Marc Overmars

Ajax Amsterdam depart from preferred business model to spend big and recruit experienced Premier League footballers

Ajax Amsterdam have been busy in the transfer season, spending lavishly by their standards and recruiting Premier League players Daley Blind and Dusan Tadic.

Europa League: Ajax victory could underline virtues of nurturing homegrown talent in big-spending Europe

The Ajax team that demolished Lyon 4-1 in the first leg of the Europa League semi-final did so with an average age of 20.