Thomas Ouwejan does not have a good word for the attitude of his club AZ. The 23-year-old defender is in the interest of PSV, but the Alkmaar club refuses to cooperate in a transfer.
“Yes, I blame AZ for this,” Ouwejan told Saturday AD after the away match against sc Heerenveen (1-2 win). “This is my thirteenth year at AZ and I have always given everything. It has been a tough six months. I have played everything for two seasons. Then it falls raw on your roof that you now hardly play anything anymore.”
Ouwejan is not a fixed value this season in the basic formation of coach Arne Slot. The twelve-time international of the Dutch Juniors did kick off against Heerenveen, partly due to the absence of the injured Owen Wijndal. It was only the fourth time this season that he was allowed to start in the starting line-up.
“Now PSV is coming and this is such a great opportunity for me. Then it is a shame that AZ deals with it like this. I think they want to rent me, with an option to buy.”
“I take few minutes and now get a good chance”
“You can look at it from different angles,” Ouwejan continued, who somewhere also understands that his club does not want to let him go. “AZ thinks: we are not going to make our competition stronger and we want to keep our own selection. I am right there: I make so few minutes here and now have a good chance. Grant me.”
At PSV the chance of playing minutes seems to be a lot bigger for Ouwejan than in Alkmaar. The struggling Eindhoven residents, who were eliminated on Thursday by NAC Breda in the TOTO KNVB Cup, were hoping for the arrival of AC Milan defender Ricardo Rodríguez, but who seems to be moving to Fenerbahçe.
Ouwejan, who has not yet put a transfer out of his mind, has also monitored the situation in Eindhoven. “I see what is happening at PSV. There are opportunities on the left back. I see that there. And now? The transfer market is open for another week. I don’t know either.”
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