Overview
- Interim coach Fred Grim departs the role and returns to head of coaching in Ajax's academy.
- Oscar García, hired last month to lead Jong Ajax, is promoted to manage the senior side for the remainder of the season.
- Technical director Jordi Cruyff said the club has eight matches left and stressed the need to maximize results.
- Ajax sit fifth on 44 points, five behind second-placed Feyenoord and 24 off leaders PSV, with the top three qualifying for the Champions League.
- Grim had succeeded John Heitinga in November, and García brings prior stints at Brighton plus league titles with Maccabi Tel Aviv and RB Salzburg.