Mike Verweij discusses the possible successors to John van 't Schip and does not rule out Marcel Keizer returning to Ajax. The born Amsterdammer previously worked as head coach in the Johan Cruijff ArenA. Keizer was fired in December 2017 after a series of disappointing results.

“I think that if Ajax takes next to everyone, Marcel Keizer would also be a very good candidate for Ajax,” Verweij pointed out on Friday. Kickoff by The Telegraph. “He was praised by Donny van de Beek and Matthijs de Ligt for how he dealt with that suffering (from Abdelhak Nouri, ed.).”

Nouri

Keizer was head coach at Ajax when Nouri suffered cardiac arrest in Austria in July 2017 during an Ajax practice match. The midfielder was resuscitated on the field, but nevertheless suffered permanent brain damage as a result of insufficient oxygen supply during the cardiac arrest.

“Keizer was actually crushed by the power struggle at the top of Ajax,” Valentijn Driessen adds to his colleague. “There were two groups facing each other and he was right in the middle of them. And he became a victim of that. I would also love for Keizer to return to the Netherlands.”

The farmer

Presenter Pim Sedee points out that Frank de Boer was also Ajax's trainer when there were administrative unrest. “It has never been the case that one team wanted Frank de Boer and the other did not. He was never crushed, as Valentijn says. But Marcel Keizer did not have Marc Ovemars (former director of football affairs, ed.) with him.”

“That's useful if you have that at that moment. And things weren't going well between Overmars and Dennis Bergkamp. So yes, that just became an ordinary power game,” said the Ajax watcher. The Telegraph.

De Boer was a trainer at Ajax for more than five seasons and won four national titles during that period. The clubless coach recently spoke with SBS6 about a possible return as head coach. “I don't know. If they want to talk, they can always do that,” said the 53-year-old coach. “I've said that before. We'll see. I really like what I'm doing now.”

“I know that Ajax is still very deep in my heart. And if they need me, I will at least listen. And then we'll see,” the club management of the Amsterdam club was told. from De Boer.

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