Ajax defender Timber ends transfer speculation with new contract until 2025
After much transfer speculation, Ajax have decided to lock down 21-year-old defender Jurrien Timber on an improved deal, adding an extra year to tie him to the club until 2025.< /p>
Timber, who already has eight international caps for the Netherlands, has been with Ajax since 2014 and has made 50 Eredivisie appearances in the past two seasons, scoring four goals.
He was one of three Ajax players that Manchester United and former Ajax boss Erik ten Hag showed keen interest in, after securing Lisandro Martinez and being dropped from a transfer for Antony.
Timber received last season's Marco van Basten award for AFC Ajax Talent of the Year, following in the footsteps of recent winners Ryan Gravenberch, Sergino Dest and Matthijs de Ligt, who all left the Eredivisie at the end of the season. looking for bigger challenges.
He will be 24 when his new contract expires and he will have another chance to impress in the European spotlight this season during Ajax's Champions League campaign.
After much transfer speculation, Ajax have decided to lock down 21-year-old defender Jurrien Timber on an improved deal, adding an extra year to tie him to the club until 2025.< /p>
Timber, who already has eight international caps for the Netherlands, has been with Ajax since 2014 and has made 50 Eredivisie appearances in the past two seasons, scoring four goals.
He was one of three Ajax players that Manchester United and former Ajax boss Erik ten Hag showed keen interest in, after securing Lisandro Martinez and being dropped from a transfer for Antony.
Timber received last season's Marco van Basten award for AFC Ajax Talent of the Year, following in the footsteps of recent winners Ryan Gravenberch, Sergino Dest and Matthijs de Ligt, who all left the Eredivisie at the end of the season. looking for bigger challenges.
He will be 24 when his new contract expires and he will have another chance to impress in the European spotlight this season during Ajax's Champions League campaign.
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