Clubs in the Eredivisie will experiment with ‘more audience’ in the stadiums from October, Jan de Jong tells NOS. The interim director of the Eredivisie CV reports that the cabinet agrees with the experiment. The rule of one and a half meters further will be somewhat loosened.

“We are going to test at different clubs in the Eredivisie and the Kitchen Champion Division and in different stadiums”, De Jong said in the radio program. Along the line and surroundings. “We’re going to see what’s possible. Whether people can sit in a smaller space in the stadium. At less than one and a half meters. Not the whole stadium, but a few sections. With a mouth mask. Just like in public transport . “

For professional football clubs in the Netherlands, it is important to allow more public, says De Jong. “Otherwise this sector will not survive. A year without hearing and in a year you will no longer have professional football in the Netherlands.” The 2020/21 season starts next Saturday at 18.45 with the match between sc Heerenveen and Willem II.