Ex-Arsenal and Barcelona star Marc Overmars has resigned as sporting director of Ajax soccer membership after sending "inappropriate messages" to feminine colleagues.
The previous Dutch worldwide introduced he can be stepping down from his position with "fast impact".
Overmars apologised for his actions and admitted that he had "crossed the road", in response to a membership assertion.
Ajax acknowledged that their former director had despatched "inappropriate" messages to "a number of ladies" over an "prolonged time frame".
"I'm ashamed. Final week I used to be confronted with studies of my behaviour and the way it was skilled by others," Overmars stated.
"This behaviour is unacceptable. I see it now too. However it's too late. I see no different selection however to go away Ajax," he added.
"This additionally has a significant impression on my non-public state of affairs. That is why I ask everybody to go away me and my household alone."
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Overmars had been director of footballing affairs on the European giants since 2012 and had received the UEFA Champions League with Ajax as a participant in 1995. He additionally performed for Arsenal and Barcelona, in addition to showing 86 occasions for the Dutch nationwide facet.
The 48-year-old has been credited with making important contributions to Ajax lately and membership chairman Leen Meijaard described Overmars as "in all probability the most effective director of soccer Ajax has ever had".
However Meijaard acknowledged that "persevering with was not an choice" and acknowledged the "devastating" impression that Overmaras' behaviour had had on ladies.
"I really feel it's my duty to assist our colleagues due to my position," added Ajax normal supervisor Edwin van der Sar.
"A protected working setting is essential for everybody at Ajax. We pays much more consideration to this within the close to future."
Overmars' resignation comes simply weeks after the Netherlands was rocked by sexual abuse allegations on the favored tv present The Voice of Holland.
On Tuesday, the Netherlands appointed a brand new commissioner to deal with sexual abuse and intimidation.
“Current incidents within the sports activities and tv world present us that the rationale for the #MeToo motion in our nation continues to be alive. This should change,” stated Schooling, Tradition and Science Minister Robbert Dijkgraaf.
"We're engaged on a tradition change through which nobody seems to be away and through which folks maintain one another accountable for fallacious behaviour."
The Dutch Soccer Affiliation (KNVB) stated in a assertion that it was "shocked" by the information and expressed its sympathy in the direction of the victims.
"As the most important sports activities affiliation within the Netherlands, we're conscious that, sadly, energy relations can even play a job within the office within the sports activities world," the federation stated.
"A protected working setting is essential to us and is a subject that has been excessive on the agenda in skilled soccer for a while."
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