Ajax Cape Town CEO Ari Efstathiou reveals that parent club Ajax Amsterdam were considering pulling out of South African football over the Ndorogate saga.
With a controlling 51 percent stake in the Urban Warriors, the Dutch club have helped produced some of SA’s top talent. at Ikamva
Ajax have been locked in a court battle with the PSL over their right to play in top flight after they were relegated in the aftermath of the ineligibility of player Tendai Ndoro.
They will appear in the South Gauteng High Court today to interdict next weekend’s kickoff of the season, after PSL bosses appealed the court’s ruling to set aside Ajax’s relegation and reinstate them to 15th place at the end of the last term.
And the Dutch were keen to pull out their support, before committing to the 19-year relationship.
Efstathiou says: “Ajax are fully supportive of our process.
“We couldn’t have done this without them supporting us. We keep them informed on a daily basis.
“To be frank, they have been very disappointed with what has happened.
“They were contemplating their position, not with us but being in South African football.
"But they decided to stick with it and they are fully supportive of the process.”