Sunday, May 28, 2023 at 6:06 PM• Jeroen van Poppel • Last update: 18:08

Orkun Kökçü takes into account that he played his last match for Feyenoord on Sunday. After the disappointing final match with Vitesse (0-1 loss), the captain is honest about his future plans. “If the right club comes along, I want to take a step this summer,” says Kökçü in front of the camera. ESPN.

Feyenoord did not take the last game of the season too seriously and made a midweek holiday trip to Ibiza. Kökçü admits that the outing did not help. “It was difficult anyway. It has also become a bit warmer, you felt that in the first half. You cannot escape the fact that we have not trained much in the past week. I think we have created enough chances to win this match to win, but I think we had enough chances to still win. But all in all, it wasn’t sharp enough.”

Kökçü nevertheless looks back on a fantastic season, also from a personal point of view. “I think I really took the last step this season to be a decisive player for Feyenoord. I worked hard for that. The fact that we became champions, partly because of my teammates and the technical staff, is of course a nice end.” Arne Slot indicated this week that he would certainly stay with Feyenoord, but Kökçü assumes that he will leave himself.

“I have a good relationship with the trainer anyway, just like with everyone else, but I do want to take a step.” Hans Kraay junior responds: “You’ve earned that. Very honest of you to say that.” In the studio of ESPN speculates Mario Been about a next step. “I think he is very suitable to play in Germany,” said Been. “Then I think of Borussia Dortmund. He has the running ability, sees the game well. I think he has the individual qualities. That is not yet a guarantee of an immediate starting place, but it is expected that Jude Bellingham will leave there.” Real Madrid will probably incorporate the latter, it was reported Mark earlier already.