Tottenham defender Micky van de Ven is taking former club Volendam to an arbitration court, believing they owe him €450,000.
That’s according to Noord Hollands Dagblad, who say the Tottenham man is refusing to give up his pursuit of money he believes is owed to him.
The newspaper explains that Van de Ven is taking Volendam to an arbitration committee, having already done so in the past when he moved to Wolfsburg.
He remains the most expensive departure from the club and believes that part of his previous agreement with club states he is due 10% of the net transfer proceeds.
He previously received €350,000 from his €3.5m move to Wolfsburg in 2021 but he completed a dream transfer to Tottenham for €40m last summer.
That agreement saw him rubbing his hands as he’d agreed a 15% sell-on percentage in that deal too, but he also feels he’s due 10% of the amount Volendam received from it, which was €4,455,891.
The club have disputed this and believe they’ve honoured that agreement with the money Van de Ven previously received from the sale to Wolfsburg.
The Tottenham man and his lawyers, though, feel strengthened by a recent case between Go Ahead Eagles and FC Utrecht, in which arbitrators ruled the agreement should be interpreted broadly and not just once and then not again.
Van de Ven has tried to reach an agreement with Volendam and was prepared to donate €75,000 to come to some sort of agreement. They were even given the option of paying the sum he believes they owe in ten payments.
This has been detailed in emails between Volendam chairman Jaap Veerman and Marcel van de Ven, the Tottenham defender’s father. The former has now been instructed to offer a €300,000 settlement.
That leaves a gap between the two parties, though, and his father has insisted while they don’t want to go to arbitration, they will do so to get their fair share.
“At our request, we met with FC Volendam several times to resolve the matter without the referees and publicity. The club collects a total of almost eight million euros for Micky and my son is entitled to his share.
“Although he has never received a thank you for all the money he raises, he was willing to donate €75,000 to the club. I think that says everything about him. But the time for negotiation is now over. We now demand the full price.”
