Last updated: Jan 6, 2026, 8:26 am
Wim Kieft expected much more from the careers of former AZ pupils Calvin Stengs and Myron Boadu. Both attackers, now from Pisa (rented by Feyenoord) and PSV respectively, did not live up to their potential, partly due to injuries, Kieft thinks.
Last Monday, Stengs appeared in the news again. The graceful left foot was posted by Feyenoord in Italy last summer, but Stengs quickly got injured there.
Earlier this week it emerged that Pisa will probably not use the purchase option in the lease agreement due to the injuries. Not for the first time, a transfer from Stengs does not turn out as desired.
“It all didn’t work out with Stengs,” Kieft concludes in the podcast KieftJansenEgmondGijp. “Do you remember when he and Myron Boadu were the capital of Dutch football?”
According to the former striker, it was not due to Stengs’ qualities. “He can’t do anything about the injuries, because he could play football well. He was phlegmatic, a beautiful player.”
Kieft also expected more from Boadu, a PSV contract player since the summer. “Nothing came of it at all. Always injured, that’s just bad luck. Then you get pointless criticism, but of course you can’t do anything about it.”
PSV picked up Boadu from AS Monaco in August for a modest transfer fee after Alassane Pléa suffered a serious injury. The single Dutch international subsequently also suffered injuries, which meant he only played four times on behalf of the national champion. Boadu recently underwent surgery on his knee, so he will be sidelined for at least another five weeks.
