Overview

• Seven first-team members including Borna Sosa, Chuba Akpom and Carlos Forbs were added to a WhatsApp group and informed they are no longer wanted.
• The affected players must wait until the main squad finishes sessions to access facilities, have lost on-site parking and share a single physiotherapist.
• The move follows Ajax’s collapse in the Eredivisie title race and a second consecutive failure to qualify for the Champions League.
• Club insiders trace the purge back to the squad imbalance created by Sven Mislintat’s €120 million spending spree in summer 2023.
• Ajax has remained publicly silent on the reports as it readies a comprehensive overhaul of its roster for the new season.