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Dan Burke·2 August 2022
Ajax bans fans from bringing signs asking for players' shirts 👕

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Dan Burke·2 August 2022
Ajax have imposed a ban on supporters bringing homemade signs into Johan Cruyff Arena asking players for their shirts, Dutch media reported on Tuesday.
The club have reportedly told the Ajax supporters association that they had noticed an increase in the number of fans – mostly children – bringing such signs to matches last season.
The increase means it has become impossible for players to fulfil every request and when players walked by without handing over a shirt they were often criticised as arrogant, the club said.
Furthermore, the club say the cardboard signs also posed a fire hazard and several had to be confiscated by security when Ajax faced PSV in the Johan Cruyff Shield at the weekend.
A bold move from the Eredivisie champions, and it will be interesting to see whether other clubs follow suit.