Thursday, April 22, 2021 at 3:40 PM• Mart Oude Nijeweeme • Last update: 15:47

It is that Feyenoord could not pay Theo Janssen, otherwise the midfielder would probably have worn the shirt of the team from Rotterdam in the past, he stated in an interview with RTV Rijnmond. The former footballer grew up at home with Vitesse and Feyenoord, but the latter club did not have the financial means to bring the creative left leg to De Kuip. According to Janssen, Feyenoord is currently missing a type of player like him.

Janssen was brought up with ‘the Feyenoord feeling’. “My father has always been a Feyenoord supporter, so in our house Feyenoord was always a bit like the club together with Vitesse”, says Janssen. “For me, Feyenoord was always something special. Of course I played football at FC Twente, which has become very special for me. And Ajax has something special because I played there for a while. But from the past Feyenoord was more my club than Ajax. Certainly. I think that with my playing style and my background I would certainly have suited Feyenoord well. Perhaps better than Ajax. But Feyenoord could not afford me. “

And so it stayed for Janssen in the Netherlands at Ajax, Twente and Vitesse. The latter club will go to De Kuip for the second time in a week on Sunday. After Ajax was the opponent in the lost final of the TOTO KNVB Cup on Sunday, Thomas Letsch’s team will resume the competition against Feyenoord on Sunday. “If you look at the composition of the Feyenoord team and you look at the midfielders, then they are quite a lot of the same type of players. They lack creativity, someone who can give a pass behind the last line. Jens Toornstra also plays a fantastic game. season, he is a very good player, but his absolute strength is around sixteen from the opponent. “

Janssen focuses on his function as head coach in the youth academy of Vitesse, where he manages the Under-18s. He does not like being a trainer in professional football. “There are a hundred thousand trainers in the country who all want to get their Coach Paid Football diploma and 99 percent of those people will not find work anywhere. Then it is nice that you have a diploma in your pocket, but if you have no prospect of a good job, why would you get your diploma? ” He still sees a role as assistant trainer at Feyenoord in the future. “If they ever ask, I will succeed John de Wolf.”