Feyenoord 2007/2008

Donderdag presentatie Kevin Hofland

Kevin Hofland is na Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Tim de Cler, Andwelé Slory en Luigi Bruins de vijfde aanwinst van Feyenoord voor het nieuwe seizoen.

Feyenoord en VfL Wolfsburg hebben overstemming bereikt over de overgang van Hofland naar Rotterdam. De verdediger had nog een contract tot 2008 bij de Duitse club. Hofland had zelf al enige tijd een akkoord met Feyenoord. De zevenvoudig international tekent een contract voor drie seizoenen.

Vanmiddag wordt hij medisch gekeurd en donderdag is de presentatie van de speler die in het verleden uit kwam voor PSV en Fortuna Sittard. Na Hofland hoopt Feyenoord ook Roy Makaay en Danny Koevermans binnenkort vast te leggen. De onderhandelingen met AZ over een eventuele overgang van Koevermans zitten echter muurvast.

What a day

NOS (the Dutch equivalent of the BBC) reports on their CEEFAX (teletekst) that Roy Makaay will be presented tomorrow (Thursday) as Feyenoord's next signing (assuming he passes his medical).

So who will we sign Friday? Koevermans? Perez? Samaras? Landzaat? would be dispapointed if it would be nobody, getting spoiled by / accustomed to 1 signing a day.

Ha! What a day....last year we had the worst tranfers you could imagine...and look at us now

There were always rumours...but we are Feyenoord so it usually stays with rumours. And look at us now

Even Perez wants to play for us again

Fey wrote:Ha! What a day....last year we had the worst tranfers you could imagine...and look at us now

There were always rumours...but we are Feyenoord so it usually stays with rumours. And look at us now

Even Perez wants to play for us again

It's amazing, feels like I'm dreaming.

Think the new found money is partly due to GKL's departure and partlydue to the hype around Drenthe. He's in the first investor player fund (with Bruins and a few others). The people who have invested in that fund will surely get a profit (part of the profit goes to the club as well).

Heard there are lots of people wanting to invest in other funds (each fund has approx 6 players). The 3rd fund is nearly full now. Well it looks like this is the way we can stay independent (and not owned by some foreign billionaire, who gives f@ck all about the club, but just wants a toy) get players and never loose money on them (we only get a share of the profit).

Seems after countless years things are going forward seriously. Kudo's to whoever started this scheme at Feyenoord (some other clubs started it earlier). Can't wait until we get our new Kuip with 3 rings.

Wow, Feyenoord have been busy in the last few days!

How do these player funds work? Is it fans who are investing in them and how much do people put into them? It sounds like an interesting concept and one that is presumably working quite well.

Sheffield gunner wrote:Wow, Feyenoord have been busy in the last few days!

How do these player funds work? Is it fans who are investing in them and how much do people put into them? It sounds like an interesting concept and one that is presumably working quite well.

Don't know the exact figure, but I think you need to put in something like 1M euro or more. Basically they find people/investors who have this kind of money (and feel something for the club, that makes it easier to convince them). They use the gathered money to buy players. In a fund (figures are guesstimates) they have say 6 players bought for 25M. If those players are sold with a profit, the investors get a share and the club gets a share. If they don't make any money, the investors loose money (the club doesn't). If 1 fund is full they set up a next one.

It's not entirely clear how much power the investors have when a serious transferfee is offered. That's the main trade-off. I know a few other clubs where the investors pushed the club to sell players, the club didn't want to sell. But I guess you can define the rules, the way you want it. Though the more benefial the rules will be to the club, the harder it will be to get money.

Most of the investors have some affinity with Feyenoord though. Could well be they just want something new to talk about at parties. "I've got a stake in Drenthe, or whatever".

Yeah it feels so unreal, I mean we are Feyenoord....Will the pain finally leave?!? I mean its never been easy to be a Feyenoord supporter but last year was even to harsh for the biggest masochists

Will we finally return to where we belong now? God, I cant wait till the next season starts.

