Friday, March 12, 2021 at 7:52 PM• Jeroen van Poppel

Bryan Linssen previewed Sunday’s top match against PSV at the press conference at Feyenoord on Friday. The thirty-year-old striker of the Rotterdammers has not yet given up hope for second place, he reveals. Feyenoord is currently fifth and is eight points behind number two PSV.

“I happened to talk to Ridgeciano Haps about it because he is sitting next to me in the locker room,” said Linssen. “Haps said:” If we win on Sunday, we can still go to second place. ” That’s how it goes, we too are just like people, almost people “, the attacker laughs. “We have already had to adjust our expectations a number of times. That is our own fault. But now it is a matter of hooking up. Every time you keep hooking up, there will be opportunities again. If you fail, then it will be very, very difficult. “

For Linssen, a lot has changed since his transfer-free arrival at Feyenoord in the summer. “I am now a striker and not a left winger anymore. So that is already one change. Of course the first half of the season was not how I wanted it”, he refers to the long absence of goals for Feyenoord. “In the end I did recover and started working on my statistics. I didn’t score. I didn’t always play my best games, but no one can say that I ever left the team. I just worked really hard. for the team. “

Linssen only scored his first goals for Feyenoord in the last game before the winter break, against sc Heerenveen (3-0). The veteran made a hat-trick against the Limburgers, to be put on the bench in the next match against Sparta Rotterdam (0-2). Linssen understands afterwards that Lucas Pratto was then preferred by Dick Advocaat. “I also jokingly said: he had the entire first half of the season to put me on the bench. You don’t expect that after a hat-trick. But you should also look like this: the trainer has indicated to the club that he has a new striker wanted, because I was a stand-in in his eyes. Then a new striker comes, then it would be very strange if you said to one swallow: it is already summer. Ultimately I have to ensure that more swallows come. I took care of that. “