Italian transfer guru Fabrizio Romano reports on X that Ajax has reduced the shortlist of potential successors to John van ‘t Schip to four people. The current head coach of the Amsterdam team announced earlier this Thursday that he will no longer lead the group after the summer, but will continue in a different role in the Johan Cruijff ArenA.
Romano does not name any specific persons, but a number of names have been circulating in the rumor circuit recently. For example, former Ajax coaches Frank de Boer (clubless) and Erik ten Hag (Manchester United) are said to be in the picture to take over from Van ‘t Schip after the summer. Football International However, yesterday (Wednesday) ruled out a return of Ten Hag.
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His assistant in Manchester, Mitchell van der Gaag, would be well received by policymakers in Amsterdam, the weekly reported. The decision on how to fill the position of head coach will rest with general manager Alex Kroes, who took office in the middle of this month, but: “It is crucial that it becomes a broadly supported decision, in which Danny Blind and Louis van Gaal (commissioner and advisor respectively) , ed.) can agree with.”
Other names doing the rounds are that of Pepijn Lijnders, who has worked as Jürgen Klopp’s assistant at the English top club Liverpool in recent years, but will leave next summer in the wake of the popular German. Pascal Jansen, who was fired from AZ earlier this season, is also seen as a candidate and has recently been spotted several times in the stands of the Johan Cruijff ArenA at Ajax home games.
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