As the successor to Ten Hag: Schreuder returns to Ajax

As Ajax Amsterdam announced one day after the Dutch championship defended by a 5-0 win against SC Heereveen, Alfred Schreuder signed a two-year contract that is valid from the coming season by June 2024. The contract also includes an option to another season. With Club Bruges, the current club Schreuders, an agreement on the change of the 49-year-old was reached. No information was given about the exact transfer modalities.

• Schreuder: "An honor and a great opportunity I take with both hands"
• van der Sar: "We know Alfred as tactically excellently trained trainer"

Schreuder's contract in Bruges originally runs until June 2023, but he should be able to leave the still reigning master, with whom he is again in the final round for the championship, by exit clause this year. "Club Brugge and Alfred Schreuder want to end the play-offs in peace and will no longer comment on this until after the season," said the club on the website.

Schreuder: "An honor and a great opportunity I take with both hands"

With this, Schreuder, who had worked for TSG Hoffenheim between 2015 and 2017 as an assistant coach under Huub Stevens and Julian Nagelsmann and returned to the Kraichgauer in summer 2019 as the successor to Nagelsmann, to the Kraichgauer. Because between 2018 and 2019, Schreuder was assistant to Ten HAG, together both won the double in the 2018/19 season and reached the semi -finals of the Champions League. Now he follows his former boss, who will say goodbye to Manchester United as a new Dutch champion in summer.

"For me, becoming head coach at Ajax is an honor and a great chance that I take with both hands," Schreuder is quoted on the Ajax website. His goal is to "let attractive football play and win titles". Exactly with these he would also like to say goodbye to Bruges, the master final round in Belgium is currently leading Club Brügge with 46 points ahead of Royale Union Saint-Gilloise (43.).

van der Sar: "We know Alfred as tactically excellently trained trainer"

"We know Alfred as a tactically excellently trained trainer," said Ajax managing director Edwin van der Sar. "In recent years, he has had plenty of experience as head coach and as an assistant coach at top clubs in different countries and competitions." As Ajax announced, Schreuder has already had talks with the technical director Gerry Hamstra about the squad planning for the coming season. However, he definitely has to do without Noussair Mazraoui, the 24-year-old changes to FC Bayern Munich in summer.