“Players are responsible for reporting a change in their nationality to the competent authorities, and clubs are responsible for fielding players who they have determined are eligible to play,” the KNVB told ANP. According to the association, there can no longer be any confusion about the fact that players must have the correct work permit.
The ball recently started rolling after NAC wanted the away match against Go Ahead Eagles to be replayed. Dean James has lost his Dutch nationality after becoming an Indonesian international. The people of Deventer should have applied for a work and residence permit for him, but that did not happen.
Since then, questions have been raised about several players who were born in the Netherlands, but play for a country outside Europe.
Situation at FC Volendam and Telstar
At FC Volendam ‘passport gate’ is not an issue. Yannick Leliendal (Suriname), Mawouna Amevor (Togo) and Déron Payne (Trinidad and Tobago) are eligible to play for the club. Their fathers were born in the country of the national team.
It is a lot more difficult for Telstar when it comes to the passport gate. Two players, Devon Koswal and Dion Malone (both Suriname), would no longer be eligible to play. All alarm bells have gone off at the club and it will be investigated on Wednesday whether they are indeed ineligible to play.
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