Ajax has reported to FC Utrecht for Sean Klaiber, so reported The Telegraph Monday. The interest from Amsterdam in the right back is confirmed by various media and the Algemeen Dagblad writes that Klaiber has more irons in the fire. According to the newspaper, he is also in the interest of the Italian Parma.

Ajax strengthened itself in various positions this summer, but not in the rear. Despite this, Sven Botman was sold to Lille OSC, Joël Veltman to Brighton & Hove Albion and Sergiño Dest is about to leave for Barcelona. The flush in the rear is therefore thin and so director of player affairs Marc Overmars wants to add a new defender to the selection of Erik ten Hag.

According to it Algemeen Dagblad AZ-back Owen Wjindal had been in the picture at Ajax for some time as successor to Nicolás Tagliafico, but he is seen as too expensive an option for a spare role. Klaiber as an alternative to Noussair Mazraoui is financially more advantageous for Ajax, it sounds. Overmars is negotiating with FC Utrecht, but the difference between supply and demand is still ‘decent’, according to the newspaper.

It would not be a foregone conclusion that Klaiber exchanges FC Utrecht for Ajax. Parma, the current finalist of the Serie A, would also have a crush on him. According to the newspaper reporter, a switch from Klaiber to Ajax is sensitive to the rivalry between both clubs. Moreover, the defender has shown his aversion to Ajax several times in recent years.

He once said that he does not think it is possible for a FC Utrecht player to go to Ajax. In 2018, he became angry with teammate Zakaria Labyad, who wanted to put on an Ajax shirt as a player for Utrecht after the duel with Ajax. Last week, Klaiber indicated that he does not want to leave. “There is so much great going on here,” said Klaiber. “I just want to be part of this team.”