Cristi Chivu, facing the career blow! A four-time UEFA Champions League winner offers him a 5-year contract

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Cristi Chivu / Photo: Profimedia

article written by Digi Sport
30.04.2024, 15:04

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Cristi Chivu (43 years old) prepares Inter U19 from 2021, again his contract expires at the end of this season. The former Romanian international is ready to take the next step in his career.

Ajax proposes a 5-year contract to Cristi Chivu

After it was also proposed at the University of CraiovaChivu is on Ajax’s list, quadruple winner of the UEFA Champions League trophy (1971, 1972, 1973, 1995), a formation where the former defender played for 4 years, from 1999 to 2003.

The “Lancers” are in 5th place in the Eredivisie and want to make a change at the level of the technical bench. According to Italian journalist Gianluca Di Marzio, Ajax wants to propose a 5-year contract to Chivu.

However, in the first phase, the Romanian would be the assistant of the next coach, most likely, Graham Potter, the former Chelsea technician, and after 2-3 years he would become the head coach.

Chivu won 3 trophies as a player with Ajax: the Eredivisie title, the Cup and the Dutch Supercup.
In the 2001/2002 season, Cristi Chivu was named Ajax player of the year.

Marco Matterazzi, praise for Cristi Chivu

Colleagues at Inter Milan during their time as footballers, Cristi Chivu and Marco Materrazzi remained on good terms even after retirement. In a recent interview, the world champion with the Italian national team in 2006 described the former captain of Romania as an incredible and very smart boy.

“Chivu is an incredible boy. He was lucky enough to go to Ajax, and that certainly helped him. There he was helped to grow both as a person and as a football player. Now he told me that he has become something more rigid with his players and demands more from them.

I like him, he is an incredible boy and I wish him to achieve what Thiago Motta achieved with Bologna. Chivu was already a coach on the pitch, he’s good, he has a vision and he’s smart, just like me,” said Materazzi, quoted by L’Interista.