“The Amsterdammers will present Erik ten Hag as Keizer’s successor and Alfred Schreuder as his assistant after the weekend,” popular daily tabloid De Telegraaf said.
Ten Hag, 47, head coach of Utrecht since May 2015, is seen as “the crown prince of the Dutch football manager fraternity…and has a limited release sum of in his contract of around 700,000 euros (RM3.4 million), an amount that’s no problem for Ajax,” the paper said.
In response to the report, Ajax told AFP “as is known, we do not comment on rumours”.
“As soon as we have news, we’ll send out a press release or announce it via our site,” Christa Overtoom said in an email.
Keizer and legendary striker Bergkamp, who scored a total of 264 goals at club level, were sacked on Thursday, together with assistant coach Hennie Spijkerman.
In a short press release, Ajax general manager Edwin van der Sar said the club “has insufficient confidence” that the current side “will reach the level we expect from them” under Keizer, Spijkerman, and Bergkamp.
Keizer was Ajax coach for only 174 days since his appointment in the summer, which was followed by a string of disappointing losses by the Dutch giants.
Not only did they fail to qualify from the preliminary rounds of either the Champions League or the Europa League, but they also crashed out of the KNVB Cup on Wednesday, losing on penalties to FC Twente following a 1-1 draw.
Ajax are second in the Eredivisie standings, five points behind leaders PSV.
Ten Hag led Dutch club Go Ahead Eagles to promotion in 2013 and then coached Bayern Munich II when Pep Guardiola managed the German club’s top squad.