Two teams were thwarted in last-minute bids for Ajax
striker Klaas Jan Huntelaar, the Dutch side’s technical director
Danny Blind has confirmed.
Ajax were resolved to retain the services of the Holland
international but Blind admitted he was still shocked to learn
of the two undisclosed offers, one of which was rumoured to have
come from Real Madrid.
With Huntelaar's suitors increasingly desperate, the scale of
the proposed offers caught Blind on the hop.
“We were surprised,” Blind told Elf Voetbal.
“The last-minute transfer of Huntelaar remained taboo for us. We
decided that at an internal meeting last Thursday and the two clubs
were told.
"I must say that they were just phone calls. You would have had
to wait and see if the offers would have been the same on
paper."
Real Madrid were thwarted in a bid for Valencia
striker David Villa on Monday night and Calderon admitted his
club faced brick walls whichever way they turned.
“The players Real Madrid wanted were not for sale,” Calderon
told Marca.
