Trouble for Ajax: Wout Weghorst out for six weeks | OneFootball

Ajax will be without Wout Weghorst for the next six weeks, the club have explained following their 2-0 away win against Fortuna Sittard on Sunday.

Appearing from the bench, he came on for Brian Brobbey after an hour, earned a penalty, scored on the rebound after a miss by Steven Berghuis and provided the assist for Christian Rasmussen’s strike.

However, head coach Francesco Farioli announced after the game that his striker had been injured and was in ‘a lot of pain’. Following hospital examination, it was reported that Weghorst had broken his big toe on his right foot.

Weghorst is expected to be out for six weeks. That arrives as a major blow to Ajax, who let Chuba Akpom leave for LOSC Lille last week. Farioli now has just one fully-fledged striker at his disposal in Brian Brobbey and the Italian boss may have to call up Julian Rijkhoff (20) or Don-Angelo Konadu (18) from Jong Ajax.

Another sucker punch arrives with Ajax’s busy forthcoming schedule. In the coming weeks, the Amsterdammers face Union Saint-Gilloise, Heracles Almelo, Union again, Go Ahead Eagles, Almere City, PEC Zwolle and AZ Alkmaar.

GBeNeFN | Max Bradfield