Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 9:07 PM • Jonathan van Haaster • Last update: 9:22 PM
After Josip Sutalo, Ajax soon brings in its next defender. De Telegraaf reports that the people of Amsterdam have reached an agreement with Royal Antwerp about Gastón Ávila. Ajax pays 12.5 million euros for the Argentinian, who already personally agreed with the club. Ávila quickly signs his five-year contract at the Johan Cruijff ArenA.
The 21-year-old Ávila had been on Ajax’s radar for a while, but he was not the first choice. Technical director Sven Mislintat had his arrows on Hiroki Ito, but the Japanese is not allowed to leave VfB Stuttgart. Nicolás Tagliafico was also in the picture. However, Olympique Lyon, the employer of the world champion, does not want to lose him. Ávila turned out to be loose. As soon as the paperwork is in order, Ávila will come to Amsterdam for the medical examination, after which he can call himself an Ajax player.
Voetbal International already wrote on Thursday evening that the arrival of Ito would be a difficult story. The team from Amsterdam submitted a bid to Stuttgart, which was referred to the trash by the Germans. Stuttgart would make a counteroffer, but reportedly never submitted it to Ajax. In addition, Konstantinos Mavropanos is approaching a transfer to West Ham United, so Stuttgart is not looking to lose another key defender.
Mislintat has been forwarded and has now reached an agreement with colleague Marc Overmars from Antwerp. Ávila played at Antwerp as a left back. The 1.82 meter tall Argentinian was taken over from Boca Juniors for 4.4 million euros last summer. Ávila struggled with adaptation problems in Belgium, but nevertheless played 28 times for the club of coach Mark van Bommel. Ávila has to compete with Anass Salah-Eddine and Owen Wijndal at Ajax. Top talent Jorrel Hato remains first choice as left central defender.
2023-08-20 19:15:35
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