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Ex-Spur Hawkins has Ajax trial

October 11, 2012
By ESPN staff

Former Tottenham player Ronnie Hawkins is on trial at Ajax after leaving White Hart Lane in the summer.

Hawkins, 18, played in a Ajax Under-21 game on Wednesday, watched by first team coach Frank de Boer, and is hoping to earn a contract at the Amsterdam Arena.

The Irish youth international, who spent part of the summer at Norwich, where former Spurs coach Chris Hughton is manager, played alongside first-team players including Derk Boerrigter in Wednesday's match.

Hawkins is not the first teenager to be taken on trial by Ajax following his release by an English club; Aston Villa academy graduate Harry Forrester turned out for the Amsterdam giants' youth team last year, though he did not end up signing a permanent deal and now plays for League One side Brentford.