And the whole squad is Dutch as well

Jona, maybe this year Feyenoord will do even better then Arsenal!!! Think about that.


@Sheffield

Its a risky investment. People can put money on our talents, and when we sell them they get a share of their money back+profit!

With this money we can buy experienced/quality players our team lacked.

That's interesting, I didn't know that you had this in place. To be honest it makes a lot of sense in the Dutch league. There is a lot of potential for sides like Feyenoord to sign talented young players for relatively low figures, and if they are a success to then sell them at an inflated price to teams in the bigger leagues, like the Premiership and La Liga.

Fey wrote:Yeah it feels so unreal, I mean we are Feyenoord....Will the pain finally leave?!? I mean its never been easy to be a Feyenoord supporter but last year was even to harsh for the biggest masochists

Will we finally return to where we belong now? God, I cant wait till the next season starts.

And the whole squad is Dutch as well

Jona, maybe this year Feyenoord will do even better then Arsenal!!! Think about that.

Yep amazing. We're certainly doing better on the transfermarket.

Fully agree with the Buy Dutch policy. Makes a lot of sense, no chance of a player not adapting, fans want players they can identify with & they're more used to the tactics we play. And Dutch players are good value for money.

Sheffield gunner wrote:That's interesting, I didn't know that you had this in place. To be honest it makes a lot of sense in the Dutch league. There is a lot of potential for sides like Feyenoord to sign talented young players for relatively low figures, and if they are a success to then sell them at an inflated price to teams in the bigger leagues, like the Premiership and La Liga.

It's also a good way to keep our own youth talents longer. Our youth academy is on par with Ajax now (until 10 years ago Feyenoord neglected it's youth development, it's priority 1 now. Really glad with that why spend millions on a single player when you can use the same money to train an entire team of talented youngsters. ). We need to keep our own homegrown boys as long as possible.

We just continue were we left yesterday...Feyenoord made an offer for FC Twente's EL Ahmadi!!!!

F€y€noord

Fey wrote:We just continue were we left yesterday...Feyenoord made an offer for FC Twente's EL Ahmadi!!!!

F€y€noord

If we go on like this Excelsior will be a midtable team.

jonathan de guzman wrote:

Fey wrote:We just continue were we left yesterday...Feyenoord made an offer for FC Twente's EL Ahmadi!!!!

F€y€noord

If we go on like this Excelsior will be a midtable team.

El Ahmadi can be a good talented back up for Gio.

Makaay en Hofland definitief naar De Kuip



In plaats van twee keer per seizoen tegen elkaar te spelen, zullen Roy Makaay en Kevin Hofland zij aan zij Feyenoord naar een hoger plan gaan trekken.
Makaay en Hofland moesten beiden alleen nog de laatste plooien gladstrijken. Onder meer een medische keuring stond een bezegeling van de dubbelslag van Feyenoord nog in de weg. Die laatste hobbels zijn genomen. Hofland en Makaay tekenen voor respectievelijk vier en drie jaar in Rotterdam-Zuid.
Hofland (28) komt over van VfL Wolfsburg, dat zich na enige weifeling kon vinden in het bod van Feyenoord. 'Natuurlijk is zijn vertrek een verlies', stelde trainer Felix Magath. 'Maar hij had de kans terug te keren naar zijn geboorteland en die kans wilde ik hem niet ontnemen.'
Makaay had over belangstelling niet te klagen. De spits van Bayern München maakte direct een schifting, want alleen Nederland en Spanje waren opties. Dat ondervond ook Werder Bremen, dat nul op het rekest kreeg van de Oranje-international.
Vanuit Nederland toonde niet alleen Feyenoord interesse, maar was ook PSV in de markt voor de 32-jarige spits. In Duitsland werd bovendien gespeculeerd dat Ajax en AZ zich hadden gemeld voor Makaay. Maar het is Rotterdam geworden.


Welcome boys!!!!

Serious congratulations. What left? A RB? A LW?

Hmmm we could use another RB, and an extra midfielder. I prefer central/Right.

Since 1888 wrote:Serious congratulations. What left? A RB? A LW?

