another Dane, Lasse Schone,
had a great first season with Ajax last
season - including five UEFA Champions
League games, Manager Frank de Boer has
expressed great confidence about the Dane
for this season,
Up front, Danish internationalist Viktor
Fischer is another very promising talent at
Ajax, He is only 19, very quick and skilful
and a good goalscorer as well, Fischer's
talent was there to see already when he was
just a boy, and he holds the Danish record for
most Under-16 games for Denmark,
He was a regular last season as Ajax
became Dutch champions for the 32th time,
Fischer also played against Celtic in the
pre-season friendly back in 2012, and he was
involved in three of the four Ajax goals in
that game,
Lucas Andersen, at only 18, came to Ajax
from Danish club Aalborg last season, He
hopes to make regular appearances in the
first team this season, and he is already a
Danish under-21 internationalist,
This summer 16-year-old Brondby player
Markus Bay signed a three-year contract
with the club, becoming the 24th Danish
player to join Ajax in the club's history,
Over the years many famous Danish
internationalists have played with Ajax,
Frank Arnesen, who was later a sports
director at Chelsea, was there, Jan Molby was
Ole Dall is the chief editor of the daily
Danish newspaper, Skive Folkeblad
at Ajax before he moved to Liverpool, and
the famous Laudrup-brothers - Brian and
Michael - were also great players for Ajax,
Jesper Olsen and Jesper Groenkjaer too made
a great impression playing for Ajax,
And Ajax scout John Steen Olsen is a Dane
too. He says that a combination that Ajax's
excellent reputation in Scandinavia and the
fact that playing with Ajax raises the profile
of players are just two of the reasons why
the Dutch club is so popular among Danish
players,
You could add that the Ajax tradition
of skillful, attacking football, the football
mentality, the culture, the language and the
city of Amsterdam are also explanations for
the Danish invasion of talented players to
Ajax.
And it's also part of the reason why the
Danish players seem to adapt very well to
life at Ajax Amsterdam.
Danes playing for Ajax has been a
tradition for many years now, And the
Ajax supporters have always liked the
Scandinavian players, who also has a
reputation of skill and good discipline along
with knowledge about the way football is
played at Ajax.
ilill
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Brian Laudrup
