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\u2014 V\u00e1radi recalled the events of more than six months earlier. \u2014 I took part in a technical training session, where the coach and the team captain watched how I shot at goal, crossed the ball and headed it. The following morning, a ten-kilometre run was part of the physical fitness test. All the players were present for this, as well as for the afternoon training session involving two teams. At the end, they told me that they wanted me and would obtain the necessary work permit. I must admit that I returned to Tours feeling optimistic.<\/p>\n
Things initially looked promising. The De Stichting Arbeidszaken, or Labour Affairs Committee, led by Jan Masman, supported the club’s and V\u00e1radi’s application by a vote of four to three. Since the vast majority of applications are rejected by this committee itself, everyone was hopeful. Feyenoord was so confident that on 22 January it called the Hungarian footballer back to the Netherlands. From then on, V\u00e1radi trained with his new teammates every day and played in two friendly matches. He scored three goals in these games. His goals were also shown on Dutch television. L\u00e1szl\u00f3 Fazekas, his fellow Hungarian player who was playing in Belgium, watched the highlights. Fazekas was well known for not praising fellow players without good reason.<\/p>\n
\u2014 V\u00e1radi played brilliantly \u2014 Fazekas declared. \u2014 In the first match, Tahamata passed him the ball. B\u00e9la brought it under control and struck it mercilessly into the net from eighteen metres. He scored his next goal from just over twenty metres, from the centre of the pitch. In the second match, he played for only twenty-five minutes because the league was about to resume and his registration had not yet been finalised. In that game, he scored with his right foot from sixteen metres.<\/p>\n
Ab Fafi\u00e9, Feyenoord’s coach, stated in the 30 January 1985 issue of the Rotterdam Nieuwsblad newspaper that he needed V\u00e1radi and intended to use him as a left-sided midfielder.<\/p>\n
\u2014 Unfortunately, in the meantime, the Dutch Minister of Labour did not sign the proposal submitted by the Labour Affairs Committee \u2014 V\u00e1radi recalled. \u2014 The Feyenoord players all signed a petition, and the club managed to secure another round of negotiations. On 22 February, I returned to France. Two days later, I received the sad news that the minister had once again refused to approve my employment.<\/p>\n
Jen\u0151 B\u00e9kefi, a UEFA-licensed agent living near Brussels, who had good connections with Feyenoord, explained:<\/p>\n
\u2014 The Mayor of Rotterdam also went to see the minister on V\u00e1radi’s behalf, but to no avail. Unfortunately, for those arriving from countries outside the European Common Market, the situation is almost hopeless. Despite this, the Labour Affairs Committee had approved V\u00e1radi’s permit. Usually, this is the more difficult hurdle to overcome, as the minister approves the committee’s recommendations in the vast majority of cases.<\/p>\n
\u2014 The players were extremely kind \u2014 said the former Vasas striker. \u2014 Cruyff often drove me to training in his own car. They never once made me feel like an outsider.<\/p>\n
The “drama” was over. At least as far as B\u00e9la V\u00e1radi’s attempt to establish himself in the Netherlands was concerned. After spending several months abroad, the footballer, who had grown a beard during that time, returned to Tours.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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