Kannemeyer slams Ajax management

Kannemeyer says management drove the club to its downfall by not respecting people that were willing to contribute to its success.

“It’s sad for Ajax fans and the people of Cape Town to see Ajax get relegated,” Kannemeyer told SunSport.

“But sometimes you have to be honest and call a spade a spade.

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“I am also sad to see the club which had helped many launch their football careers go down. We all worked hard to build the Ajax brand.

“But the truth is Ajax deserved to go down and the management are to blame. They do not respect players and the people working hard behind the scenes,” added the former Kaizer Chiefs defender.

“They treat players like cheap labour, forgetting that they need to be taken care of. How do you pay a player R10 000 these days and expect him to deliver week after week? Some guys were earning R4000 a month for coaching the development players.

“As sad as it is, I do not see them returning from the NFD unless they start respecting people.”

Kannemeyer says Ajax bosses must learn from Mamelodi Sundowns president Patrice Motsepe, who “respects his players and everyone at Chloorkop” despite being a billionaire.

“Sundowns are one of the big teams on the African continent today because their president respects everyone. Ajax could have gone far if management respected people but they don’t. So I cannot cry for them.”

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