After Mohamed Ihattaren already announced his return to Ajax on Instagram Stories on Tuesday, he made himself heard again. The twenty-year-old midfielder shared a photo of himself with a mysterious lady, with whom he is believed to be in a relationship. John van den Heuvel, crime reporter for The Telegraphrecently claimed that this was the reason for the threats against Ihattaren.
The growth brilliant shared a selfie from Sports Complex De Toekomst on Tuesday with the accompanying text: ‘back in business’, after he had been absent from Ajax since mid-July. Although the Amsterdammers initially claimed that Ihattaren was not fit, The Telegraph that there was a criminal threat around the midfielder. Van den Heuvel went to investigate and shared his findings in a video item from the daily newspaper.
“What I was told was that he had a relationship with a young lady, or at least was friendly with it,” said Van den Heuvel on Monday. “That was not appreciated by the girl’s family. According to Van den Heuvel, ‘people with a criminal background’ would have been in Ihattaren’s car made available by Ajax at a certain point, which the club decided after consultation with security experts. keep him out of the picture for a while.
Ihattaren now responds to Instagram Stories with a photo of (presumably) the lady in question. Entirely characteristic, the native of Utrecht does not add any text, but only a heart emoji. With that, Ihattaren seems to either care about the reporting of The Telegraph, or implicitly deny it. It is also unknown whether he will be fit enough after his temporary absence to participate during the start of the competition, next Sunday against Vitesse.
Ihattaren still played during the first two exhibition games in the preparation, but then suddenly disappeared from the selection of Alfred Schreuder. When Ajax announced the player group for the training camp in Austria, the club communicated that Ihattaren was ‘not fit’. Not long after revealed The Telegraph that there was more going on around the growth brilliance. The newspaper further reported that the intimidation and threats do not come from supporters.
Ihattaren himself responded in the negative on Monday to the rumors about his security situation. “I can sometimes laugh at the media”, was the reaction of Utrechter on an Instagram Story of his sister Najwa, who indicates that the family has nothing to do with crime and threats “and is always super strong”. “Healthy and soon back little brother, we are fine. Don’t believe everything.”