Arne Slot is naturally happy with the arrival of Alireza Jahanbakhsh to Feyenoord. The team from Rotterdam still has to do without the Iranian attacker in the second preliminary round of the Conference League against FC Drita on Thursday, but Slot expects a lot from his new acquisition. “I think he is an excellent player for Feyenoord. We are very happy with it,” said the Feyenoord trainer. ESPN.
Feyenoord practiced against Werder Bremen on Saturday (2-1 win). Jahanbakhsh, the direct replacement for Steven Berghuis, was in the stands at that match. “When a player leaves with Steven’s return, it’s really nice to bring back a player who has shown that in his career,” Slot said. “Of course that was three years ago, but I think he is an excellent player for Feyenoord. Did we dig deep into the pouch? I don’t have the impression that we have dug deep into our pockets,” he laughs. According to the General Newspaper Feyenoord paid just over a million euros.
Slot expects Jahanbakhsh to add ‘return’ to Feyenoord. Compared to Berghuis, the coach sees one advantage with the arrival of the Iranian. “We have a striker (Róbert Bozeník, ed.) and a number ten (probably Orkun Kökçü, ed.) who benefit from crosses. Then it is very nice that we now also have a player with his right leg on the right side We had a right leg on the left with Luis Sinisterra and a left leg on the right with Steven, so you can sometimes get fewer crosses as a team. We can now add that to our game.”
Feyenoord has to do without Jahanbakhsh for the time being. “He’s not even going to Kosovo,” Slot said. “Ali last played on June 15 and hasn’t trained yet. He has had four weeks of vacation. He really did something for himself, but we can’t expect him to play such a match in a few days. The downside is that we had to wait for Steven’s earnings before trading, but the week after that we hope to be able to use him for a short period of time.”
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