Ajax pays 7.85 million euros to the family of former player Abdelhak Nouri.© Twitter
Ajax said Monday to pay 7.85 million euros ($8.91 million) to the family of former player Abdelhak Nouri, who suffered brain injury more than four years ago after a cardiac arrest during a friendly match. Former Netherlands youth team midfielder Nouri, now 24, collapsed during a preseason preseason with Werder Bremen in July 2017.
“It is good that an agreement has been reached so that we can close this issue. We all realize that the suffering for Abdelhak and his loved ones is not over yet. It remains a very sad situation, that is how we feel here at Ajax.” also,” said Dutch CEO Edwin van der Sar.
“We greatly appreciate the way Abdelhak’s family takes care of him day and night with lots 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 very much.”
In 2018, Ajax agreed to pay for lifelong medical care for the player who has permanent, debilitating brain damage and will never be able to live independently again.
His family filed a lawsuit against the club and it was determined that the player had not received adequate care following his collapse caused by heart problems.
“This summer it will be five years ago that Abdelhak was struck by a terrible fate. The past years have been dominated by his concern,” says Nouri’s father Mohammed in the statement from Ajax.
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“It is good that the discussion about liability and its consequences is a thing of the past and that we can look ahead together.”
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