Overview
- Ajax has confirmed that Oleksandr Zinchenko is back training with the club’s first-team and using its medical and rehab facilities while he remains a free agent.
- The club says the arrangement is for rehabilitation only and does not constitute a playing contract or a commitment to sign him once he is fit.
- Zinchenko suffered a season-ending knee injury in his second appearance for Ajax against Fortuna Sittard, underwent surgery, and was sidelined for the rest of that campaign.
- The 29-year-old left Arsenal in February 2026 after six years, had a brief loan at Nottingham Forest, and saw his short-term Ajax contract expire at the end of June.
- Training at Ajax’s high-level facility improves his chance of returning to play, but any new deal will depend on medical progress and the club’s sporting decisions, and Zinchenko has publicly thanked coaches Jordi Cruijff and Michel Sánchez for their support.