According to Dutch Media, Liverpool Assistant John Heitinga and former coach Marcel Keizer are the main candidates for Ajax’s work.

Dutch De Telegraaf reported the news on Wednesday. Ajak They are said to keep their minds and eyes open to other candidates, but the board is “hopeful” for coming Heitinga and Keizer.

Ajax’s plan is to make Heitinga ‘figure’ of the duo and Keizer the support factor. Ajax wants the pair to execute a ‘Slot Vision ‘. Heitinga and Keizer both worked with slots during their careers – Heitinga in Liverpool and Keizer as the Slot chief in Cambulewhere Slot was an assistant to Keizer and formed his vision.

41-year-old Heitinga is currently one of Arne Slot’s aides in the Premier League Liverpool champions, but the board is reported to have given him permission to negotiate with his former employees.

In his two periods at the club, Heitinga played 218 games for Ajax before starting as a coach among the club’s youth. Following Alfred Schreuder’s dismissal in January 2023, Heitinga took over as a guardian manager and after winning his first seven matches in the league at the top, the former defender led the club to a third place, 13 points after Feyenoord champion. Following the arrival of Sven Mislinetat as a technical director, the failed German executive quickly showed heitinga the door.

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Like Heitinga, Marcel Keizer is a well -known name inside Ajax. The 56-year-old managed Jong Ajax during the successful season 2016/17, in which the new reserves ended second in Keuke Champion Divisie, the second level of Dutch football. After Peter Bosz’s departure, Keizer became the successor of the current PSV manager, who made the Europa League final with Ajax in 2017.

Keizer lasted half a season with Amsterdam, but it was not easy during those six months. The club was shocked by Abdelhak Nuri’s collapse during a pre-season game in Austria, and Ajax failed to qualify for a European competition after falling from OGC Nice and FK Rosenborg in the Champions League and the Europa League.

After being eliminated in Bener KNVB in a penalty by FC Twent, Keizer was fired and replaced by Erik Ten Hag in December 2018.

Keizer continued to manage twice in the squad of Abu Dhabi Al-Jazira and Portuguese Sporting Champions Portugal during the 2018/19 season. After being fired by the Saudi Saudi Al-Shabab in September 2023, Keizer was out of work.