Ajax will dissolve Daley Blind’s contract as of December 31. The 32-year-old defender is thus given the space to look for a new club. Blind still had a contract with the Amsterdam club until the end of the season.
In recent weeks there has been a lot of speculation about Blind’s situation at Ajax. Under trainer Alfred Schreuder he lost his starting place and was booed several times by the public. The 99-time international nevertheless went with the Dutch national team to the World Cup in Qatar. Blind is emphatically associated with a transfer to FC Antwerp. Trainer Mark van Bommel and technical director Marc Overmars would like to see the left leg come to Belgium.
Parting
General director Edwin van der Sar is responsible for the decision to website of Ajax added: “We have reached an agreement with Daley in recent days to terminate the current contract. I hope that he will continue the final phase of his successful football career at another club. It has been agreed with Daley that Together we will determine at which match he can say goodbye to the supporters in the Arena in a nice way.”
Blind made his debut in 2008 against FC Volendam in Ajax’s first team. After one season he was rented out to FC Groningen for a year to return to Amsterdam. Blind grew into a permanent fixture in the team of former coach Frank de Boer and became champion four times in a row with Ajax. In 2014, he earned a transfer to Manchester United. Blind played there until 2018, after which he returned to Ajax.