On November 21, there was a telephone conversation between Jaap Veerman and Jan Smit. According to lawyer Palm, Jan Smit’s quote was “it is war”, threatening and the intention was to leave collectively. According to the counselor, the words and the initiative to stop never came from the club.
For the first time, the arbitration committee interrupts the lawyer’s argument. Palm talks about a mobilization of Team Jonk towards the municipality, to get it on their side. The committee says: “But the municipality itself also has a say in this.” The counselor recovers quickly. “yes of course”
Steven Palm is now talking about the infamous press conference where Jaap Veerman had to provide explanations about the departure of Jan Smit, and later the departure of Matthias Kohler and Wim Jonk. It was never the intention for Volendam to force a departure. Jaap Veerman has been looking down for 30 minutes, not up or around. Listens calmly to his lawyer’s argument. Steven Palm says: “the captain of FC Volendam said that he felt betrayed at the beginning of December after the match against PEC. The team felt betrayed by team Jonk”