Davy Klaassen

In Eredivisie 2026–27 Klaassen has made two appearances, both starts, and picked up one yellow card; his goal output this phase has arrived in cup and continental qualifying matches – two goals in two European Play-off appearances and two goals in three Conference League qualifying appearances – suggesting Ajax are using him as a starting option in early league rounds while relying on his attacking influence in cup and European qualifying fixtures.

Klaassen is 33, Dutch and plays as a centre midfielder for Ajax; his career spans four senior clubs – Ajax, Everton, Werder Bremen and Inter Milan – with a standout early spell at Ajax that led to a €24,000,000 move to Everton in 2017, followed by transfers of €12,000,000 to Werder Bremen and €10,000,000 back to Ajax in 2020, and later free transfers to Inter Milan and back to Ajax, a sequence that maps a peak transfer value around the Everton move and lower fees thereafter.

He moved from Ajax to Everton on 2017-07-01 for €24,000,000, transferred from Everton to Werder Bremen on 2018-07-27 for €12,000,000, joined Ajax from Werder Bremen on 2020-10-05 for €10,000,000, signed for Inter Milan on 2023-08-31 on a free transfer, and returned to Ajax on 2024-09-17 on a free transfer – a pattern of early high fees followed by free moves later in his career.