Ajax chairman Alex Kroes has agreed to step down as chairman of the board and move to the function of technical director, the Amsterdam football club said on Thursday, ending weeks of discussion about his future. Kroes was suspended at the beginning of April, just two weeks after taking up the reins after club bosses accused him of insider trading. Kroes bought 17,000 shares in the club a week before his appointment was announced on August 2 last year. He Read this story
