THREAD | 4 days before the game vs Feyenoord, Daley Blind speaks to @ADnl about Alfred Schreuder and his exit at the club. This is his story. Blind: "For a very long time I thought I would end my career at Ajax. On my way home [while leaving Ajax for the last time], I thought: 'Is this real? Did I really play my last game for Ajax?'

THREAD | Alfred Schreuder speaks to @MikeVerweij regarding Daley Blind. 🚨 - Schreuder: "I blame myself for not saying goodbye to Daley Blind when he was at the training centre. We were in a meeting and I wasn't sure whether he would come. But then he was there. I should have definitely gone up to him."

Thread | Heated moments between Louis van Gaal and a journalist during the press conference. • Can you tell us why Klaassen, Rensch & De Vrij are selected and others not?

Van Gaal: "This is so evil from you. I'm not going to let my players down. These are players who give everything for our country and you want to put them down as small players."

Thread | Dusan Tadic was victim of an attempted robbery in Amsterdam. He tells his story to @MikeVerweij. Tadic: "I was having dinner with a friend. They placed a 'tracker' underneath my car so they could follow me. When I arrived home, two men tried to attack me. I then took a 400 meter sprint. I was wearing a suit and formal shoes and I was still faster than them."

Thread | Antony's interview with @MikeVerweij from @telegraaf.

About the interest from Manchester United, his relationship with Erik ten Hag, his relationship with Alfred Schreuder, and his love for Ajax. • To get straight to the point, can you assure the fans you will still be an Ajax player on the 1st of September?

Antony: "No. To be honest, I can't. I can say that I want to make the right decision together with my family, agents & Ajax. God decides my future in the end."

Thread | Erik ten Hag's interview with @MikeVerweij about his time at Ajax and his new job at Manchester United. Ten Hag: "From the 16th of May, I am the manager of Manchester United. A lot has to happen in preperation of the new season, such as the implementation of the staff members and the squad for next season. I will make my mark on both and I want it do be done extremely carefully."

Thread | Erik ten Hag's interview to @trouw, taken after the announcement of becoming the new Manchester United manager. • Can you cope with stars? With the Ronaldo's of this world?

Ten Hag: "I think I can, but I will stay myself in that. I won't change my vision. I will tell them their task and whoever does not meet those tasks will hear that from me, no matter who it is."

Thread | Dutch media (@RTL7) happened to get an interview with Solksjaer after the game and asked him about the situation regarding Donny van de Beek. 🇳🇱 • Could you explain the position of Van de Beek?

Solksjaer: "At the moment it is hard... I understand Donny. He is frustrated, he is disappointed. I know he is not happy but he is a top professional! He doesn't let himself down and he knows this is how it works in football."

Guido Albers (Donny agent) was live on @ZiggoSport last night, taking the time to talk about Donny van de Beek's situation at Manchester United while also explaining what happened on the last day of the transfer window.

This will be a full thread, all quotes included. @ZiggoSport “Donny joined Man United with lots of expectations. Solksjaer told him that they would play in another system. In the first 5 games it already went wrong, and at the end of the season we had to come to the conclusion that he barely played. So we thought: what about next year?"

Messi: “When I was a child, I always asked Santa for something linked with football. A ball, a jersey, football boots. My parents did everything to try to make me happy.” Messi: “There are many other athletes that I admire: LeBron, Nadal, Federer. In every sport I have someone I admire.”

Thread | Full extended interview from Donny van de Beek with @MikeVerweij after signing for Manchester United. @MikeVerweij Donny: “You have no idea how happy I am that I finally got my transfer. Because as you knew, I had an agreement with Real Madrid, and so did the clubs, but for some reason it never went through. Players that were supposed to leave Real Madrid stayed, so they couldn’t sign me.”

THREAD | A short thread regarding the World Cup and why people should stop believing that winning the World Cup is what makes the difference between getting ranked among the GOAT'S or not as an individual player. First of all, the World Cup consists of only 7 games. 3 Group-Stages games (very often against much weaker countries), and then only 4 games left.

If you are lucky, you might face some 'easy' countries in the first 2 knock-out rounds, and then 2 tough countries in the last 2.