Newcastle United failed to land Feyenoord’s Nicolai Jorgensen last month.
Feyenoord general manager Jan de Jong has told Algemeen Dagblad that he doesn’t have any regrets over the decision not to sell striker Nicolai Jorgensen to Newcastle United last month.
The Rotterdam side swooped to land Jorgensen from Copenhagen back in the summer of 2016, and he starred last season, smashing 21 goals in 32 league games to fire Feyenoord to the Eredivisie title.
Jorgensen, 27, has scored nine times in 23 games this season, and looks set to feature prominently for Denmark at the World Cup in Russia this summer, which may just spark further interest in his signature.
Late into the January transfer window, Jorgensen’s future became a hot topic of conversation, as Sky Sports reported that Newcastle failed with a £15million bid for the striker.
Feyenoord stood firm despite Newcastle’s repeated attempts to secure a deal, and some believe that the Dutch side have taken a major gamble in refusing to sell the hitman, instead banking on a bigger fee this summer.
It remains to be seen if Newcastle even return for Jorgensen, and whilst the World Cup could work in Feyenoord’s favour, clubs may not be too keen to spend more than £20million on a 27-year-old striker with limited experience outside of Denmark and the Netherlands.
Now, Feyenoord general manager Jan de Jong has told Algemeen Dagblad that the club simply wanted to keep their best players at De Kuip, and there is no regret that they turned down considerable bids, noting that Feyenoord simply didn’t have to sell, so refused to.
“We wanted to keep as strong a team as possible and Jorgensen is part of that,” said De Jong. “We do not regret having kept him at De Kuip, otherwise we would have let him go. We did not have to sell him, so he just stays with Feyenoord,” he added.
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