World champion from FC Villarreal
Ajax Amsterdam strengthen themselves with a world champion in the winter break and spend more money on a goalkeeper than at any time in the club’s history. According to reports by César Luis Merlo, “Voetbal International” and Fabrizio Romano, Gerónimo Rulli, Argentinian professional at Villarreal FC, will travel to the Netherlands on Thursday to complete the medical check and then sign a contract.
The fee for the 30-year-old is reportedly 10 million euros, which can increase to 15 million with bonuses. This is doubly remarkable: Ajax’s most expensive goalkeeper transfer to date dates back more than a decade when the then 22-year-old Jasper Cillessen joined for €3.23m from NEC, where he plays again today. And if the bonuses are activated, Rulli will become the shared fifth most expensive keeper over the age of 30. The other places are occupied by players from top clubs in the top leagues – not from the Eredivisie. The same goes for Argentina’s most expensive keepers, where only two have ever surpassed the 10 million mark.
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Rulli, a substitute for Emiliano Martínez in the Albiceleste squad, has a contract with Villarreal until 2024. They signed him in 2020 for 5 million euros from league rivals Real Sociedad, before that he played for Montpellier HSC and was, albeit without an assignment, under contract with Manchester City. At Ajax, Rulli should initiate the transition in the goal between the old generation Remko Pasveer (39) and Maarten Stekelenburg (40) and the new one around Jay Gorter (22) or the youth players around Tom de Graaff (18) and Paul Reverson (17). Gorter could be loaned out for match practice.
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