Calvin Bassey dealt another Ajax blow but legend backs former Rangers star for big Amsterdam impact
dailyrecord.co.ukCalvin Bassey's nightmare start to his career at Ajax has continued after he was slapped with a two-game ban for getting sent off on his debut.
The former Rangers hero completed a £19 million move to the Amsterdam giants last month and made his bow as a sub in the Johan Cruyff Shield defeat to PSV Eindhoven.
He lasted just 14 minutes before he was shown a red card as Ajax slumped to a shock defeat. The next day, Bassey played in a friendly for Ajax reserves against Almere City and was short with a passback which almost cost them a goal in a 1-1 draw before he was subbed.
And he will be forced to miss Ajax's first couple of matches in the Eredivisie which starts this weekend, after the KNVB handed him a three-match ban, although one of those is suspended.
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