Another Ajax fan here. Thanks for letting me join. Been following this thread for the past few days
Personally I hope Antony stays but at 100m euro he is definitely 100% yours. If Ziyech comes (on loan) there will bottles popping in Amsterdam. Sell for a 100m euro, 20m or so goes to Santos and we get an absolute legend back who is still well under 30. Meanwhile we have Conceicao to adjust without pressure and 60m or so to shop around with. Hopefully we can scout some new Antonys and repeat the cycle. Get the new guy in the winter so he has 6 months to adjust to club and country. So yes, we are a feeder club. Thats the business model. We used to shop in the <8m market in latin America (sanchez, martinez), then it became <20m (Alvarez, Neres, Antony) and now we might dip our toes in the 30m market..
However, Ajax is budgetting on a CL level (salary wise). Our filled bank account kind of allows us a season or two without CL but thats about it. No CL? we have to sell.. We sell.. we may not get CL again the next year.. We only get 1 direct CL spot in NL. PSV is breathing in our necks and, as widely reported here as well, we lost half our starting XI.. If we would sell Antony, not get Ziyech and PSV keeps Gakpo they might be favorite this season.. Sure we have more individual quality but a new coach and so many new players.. It's a serious risk.. Also good luck getting top prospects without CL..
Bottom line; if we get 100m and Ziyech (on loan) I would be very, very happy.. No Ziyech.. not so much
On the fee? 100m is completly bonkers. He is good, quite great even but nowhere near a 100m player. Maybe 60.. The original idea was to keep him and hope he shines at the WC and then hope some club would be crazy enough to fork out 80m but I guess Christmas came early