At the heart of a sex scandal leading to his resignation from Ajax Amsterdam on February 6, Marc Overmars will bounce back in Belgium. Indeed, the former Dutch winger, who notably worked for Arsenal, has just been appointed technical director of Royal Antwerp, currently ranking third in the Belgian championship. “I am very happy to join this club and this project. It is a very ambitious challenge. What has been built here in a few years is impressive, there is real potential in this football-loving club and city, with great popular enthusiasm. I can’t wait to start work and I’m going to settle in Antwerp.”he said in a statement released by the club.
A new experience for the one who had therefore greatly tarnished his image following the revelations of “inappropriate posts” and of a sexual nature sent to “several female colleagues”. A dark affair for which the 48-year-old Dutchman had publicly apologized: “I apologize. Especially for someone in my position, this behavior cannot be justified, I realize that now. But it’s too late. I don’t see any other option than to leave Ajax. It also has a major impact on my privacy. That’s why I’m asking everyone to leave me and my family alone.”.
