“This boy can defend” – Feyenoord legend Hanegem believes Super Eagles star is a scapegoat for poor Eredivisie champions

The Nigeria worldwide has been subjected to intense criticism from practically each nook since making a big-money transfer in the summertime

Willem van Hanegem says Tremendous Eagles defender Calvin Bassey has been a simple scapegoat at Ajax Amsterdam, with the Feyenoord legend proposing a purpose why the teenager has been removed from his greatest but within the Netherlands.

Calvin Bassey made waves in Scotland and the Europa League final season with a string of fantastic performances at centre-back, full-back, and wing-back earlier than incomes a document transfer to Amsterdam in the summertime.

However his shows for Ajax have continually been criticised, with the Nigeria worldwide usually hounded for his restricted passing vary and defensive nous at centre-back.

Extremely, Ajax haven’t gained any of their final 5 league matches and the champions have been held to a 0-0 draw at residence by Twente on the weekend.

Ajax completed that sport with ten males as Devyne Rensch acquired a pink card for a foolish sort out on Twente striker Ricky van Wolfswinkel. The teenager had been most well-liked at centre-back forward of Bassey who performed at left-back.

Nonetheless the critics, together with former Actual Madrid man Wesley Sneijder, have picked straightforward pictures at Bassey.

Former Sparta Rotterdam and Utrecht coach Willem van Hanegem is satisfied that Bassey has been unfairly handled and wrongly deployed in Amsterdam and is a simple goal for blame.

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Van Hanegem claims that the previous Leicester Metropolis lad would even be blamed for a cup of tea being spilled in Ajax when shut statement reveals he’s a correct defender.

“This boy can actually defend, however they continually put him in conditions for which he’s much less appropriate as a participant,” Willem van Hanegem writes in his Algemeen Dagblad column.

“Ajax was all the time the membership that would destroy groups by enjoying soccer from behind. That isn’t potential with Jorge Sánchez, Bassey and Devyne Rensch. Jurriën Timber does have these capacities, however they haven’t improved for a while at halftime and afterwards once more about Bassey, as a result of if somebody within the Johan Cruijff ArenA knocks over a cup of tea, then he has executed it.

“I feel Bassey would by no means have made that mistake. Rensch was one-on-one in opposition to Ricky van Wolfswinkel, probably not a quick striker. And he was so shocked. Unbelievable so far as I’m involved.”

Bassey, 23, has made 14 Eredivisie appearances scoring one objective and offering two assists.