Ajax sought and found a new striker in Angelos Charisteas, but Ronald Koeman would be wise to grant Ryan Babel his minutes. The young striker made it to the first team only this season and is a typical product of the Ajax youth academy. In the few minutes he has played so far this season, he has already become the most efficient striker in the Eredivisie!
Babel has played exactly 234 minutes so far this season in the Eredivisie, in which he managed to score four times, bringing him on an average of one goal per 58 minutes, almost two per match.
And that makes him the absolute #1 goalgetter in the Netherlands as the top scorers Dirk Kuyt, Salomon Kalou, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Kenneth Perez are respectively 7th, 9th, 12th and 8th on the efficiency list.
And even Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a player famous in Holland for his efficiency, has been surpassed. Though of course it needs to be said he barely played this season.
What the future will bring for Ryan Babel is to be seen. The young player is on the right track in the Eredivisie but, let's face it, our nation doesn't possess the world's toughest league, nor the strongest defences for that matter. But, with the champions league match against Juventus in mind in which Babel played very well for such a young player, there is plenty of reason to remain hopeful.
Source: www.vi.nl
Babel has played exactly 234 minutes so far this season in the Eredivisie, in which he managed to score four times, bringing him on an average of one goal per 58 minutes, almost two per match.
And that makes him the absolute #1 goalgetter in the Netherlands as the top scorers Dirk Kuyt, Salomon Kalou, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Kenneth Perez are respectively 7th, 9th, 12th and 8th on the efficiency list.
And even Zlatan Ibrahimovic, a player famous in Holland for his efficiency, has been surpassed. Though of course it needs to be said he barely played this season.
What the future will bring for Ryan Babel is to be seen. The young player is on the right track in the Eredivisie but, let's face it, our nation doesn't possess the world's toughest league, nor the strongest defences for that matter. But, with the champions league match against Juventus in mind in which Babel played very well for such a young player, there is plenty of reason to remain hopeful.
Source: www.vi.nl
