Prince Aning stands for a transfer from Ajax to Borussia Dortmund, German media and assure Ajax Showtime. According to Football International However, Bayern Munich is also interested and both top Bundesliga clubs are working on his arrival. The seventeen-year-old left defender does not yet have a professional contract, although the Amsterdam club does intend to come up with a contract proposal ‘soon’.
Youth football players in the Netherlands are allowed to sign a professional contract from their sixteenth birthday. With Anin, who celebrates his eighteenth birthday in April, this did not take place for reasons that are still unclear. Aning plays in Ajax Under 18s this season and has particularly impressed in Germany in the team’s UEFA Youth League matches against Borussia Dortmund. Despite the 1-5 defeat at De Toekomst, Aning was a positive windfall on the Ajax side and he also excelled in the 0-1 win against the peers of those Borus.
Aning, who has been playing for Ajax since he was eight, and his management have already had some talks with Borussia Dortmund. According to Ajax Showtime Camp Aning is sympathetic to such a transfer, although it cannot be ruled out that Ajax will come up with a serious proposal in the very short term. It is reported that if Aning makes the move to Germany, it is intended that he will play in the Borussia Dortmund Under-23s. It is unclear whether Bayern has also submitted concrete plans to the youngster.
Should Aning actually leave for Borussia Dortmund, he will be reunited with Julian Rijkhoff. The striker, who will be celebrating his 17th birthday later this month, made the same move about a year ago and plays in Borussia Dortmund’s Under-19s.
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