Former Man United defender Blind terminates his Ajax contract six months early

Daley Blind has agreed to terminate his Ajax contract six months early to become a free agent, bringing the curtain down on trophy-laden four-year spell at his boyhood club.

The 32-year-old had another six months to run on his current Ajax deal before it expired but Blind and the Eredivisie champions have mutually agreed to cut it short, the club's official website announced on Tuesday.

Ajax chief Edwin van der Sar said: 'Over the course of the last few days, we reached an agreement with Daley to terminate his contract. I hope he can find another club to end his successful career with.

'Together with Daley, we have decided on a match in the ArenA where he can say a proper goodbye to the supporters.'

With his Ajax contract terminated, the former Manchester United defender is free to join another club, with reports in Holland claiming that Belgian side Antwerp are interested in signing the veteran centre-back.

Other reports have also said that Blind's father Danny – a former Ajax defender and Holland international – has also followed his son out of the Amsterdam Arena, stepping away from his supervisory role.

Blind, who came through Ajax's academy, made 333 appearances for the Amsterdam club between two four-year spells at the club – from 2008 to 2014 and then 2018 to 2022 – where he became an Eredivisie champion on seven different occasions.

He also won the KNVB Cup and Johan Cruyff shield twice, while he also was named as Ajax's player of the year in 2013 before Eredivisie's player of the year in 2014. Blind scored 13 goals for Ajax.

In between his two Ajax spells, Blind enjoyed a four-year stint at Old Trafford, where he won the FA Cup, Carabao Cup, Europa League and Community Shield under Jose Mourinho – the last pieces of silverware the Red Devils have won.

Blind's joins a host of big-name players to leave the club in recent years, with the likes of Frenkie de Jong, Antony, Ryan Gravenberch – as well as manager Erik ten Hag – among those to have left to search for a new challenge, signalling the end of an era for the Dutch giants.