Overmars leaves Ajax after messages to female colleagues

Director of football affairs Marc Overmars will leave Ajax with immediate effect. He has decided this after discussions in recent days with the supervisory board (SB) and general manager Edwin van der Sar. He has sent cross-border messages to several female colleagues for a longer period of time, the club from Amsterdam reports.

“I am ashamed,” Overmars said in a press release. “Last week I was confronted with reports about my behavior. And how this has come across to others. Unfortunately, I didn’t realize that I had crossed boundaries with this, but that became clear to me these days. It suddenly made me feel enormous pressure. I offer my apologies. Especially for someone in my position, this behavior is not acceptable, I now see that too. But too late. I see no other option than to stop at Ajax. This also has a major impact on my private situation That’s why I ask everyone to leave me and my family alone.”

Overmars has been director of football affairs at Ajax since the summer of 2012.