Johan Derksen does not agree with a statement that Erik ten Hag made on Wednesday evening about the misconduct of Marc Overmars at Ajax. Prior to the duel between Ajax and Vitesse (5-0), the trainer emphasized the ‘victims’: the employees who had to deal with Overmars’ transgressive behavior. According to Derksen, their suffering is nothing compared to that of the Overmars family.
On the broadcast of VI Today Derks looks at images of the interview with Ten Hag. “Everyone has been brainwashed,” he says of the trainer’s statements. “He hastened to say that the situation for the women is the worst. I don’t think so. It is the worst for the wife and children of Marc Overmars. I think that is the worst. How they have to go through life now, I think ten times worse than a woman who gets a dick pic on her phone.” Derksen has no pity for Overmars himself. “If he did it, I don’t mind Overmars. But it does for his family.”
On social media, Ten Hag gets a lot of praise for the way in which he responded to the situation. Journalists such as Hélène Hendriks, Sjoerd Mossou and Freek Jansen think that he struck the right tone. Ten Hag spoke of a ‘disastrous’ situation, especially for the women. “I have a hard time with that. Everyone processes it for themselves. I often withdraw. You are a bit quieter, you have less energy. But it is difficult in the first hours, first days.” Ten Hag said he was “stunned” by the events surrounding the club.
After the match he tells The Telegraph that Overmars himself is also ‘very shaken’. The trainer spoke to the director on Saturday evening, a day before the news came out. “Of course I support him. That goes without saying. I still have many questions, but I will not hear the answers, because it is privacy. We do not know the individual cases. It is difficult to draw conclusions.”
“It completely surprised and surprised me,” said Ten Hag, who does not blame himself for not having noticed the behavior of Overmars. “Of course I also asked myself that question. If I had seen it, you would say something about it as a friend. I played the film. But it is still so fresh. No, our friendship does not change, because it is very strong. “
Good interview from Ten Hag! #ajavit
— Hélène Hendriks (@hendrikshelene) Feb 9, 2022
Ten Hag is not the boss of the club, continue to find it strange that the trainer (the first) has to speak about these kinds of matters, but he articulates this really well.
— Sjoerd Mossou (@sjoerdmossou) Feb 9, 2022
Nicely and strongly expressed by Erik ten Hag. #Ajax https://t.co/z8z0r3xqlp
— Freek Jansen (@Freek_JansenVI) Feb 9, 2022
Ajax manager Erik ten Hag gives his first response to the news that technical director Marc Overmars resigned about sexual harassment claims: “This is just catastrophic, especially for the victims and especially for the women and their suffering. I struggle with that.” † https://t.co/AZNqhkJLFY
— Leander Schaerlaeckens (@LeanderAlphabet) Feb 9, 2022