Never heard a sweeter sounding word than Feyenoord part 2

Feyenoord said "Goodbye" to Hugo Bueno, Facundo Gonzalez, and Ibrahim Osman; however, they may still try to negotiate for Bueno to stay another season.

Feyenoord wants to sign Haakon Bleken Norda. The 16-year-old goalkeeper talent from Norway must come over from club Hamarkameratene. He stands 1.98m, or 6'6".

 

Aston Villa are in talks to take over Zepiqueno Redmond. Redmond has an expiring contract in Rotterdam-Zuid and can leave on a free transfer if he does not sign a new contract with Feyenoord.

Some youngsters never learn the lessons of past failures.

 

Heracles Almelo want to sign Mimeirhel Benita on a permanent basis. He was on loan with them last season, and his position (RB) at Feyenoord is clogged with Read, Lotomba, and Nieuwkoop in front of him.

 

A Spanish site is reporting that Barcelona's trainer Hansi Flick is interested in Igor Paixao as an alternative to their first choice, Luis Diaz of Arsenal.

Other clubs apparently following Igor are Arsenal, Liverpool, Atalanta, Napoli, AS Roma and Aston Villa. His projected price tag is somewhere between €35m and €40m.

 

Everton and Sand Box side Al Nassr are both keen on obtaining David Hancko. He has the goods to play in the EPL, but of course Saudi side can pay higher wages. When the oil money runs out that country will have nothing but sand-filled stadiums and memories.

 

This is sad that Hancko who had been linked to Juventus and Atletico Madrid has decided to go play in the sand.
In my opinion he’s the best defender in the Eredivisie by a wide margin, and will be very difficult for Feyenoord to replace.

 

Paixao who I thought was inconsistent in the past had a tremendous season, and I can totally understand his name being linked with these big money clubs.
Feyenoord will be cashing in on the little Brazilian, and Hancko in the the next few weeks, and will also likely receive some good money for Milambo too who is in demand from Brentford, and these 3 transfers could well pull in 100 Million.
Recruitment for Van Persie will be very interesting to say the least.
Valente the Groningen lad is on his way, and he’s a pleasure to watch.
PSV and Ajax will rue their decision not to sign this creative talent.

 

The money talks loudly often.

 

Feyenoord upped their bid for Valente to €5m on an apparent "take-it-or-goodbye" offer. Not smart. I could see PSV or Ajax coming in with a slightly higher offer to derail Feyenoord's attempt at hard bargaining.

And FC Utrecht have made an offer to Feyenoord for renting, with possible purchase option, on Gjivai Zechiel. He has a €3.5m valuation and would likely go out on loan again next season anyway.

 

FC Twente has joined FC Utrecht in wanting to take Gjivai Zechiel on loan next season. That would be good for Feyenoord in that he would get high-level football and yet remain on their books.

Al-Nassr's initial bid for David Hancko is €31.5m with a possible €4m in bonuses.

 

Brentford's first offer for Milambo is €19m with options that could take it to €22m. Feyenoord were angling for €25m at least. Brentford are selling one of their players to ManUre for €65m, so we can see how awash in cash the EPL clubs are.

 

Feyenoord have made a bid for Brazilian striker Rômulo Cardoso, who is currently with Turkish club Göztepe. Feyenoord won't say what the bid is, but his market value is at €7m. In 46 matches with Goztepe, Cardoso had 22 goals and 13 assists.

 

More transfer targets:

Gaoussou Diarra, a 22-yo right footed winger currently in Turkey with Istanbulspor (second division), he scored 16 goals and assisted 3 times this season. He is from Mali. Feyenoord's initial offer is only €1m.

Yarek Gąsiorowski, a tall (1.92m) left-footed centre back who is with my Spanish club, Valencia. He wasn't a starter with Los Ches but may be in line to become one if they sell Cristhian Mosquera this summer. I am torn over this one. I think that Feyenoord would be a good spot for him, but wouldn't want to see Valencia lose him. But, better Feyenoord than any other club.

 

And a potential change in sportswear brand:

Feyenoord's clothing sponsor is in dire straits. British sportswear brand Castore lost no less than six major football clubs as merchandise partners in the past two to three seasons. A major setback for the new brand, which had the ambition to firmly establish itself at the top of the international football world.

Clubs such as Aston Villa, Newcastle United, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Bayer Leverkusen, Sevilla and Rangers FC have already said goodbye or will do so shortly. It raises serious questions about the quality of Castore's products and the future of the brand.

Frankly, Castore stuff looks cr@p and I would like to see Feyenoord go with Puma.

 

Feyenoord are trying to bring in a new midfielder to their U21 squad. Greek Giannis Bokos (18 yo) is said to be one of the greatest talents of his generation. He is currently with Panathinaikos FC U19 and In 28 matches was good for 15 goals and 7 assists. He can play on the wing or in midfield.

 

Spanish press is claiming that Feyenoord offered €5m for Valencia's Yarek Gasiorowski. Valencia rejected the offer but are in a tough spot. Yarek wants first team football, but with Valencia attempting to keep Mosquera, it would mean another season on the bench.

If they do sell, Mosquera, then I doubt that they would also sell Yarek. He is basically their 4th CB behind Mosquera, Tarrega, and Diakhaby, and played only 945 minutes in La Liga.

 

The deal is said to be moving forward with Diarra having already agreed terms with Feyenoord. Istanbulspor rejected the initial €1m offer, but will likely sell for a slightly higher amount.

Diarra is right-footed and can play on either wing.

 

Feyenoord offered €5m which Valencia rejected, valuing Yarek at €10m. Hopefully they can settle on something in between. Gasiorowski has the goods and just needs playing time which he would get with Feyenoord.

 

It looks like Arne Slot is going to appoint Giovanni van Bronckhorst as one of his assistants. Gio was last in Turkey. I wonder what will happen to Jean-Paul van Gastel, who has accompanied Giovanni on his various training stints.

 

Feyenoord have upped their bid for Diarra to €3.5m, which would be a record for Turkey's second division.

Feyenoord have sold Ilias Sebaoui to Belgian side Sint-Truidense VV, but they included a buy-back clause. The price was only €1m with the usual bonus clauses. Sebaoui had loan spells at FC Dordrecht and Heerenveen, but never played for Feyenoord.