After suffering a cardiac arrest on the field, Abdelhak Nouri suffered permanent brain damage in 2017. Ajax Amsterdam admits mistakes in medical care and takes responsibility as an employer: the club pays 7.85 million euros in compensation to the ex-player’s relatives.
Ajax Amsterdam and ex-player Abdelhak Nouri’s family have agreed to pay millions in compensation. The club will therefore pay 7.85 million euros, as the Dutch record champions announced on Monday. Nouri suffered cardiac arrest in a friendly against Werder Bremen on July 8, 2017. After that, the 24-year-old was in a coma and suffered from severe permanent brain damage. Ajax has now acknowledged errors in medical care on the pitch and took responsibility for it as an employer.
Relatives of Nouri discontinue proceedings after agreement
“It is good that an agreement has been reached so that we can complete this. We all know that the suffering for Abdelhak and his loved ones is not over. It remains a very sad situation,” said Ajax manager and ex-international Edwin van der Sar.
The association has reimbursed the costs of Nouri’s care since 2017 and will continue to cover them. The Nouri family dropped the proceedings before the Arbitration Committee of the Dutch association KNVB after the settlement.
“It is good that the discussion about liability and its consequences is a thing of the past and we can look forward together. This will mainly focus on the great plans we have with the Abdelhak Nouri Foundation,” said Nouri’s father Mohammed Nouri.
Source: Stern
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