{"id":9822,"date":"2019-05-09T14:16:26","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T14:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=9822"},"modified":"2019-05-09T14:16:26","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T14:16:26","slug":"champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer","title":{"rendered":"Champions League: Van der Sar confirms De Ligt will leave Ajax this summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ajax\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Edwin van der Sar, has confirmed that captain, Matthijs de Ligt, will leave the club this summer to join a big club in England or Spain.<\/p>\n<p>Van der Sar, a former Manchester goalkeeper, said this following Ajax\u2019s Champions League semi-final second leg 3-2 defeat to Tottenham.<\/p>\n<p>A second-half hat-trick from Lucas Moura ensured Mauricio Pochettino\u2019s men dumped the Dutch side out of the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>De Ligt has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United, Barcelona, Liverpool, Juventus and Manchester City in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think these will be De Ligt\u2019s final games with Ajax, but I hope he goes out on a high,\u201d Van der Sar told Sky Sport Italia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s been here since he was a child and will end up at a big club.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he\u2019ll go to England or Spain.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ajax\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Edwin van der Sar, has confirmed that captain, Matthijs de Ligt, will leave the club this summer to join a big club in England or Spain. Van der Sar, a former Manchester goalkeeper, said this following Ajax\u2019s Champions League semi-final second leg 3-2 defeat to Tottenham. A second-half hat-trick from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":9824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,18],"tags":[116,426,122],"class_list":["post-9822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-sport","tag-football","tag-players","tag-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Champions League: Van der Sar confirms De Ligt will leave Ajax this summer - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Champions League: Van der Sar confirms De Ligt will leave Ajax this summer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ajax\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Edwin van der Sar, has confirmed that captain, Matthijs de Ligt, will leave the club this summer to join a big club in England or Spain. Van der Sar, a former Manchester goalkeeper, said this following Ajax\u2019s Champions League semi-final second leg 3-2 defeat to Tottenham. A second-half hat-trick from [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-05-09T14:16:26+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/05\/106351389_vandersar_getty2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"624\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"351\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Champions League: Van der Sar confirms De Ligt will leave Ajax this summer\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-09T14:16:26+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer\"},\"wordCount\":161,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/05\/106351389_vandersar_getty2.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Football\",\"players\",\"Sports\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Sport\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer\",\"name\":\"Champions League: Van der Sar confirms De Ligt will leave Ajax this summer - Nigeria\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/05\/106351389_vandersar_getty2.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-05-09T14:16:26+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/05\/106351389_vandersar_getty2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/05\/106351389_vandersar_getty2.jpg\",\"width\":624,\"height\":351},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Champions League: Van der Sar confirms De Ligt will leave Ajax this summer\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/\",\"name\":\"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\",\"name\":\"alico\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Champions League: Van der Sar confirms De Ligt will leave Ajax this summer - Nigeria","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Champions League: Van der Sar confirms De Ligt will leave Ajax this summer","og_description":"Ajax\u2019s Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Edwin van der Sar, has confirmed that captain, Matthijs de Ligt, will leave the club this summer to join a big club in England or Spain. Van der Sar, a former Manchester goalkeeper, said this following Ajax\u2019s Champions League semi-final second leg 3-2 defeat to Tottenham. A second-half hat-trick from [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer","og_site_name":"Nigeria","article_published_time":"2019-05-09T14:16:26+00:00","og_image":[{"width":624,"height":351,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/05\/106351389_vandersar_getty2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"alico","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"alico","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer"},"author":{"name":"alico","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"headline":"Champions League: Van der Sar confirms De Ligt will leave Ajax this summer","datePublished":"2019-05-09T14:16:26+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer"},"wordCount":161,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/05\/106351389_vandersar_getty2.jpg","keywords":["Football","players","Sports"],"articleSection":["all news","Sport"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer","name":"Champions League: Van der Sar confirms De Ligt will leave Ajax this summer - Nigeria","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/05\/106351389_vandersar_getty2.jpg","datePublished":"2019-05-09T14:16:26+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/05\/106351389_vandersar_getty2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/05\/106351389_vandersar_getty2.jpg","width":624,"height":351},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/champions-league-van-der-sar-confirms-de-ligt-will-leave-ajax-this-summer#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Champions League: Van der Sar confirms De Ligt will leave Ajax this summer"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/","name":"Africa Press | Nigeria | Homepage","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7","name":"alico","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/author\/alico"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9822\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9824"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}