Netherlands transfers Overmars suspension decision to FIFA

This Friday, the KNVB announced the following message: Marc Overmars, former FC Barcelona football player and current sporting director of Antwerp, Belgium, the last rival of the Barça team in the Champions League group stage. FIFA has been notified of the decision in the case. Fethbal said the World Football Association’s disciplinary committee needed to decide whether the one-year suspension he received in the Netherlands for “infractions” while he was Ajax’s sporting director had global validity. It is said that there is.

In November, the Sports Research Institute determined that a violation had occurred. According to the ruling, the former Ajax technical director was banned from holding any position in Dutch football for one year and was also given a one-year conditional suspension.

According to FIFA regulations, national associations must report “serious incidents of sexual harassment,” and Voetbal reports that the KNVB (Royal Dutch Football Association) has already confirmed that this has already happened. Stated. Based on this communication, FIFA will decide whether there are sufficient grounds to impose the same suspension that Dutch sports justice imposed on the former Oranje international.

Overmars resigned as Ajax’s director of football in February 2022 after it was revealed that he had sent the photos to a club employee in Amsterdam. Mr Overmars resigned and apologized for his actions, which he found “embarrassing”. Shortly after, he signed with Antwerp, with a contract until June 2026.