Ajax midfielder Davy Klaassen feels that it is “brilliant” to face his old team Inter Milan in the Champions League.
The Dutchman gave his reaction after the Champions League draw today, via FCInterNews.
Today, UEFA held the draw for the league phase of the Champions League.
This will be the second season in which the first phase of the competition is a 36-team mini-league, in which each team faces eight other teams.
This as opposed to the group stage consisting of eight groups of four teams.
The new format has meant that each team plays at least eight matches, rather than six.
Furthermore, it entails each team facing eight different opponents, rather than three home and away.
Inter Milan learned who their opponents will be in the draw.
The Nerazzurri will face the likes of Liverpool, Arsenal, Slavia Prague, and Kairat Almaty at home.
Away, meanwhile, the Nerazzurri will take on the likes of Borussia Dortmund, Atletico Madrid, Ajax, and Union Saint-Gilloise,
Ajax Midfielder Davy Klaassen: “Brilliant To Face Inter Milan” In Champions League
Ajax midfielder Davy Klaassen spent one season as an Inter player. He joined the club in the summer of 2023, and then left at the end of his contract last summer.
Klaassen has been back at Ajax since then.
The Dutchman commented that “personally I think it’s brilliant that we’ll be facing Inter.”
“They’re the only top club that I’ve ever played for,” he added.
“So I really hoped that we would face up against them.”