I don't think anyone denies that Ajax are the number one club in the Eredivisie. The usual practice of this team is to win the league championship. In recent seasons, the team has produced well-known players such as Anthony. The team's hematopoietic function is amazing, and the speed of selling people is fast enough. They sold Anthony to Manchester United and defender Lisandro Martinez. In addition, the core goalscorer Alai (Halle) went to Dortmund. This season's Ajax have finally tasted the pain of severe attrition.
In league matches, they were at one point extremely close to Feyenoord. However, the direct PK between the two sides ended in a 3-2 victory for Feyenoord. Since then, Ajax, who know that they will not be able to compete for the title, has begun to become muddled, and now after 32 rounds, the team has only 61 points (one game less), and has slipped to third place in the table.
After the defeat to Feyenoord, the team's league record was not satisfactory, and small teams such as the former Forward Eagles were able to take points on them.
In the Dutch Cup, the team started in the second round and beat Dunbosch (Eredivisie), Twente and Graf Sharp (Eredivisie) and Feyenoord. In the final, they fought Eindhoven fiercely. The two sides played 1-1 in 120 matches, with Ajax scoring first and Eden Hazard equalising.
After entering the penalty shootout, Serbian core Tadic scored first. However, three of the four who came on later missed penalties. The opponent played 5 people, 2 did not score, in fact, the efficiency was average, but Ajax's performance was even worse. In the end, PSV Eindhoven won the championship plate. In last summer's Dutch Super Cup, PSV Eindhoven beat Ajax 5-3 to win the title. In this way, Ajax have won two runners-up this season, and they can't touch the side of the league runners-up.
In the third tier, the team has scored 103 goals, but it is still not a score. Ajax this season is indeed sad.
In the Champions League, the team won 2 wins and 4 defeats in 6 matches, scoring 11 goals, but only finished third. They were absent from the Europa League and played the play-offs with an aggregate score of 3-1 defeat to the angry Union Berlin.
Last summer, the team sold 216 million euros, and Ajax also spent more than 100 million euros to replenish the squad, but the role of new signings is limited. PSV Eindhoven has integrated personnel after the change of manager, and Feyenoord is also setting off a new storm of youth. In contrast, Ajax's squad is aging, and the strength of the newcomers is not as good as the other two. In short, Ajax needs to tear down and rebuild this summer, otherwise they will continue this slump next year.