Overview
- Assistant coach Marcel Keizer also leaves as Ajax terminates both contracts and hands interim control to Fred Grim.
- Ajax sit bottom of the Champions League league-phase table after four losses, with Wednesday’s 3-0 home defeat to Galatasaray intensifying pressure from supporters.
- The club are fourth in the Eredivisie with five wins from 11 and trail the leaders by eight points, with a trip to Utrecht next.
- Kroes called the move a painful decision, said progress was insufficient, and indicated he hopes to present a new head coach soon.
- Multiple outlets report Ajax have approached former manager Erik ten Hag about a return, with talks ongoing and no decision announced.