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Clear language Van Wonderen about youth players Feyenoord: ‘That is very stupid’

Former Feyenoord player Kees van Wonderen is currently head coach of Go Ahead Eagles. After the match against Excelsior (0-0), Van Wonderen responded to several topics that play a role around Feyenoord, especially the youth academy.

Van Wonderen does not think he will be at the helm of De Kuip within a few years. “I am not at all concerned with that, actually, that is not the case at all, actually. I am now working at Go Ahead Eagles. I am so far away from Feyenoord now. I understand that you are asking because I played there. and that your name will then be linked. I don’t see that happening anytime soon ”, responds Van Wonderen.

He still follows the club, and also sees that not everything is going well in De Kuip. He notes that it is a shame that certain things, such as the policy, are still the same as when Van Wonderen left Feyenoord. He takes out the youth academy as an example. “That should be the great lifeblood of the club. Training how to train the enormously talented players who walk around there. Somehow no players get through and that is a shame because that would be a huge weapon for the club. That is one example, but there are many more “, Van Wonderen concludes in conversation with RTV Rijnmond.

Van Wonderen thinks there are several reasons why this can happen. “The most important thing is that you make a policy on it, that you say: for us the youth academy is extremely important and we just want so many boys to join and play every year. Only by playing will you become better, then you develop. You have to meet certain requirements, but you have to give them a plan. Otherwise they will not develop, that’s where it starts. “

It is common knowledge that Feyenoord committed a serious mistake under former technical director Martin van Geel, by not participating in the football pyramid at the time. Jong Feyenoord did not play in the Kitchen Champion division, while Jong FC Utrecht, Jong AZ, Jong PSV and Jong AZ (and Jong FC Twente) did. “That is a huge learning experience for young talents. I also consulted a number of guys from the Feyenoord Academy with the question whether they would like to play here and some are very reluctant. I think that is very stupid. If you spend a year in the Kitchen Champion division. you really come back more mature, at a higher level. Some players choose to stay with the Under 21 of Feyenoord. Feyenoord chooses that too, but I do not think that is wise. But that is vision and policy “, concludes Van Miracles critically.

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