Official: Van der Sar steps down as Ajax CEO

Ajax announced on Tuesday that Edwin van der Sar will step down from leading the Amsterdam club, where he has held the role of CEO since 2016, having joined the Board of Directors in 2012.

"After almost eleven years on the board, I finished. We lived wonderful things together, but it was also an incredibly difficult period", he began by saying in statements to the official bodies of the club where Francisco Conceição plays, who performed a season below expectations.

"I'm very grateful for the people I've met and worked with, for what we've achieved and gone through together. I feel the need to distance myself, get some rest and do other things. period. That's why I decided to resign", completed the reasoning.