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sport">Overmars signed a contract six weeks after his departure from Ajax due to sexually transgressive behavior, while an investigation into him is still ongoing.
sport">“There is nothing criminal about spreading text messages and other messages containing suggestive photos to say the least. But the investigation is still ongoing and I don’t understand why Antwerp couldn’t wait for the investigation. If only out of respect for the victims, for the authorities involved and for the integrity policy of our Dutch colleagues,” said Weyts.
sport">“There is also a moral aspect to it. I think you can ask some questions about the course of the appointment and the communication. I also don’t understand why the transfer was so urgent now.”
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The Flemish Minister of Sport, Ben Weyts.
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sport">Weyts hopes that Antwerp FC will be heard soon. “We are looking forward to the reactions of the professional club in question,” Weyts concluded. “I think it would do well to come up with some actions to preserve their own body and limbs.”
sport">Belgium reacted indignantly to the appointment of Overmars. “You can say that everyone deserves a second chance, but Antwerp gives those victims a new blow, as it were,” wrote former football player Marc Degryse. “I can understand a lot but not this. Not really”, was the reaction of former international Frank van der Elst.
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