Arne Slot is about to sign a contract with Liverpool and the immediate question is whether he should or will take players from Feyenoord to England. If Feyenoord’s current coach does indeed intend to do so, he should opt for . At least that’s what Cristian Willaert thinks. However, Anco Jansen does not agree with him. The former professional footballer believes that Wieffer lacks pace for the absolute top.
Feyenoord is in danger of losing an important skeleton of the successful team of the past two seasons. Slot will almost certainly leave for Liverpool and several strong players have been associated with a move to the European (sub) top for some time. It cannot be ruled out that Slot will take a player to England. In the broadcast of Football talk on ESPN The possibility was discussed on Friday evening. “I think Wieffer would make Liverpool stronger”, that’s what it sounded like on Willaert’s behalf. Jansen thinks differently about that. “No absolutely not“, said the former player of FC Emmen and NAC Breda, among others.
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Jan Joost van Gangelen is curious why Willaert thinks Wieffer would make Liverpool stronger. “If you look at what Liverpool is missing a bit with this new midfield… It does have creativity, guys who can play football. But in a different situation they always had midfielders who were ball grabbers, who took a lot of danger away from the opponent. They miss that a bit now,” says Willaert. “Mac Allister has that a bit, but Wieffer has that… If you look at his numbers. He is one of the best ball conquerors in Europe. Atlético plays against Feyenoord once and in the first transfer period after that they try to sign him.”
Jansen is not as convinced of Wieffer as his colleague. According to the analyst, Liverpool also already has a good ball-handler in Wataru Endo. “I’m not very upset with Wieffer. He doesn’t have enough power for me to… I think he’s a good player, but not for Liverpool. I also have a bit in my head, and that may not be entirely fair, but in his last match for the Dutch national team against Scotland I was really a bit shocked by him. And I know it’s a snapshot, he just had a really good season. But… I think he lacks pace for the absolute top. I think so,” said Jansen.
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