Van de Ven on departure rumors: “It’s just made up”

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“Yeah of course I’ve seen things passing by. It’s not something I look at a lot to be honest. Reporters just say some things where you’re like how do you even come up with this? Players are switched off or don’t care about the situation that’s happening right now?

“The only thing I can say is it’s not true. It would be strange if a player was in the dressing room now and saying I’m going to leave either way, or I don’t focus about the situation because everything that’s going to happen, it doesn’t affect me. I think it’s just nonsense. It’s just like things they are bringing out.

“People just start believing it. What I said - it’s the biggest nonsense. Everybody is just focused on what’s going ahead and what’s in front of us.

“What you said, sometimes we just read things by ourselves, by the players as well, and then we’re just like, what is this? The other day when we read something about one guy that said to everyone that he’s probably going to leave and doesn’t care about the situation they’re in, and then someone reads this and we’re just like, how does this come out? People are just making things up, and it’s just frustrating for us as well, because it brings so much more trouble as well, because the fans are starting to believe this.

“They start saying, the guys don’t care anymore what’s going to happen in the club about the situation, but trust me, all the people involved on the pitch, the staff, the players, everyone, they care so much about the situation we’re in right now. We just want to turn things around, and that’s the most important, that’s the main focus for everyone. And then if some reports just start saying that guys don’t care anymore, it’s just frustrating for our guys.”