When it comes to developing their own players, few teams can compete with Ajax Amsterdam. Forget the Man Utd youth team ... Ajax's world-famous De Toekomst (which translates as 'the future') academy.

October 25, 2022 Ajax before ... youth academy in European football, according to a study of clubs by Swiss research bureau CIES Football Observatory. There are currently 85 players in Europe’s top 31 ...

DC’s academy leaves Wednesday for Amsterdam and this weekend’s AEGON Future Cup 2011, a U-17 tournament hosted by famed Dutch club Ajax. The tournament runs Saturday through Monday.