Justin Kluivert moves from Ajax to AS Roma for €17.5m
Ajax teenager Justin Kluivert is expected to complete his transfer to Italian club AS Roma after completing a medical on Tuesday.
The 19-year-old flew in to Fiumicino airport on Monday night sporting a Roma scarf in anticipation of the move, for a reported fee of €17.5 million. English club Manchester United had also reportedly been chasing his signature.
The club are also in talks with Ajax’s player of the season Hakim Ziyech. The 25-year-old midfielder, who is in Morocco’s World Cup squad, told AD last month that there was ‘zero chance’ he would still be in Amsterdam next season. ‘I just feel I need a trigger in a different environment,’ he said.
Justin Kluivert has landed in Rome… 🇳🇱🛬🇮🇹 pic.twitter.com/pZiTsSVnQy
— AS Roma English (@ASRomaEN) June 11, 2018
Kluivert, whose father Patrick is the national team’s all-time top scorer, played 30 games for the Amsterdam club last season, scoring 10 goals, and won his first international cap in March.
His team-mates at Roma will include fellow Netherlands internationals Kevin Strootman and Rick Karsdorp.
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