Feyenoord director Frank Arnesen is fortunate to have goldcrest Cyriel Dessers, who literally came to De Kuip last summer just before the market closed. Just before the summer transfer deadline, the rental deal between Feyenoord and KRC Genk was concluded.
Dessers was actually on his way to Leganés in Spain. “Once there, Cyriel’s real estate agent called me: it doesn’t feel right here, is there anything else possible? And whether we were still interested”, Arnesen is quoted by Het Nieuwsblad. At that time he could no longer travel to Rotterdam. “So he went to a hotel in Spain and we arranged everything by email. Thirty seconds before midnight the papers were in…”
Feyenoord and the shared Conference League top scorer are now hoping for an extended stay: for four million euros, the rental deal can be converted into a definitive transfer. Exciting weeks are ahead for Arnesen. “I can’t anticipate things. The coming weeks will determine a lot. In the league we absolutely have to hold on to our third place. But the Conference League also offers opportunities. There is still a lot of money to be made, the winner can also go directly to the group stage of the Europa League. If we can achieve something like that, then…”
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