Ajax sack manager Maurice Steijn after poor start to season

The Dutch giants sit one point off the bottom of the table after just one win from their first seven games

EARLY EXIT: Maurice Steijn's time at Ajax has proven shortlived. Picture: Jeroen Putmans /ANP/AFP

Ajax have announced that manager Maurice Steijn has left the Eredivisie club with immediate effect.

Steijn's departure comes in the wake of a 4-3 defeat at Utrecht that left the Dutch giants sitting one point off the bottom of the table with just one win from their first seven games.