Ajax sacks head coach Maurice Steijn

AFC Ajax sacks head coach Maurice Steijn with immeadiate effect. The club management and Steijn have agreed that the coach will step down from his position.

FILE PHOTO: Ajax Amsterdam coach Maurice Steijn. | Photo Credit: REUTERS

After a run of poor performances by the Dutch club, Ajax has sacked its manager Maurice Steijn.

Ajax and Maurice Steijn will part ways with immediate effect. The club management and Steijn have agreed that the coach will step down from his position.

— AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) October 23, 2023

After a run of four league defeats Ajax is currently 17th in the Eredivisie league table and is third in the Europa League table.

Steijn, who joined Ajax in June on a three-year deal leaves the club in four months as its only league win came against promoted Heracles at the start of the campaign.

“Everyone who knows me knows I have done everything to take Ajax back to the place where this club belongs. But I failed to do so.”

“We came to the conclusion that this is what is best for Ajax, although I regret that,” Steijn told the club.

Ajax have five points from seven games and visits Brighton & Hove Albion in the Europa League on Thursday before its big league clash against leader PSV Eindhoven on Sunday.