Johan Derksen still does not rule out the possibility that he and his colleagues from Today Inside will move to broadcaster PowNed in the future. “Maybe we’ll be colleagues again.”
The management of Talpa dropped Johan Derksen during the candle riot around Today Inside. He got a knife in his back from Bobo Paul Römer, who shouted on the radio that the men of VI might just be a bit passé. When the men disappeared from the tube and SBS 6 finally collapsed, all Talpa owners suddenly panicked.
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During the candle break, Johan had serious conversations about a switch to the NPO. The all-powerful TV boss Frans Klein gave PowNed boss Dominique Weesie a mandate to talk to Johan. That happened.
The football connoisseur tells in conversation with PowNed reporter Reinout Zorge: “I have a soft spot for ehhh, are you called Pow these days? For your channel. Because a day later your broadcaster was standing behind me in my wooden house with the offer to come to him. That man has taste indeed.”
Salary Sacrifice
The men of VI had to make a considerable salary sacrifice. At the NPO, stars are ‘only’ allowed to earn two tons per year. “I did listen to it, yes. We were going to earn four times less. Yes. But there were a lot of nice sides to it.”
Reinout: “Who ever knows, huh?”
Johan: “Our contract expires next year. Maybe we’ll be colleagues again. Look, I’m still young. I can go for a few more years, huh?”
