(Reuters) - Ajax Amsterdam are in danger of finishing outside the top two in the Dutch league for the first time in 13 seasons and missing out on the Champions League next season as they struggle to build a new team in the wake of record sales last year.
The club have finished champions seven times and runners-up another five over the last 12 seasons, since ending third behind AZ Alkmaar and Twente Enschede in 2009.
Ajax, who meet PSV again this Sunday in the Dutch Cup final, have paid the price for their own success over the past three title winning seasons and their run to the Champions League semi-final in 2019, selling the bulk of their talent and losing coach Erik ten Hag to Manchester United. But despite the positive bank balance, the club are in transition struggling to replace the departed talent.
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