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Thursday, July 2, 2020 at
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Leroy Fer has extended his contract with Feyenoord for two more seasons this week. The midfielder had an expiring contract and it took some time before both parties agreed on the terms. In conversation with it Algemeen Dagblad The eleven-time Orange international explains why an agreement was not reached just like that and expresses the wish to play football with Georginio Wijnaldum in De Kuip in the near future.
Technical director Frank Arnesen wanted to continue with Fer, but an agreement was not reached for a long time. The thirty-year-old midfielder emphasizes that it has always been the intention of both parties to come to a new contract. “Then it is about reaching an agreement with which the club and I are satisfied. That worked, ”said Fer, who says that it was not purely about money. “Rather for the duration of the contract. Feyenoord initially wanted one extra season and an option for another season. I immediately wanted to sign for two more years. It is clear that everyone has to make a financial sacrifice in this corona crisis. We talked about that and we were out early this week. “
Lawyer also played an important role, according to Fer. “He previously asked: ‘Leroy, do you really want to stay?’. That’s what I wanted and the trainer said he would make a case for it. ” Fer had a difficult start under trainer Jaap Stam, partly because he was not yet fit. Over the course of the season, he developed into a permanent fixture and that even led to him being included in the pre-selection of the Dutch national team by national coach Ronald Koeman. Due to the corona crisis, it did not return to Orange. “I am grateful to the club for having the opportunity to return and get fit. But at some point it started to run. In recent months I have felt stronger and stronger. ”
Fer cannot say whether he will also finish his career at Feyenoord. “I’m only thirty, so in two seasons I’m not so old that I should stop. I don’t want to look that far ahead, but I’m not thinking about quitting yet. That was not easy, we saw this week, hahaha ”, said Fer, who is referring to the return of Arjen Robben at FC Groningen. “Robben back in the Eredivisie, great”, responds Fer, who regularly met the winger at the Dutch national team. “Not only for that club, for the entire Dutch football. By breaking off the competition and all consequences, a positive news was welcome. Robben makes people look forward to the start of the Eredivisie again. ”
Maarten Stekelenburg recently returned to Ajax, Robben at FC Groningen and FC Twente is working behind the scenes on the return of Karim El Ahmadi. Whether Fer has also asked Liverpool midfielder Georginio Wijnaldum for a return to the Eredivisie? Yes, hahaha. But I don’t think it’s ready for a return yet. The Champions League, the Premier League. It is in the phase of winning prizes. But it would be nice to be able to play with him in De Kuip. Who knows in the future, “Fer decides about the Orange international who recently became champion with Liverpool.
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