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Ajax signs Martin Jol as new coach
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The choice was: Danny Blind or Martin Jol. Ajax wanted a name, a coach with experience and a tough taskmaster. Martin Jol is all that. Danny Blind would have been a good choice – an Ajax man – but despite his good – but late – results in an earlier stint, Blind was still seen as inexperienced and vulnerable.
Jol never coached a bigger team in Holland than RKC Waalwijk. He left the club to become Tottenham’s field trainer and got promoted in a few months to head coach. Feyenoord once wanted to sign the Scheveningen-born former Bayern Munich player but the chairman at the time thought “Jol was too fat to be a good coach” and Feyenoord signed Ruud Gullit (!). Ajax wanted to sign him a tad later but Jol chose the Premier League. When the Spurs sacked Jol, PSV seemed a candidate but Jol was still negotiating a deal with the London club and couldn’t commit.
Jol agreed to a three-year deal, but HSV doesn’t want to see him leave. They’re content with Jol in the German port-city and Ajax will have to compensate the Hamburg club.
Danny Blind will assist Jol as technical manager.
Could work out well I suppose.
But I would rather have seen Danny Blind getting the full job, but then I am quite a bit biased 
Great for Ajax! I expect a good season next season. Jol is a really good coach.
Posted from 
Netherlands
Jol will operate in the English manager’s style, like Arsene.
Danny Blind has been asked to become the main field trainer (and he accepted) while John van ‘t Schip will remain on board as the other assistant.
This could surely mean Elia will make the move from Twente to Ajax instead of HSV.
@ Sonneveld Harry Redknapp. Hopefully next season Ajax can do well in the first official Europa League. I’m sure that if Shaktar can win it so can Ajax, especially with a World Class coach at the helm.
Posted from 
Canada
hamburg let jol go for free. he had mild disagreement with hamburg’s board a few days ago about summer signings. Good for ajax. gained in my opinion of of the best coaches in europe for nothing.
Posted from 
New Zealand
This seems like a good move to me. Hopefully Jol can be very successful and get the club back on track.
Posted from Canada
Good move. Jol is an experiences coach and I’m sure he’ll do a good job. I hope he gives more opportunities to Dutch players.
The way Barcelona plays remainds me of the Ajax of Van Gaal, although I still think that Ajax was better but it’s just my opinion.
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some of you guys were debating about if he can make it big and i just sort of stumbled across it
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Jol did well at tottenham, they dipped since he left and only harry ??? something portsmouths old mananger has been able to right the ship