Ajax cancel Nouri’s contract

Ajax Amsterdam have cancelled the contract of Abdelhak Nouri, who suffered serious and permanent brain damage after a heart attack playing for the Dutch club in a pre-season friendly in mid-2017.

Ajax continued to pay his salary but have now formally cancelled the contract, which was due to automatically renew on July 1, the Dutch media reported on Tuesday. The club are in talks with Nouri's family about a future solution for the player, who has been moved to a specially adapted room at his home after years in hospital, the daily De Telegraaf added.

There has been a lengthy dispute between Ajax and Nouri's family, who are looking for a settlement after Ajax admitted providing "inadequate" on-field medical treatment for Nouri after the midfielder collapsed during a friendly against Werder Bremen in July 2017.