THE HAGUE, Jan. 7 (Xinhua) -- Ajax, Villarreal and Geronimo Rulli have reached an agreement on the transfer of the Argentine goalkeeper to the Dutch soccer club, Ajax announced on Friday.
Rulli started his professional career at Argentinian club Estudiantes in 2013. After that he played for Real Sociedad in Spain and Montpellier in France, before signing for Villarreal in 2020. With Villarreal he won the UEFA Europa League in 2021.
At the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, Rulli was the reserve goalkeeper of the World Cup winning team of Argentina.
At Ajax he has to compete for a place as first goalkeeper with the 39-year-old Remko Pasveer and the 40-year-old Maarten Stekelenburg. ■
