Ajax boss Alfred Schreuder has revealed his £19million plus add-ons swoop for Calvin Bassey had been deliberate for months after being blown away by his Rangers shows.
The defender accomplished a transfer to the Netherlands this week to signal for the Dutch champions after a sensational second half of the season at Ibrox. Bassey's transfer got here out of the blue, with the Amsterdam giants transferring rapidly to snap up the Nigeria worldwide as soon as their preliminary curiosity was confirmed.
Nevertheless, Schreuder - who solely took cost at Ajax in the summertime after guiding Membership Brugges to the Belgian title - revealed he had Bassey in his thoughts as quickly as he moved to the Netherlands due to his curiosity in going-ons at Ibrox. He stated: "Calvin Bassey did not simply come to my consideration as a result of I watched his YouTube movies, I knew all about him for a very long time.
"I have been following the fortunes of Rangers for the final six months or so as a result of I've been within the Rangers administration group. When you could have fellow Dutchmen Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Dave Vos because the assistant coach at Rangers, I used to be at all times going to observe them.
"So I already knew about him, though our scouting employees actually knew about him too. He's a really sturdy defender with a number of pace. He has developed so much within the final six months. I feel time will present we acquired this switch proper."
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