Ajax call on Michael Laudrup to pay £2.5m in unpaid tax bills

Ajax have called on Swansea City manager Michael Laudrup to pay the Dutch club £2.5m in unpaid tax bills.

The Danish coach, who played for Ajax 16 years ago, is said to have been "shocked" by the Dutch club's decision to summon him to court via a newspaper advertisement.

"The entire world knows where Michael Laudrup is," ESPN quotes Swansea director John van Zweden as saying.

"Everyone knows he is the manager of Swansea City. I have spoken to Michael at length about his tax issue. He is shocked. Ajax have portrayed him as a criminal - as a tramp without a proper address or place to live.

"They have advertised that they don't know where Michael Laudrup is and therefore summoned him, via a legal advert, to appear in court within two months. We are taking about the manager of Swansea City. Ajax make out this is a criminal who is hiding and sleeping under bridges next to a river."

Laudrup was forced to cancel a trip to the Netherlands to watch the youth team following Ajax's summons.