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“Chuba was a special player as a young player. He played as a supporting striker, attacking midfielder, and sometimes winger but also number nine. A very versatile player with a lot of qualities. To be honest, I was already interested once in him. I tried to sign him at the age of 19 from Arsenal to move to Dortmund but he made a decision to stay at Arsenal,” Mislintat told Ajax website.
With his decision to stay at the Emirates Stadium then, Akpom endured some tough loan spells before making some breakthroughs in Greece with PAOK and finally Middlesbrough in the Championship last season, when he scored 29 goals for Boro in all competitions to finish as the second tier’s top scorer and also win the league’s player of the season award.
“I’m quite happy for him that he has developed into the kind of striker he can be at 28,” Mislintat added. Akpom will be unavailable for Ajax when they play Excelsior this weekend because he is yet to get his work permit. However, he could play in their Europa League qualifier next week.All rights reserved. This material, and other digital content on this website, may not be reproduced, published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed in whole or in part without prior express written permission from PUNCH.
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