Monday, August 30, 2021 at 5:48 PM• Rian Rosendaal

Valentijn Driessen was in his column for Monday morning The Telegraph already critical of Joey Veerman and in the podcast of the newspaper, the football chief once again focuses on the sc Heerenveen midfielder. Driessen wanted to publish an extensive article this Monday about Veerman coveted by AZ, but interference by the player and his management could be put an end to that.

“The first thing I want to grab, and Mike (Verweij, ed.) has also been informed about it”, Driessen opens Monday in the podcast Kick-Off. “We had an excellent piece about Joey Veerman and the whole situation at Heerenveen. That was short-circuited with Joey Veerman and with his agent Fulco van Kooperen. That story was actually about to be published just now, and it has all been withdrawn by the agent and Joey Veerman. Because there was an unwelcome column in the newspaper this morning about Joey Veerman from my hand.”

Driessen calls Veerman’s behavior ‘totally inappropriate’: ‘He is not allowed to whine’

The football chief has previously been very critical of the midfielder.Read article

“In that I state that Joey Veerman should not whine and just have to wait and see whether AZ and Heerenveen come out”, Driessen continues. “That was too much for the Veerman camp and they withdrew that whole story. Then I think: Well, I think that’s so small, reacting to it in such a way. You should be happy that AZ is interested and that they are willing to pay more than they ever did for a domestic transfer. And it takes some time. And that you then fall over that you are being tackled, while last year you extended and improved your contract at Heerenveen without taking up a limited transfer fee. Then you better look at yourself and look in the mirror to see if you’ve arranged it all so well for Joey Veerman. Instead of withdrawing an interview.”

Driessen already wrote in his column that it is logical that Heerenveen wants to leave approximately eight million euros to Veerman, and does not agree with AZ’s offer of 4 to 4.5 million euros. “Verily and inappropriately, Veerman allows himself to be verbal and non-verbal about this. Totally inappropriate,” said Driessen. signed better conditions without a limited transfer fee. Veerman should not complain.”