Jol quits as Ajax boss, Magpies coach sacked
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December 8, 2010, Wednesday
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MARTIN Jol quit as coach of struggling Dutch powerhouse Ajax Amsterdam on Monday and will be replaced by former Netherlands defender Frank de Boer, at least until the end of December.
Ajax said in a statement that it had agreed to Jol's request to terminate his contract, two days after the club struggled to a 1-1 draw with lowly NEC Nijmegen to slip to fourth in the Dutch league. The four-time European champion also has been knocked out of the Champions League.
"I'm leaving this beautiful club with pain in my heart," the 57-year-old Jol said. "We started something in the summer of last year that I wanted to finish. But I've come to realize that the expectations were too high after last season. We couldn't live up to those expectations."
Jol was strongly linked with a return to England with Fulham in July before deciding to stay with Ajax, and he could yet return to the Premier League. Newcastle also sacked its manager Chris Hughton on Monday.
Barely a month after Hughton presided over a 5-1 rout of rival Sunderland and a 1-0 victory at Arsenal, Newcastle announced that it wants a more experienced manager.
The 51-year-old Hughton was promoted to the top job after Alan Shearer failed to prevent the team sliding into the League Championship in May 2009.
Ajax said in a statement that it had agreed to Jol's request to terminate his contract, two days after the club struggled to a 1-1 draw with lowly NEC Nijmegen to slip to fourth in the Dutch league. The four-time European champion also has been knocked out of the Champions League.
"I'm leaving this beautiful club with pain in my heart," the 57-year-old Jol said. "We started something in the summer of last year that I wanted to finish. But I've come to realize that the expectations were too high after last season. We couldn't live up to those expectations."
Jol was strongly linked with a return to England with Fulham in July before deciding to stay with Ajax, and he could yet return to the Premier League. Newcastle also sacked its manager Chris Hughton on Monday.
Barely a month after Hughton presided over a 5-1 rout of rival Sunderland and a 1-0 victory at Arsenal, Newcastle announced that it wants a more experienced manager.
The 51-year-old Hughton was promoted to the top job after Alan Shearer failed to prevent the team sliding into the League Championship in May 2009.
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