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Telstar chairman Pieter de Waard looks in Studio Football endeared to the NOS interview with Wout Weghorst, who just won the League Cup with Manchester United. “In his attitude he remains sober and flat, but in his appearance you can see those beautiful eyes and that smile,” says De Waard. “I enjoy that.”
Ibrahim Afellay adds words of praise for Weghorst. “Admirable what this boy is doing. He is an example. How he got this far with his limitations, plays a final with Manchester United and has his part in winning the League Cup.”
De Waarn announced earlier this year that he will step down as chairman of Telstar as of July 1 of this year. With this, the longest-serving chairman in professional football leaves, he started seventeen years ago. Perhaps he is also the most striking chairman of professional football.
‘Togetherness is important’
One ambition remains for De Waard. He wants to try again for the chairmanship of the KNVB. In 2019, he ran for office and lost the election to Just Spee, who was recently reappointed until 2025.
Pieter de Waard: ‘Want to be the Weghorst of the drivers’
What would De Waard do differently? “What matters to me is togetherness,” he says. “What we have together, the 1.2 million KNVB members and the 3,000 clubs, is football. If we do it together, we are able to become world champions. Then we have to banish the egoism of the big clubs. “
“We have to learn to take care of each other,” De Waard continues. “That those 3,000 associations will all support it, so that those 1.2 million members can pay off and that there will be many more gems in our representative teams.”
“You have to have a goal and get people behind it,” continues De Waard. “I know I am capable of that. I want to be the Weghorst of the drivers. Go for it.”
Look below at the regular columns in Studio Voetbal: Final signal about Arthur Hoyer (by Frank Heinen) and De Muurligger about Saudi Arabia (by Hugo Borst). Also check fragments about supporters violence and Feyenoorders in Orange.
