After spending 7 years of being away from Ajax, Heitinga makes his return

The first major club that John Heitinga performed in was Ajax as the Dutch defender grew in the youth team of Ajax where he managed to develop his skills alongside the likes of: Rafael van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder and ZlatanIbrahimovic.

Heitinga sustained a knee injury which kept him out of the playing grounds for more than 6 months and the defender made a move to Athletic Madrid at the end of the 2007-08 season for a transfer fee of around €9 million.

From there on out, Heitinga has made his way to Everton, Fulham and Hertha BSC before eventually making his return to Ajax.

The first major club that John Heitinga performed in was Ajax as the Dutch defender grew in the youth team of Ajax where he managed to develop his skills alongside the likes of: Rafael van der Vaart, Wesley Sneijder and ZlatanIbrahimovic.

Heitinga sustained a knee injury which kept him out of the playing grounds for more than 6 months and the defender made a move to Athletic Madrid at the end of the 2007-08 season for a transfer fee of around €9 million.

From there on out, Heitinga has made his way to Everton, Fulham and Hertha BSC before eventually making his return to Ajax.

The 31 years old defender made his return to Ajax on June 25 of the ongoing year after his contract with the Bundesliga club Hertha BSC had reached its end. Heitinga signed a one year deal with Ajax but depending on how the player performs in this period of time; his stay has the possibility of being extended one additional year.

By signing John Heitinga, in their journey of taking the league title away from the current champions PSV Eindhoven who secured the Bundesliga title in the previous season after having secured a total of 88 points.

Ajax came very far behind as they only managed to secure 71 points in the last season but Frank de Boer remains optimistic about the future of Ajax as he wants to win the Bundesliga league with the Dutch club and the manager even denied any rumors which were recently popping around that linked him with a move to other clubs.

The twin brother of Frank de Boer, Ronald de Boer said: “Frank has decided to stay at Ajax for at least another year. He’s said to his manager he doesn’t want to take any calls for another year.’’

Frank de Boer wants to win the league title and with the arrival of John Heitinga, the manager is expecting that the experienced defender will help in this quest.