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Ajax are reportedly set to terminate the loan deal of Liverpool midfielder James McConnell after a disappointing first half of the season.<\/p>\n

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The 21-year-old\u00a0McConnell<\/a>\u00a0joined\u00a0Ajax<\/a>\u00a0on a year-long loan deal last summer after former\u00a0Liverpool<\/a>\u00a0assistant\u00a0John Heitinga<\/a> was appointed as Ajax’s manager. McConnell is said to have joined Ajax solely on Heitinga’s recommendation.<\/p>\n

Ajax were looking to add an experienced defensive midfielder to the squad after captain\u00a0Jordan Henderson<\/a>\u00a0had his contract at the Amsterdam club terminated by mutual consent.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ajax are reportedly set to terminate the loan deal of Liverpool midfielder James McConnell after a disappointing first half of the season. The 21-year-old\u00a0McConnell\u00a0joined\u00a0Ajax\u00a0on a year-long loan deal last summer after former\u00a0Liverpool\u00a0assistant\u00a0John Heitinga was appointed as Ajax’s manager. McConnell is said to have joined Ajax solely on Heitinga’s recommendation. Ajax were looking to add an experienced defensive midfielder to the squad after captain\u00a0Jordan Henderson\u00a0had his contract at the Amsterdam club terminated by mutual consent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":35345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13,159,160],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-football","category-football-news","category-premier-league"],"yoast_head":"\nLiverpool's McConnell reportedly set to have Ajax loan terminated - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Ajax are reportedly set to terminate the loan deal of Liverpool midfielder James McConnell after a disappointing first half of the season.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/matchplug.com\/blog\/liverpools-mcconnell-reportedly-set-to-have-ajax-loan-terminated\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liverpool's McConnell reportedly set to have Ajax loan terminated - 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