Wolves striker Tolu Arokodare joins Ajax on a season's loan with the Dutch club having the option to make it a permanent move in the summer.

The European champions’ squad is falling apart … because of the men’s team’s struggles with financial fair playThe joy of lifting all four trophies in 2025-26 has been shortlived for Barcelona’s women’s team as they face a second consecutive summer exodus.If winning the Champions League is not enough to retain players then you have to wonder what is. Seven players have left the European champions so far with 19-year-old Renee van Asten from Ajax the only arrival. Continue reading...

Midfielder broke a Barça Dutch record last week and is potentially one win from a third league title with team he visited as a teenager for funA warm sun bathes the Barcelona training ground as Frenkie de Jong arrives to chat. The midfielder’s work is done for the day and the Netherlands international is in his comfort zone here, the first team’s longest-serving player, a regular captain and effortlessly fluent in Spanish. It is a far cry from the day just over 10 years ago when he visited the Camp Nou.In late December 2015 De Jong made the most of the Eredivisie’s winter shutdown to take a city break in Barcelona with his now wife, Mikky. He was 18 and days from linking up with Ajax, who had signed him four months earlier but loaned him back to Willem II, and he managed to get tickets for Barcelona v Real Betis. It is an occasion that stuck in his mind. Continue reading...

Plus: qualifying for the World Cup with no more than two wins, a 20-0 victory and scratching a 34-year itchMail us with your questions and answers“The Bundesliga table shows Bayern Munich on 70 points with an eye-popping goal difference of +72,” pops Chris Fryer. “Has any club won the league with a greater goal difference than points tally?”Bayern Munich have won 22 and lost one in the Bundesliga this season. That was a 2-1 defeat against Augsburg, which means their 22 victories have produced a goal difference of +73. In other words, their average margin of victory is an absurd 3.32 goals.0.388 Rangers 1898-99 (Scottish First Division)0.353 Hearts 1957-58 (Scottish First Division)0.200 Liverpool 1895-96 (Second Division)0.176 Ajax 1966-67 (Eredivisie)0.09 Birmingham 1892-93 (Second Division) Continue reading...

Game against Groningen was abandoned on Sunday Fan will be permitted to watch behind-closed-doors game A seriously ill Ajax fan will be the only supporter in attendance when the Eredivisie side complete their abandoned game against Groningen on Tuesday afternoon. The fan, named Peter, is living in a hospice and had expressed the wish to attend an Ajax game for potentially the final time. They arranged for him to visit the fixture on Sunday but there was immense disappointment when it was curtailed within five minutes of kick-off owing to a huge pyrotechnic display by a section of the support. Continue reading...

Ajax are forced to halt their Dutch League match against Groningen and later abandon due to supporters igniting fireworks and flares.

Ajax's Eredivisie match against Groningen at the Johan Cruyff Arena was called off after supporters ignited fireworks and flares behind one of the goals.

Ajax criticise the "utterly outrageous" firework display which resulted in their Dutch league match against Groningen being abandoned.

Pyrotechnics in stands cause referee to call halt Real Madrid’s Mbappé levels in 1-1 draw at Girona Ajax have strongly criticised an “utterly outrageous” firework display that caused their Eredivisie match against Groningen at the Johan Cruyff Arena to be abandoned. Referee Bas Nijhuis took the players off the field within five minutes of the start after fireworks and flares were ignited behind one of the goals, and the stadium filled with smoke. Continue reading...

BBC Sport's Ask Me Anything team explains the demise of Ajax in recent years and whether their fortunes could be about to change