Hans Kraay Jr. will be live in Monday evening Veronica Inside called by Erik ten Hag. The Ajax trainer did not know that Kraay Jr. was in the live broadcast, because he says he does not watch the talk show. “Erik says: I don’t look at that anyway, to Johan Derksen,” said Kraay Jr., holding the phone to his ear.
“I called you for that reunion of De Graafschap,” Kraay Jr. explained to Ten Hag on the phone. “If you join us for an hour in Good morning Eredivisie (the ESPN talk show where Kraay Jr. is a regular guest, ed.), I will come to Doetinchem. Will you do that? I’ll give René a little while, otherwise they won’t believe you it is.”
Van der Gijp then took over the phone and asked the Ajax trainer: “Have you played at De Graafschap, Erik? Did you really put that club on the map? You were on the bench? Neither? You just played? Okay “Okay, boy. Well, it’s going well now, isn’t it (Ajax, ed.). Enjoy, enjoy! Have a beer. Nice man.”
Kraay Jr. then explained that Ten Hag had asked him to come to a reunion for former De Graafschap players. The two have played together at that club in the past. “After the interview I had with him on Sunday after Ajax – PSV, he said: ‘You’ll be there, aren’t you, on November 14?’ Then the Dutch national team plays on Saturday and De Graafschap – Telstar on Sunday. I said: ‘No, I’m not there, because we have Good morning Eredivisie.’ He said: ‘Then we’ll do Good morning Eredivisie in Doetinchem, and I’ll come.’ Normally we do that program in the studio, but he said: ‘Why don’t you come, Hans?’ So now we are going to Doetinchem with the whole circus.”