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quirk in law means 133 matches in the Eredivisie are invalid and need replayed.
>under Dutch law a Dutch citizen getting another citizenship loses Dutch citizenship
>Dutch citizen footballers become citizens of Indonesian, Cape Verde, Suriname, lose Dutch citizenship
>therefore they need a Dutch work permit to be allowed to play Ditch football
>no work permits sought or gained
>therefore under Dutch law and dutch FA rules, are ineligible to play pro football.
>each match the player was involved in cannot be counted as a legit match and needs replayed
>'The standard rule of the KNVB is that a match is then replayed, the reason for the ineligibility does not matter.
with one team trying to use the rules to avoid relegation and others trying to get into europe, this will either ruin the season or the KNVB will ignore their own rules and then face the case in the Court of Arbitration for Sport later on and lose and face massive payouts.

https://www.dailymail.com/sport/football/article-15778293/Top-European-league-faces-having-REPLAY-133-matches-amid-warning-season-not-finish-club-succeeds-legal-action-bizarre-passport-issue.html