While the Dutch Football Federation (KNVB) announced on Wednesday that it would try to have its championship ended on August 3 at the latest, in accordance with the wishes of UEFA, the sports director of Ajax Amsterdam, Marc Overmars, expressed his misunderstanding in the columns of the daily newspaper From Telegraaf, frustrated that the KNVB ” hides “ behind the European body.
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While “More than 100 people die every day from coronavirus in the Netherlands”, Overmars regrets that it is “Matter of money and not of people’s health”. He even compares KNVB and UEFA to US President Donald Trump, “Who estimated a week ago that the economy was greater than the coronavirus”.
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“In the Netherlands, we are not as dependent on revenues linked to TV rights as in Spain, England, Italy or Germany, develops Overmars. I think UEFA put pressure on [les fédérations] to entice them to play at any cost. The Championship is dead, life is more important. “
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