"As you all know, my health has not been the best. But now I feel very clearly that I can no longer live with this stress in everyday life," he writes in a letter to the club's supporters.
In 2022, Overmars suffered a mild stroke.
"My energy is completely gone. If I don't listen to my body now, there's a risk that it will end badly."
Overmars joined Royal Antwerp in 2022. At that time, he had been forced to quit as Ajax's director of football after sending inappropriate messages to female employees at the club.
