HERNING, Denmark (AP) — A coronavirus outbreak at Ajax left the club without its two main goalkeepers for a Champions League game on Tuesday and preparing to give an untried 20-year-old his debut.
The four-time European champion traveled to Denmark on Monday with just 17 players to face Midtjylland, including Kjell Scherpen as the only goalkeeper.
Scherpen, a Netherlands youth international who stands 2.02 meters (6-foot-7), has not played a first-team game for Ajax since joining the club last year.
“It‘s not ideal but you have to deal with it,” Ajax coach Erik ten Hag said of his selection issues.