ViewChild with IonSlides doesn't work as expected

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Hello,
I have a strange issue with ViewChild behaviour.
As you can see, i have a “basic” html

<ion-slides pager="true" #slides>
    <ion-slide>
        <ion-button expand="block" (click)="nextStep()">Next</ion-button>
    </ion-slide>

In ts file, im trying to access like that

  @ViewChild('slides') slides: IonSlides;

nextStep() {
    console.log('ionSLide', this.slides);
  }

And when i check the value in log, i always have “ElementRef” and not the componentInstance.
(I tried with static true/false, no differences) and with the read: IonSlides my variable is undefined.

I use ViewChild with angular since 3 years and i never had an issue like that, what is wrong ?

I’m using Ionic 5 and angular 10 or 11 (same issue).

Thanks guys !