New Ajax signing given naughty schoolboy treatment for Feyenoord-loving past

New Ajax signing Kjell Scherpen had a social media history of supporting rivals Feyenoord, so the Amsterdam club got creative with their punishment.

April 25, 2019 • 3:36 PM

We've seen past social media faux pas come back to haunt players and even scupper transfers in the past, but Ajax have found a novel way to deal with the matter.

The Dutch side have secured the services of Kjell Scherpen, a young goalkeeper signed from FC Emmen.

However, during negotiations it emerged that Scherpen had posted a few anti-Ajax tweets as a younger man. Rather than do anything drastic like aborting the deal, Ajax instead decided to punish the 19-year-old by making him write out sentences like a naughty schoolboy.

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