The president of the Ajax Supervisory Board did not inform the relevant authorities of the actions of the entity he owns, as the local press revealed today in the latest series of scandals affecting the historic Amsterdam club.
Michael van Praag, the historic president of Ajax from 1989 to 2003, did not adequately disclose his portfolio of approximately one hundred Ajax shares to the AFM, the regulator of financial markets in the Netherlands, more than four months after his appointment, which was approved in November , when it was determined that this procedure should be carried out within a maximum of two weeks, as specified by the public television NOS.
For Ajax, everything was resolved
“This is an administrative omission. of the fact that the market knows very well,” Ajax explained to the channel itself. “Once we realized this, everything was resolved immediately.”
The latest scandal represents a new low blow for Ajax, four-time European champions, in a turbulent time both on and off the field.
The Ajax CEO was suspended on Tuesday
On Tuesday, Ajax was suspended Alex Kroes, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors, for suspicion of using insider information after it was verified that he bought more than 17,000 shares of the club a week before his appointment, which was announced on August 2, 2023.
Van Praag strongly criticized Kroes saying that he had been “incredibly naive” and that Ajax was “not a playground”.
Fans, furious, talk about a “children’s playground”
The Ajax fans association, angry at the situation. He denounced in his blog that Ajax is a playground “full of mines and where the swings are loose, the slide stops halfway and there is no sand.”
In the field of football, Ajax, four-time European champion and 36th (record) champion of the Netherlands, had the worst start to the season in its history by being relegated to the Eredivisie, provoking the anger of the fans, who took violent actions this winter.
From going from the bottom to the current fifth place
After reacting to the arrival of John van’t Schip On the bench, ‘Ajacied’ occupy fifth place in the Eredivisie, but on Thursday they conceded a last-minute equalizer against the Go Ahead Eagles at the Johan Cruyff Arena (1-1) and, with six games remaining, they are 7 points behind AZ Alkmaar, who occupy fourth place, the only one to qualify for the Europa League apart from the Cup champions.
Ajax must settle for playing in the Conference League unless Feyenoord, who will go to the Champions League, wins the Cup final against NEC Nijmegen (6th) and the fifth in the Eredivisie finally enters the Europa League.
Source: La Verdad
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