Newcastle rush to upgrade the club with Overmars as new director of football
Accelerating the upgrading of the full-scale club for Newcastle United after it was already taken over by a group of Saudi investors with Prince Mohammed bin Salman as a shareholder. big Recently, the famous media such as The Mirror has reported the news that The club are eyeing former Arsenal winger Marc Overmars as their new director of football at Newcastle.
A few days ago, Newcastle had announced the sacking of Steve Bruce, manager of the latest official. The News has received compensation in the amount of 8 million pounds, or about 369 million baht due to the team’s performance that is not as good as it should be. Including in response to new goals and policies that will drive the team to be on par with the top teams in the English Premier League.
Overmars was one of the people involved in the news that Newcastle wanted to work together as a new director of football. Because the former Arsenal winger is considered a legendary player with a reputation as one. He is also well known for his role in managing and developing the football team. From the work that he has created over the course of 9 years working with Ajax Amsterdam
The news source also reported that Newcastle club Don’t just want Overmars to be the director of football only. But also to reach the body of Eric Ten Hag, who is the current coach of Ajax as well. However, Ten Hag appears to be one of the names involved in the news that Manchester United are keen on him as their manager in place of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer. Poor performance and may be fired soon
The 51-year-old director of football is best known for his speed as a winger. He has played for several clubs, including Ajax, Barcelona and Arsenal. During his time with the Gunners, Overmars was one of the players who led the team to one Premier League title, along with two FA Cups.
Overmars currently has three years left on his contract with Ajax and is paid £620,000 per year (about 28 million baht per year). If referred to the team before the end of the contract, it can be done. It has to be notified to the club three months in advance to not violate the agreement.
