Marc Overmars will extend his contract until mid-2026, according to a video that Ajax mistakenly put on Twitter and quickly removed. The football affairs director of the Amsterdammers confirms to The Telegraph the news and thus definitively distances itself from the interest of Newcastle United.
Overmars was given the option in November to enter into a conversation with Newcastle United, which is looking for a director who can set the purchase policy. Made at the end of November The Telegraph It was already known that Overmars had decided after long deliberation to refrain from doing so. That could have to do with the dramatic sporting situation of the club, which is in a relegation spot in the Premier League. Newcastle’s new Saudi Arabian owners are betting on a substantial injection of millions in the winter transfer window.
#Ajax Accidentally posts a video about contract extension Marc #overmars until 2026 and delete it again. Director confirms upcoming extension. pic.twitter.com/SuZpMLmoQB
— Mike Verweij (@MikeVerweij) December 7, 2021
Rafael van der Vaart reacts to Ziggo Sports excited about the news about Overmars’ contract extension. “Great”, is his first reaction. “I have said before: what he and Edwin van der Sar (the general manager of Ajax, ed.) put together is something unique. I’m happy with it. I don’t find it surprising either, because I know Marc a bit. This is great for them. They do a great job, so why not?”
Overmars earned 696,000 euros at Ajax last season, including bonuses, according to the club’s annual figures. The director sold more than 600 million euros to players in eight years, of which more than 360 million euros in the past three seasons. In recent years, Overmars has started a change of course at Ajax in the purchasing area and gained the necessary experience with Daley Blind and Dusan Tadic as an addition to the young group of players.