FIFA, van Basten leaves technical director role

Marco van Basten is no longer the Director of the FIFA Technical Development Area. The former Milan player has decided to abandon the position he has held for just over two years to have more time for his family. Here is his official statement: "After two good and interesting years I decided to put an end to my duty at FIFA, mainly to be able to spend more time with my family in Amsterdam. I learned a lot being in a position to influence this game from the other side. The World Cup in Russia with the introduction of VAR was a nice milestone." At the end of the month, therefore, van Basten will leave the role. Zvonimir Boban - a former teammate of van Basten (at AC Milan) - who is the FIFA deputy secretary general, also wanted to give thanks to his friend, stating: "Marco has played an important role to reconnect the institution with its technical community."