Incoming Ajax CEO Alex Kroes has called former Arsenal man Sven Mislintat a ‘con man’ for the business he did with the Dutch club.

COLOGNE, GERMANY - AUGUST 28: Sven Mislintat, sporting direvctor of Stuttgart sits on the bench prior to the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Köln and VfB Stuttgart at RheinEnergieStadion on August 28, 2022 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Getty Images)
COLOGNE, GERMANY: Sven Mislintat, sporting director of Stuttgart sits on the bench prior to the Bundesliga match between 1. FC Köln and VfB Stuttgart at RheinEnergieStadion on August 28, 2022 in Cologne, Germany. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Getty Images)

Alex Kroes is set to become Ajax’s new CEO next March, and the former Go Ahead Eagles owner hasn’t held back in his criticism of former Ajax Director of Football Sven Mislintat.

“The past two transfer windows are the worst in this club’s history,” Kroes said in quotes reported in Menno de Galan’s book ‘Ajax In Crisis’.

“Sven Mislintat is a charming con man. Four left-backs?! I would have given people a slap in the neck if I, as general manager, had known about it.

“Four left defenders and no right-wingers. It’s really terrible.”

Sven Mislintat via Arsenal.com
Sven Mislintat via Arsenal.com

Mislintat was recently accused of telling players to switch agents to someone with a stake in his company if they wanted a transfer to Ajax.

Dutch outlet NOS reported quotes from VEB director Gerben Everts on Mislintat, with Everts accusing the former Arsenal Head of Recruitment of asking new Ajax signings to switch agents to Arthur Beck of AKA Global GmbH.

Earlier this year, Beck took a stake in Mislintat’s company Matchmetrics GmbH, and he reportedly earned a commission from Ajax for brokering the transfer of Borna Sosa – signed by the club over the summer.

Sporting director Sven Mislintat of VfB Stuttgart seen during the Second Bundesliga match between VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Nürnberg at Mercedes-Benz Arena on December 09, 2019 in Stuttgart, Germany.
STUTTGART, GERMANY: Sporting director Sven Mislintat of VfB Stuttgart seen during the Second Bundesliga match between VfB Stuttgart and 1. FC Nürnberg at Mercedes-Benz Arena on December 09, 2019. (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Bongarts/Getty Images)

Ajax then announced that there would be an independent investigation into whether Mislintat breached any stock exchange rules.

Prior to that, Ajax had sacked Mislintat due to the “lack of broad support within the organisation”. They claim Mislintat’s departure was unrelated to the forensic accountant investigation into him.