Ajax were blindsided by Erik ten Hag and Manchester United by last Thursday's announcement.

It was confirmed last week that Ten Hag would become United manager at the end of the season.

De Telegraaf says Ajax did not take well the early announcement of Ten Hag as new United manager.

The coach did not communicate anything to Edwin van der Sar, Ajax's managing director, nor to the locker room.

Now Ajax have decided to ban English journalists from press conferences and to ban questions about the future of the coach. Ajax's request, after having also thought about a dismissal of the current coach, is in order to totally focus on Ajax's run for their third consecutive national title.