“AZ has expressed a lot of appreciation and trust,” says Meerdink about his contract extension. “That did me well, so” plus five “, until 2030.”
Meerdink often came in the team last season as a substitute for striker Troy Parrott and scored a total of eight goals. The striker does not intend to give up the competition. “I want to show everyone what my qualities are. That is my focus on. Then I hope to do beautiful things with this fantastic club.”
The core group
Meerdink’s new contract is part of a broader project to bind several players to AZ for longer, says Director Football Affairs Max Huiberts in a press release. “Mexx is an important part of the core group that we want to keep together longer.”
Huiberts suspects that the striker will provide even more goals this season. “This season he has already shown a lot with raids. He is on the edge of equaling an Eredivisie record, of eight goals after a raid in the same season.”
“I think he’s going there and wants to work that he will do that from the base,” says Huiberts. That he will eventually become the first striker of AZ. “