Football league faces replaying 133 matches as passport issue causes chaos

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Dutch football finds itself in the middle of a legal storm that could throw the entire Eredivisie season into chaos.NAC Breda, currently battling relegation, have launched a legal challenge over their heavy 6-0 loss to Go Ahead Eagles back on March 15.The club discovered that defender Dean James shouldn't have been on the pitch that day.It turns out James, a Dutch-born full back who started representing Indonesia last year, had actually lost his Dutch nationality in the process.

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TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say Under Dutch law, when someone voluntarily takes up citizenship of another country, they automatically give up their Dutch passport.That meant James needed a work permit to play in the Netherlands – one he didn't have.The whole saga came to light thanks to a podcast, where pundit Rogier Jacobs spotted the problem and explained why James shouldn't have been playing."If you're a Dutch player with Indonesian roots, you can choose to play for Indonesia," Jacobs said, as per...

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