Jordy Clasie in the Rotterdam Kuip, after the match between Feyenoord and SC Heerenveen in May this year. Photo ANP
Captain Jordy Clasie swaps Feyenoord for Southampton. The transfer of the 24-year-old midfielder hung for several days in the air, but now Clasie has passed the medical examination, his departure is final. The native of Haarlem signed for five years with the British club, reports Feyenoord online.
What constitutes the transfer of Clasie Feyenoord, the Rotterdam do not know. According to news agency ANP, however, it is an amount of 10 to 12 million euros. Clasie is not the first Feyenoord player who leaves for Southampton. Coach Ronald Koeman and striker Graziano Pelle went to him last summer.
Today the elfvoudig international trains for the first time with his new employer. About a week Clasie that as many as fifteen years played for Feyenoord, incidentally, already back in the Rotterdam Kuip. Southampton plays a friendly match against Feyenoord, in a sold out stadium.
In his new employer Clasie must fill the gap midfielder morgan schneiderlin behind. Departing after 7 years namely to Manchester United for an amount of nearly 35 million. Feyenoord is the successor otherwise already finished. The Rotterdam last month took Marko Vejinovic already at Vitesse.
According to technical director Martin van Geel Feyenoord nevertheless loses a “business card”. He says:
“After last season, he gave himself to be ready for the next step in his career. For him it is fantastic that he continues his career in a big league like the Premier League, but this is a great deal that all parties can agree in good. “
No comments:
Post a Comment