Soccer-Ajax part ways with coach Steijn after losing run

AFC Ajax NV

23/10/2023 18:24

Oct 23 (Reuters) - Ajax Amsterdam have parted ways with
coach Maurice Steijn with immediate effect, the Eredivisie club
said on Monday after a run of four league defeats left them
second from bottom.
    The 49-year-old Steijn joined Ajax in June on a three-year
deal after a season at Sparta Rotterdam but their only league
win came against promoted Heracles at the start of the campaign.
    "We came to the conclusion that this is what is best for
Ajax, although I regret that," Steijn told the club website.
    "Everyone who knows me knows I have done everything to take
Ajax back to the place where this club belongs. But I failed to
do so."
    Ajax have five points from seven games.
    They visit Brighton & Hove Albion in the Europa League on
Thursday before a trip to leaders PSV Eindhoven on Sunday.

 (Reporting by Anita Kobylinska in Gdansk; Editing by Ken
Ferris)
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