AMSTERDAM (AP) — Ajax parted firm with coach Maurice Steijn on Monday with the most important group within the Netherlands languishing in next-to-last place within the Dutch league after only one win from its opening seven video games.
Steijn solely joined from Sparta Rotterdam within the offseason, signing a three-year deal.
The mutual determination for Steijn to go away was taken after a 4-3 loss at Utrecht that left Ajax, a four-time European champion, one level off final place.
“We now have labored intensely and professionally collectively over the previous few months,” Ajax chief govt Jan van Halst stated. “However the sporting successes and the event of the group have been missing. That’s the reason we determined to sit down down collectively once more at the moment.
“This time, Maurice additionally expressed his considerations on whether or not he was the precise man in the precise place. Collectively we determined that it could be greatest to half methods.”
Ajax’s final win in any competitors got here on Aug. 24.
Hedwiges Maduro, a former Ajax participant, will take momentary cost of the group beginning with the journey to Brighton within the Europa League on Thursday.
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