Now that Jan van Dijk has retired as coach, ‘Mister FC Groningen’ becomes a quiet supporter. ‘When he doesn’t smell the grass, he is very nice and sweet’

With a match in which a collection of key players from his fifty-year career appeared at the kick-off, ‘Mister FC Groningen’ Jan van Dijk (69) ended his football life on Saturday. The training of the amateurs of BSV Limburgia in Brunssum was the last stop. “I have looked death in the eye, now I want to do fun things with my wife.”

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