Ajax and the Japanese club Gamba Osaka will start a strategic collaboration to develop Japan's talent identification and development initiatives. For Ajax, this collaboration is a significant chance to strengthen the worldwide football network and identify young talents in Japanese football. "Considering our goal of finding talent in all places of the world, Japan is a very interesting market", Marijn Beuker says.
Ajax and Gamba Osaka are delighted to announce a strategic partnership to advance talent identification and development initiatives in Japan. This exclusive collaboration is scheduled to extend over an initial three-year period.
An Ajax delegation travelled to Mexico in early January to go on a working visit to CF Pachuca, Ajax's newest international partner club. The two clubs have been working intensively together since August.
A dream came true for Vera Sweers when she heard she was allowed to join Ajax’s Talent Team U16. The talented teen grew up in Spain and Dubai, where she first learned about the Ajax philosophy. Vera’s transfer is a first because never before has a player from the United Arab Emirates transferred to the Amsterdam-based youth academy.