
FILE - In this Wednesday, May 8, 2019 file photo, Ajax's Hakim Ziyech reacts during their Champions League semifinal second leg soccer match against Tottenham Hotspur at the Johan Cruyff ArenA in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Hundreds of players across Europe's soccer leagues have contracts which are due to expire at the end of this season. That poses a big problem if those leagues over-run beyond the June 30 cut-off point as expected because of the outbreak of the coronavirus. But what about players who are keen to leave their clubs? And what will happen to those who have already signed for another team, like Morocco winger Hakim Ziyech who is due to join Chelsea from Ajax on July 1?(AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)
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