SC Heerenveen must scrap ten positions within the club, the Frisians announce via the official channels. It is communicated that these harsh measures are the result of the financial situation, which “has worsened again by the corona crisis.” General director Cees Roozemond speaks on the Heerenveen website of a ‘painful and emotional day’ for the club.

“But above all for the employees we are forced to part with,” Roozemond said. “Over the past few months, we have conducted constructive consultations with the works council. This recently resulted in a positive recommendation, including a social plan. to safeguard the interests of the employees concerned as well as possible. They will be supported and guided in the coming period. “

“You are dealing with people, hard-working and dedicated employees who have often worked hard for the club for years”, the general manager of Heerenveen continues. “It hurts to have to report that there is no place for them within the organization. Unfortunately it is reality. sc Heerenveen cannot escape the implementation of a reorganization in which jobs are lost. It is in the interest of continuity. ” Heerenveen has already implemented the necessary austerity measures in the past year and staff reductions were previously inevitable, despite the fact that management, players and employees made a wage sacrifice.

“Several times we have made it known internally that the financial situation is not rosy and that job losses cannot be prevented. The football industry was subsequently hit hard by the ongoing corona crisis, which made taking these tough measures inevitable ”, Roozemond emphasizes. Heerenveen received more than twelve million euros last summer with the transfers from Chidera Ejuke (to CSKA Moscow) and Hicham Faik (to Al-Faisaly Harmah), although a small part of this was also invested in attracting Henk Veerman, Pawel, and others. Bochniewicz and Stanislav Shopov.