Ajax has announced the departure of Quincy Promes to the world. The 29-year-old attacker immediately leaves the team from Amsterdam behind for a return to Spartak Moscow, where he was previously under contract between 2014 and 2018. Ajax announces to the world that Spartak pays a fixed transfer fee of 8.5 million euros, which can rise to 11 million euros due to variables.
ESPN already reported on Wednesday morning of the forthcoming transfer of Promes, which will sign a contract in Moscow that will run until mid-2024. “It is still in the making, the signatures have yet to be signed. It seems that it will come about, but a deal is only a deal when the signatures have been put”, trainer Erik ten Hag said in the run-up to Wednesday at the press conference. to the Europa League match with Lille OSC another blow to the arm. Barely two hours after the press conference, Promes’ return to Moscow turns out to be in jugs and pitchers.
Ajax took over the winger from Sevilla in the summer of 2019 for an amount of 15.7 million euros. At Spartak, Promes returns to the old nest. In his first period, between 2014 and 2018, he captured the Russian league title and the Super Cup. In addition, the 47-time international of the Dutch national team was named Player of the Year in Russia in 2017. Earlier in his career, the brand-new acquisition of Spartak was under contract with FC Twente and Go Ahead Eagles.
Promes was not sure of a base place at Ajax this season and was discredited after he was arrested in connection with a stabbing incident. In recent weeks, he was no longer part of the match selection, so the home game against Willem II (3-1 win) was his last game in Amsterdam service. “We were not really open to it, with all the matches we have,” Ten Hag said. “In the end we found an alternative (with Oussama Idrissi, ed.) And made the choice to cooperate.”
In the service of Ajax, Promes was good for a total of 53 official matches, in which he scored 22 goals and 6 assists. With the team from Amsterdam, the 47-time the Dutch-international seized the Johan Cruijff Scale last season. Promes’ contract with Ajax continued until the summer of 2024.