Overview
- Ajax has agreed to hire Míchel as its head coach on a two-year contract and he will replace Óscar García, who was brought in temporarily to stabilise the team.
- Míchel spent five seasons at FC Girona, where he won promotion in his first year, guided the club to a shock third-place finish in LaLiga and its first Champions League entry, and left after Girona were relegated.
- Statistically, Míchel managed Girona for 221 matches with an average of 1.45 points per game, a record Ajax cites as evidence of his competitiveness and longevity.
- Technical director Jordi Cruijff praised Míchel as an ambitious, demanding coach whose intensive working methods fit Ajax and said the appointment clears the way to improve the squad.
- The club expects the hire to start a longer-term rebuild after a fifth-place league finish, so key next steps will be reshaping the playing roster, setting tactical priorities, and overseeing the transition from interim management.