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AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — Four-time European champion Ajax has appointed former player John van 't Schip as coach for the rest of a so-far calamitous season in which it sits last in the Dutch league. Ajax says van 't Schip will be interim coach before taking a technical role in July. The appointment came one day after Ajax lost 5-2 to league-leading PSV Eindhoven and one week after coach Maurice Steijn was fired. Van 't Schip's coaching career includes spells as assistant to his long-time former teammate Marco van Basten with both the Netherlands national team and Ajax.
