For the players, “the problems started during the summer”. “Former investors ACA Football Group lied to us that everything would be fine. But, after a few weeks, it turned out that the rumors about financial problems were true. Bankruptcy was inevitable if the club did not could not find a new investor. At that time, many people within the club, including physiotherapists and fitness trainers, were already no longer paid.
Players also no longer received breakfast at the club and had to return their cars and fuel cards. The recent arrival of the new investor AAD Invest Group has not reassured the Flandrian core. “The hardest part seemed to be behind us but we still haven’t received a single euro since.”
Deinze was sanctioned on Tuesday by the Licensing Commission of the Belgian Football Union (URBSFA) with a withdrawal of three points and a temporary withdrawal of two players over the age of 21 from the squad list in addition of the transfer ban already imposed on the club which will appeal this decision.
