Ajax sign creative midfielder Duarte

Duarte, 23, has signed a four-year deal as Ajax spend some of the 13.5 million euros they received from Tottenham Hotspur for midfielder Christian Eriksen, whose jersey number eight Duarte takes over.

"We needed to get new creative midfield talent. Lerin has the ability that will fit in at Ajax, you can compare him a bit with Edgar Davids," Ajax technical director Marc Overmars told the club's website (www.ajax.nl).

(Reporting by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by John Mehaffey)