End of era Dick Lukkien coming to FC Emmen: trainer returns to FC Groningen

“We have an agreement,” said general manager Wouter Gudde in front of ESPN’s camera. “We are still working out a few points, but it will be fine.” Gudde said that an agreement was reached last weekend with Lukkien, who has an expiring contract with Emmen. He will therefore transfer on a free transfer in the summer. “I neatly included Dennis van de Ree, the current one, in that. So he was aware of everything,” said Gudde. “And we also informed Emmen, because our preference was to communicate it directly.”

“Emmen didn’t want that. That’s where panic set in, it had to be lifted over the weekend. Then I already had a dark brown suspicion that it would be leaked exactly between the Emmen and Groningen match,” Gudde continued. “I am disappointed that it has now leaked from Emmen to Voetbal International. That is unprofessional and unreliable. But unfortunately the football world is structured that way. That it is now coming out, I cannot separate from the fact that this is probably deliberate happened.”

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