Sports marketer Frank van den Wall Bake fully agrees with the departure of director of football affairs Marc Overmars from Ajax. “Ajax had no other choice. This is unacceptable.”
“Overmars has been a steadfast factor, but no one is bigger than the club. Ajax is the phenomenon,” Van den Wall Bake told NH Sport . Sports journalist Frits Barend also shares this opinion. “Ajax always survives. It is an important link that disappears, but it is a replaceable link. More replaceable than a good keeper or a good striker,” said Barend.
“It is an important link that is missing, but it is a replaceable link”
The share of Ajax fell by 2.5 percent after the news about Overmars. Van den Wall Bake does not expect that to continue. Also the value of the football players will not fall. “Clubs look at the qualities of the players and not at the qualities of the director. Guys like Ryan Gravenberch and Jurriën Timber who have a lot of potential are really not going to drop in value,” said the sports marketer.
Sports journalist Frits Barend about Marc Overmars – NH Nieuws
“I think it’s disastrous for his career at the moment”
Overmars has been in the spotlight of other clubs lately. He was regularly linked to Newcastle United. The question now is whether he can still work in football after last night’s news. “I don’t think an English club will just take him,” Barend thinks.
“Nothing is as ephemeral as the football world. There will always be clubs who say that he has improved his life and that he has qualities that will do the club good. So I don’t rule it out. Maybe I react a bit emotionally, but I think that it is currently disastrous for his career,” concludes Van den Wall Bake.
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