{"id":2069,"date":"2017-08-28T21:19:20","date_gmt":"2017-08-28T20:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ajaxdaily.com\/?p=2069"},"modified":"2017-08-29T09:41:59","modified_gmt":"2017-08-29T08:41:59","slug":"siem-de-jong-completes-ajax-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ajaxdaily.com\/2017\/siem-de-jong-completes-ajax-return\/","title":{"rendered":"Siem de Jong completes Ajax return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Siem de Jong is back. The former Ajax captain has signed a three-year contract with the Amsterdam side, keeping him at the club until 2020. Newcastle United reportedly receive a transfer fee between \u20ac4 &#8211; 5 million.<\/p>\n<p>De Jong made 244 official appearances for the Amsterdammers, in which he scored a total of 78 goals and won 4 consecutive Eredivisie titles, before leaving for Newcastle United in a deal worth \u20ac9 million. Partly due to a string of unfortunate injuries, De Jong would only play 21 games for the Magpies. He was loaned out to rivals PSV last season.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-video\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"und\">???<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WelcomeBack?src=hash\">#WelcomeBack<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1nMMCHnqLt\">pic.twitter.com\/1nMMCHnqLt<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AFCAjax\/status\/902176418402066432\">August 28, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> According to De Telegraaf, Ajax have paid a \u20ac2 million transfer fee to Newcastle United.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Siem de Jong is back. The former Ajax captain has signed a three-year contract with the Amsterdam side, keeping him at the club until 2020. Newcastle United reportedly receive a transfer fee between \u20ac4 &#8211; 5 million. 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