Valentijn Driessen is in Friday evening Veronica Inside quite critical of the purchasing policy of Frank Arnesen, who has been technical director at Feyenoord since January 2020. The chief football from The Telegraph finds it incomprehensible that the Danish driver chose last year to bring the Slovak attacker Robert Bozenik to De Kuip.
“The man has been there for a year and a half and I thought: I’m going to check that list for fun“Driessen refers to the list of purchases from Feyenoord since Arnesen’s entrance.” They hardly have any money to buy players, but they just spent ten million euros. We then give Bryan Linssen (transfer-free, ed.) The benefit of the doubt, and Aliou Balde too. But Mark Diemers has been obtained for 1.2 million euros. But the worst is of course that Bozenik. That boy cost four million euros. And then I think: Yes, should we all follow Frank Arnesen together?“, said the critical Driessen.
“Francesco Antonucci is also there and from what I heard Arne Slot is absolutely not convinced of him at the moment”, Driessen continues his analysis of Feyenoord. “He now plays at FC Volendam. But that Bozenik was Frank Arnesen’s new Robert Lewandowski, he said.” Table mate Johan Derksen then wonders who scouted the attacker from Slovakia. “He comes from Frank Arnesen’s network”, is Driessen’s answer. He was just there and Feyenoord wanted a striker and he remembered one. That is why Bozenik was brought in. “
Derksen then takes over for Dick Advocaat. “Poor Dick will have two strikers who both cannot do anything at all,” the analyst refers to Lucas Pratto, hired from River Plate in January, next to Bozenik. “He now has three, because the other one can’t do anything,” Derksen refers to Nicolai Jörgensen, who also performed disappointingly. The attention then shifts back to Bozenik. “Clubs of level will not take him. It only bother you. You just spent too much for that boy, it’s just a bad buy”, said Derksen.