Abdelhak Nouri: Ajax to pay former player’s family £6.5m

The player made his senior debut in 2016-17, but his playing career ended untimely, after he suffered a cardiac arrest in a pre-season match against Werder Bremen in Austria in 2017.

Despite being revived on the pitch and rushed to a hospital, Nouri suffered serious and permanent brain damage.

Ajax said they had reached an agreement with Nouri’s family and that proceedings before an Arbitration Committee had been terminated as a result of the amicable settlement.

“We all realise that the suffering for Abdelhak and his loved ones is not over. It remains a very sad situation, that’s how we feel here at Ajax too,” Ajax general manager Edwin van der Sar said in a statement.

“We greatly appreciate the way the family takes care of Abdelhak day and night with a lot of love and attention. When I visit him, I am always welcomed with open arms by the family.

“That also applies to other Ajax colleagues and we appreciate that enormously.”