Ajax coach Frank de Boer has revealed that the Eredivisie champions are interested in signing Twente defender Douglas.
The Amsterdam giants are in the market for a new centre-back due to the expected departure of Jan Vertonghen at the end of the season, and they see the 24-year-old Douglas as the perfect replacement.
“It is correct that we are keeping tabs on Douglas as a potential replacement for Vertonghen,” De Boer told NOS.
“He is one of the best defenders around in Netherlands. He is a real killer at the back and a classic defender.”
Douglas’s contract expires at the end of the season, but Twente have a one-sided option to extend his stay for another year.
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