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Lobont loaned out to Dinamo Bucharest; Didulica back to Ajax

14 September: Ajax' Romanian second goalkeeper, Bogdan Lobont, will be loaned out to Dinamo Bucharest with immediate effect. He will spend the rest of the season at Dinamo, the city rivals of the club he played for before moving to Amsterdam: Rapid Bucharest.

So far, his career at Ajax has not brought the Romanian national goalkeeper what he had hoped for. He played exactly 73 minutes in Ajax-1, after Fred Grim had been sent off in last year's Eredivisie game at FC Utrecht. Lobont was said to be unhappy in Amsterdam, according to rumors in the Dutch press.

Ajax' technical director, Leo Beenhakker, commented: "It's important for Ajax that Lobont gets playing minutes. Co Adriaanse's choice for Fred Grim is absolutely legitimate, but nevertheless, Lobont is the goalkeeper Ajax will continue with on the long term. We hope to see a well-prepared Lobont back in Amsterdam at the end of the season."

Due to Lobont's departure, Australian goalkeeper Joe Didulica returns from Ajax' Belgian satellite club, Germinal Beerschot Antwerp, with immediate effect. He played one game for the Belgian First Class side, against Standard Liege. Didulica is not allowed to play European games for Ajax until the winter break. Therefore, 'Young Ajax' goalkeeper, Martin Stekelenburg, is a back-up option for Co Adriaanse as well. (MP)

(Source: Ajax.nl)

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