Ajax Will Strengthen Its Team with Ko Itakura in the Short Term. Accordance to Ad , ESPN and VI , The Club Has Reached an Agreement With Borussia Mönchengladbach Regarding the Transfer of the Japanese Defender. The clubs have not yet confirmed anything.
Itakura had leg set on a transfer to ajax for some time and had leg awaiting negotiations between the clubs in recent days. They now appear to have reached an Agreement on a transfer fee of around 12 Million Euros (including bonuses).
The 28-year-old Itakura has played for Borussia Mönchengladbach Since 2022, who Took Him about from Manchester City at the Time. The English Giant Previously Loaned the Defender to Schalke 04 and FC Groningen. In Total, Itakura Played 56 matches in the Eredivisie.
Itakura was also linked to psv and feyenoord duration this transfer period. Both Clubs Switched Earlier. For Example, PSV Brought in Yarek Gasiorowski and Feyenoord Attracted Defenders Tsuyoshi Watanabe and Anel Ahmedhodzic.
With Itakura, coach John Heitinga at Ajax has an extra option in Defense. That was Necessary after the departure of Jorrel Hato, who went to Chelsea. In The Last Practice Match, Ajax Started with the Seventeen-Year-Old Aaron Bouwman Next to Youri Baas.
It is Still Unclear Whether Ajax can finalize the Deal Before the First League Match. Ajax OpenS the New Season Next Sunday in the Johan Cruijff Arena Against Telstar (Kick-Off 2:30 pm).