Blow for Arsenal as defensive target commits future to Ajax

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Ajax defender Nicolas Tagliafico has said he will stay put for one more season amid rumours of a summer departure.

Nicolas Tagliafico

The left-back has been one of the key figures behind his team’s surge to the semi-finals of the Champions League, where they beat Tottenham Hotspur 1-0 in Tuesday’s first leg.

Arsenal and Atletico Madrid are among the teams who have been credited with an interest in the Argentina international, but he appeared on Ajax’s social media channels on Friday to assure fans he will still be in Amsterdam next season.

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Alasdair Mackenzie

Alasdair Mackenzie is a freelance journalist based in Rome, and a FourFourTwo contributor since 2015. When not pulling on the FFT shirt, he can be found at Reuters, The Times and the i. An Italophile since growing up on a diet of Football Italia on Channel 4, he now counts himself among thousands of fans sharing a passion for Ross County and Lazio.