Wesley Sneijder is in negotiations with Fortuna Sittard for a role behind the scenes. The ex-pro from Utrecht confirmed this tonight during the football program Veronica Offside. Sneijder cannot yet say much about the interpretation of the position. “But it sounds very interesting.”
Sneijder was present at Fortuna Sittard – Excelsior last Saturday. As a former player of, among others, the Turkish Galatasaray, he knows star player Burak Yilmaz, among others, and he has many connections with Turkish (top) football. Fortuna Sittard is also led by Turkish board members Isitan Gün and Atilla Aytekin.
“I now know that it is a project,” said Sneijder at Veronica Offside. “I can’t say much about that yet. I am still in talks. I do know that it is something for the longer term, and something bigger. than just Sittard. More clubs are eligible that commit themselves to one package, including Fortuna Sittard. It sounds very interesting. Whether I get a role? Who knows, but the opportunity is there. I had a good conversation. Burak will not be in Limburg for one or two years, but for a longer period, and not just as a player, but as a kind of figurehead, also towards Turkey and perhaps other countries.”
Before the arrival of Yilmaz to Limburg, the Turkish star player already spoke with his former teammate Sneijder. “Wes told me that this is a modest club, but has deep roots in Dutch football,” Yilmaz said last summer.
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