When Eric Gudde is asked whether clubs will fall due to the corona crisis, there is a long silence. At the table Studio Football It appears that the director of professional football is afraid of the consequences that a further tightening of the corona measures will have on the industry.
On Tuesday evening, Prime Minister Rutte and Minister De Jonge are likely to announce stricter measures. “It would be completely incomprehensible and implausible if we weren’t playing football next week”, says Gudde, who with the KNVB does everything he can to keep the industry going. “The commitment we make is maximum.”
In addition to Gudde, analysts Rafael van der Vaart and Pierre van Hooijdonk and journalist Kees Jansma also sat down at Sjoerd van Ramshorst’s table. Jansma, also a former press secretary of Orange, is critical of Gudde and the KNVB.
‘KNVB lobby is not visible’
“The lobby will be there, but it will not be visible. Other sectors are doing that. What we also need is that the football world gets up. And make it clear to everyone in as many places as possible: we are also an industry.”
According to Gudde, the impression that professional football is not sufficiently publicized has lingered after the association and the clubs reacted too hesitantly in the initial phase of the corona crisis and, moreover, did not act collectively. Subsequently, the association also acknowledged that it had failed to communicate properly during that period in handling the current competition.
Eric Gudde finds the corona measures inconsistent:
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