Feyenoord are the centre of a bizarre row between their city's mayor and the club after they organised parties for their extreme fans' groups in Glasgow ahead of tomorrow's Champions League dead rubber with Celtic.
The Hoops host the Dutch side in their final game of a disappointing group stage campaign after they collected just one point. Feyenoord are also out although they will finish in third place and are guaranteed Europa League football next year.
Feyenoord have sold out their allocation for Parkhead and will have a few thousand fans in Scotland and the club have rented out a venue in Glasgow for their fans to meet for a party.
But that's infuriated the mayor of Rotterdam, Ahmed Aboutaleb, who was targeted last year by death threats from extreme supporters' groups of the club.
Two groups - Rotterdam Radicals and De Noordzijde - saw several of their members convicted of threats and violence earlier this year after outbreaks of trouble with the authorities.
And he's outraged Feyenoord have invited the same fans groups to a party in Glasgow.
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Aboutaleb fumed: "'It is understandable and good that Feyenoord is committed to assisting supporters who go to Glasgow.
"But it is deeply regrettable to do this through the aforementioned supporters' associations.
"The leaders of these associations have shown several times that they are not doing the club any good. In my opinion, Feyenoord should distance itself from that."
But Feyenoord have defended the party in 'rough' Glasgow and stated: "We do this precisely to ensure that things are well organised and hopefully run smoothly and without incidents.
"For a good atmosphere, even the day before the match in an otherwise quite rough city, it is best to organise a nice party with different parties, which the majority are looking forward to.
"Organising something together with various supporter groups, including those mentioned has a positive impact.
"We do not tar everyone with the same brush and therefore do not exclude entire groups because there are people among them who have been convicted.
"Previous supporter parties in Tirana, Albania, for example, went very well."
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