AMSTERDAM (REUTERS) - Ajax Amsterdam technical director Marc Overmars on Wednesday (April 1) expressed astonishment at plans to try to complete the Dutch league season and compared the country's football association and Uefa to Donald Trump.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
AMSTERDAM - Ajax Amsterdam technical director Marc Overmars on Wednesday expressed astonishment at plans to try to complete the Dutch league season and compared the country's football association and Uefa to Donald Trump.
"Why would it be about money and not people's well-being at this time? I had hoped that the KNVB would take an independent decision, but they are now hiding behind Uefa," Overmars told Dutch daily De Telegraaf. The KNVB issued a statement saying it would follow Uefa's desire to try and complete the season, even if it meant re-starting the suspended campaign in mid-June and playing through into August."We in the Netherlands are not as dependent on television rights incomes as the leagues in Spain, England, Italy and Germany are.
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