Left wing is sorted imo. We could do with a right fullback as back up for injured Greene.

2 big questions remianing now:

who will leave?
when will Kaka and Ronaldinho officially be confirmed?

Another midfielder? You got Bruins, de Guzman, Drenthe, Gio, Hofs already. You want El Ahmadi?

jonathan de guzman wrote:

Since 1888 wrote:Serious congratulations. What left? A RB? A LW?

Left wing is sorted imo. We could do with a right fullback as back up for injured Greene.

2 big questions remianing now:

who will leave?
when will Kaka and Ronaldinho officially be confirmed?

Barca signed Henry at the right time!!! I think we could use an extra striker though, how about Huntelaar? I think he would be the perfect sub for us!

Apperantly we want that Austrian Linz!! We dont need a helicopter....we need a chinook!!!

Fey wrote:

jonathan de guzman wrote:

Since 1888 wrote:Serious congratulations. What left? A RB? A LW?

Left wing is sorted imo. We could do with a right fullback as back up for injured Greene.

2 big questions remianing now:

who will leave?
when will Kaka and Ronaldinho officially be confirmed?

Barca signed Henry at the right time!!! I think we could use an extra striker though, how about Huntelaar? I think he would be the perfect sub for us!

He wants another hat-trick at De Kuip against your boys , makes the game look so simple.

Linz, he's the Austrian who plays in Portugal with Boavista, isn't he?

Apparently he played well last season. Indeed, I believe Benfica and Sporting were interested in him.

Feyenoord mean business this season.

The Bulk wrote:Linz, he's the Austrian who plays in Portugal with Boavista, isn't he?

Apparently he played well last season. Indeed, I believe Benfica and Sporting were interested in him.

Feyenoord mean business this season.

Yup, but now AZ dont want to let go Koevermans! He is dying for a move to us though, so I guess we will sign that Linz as well.

Great times for us.

Feyenoord fans, you must be floating in the clouds with this transfer window!

kas wrote:Feyenoord fans, you must be floating in the clouds with this transfer window!

We are living the dream Kas And its fully Dutch as well...where do you see that these days!!

Makaay looks pretty imposing in that photograph. I wasn't aware he was so big.

The Bulk wrote:Makaay looks pretty imposing in that photograph. I wasn't aware he was so big.

He is not that big....Hofland is kinds small..

Feyenoord troeft Valencia af in jacht op Sneijder
29-06-2007

Nu Martin van Geel zijn faam als onbetrouwbaar kaderlid meer gestalte heeft weten te geven, gezien het plotse vertrek van de TD van Ajax naar Feyenoord, weet hij de sympathieen van de Rotterdamse fans al meteen tegen zich. Zojuist is op feyenoord.nl -het huisorgaan van de club uit de havenstad-, namelijk bekend gemaakt, dat Wesley Sneijder vanaf komend seizoen de clubkleuren van de club uit Rotterdam zal verdedigen.

Hiermee troeft Feyenoord het Spaanse Valencia af, dat al geruime tijd hengelde naar de diensten van de kleine spelmaker. Na het ontstaan van de nodige onrust onder de Rotterdamse supporters, kwam de nieuwbakken TD van Feyenoord deze ochtend met een persverklaring. Van Geel over deze opmerkelijke transfer: "We weten dat een overgang van Sneijder naar Rotterdam gevoelig ligt, en het is geenszins mijn bedoeling geweest, de Rotterdamse fans voor het hoofd te stoten. Ik kan echter vanaf deze stoel mededelen, dat Sneijder echter puur aangesteld is, om de stadionstoeltjes in De Kuip schoon te maken, na afloop van de gespeelde wedstrijden.

Het feit dat we in Rotterdam geld als water hebben, heeft natuurlijk wel meegespeeld, want Sneijder komt dit natuurlijk niet voor een reep chocola en een aai over de bol doen. Een goede sneer richting die smerige club uit Duivendrecht is echter ook een goede duit waard", aldus een goedgeluimde van Geel.