FC Porto reportedly interested in wantaway Ajax defender Youri Baas

[p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/baas-youri/jyjasemf/"]Baas[/a], 23, has been vocal about a possible summer transfer, with newly appointed [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/ajax/8UOvIwnb/"]Ajax[/a] boss Michel Sanchez unable to guarantee him a starting spot.[/p][p]Prior to Ajax's Eredivisie match against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/telstar/Aw0qTPat/"]Telstar[/a] on Sunday, [a href="https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/fc-porto-meldt-zich-voor-youri-baas"][b][i]Voetbal International[/i][/b][/a]'s Tim van Duijn reported that [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/fc-porto/S2NmScGp/"]FC Porto[/a] is interested in Youri Baas. Porto will know Baas well through manager Francesco Farioli, under whom Baas broke into the first team in the 2024/25 season.[/p][embed guid="c3f96d06-f751-4a50-8b46-6a76742862c2" url="https://x.com/TimvanDuijn14/status/2094056067164500130?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]Having started the last three matches, Baas is on the bench for the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/ajax-8UOvIwnb/telstar-Aw0qTPat/?mid=fqY1s8hg"]game this Sunday against Telstar[/a], which Van Duijn suggested was no coincidence with Porto making their interest known.[/p][p]Baas, who was on [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/eintracht-frankfurt/8vndvXTk/"]Eintracht Frankfurt[/a]'s radar as well, is under contract until 2028. The left-footed defender has played 96 games for the Amsterdam club since debuting in 2022.[/p][infobox id="a26dc69f-5d29-48c9-8d0f-786c18f76a2b" /][image alt="Youri Baas' statistics" id="772e981c-cd67-4940-91ab-0341c09fc1ef" credit-line="Flashscore" guid="05c93a16-9a5c-4bc8-bbc8-40f803e5bd1f" original-width="2160" original-height="2700" /]