Ajax set to sign Trabzonspor’s Ahmetcan Kaplan for €10M

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·9 August 2022

Ajax set to sign Trabzonspor’s Ahmetcan Kaplan for €10M

Ajax are close to signing Trabzonspor centre-back Ahmetcan Kaplan for a fee of €10 million.

The Amsterdam club have already revamped their defence this summer with Calvin Bassey and Owen Wijndal joining and Jorge Sanchez all but certain to follow them through the door.

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That rebuild now looks set to continue with the signing of Kaplan, the Turkish champions’ 19-year-old central defender. Last season, he made 13 league appearances for the club.

According to Mike Verweij of De Telegraaf, the club are set to sign him for €10 million, bonuses included, with him signing a five-year contract.

He is thought to be a replacement for Perr Schuurs, who is subject to interest from Italy and would like to leave to play regular first-team football.

hasn’t been impressed with the business they’ve done.