Brian Brobbey is the first interim reinforcement of Ajax. The team from Amsterdam rent the striker for half a year from RB Leipzig, the club where he signed a transfer-free contract this summer.
Brobbey did not want to renew his contract with Ajax, so he walked out for free this summer. In Germany, the native of Amsterdam signed a four-year contract. After disappointing months, the nineteen-year-old attacker is now returning to the old nest. Ajax wanted to enforce an option to buy, but the German club did not agree to this.
NH Sport spoke to Brobbey about his limited playing time at RB Leipzig.
“Brian knows the club and knows what is asked of him here. It was important to us that there was an extra attacker who would be immediately deployable and that is him. We are still playing on three fronts and we will need every player badly “, says director of football affairs Marc Overmars in the press release.
Brobbey accurate in Ajax shirt
Brobbey, who was mainly a substitute last season, scored six times at Ajax in 373 minutes. An average of 62 minutes per goal.
In January Ajax will have to do without Sébastien Haller. The striker has been called up for the Africa Cup and therefore misses the matches with FC Utrecht and PSV. The other striker in the selection is Danilo.