John Heitinga has near his relation arsenic Liverpool's adjunct brag to instrumentality to Dutch nine Ajax arsenic their caput coach.
The erstwhile Netherlands defender made much than 200 appearances for Ajax earlier having spells arsenic their reserve squad brag and interim caput coach.
The 41-year-old has rejoined the nine connected a two-year declaration and volition beryllium assisted by different Ajax academy product, Marcel Keizer.
Heitinga succeeds Francesco Farioli, who left Ajax past week aft his sole twelvemonth successful complaint ended with an end-of-season collapse.
With 7 games near Farioli's squad were 9 points wide astatine the apical of the Eredivisie, but ended up finishing a constituent down champions PSV Eindhoven.
That meant a 3rd consecutive play without a trophy for Ajax, who person won the Dutch rubric a grounds 36 times.
"John is simply a bully manager with tremendous drive," said their method manager Alex Kroes.
"He is ambitious and has further developed himself implicit the past fewer years successful the Premier League and Champions League.
"John knows the nine good and we are convinced that he, unneurotic with Marcel, volition assistance amended our players and physique connected the advancement made since past summer."
Ajax won 14 of Heitinga's 22 games successful complaint astatine the extremity of the 2022-23 play to decorativeness 3rd successful the Eredivisie.
Heitinga past spent 2023-24 arsenic West Ham's first-team manager nether David Moyes earlier joining Arne Slot astatine Liverpool past summer, and they helped the Reds triumph their 2nd Premier League rubric successful Slot's archetypal play successful charge.
"I americium incredibly excited to start," said Heitinga, who besides played for Atletico Madrid, Everton, Fulham and Hertha Berlin.
"The past years successful England person done maine a batch of good. I'm acceptable to proceed arsenic a caput manager and I'm honoured to beryllium fixed that accidental astatine Ajax."
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