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The KNVB licensing committee for professional football will start an investigation into Alex Kroes, the suspended general manager of Ajax. During his time as a director of AZ, the fifty-year-old from Utrecht already owned shares in the Amsterdam record champion and thus violated the rules of the Dutch Football Association. The KNVB disagrees de Volkskrant know how to look into the matter.
The KNVB will submit Kroes' case to the licensing committee, the football association said after questions from the national newspaper. “The Guideline guaranteeing independence and continuity of license holder stipulates that directors of a football club may not directly or indirectly own shares in another professional football club.” de Volkskrant.
“In the same way, they cannot work as a director or commissioner at another club at home or abroad,” the KNVB adds. After questions from de Volkskrant the football association has concluded that Kroes violated the rules by holding shares in Ajax as a director of AZ.
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