The future of professional football club FC Volendam is in danger. In a statement that the Supervisory Board (SB) has just released, it states that the club has a negative equity of three million euros and that there is a risk of a deficit of 2.3 million euros for the current season. Because the Supervisory Board has no confidence that the current board led by Jan Smit will take measures, they must leave.
In the statement, Supervisory Board chairman Jaap Veerman writes: “Despite repeated requests to submit recovery plans to us, the board has not been able to convince us that these problems are being resolved. In addition, it now appears that there are such divergent visions within the management that are hampering the functioning of the entire management as a team leaves much to be desired.”
Veerman also states that a breach of trust has occurred this year and that the difference of opinion with the board is “irreparable and unbridgeable”. The Supervisory Board has invited Jan Smit and the three fellow board members to a special meeting next Thursday. After that conversation a final decision will follow.
Veerman further writes: “We regard Jan Smit as an icon of Volendam society and would like to thank him and his fellow board members, whatever the decision on Thursday, for the efforts they have made on behalf of FC Volendam.”
Jan Smit announced yesterday via his social channels that the entire board must leave. According to Smit, the FC’s financial position is much less worrying. For example, he wrote: “I wish the Supervisory Board and the new directors a lot of fun and wisdom with the (transfer) profits that will be released in the next financial year after 4 years of applying football vision, strategy and policy (our transfer profits are paid out over several seasons) For the first time in history, you can start a new season with a clean, well-filled slate!”