Zian Flemming would like to play the role of Dani de Wit at AZ or Guus Til at Feyenoord. The 23-year-old attacking midfielder of Fortuna Sittard thinks he could handle such a move. Mario Been, Henk Fraser and Hans Kraay junior also consider Flemming in the program Good morning Eredivisie from ESPN ready for the next step in the Eredivisie.
Been asks if Flemming sees a club in the Netherlands that he ‘thinks he could pay for there’. “If I now see Feyenoord and AZ in the Netherlands and you can play in the position where Guus Til and Dani de Wit are now playing, then I feel like it’s just a winner”, Flemming responds. “You have so many attacks in the box and get so many opportunities. I think the way of playing would suit me too. It’s hard to say if it’s realistic, I think it could.”
“You can say it without hesitation. I looked it up: 50 matches for Fortuna and involved in 27 goals. Then you get at least the same return for teams that play higher,” Kraay adds. Ben agrees. “He should just be able to play in the sub-top of the Netherlands, right? Come on, he’s still really young. I think it’s a certain escape behavior if a player goes abroad at that age. And then I also find that an x number of clubs are sleeping. We complain about young players going abroad too early, but then you have to open your eyes and recognize and recognize Zian Flemming’s talent.”
“If I had mapped out my career from Fortuna, that would also tell you that you would first go to the top or sub-top of the Eredivisie and then go abroad,” admits Flemming, who was in the concrete interest of Nottingham Forest, Millwall and Huddersfield Town. “But yes, if Fortuna has a price tag on you, it simply cannot be paid in the Netherlands… Last summer it was four million euros, six months ago it was three million euros with bonuses. Then AZ or FC Utrecht can call, but they are shocked and hang up immediately.”
“Or they have to recognize your talent, then it’s not that bad. We spend amounts on foreigners of which I sometimes think: it will be. But Zian has a lot of talent and I think he would make every sub-topper better,” emphasizes Been. Flemming says that Fortuna will cooperate with a transfer next summer and Kraay mentions FC Utrecht in the current market as a possible destination. Fraser: “If you look at the market and its qualities. I am convinced that he can do that: Feyenoord, AZ, you name it. A hundred percent. I don’t think such amounts are exaggerated now.”