Ajax has reached an agreement with the family of Abdelhak Nouri about compensation of 7,850,000 euros and according to Johan Derksen that is a good thing. The analyst is of the opinion that the leadership of Ajax has taken a very long time to come to a solution. Nouri suffered a cardiac arrest on 8 July 2017 during a practice match in Austria. As a result, the midfielder suffered serious and permanent brain damage.
“You prevent a whole lot of ordinary mud throwing from both parties, and that is good”, Derksen indicates on Monday evening. VI Today the agreement reached between Ajax and the Nouri camp. Presenter Wilfred Genee immediately suggests that it is difficult to come up with a satisfactory amount for a player whose career is cut in such a way. “Of course, that boy has to be cared for all his life, that costs a fortune. And of course, if you take the Nouri point of view, he would have made a lot of money, if it had gone normally.”
Ajax settles with Nouri family and announces exact damage amount
On Monday, it was announced that both parties had reached an agreement on the amount of damage.
“And Ajax has demonstrably failed. I feel a little sorry for that doctor, they have hidden him a bit,” Derksen refers to Don de Winter, who left Ajax in November 2018. “But he failed when he had to intervene.” Table mate Wim Kieft wonders whether professional football clubs in the Netherlands have taken out insurance to cover themselves against situations such as around Nouri. “I don’t think so, Wim. I don’t think so for lump sum payments,” René van der Gijp answers right away. “They (Ajax, ed.) were going to reimburse those costs, right? And then for life,” Kieft adds.
Derksen understands what Kieft is referring to. “I also think that Ajax was obliged to do so. Perhaps the Nouri party asked a very strange amount, but I think that Ajax has taken a rigid position in that matter for a long time. Because you have to arrange something like this as an employer. You are responsible there. for and yes, then you have to sit on the blisters,” says Derksen.