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Ajax cancel contract of player stricken after heart attack

FILE PHOTO: Football Soccer - Ajax Amsterdam Training - Parc Olympique Lyonnais, Decines-Charpieu, France - 10/5/17 Ajax's Abdelhak Nouri and Donny van de Beek during training Reuters / Robert Pratta Livepic

Ajax Amsterdam have cancelled the contract of Abdelhak Nouri, who suffered serious and permanent brain damage after a heart attack playing for the Dutch club in a pre-season friendly in mid-2017.

Ajax have continued to pay his salary but have now formally cancelled the contract, which was due to automatically renew on July 1, the Dutch media reported on Tuesday.

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