Hans Nijland thinks that after the return of Arjen Robben Kenneth Perez and Arnold Bruggink have expressed themselves too disdainfully about FC Groningen. The former director also pointed this out to the two.
Perez fears irritation with Robben in the dressing room of FC Groningen. “I am afraid that there is a big difference between how he experiences it and – I do not want to say the semi-amateurs – the players of FC Groningen experience it,” said Perez at FOX Sports, among others. Nijland does not like that.
“They were wrongly doing something derogatory about FC Groningen. I just reminded them that we have produced three footballers who are among the top ten in the world,” said Nijland in the Dagblad van het Noorden. “Luis Suárez, Virgil van Dijk and of course Arjen Robben all have a FC Groningen past. But Robben’s return does not only mean a boost for our club. It is good for the entire Eredivisie.”
Nijland thinks that FC Groningen has gold in its hands with Robben. “The unfortunate thing is that you cannot take full advantage yet, because you cannot sell the stadium completely due to corona. But I tell you, if normally the opening match of the FC Groningen-RKC Waalwijk competition had been and you could have counted on maximum 14,000, 15,000 visitors, this time would have been 22,500 and you could have hung the sign sold out on the door, “said Nijland. “The effect will also be enormous on the merchandise. Those shirts are all over the world. This is very big.”
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