A stable club, one of the most famous in the world, a nursery of talent, a home to such famous footballers like Johan Cruyff, Marco Van Basten, Dennis Bergkamp, Jaap Stam and Luis Suarez, a regular in the Champions League…and all that doesn’t matter after a recent revelation of a shocking behavior by the club’s director and former legend Mark Overmars. It has been revealed that Overmars has been sending “inappropriate messages” to his female colleagues in Ajax for some time, but the extend of these actions was revealed yesterday and it shocked the world. Photos of genitals, sexy comments, harassment, secret photography and much more has been revealed in a television program “The Voice of Holland”. And Overmars was in the middle of it.Director of Football Affairs Marc Overmars will leave Ajax with immediate effect. He made this decision after discussions in recent days with the Supervisory Board and CEO Edwin van der Sar and communicated his intentions to them.— AFC Ajax (@AFCAjax) February 6, 2022 Already ex technical director of Ajax, a man who guided the club in the right direction, as the Dutch giants are constant champions and a club with enormous profit from selling players has apologized in a statement.”I am ashamed. 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 was crossing boundaries with this, but that became clear to me these days. I suddenly felt enormous pressure. I apologise. Certainly for someone in my position, this behaviour is unacceptable. I now see that too. But it is too late. I see no other option but to leave Ajax. This also has a major impact” said Overmars.Shock in Amsterdam: Overmars leaves Ajax due to inappropriate messages to female colleaguesIs sending a dickpics to his female colleagues really not ‘crossing boundaries’ for Overmars? NRC has been investigating abuse of power in the workplace since mid-December and spoke with 11 former employees of the club. One of the women says to have received several dickpics – photos of a genitals – from Overmars. He would also have sent her a message with the text that he “felt something coming on”.(6.50) BURNLEY (3.80) MANCHESTER UNITED (1.63)The women also talked about the atmosphere in the club, which included other male employees and described the environment in the club as a “cock culture”. They talked about stereotype jokes made at subordinate women, comments about their appearance, and even stated that some of them were secretly photographed by a male colleague, after which the result was commented on in a social media group. And that kind of behavior lasted for years.“Within the club, his dealings with women have been whispered in several departments for years. His nickname was ‘horny cousin’ among some employees. Overmars allegedly forced himself on three women. “Some were confused about his behavior, had no idea how to respond to compliments about their appearance or proposals to have a drink” according to NRC.🚨 – Van der Sar: “Marc Overmars and I have been playing together since the beginning of the early 90’s, and have been colleagues for almost 10 years. This comes to an end. For everyone who loves Ajax, this will be a huge blow. But our ambitions will remain the same.” pic.twitter.com/ggcxYjzM2x— 𝐀𝐅𝐂 𝐀𝐉𝐀𝐗 💎 (@TheEuropeanLad) February 6, 2022 For the time being, no report has been filed against Overmars. General manager Edwin Van der Saar will address the staff during the day, but since he is one of Mark’s closest friends, questions about his responsibility will soon arrive. Overmars’ choice at coaching position Erik ten Hag is also is question, and now is expected to leave the club in June, even thou he has a contract until 2023. Overmars may face criminal consequences for his behavior as reported by Het Parool, although at the moment neither the victims nor Ajax nor the Federation have filed a complaint some against the former Dutch international, but the new evidence are expected on Monday and nobody knows what will happen afterwards.
