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Suddenly Marcel Lucassen was big news. The unknown director of football development would be forced to leave the KNVB after a year. According to national coach Louis van Gaal, who wholeheartedly disagreed. Lucassen had made a big impression on him. Someone with a lot of knowledge about football and an impressive resume. He ignored the lure of the German federation in 2021 – he was under contract there between 2008 and 2015 during the German football revolution – because he wanted to make a difference for football in his homeland.