Maarten Wijffels foresees a problem for Feyenoord next season when it comes to the striker position. The journalist of the Algemeen Dagblad argues that Arne Slot, the future trainer of the team from Rotterdam, likes to play with a starting point in the center of the attack and, surprisingly, suggests Henk Veerman of sc Heerenveen as an option.
Feyenoord currently has four center attackers, of which Lucas Pratto will at least return to River Plate, while Nicolai Jörgensen is also nominated to leave. Bryan Linssen has had a basic place under Dick Advocaat in recent months, but is not a ‘coat rack’ for the attack. The fourth striker is Róbert Bozeník, who has not yet been able to meet expectations in De Kuip.
“In the current situation it is an option to get Henk Veerman, because that is a player who falls into the jersey at Feyenoord”, Wijffels says in the AD Football Podcast. “He is not very good, but he is a boy that you can continue to play football under. Then you have something that gives stability in your team. You have to do something. It is to bridge the future of Feyenoord. Not that it is the dream striker for Feyenoord. is, not at all. ” The thirty-year-old Veerman is detained at Heerenveen until mid-2023. Last summer, the Frisians paid one and a half million euros to buy back the striker from 1. FC St. Pauli. Veerman has 14 goals and 6 assists after 28 league matches.
Mikos Gouka, who also participates in the podcast, does not like the idea of Wijffels. That is Feyenoord’s old policy, which Feyenoord has been doing for years: ‘We don’t know very well. A striker is running at ADO Den Haag, who scores a few goals, and we achieve them. ‘ So Michiel Kramer. And then after six months shouting: “That is actually not good enough for Feyenoord.”
Attracting Veerman therefore does not seem like a good plan to Gouka. “I understand that Veerman is a type of striker with whom you can play football more easily than with Linssen, for example, but you can assume that they will still be working with Bozeník, four million euros was paid for that in January 2020. you cannot write off yet, although he will also have to show more. And Henk Veerman will not be free either. That also costs money. They don’t have that. “
Feyenoord is in financial trouble and needs reinforcements in more positions, Gouka points out. “The central defenders will soon be gone. Eric Botteghin will probably leave and Uros Spajic’s lease expires. Marcos Senesi could be sold, so then you get that they have to spend money or scout smartly. That is going to be a tough job, unless investors come and say: “We are going to step into Feyenoord.” But that green light is far from there yet. “