Feyenoord played no fewer than nineteen matches in the new UEFA competition this season. With the receipts from all nine home games of the Conference League, the club has more than 20 million euros left over from the Conference League.
The premiums in the Conference League are a lot lower than those of the Champions League, where Ajax collected more than 70 million euros in eight matches this season. However, Feyenoord’s successes in Europe are also good for the market value of many players.
Feyenoord has paid just 2 million euros for attacker Luis Sinisterra, who is in the interest of many clubs after eleven goals in the Conference League (including the preliminary rounds). The Norwegian midfielder Fredrik Aursnes reportedly cost less than half a million euros. Gernot Trauner came over from LASK Linz last season for 1 million euros. The Dutch internationals Justin Bijlow and Tyrell Malacia and the Turkish international Orkun Kökcü, who have also aroused interest in foreign clubs with their game, went through the youth academy of the club from Rotterdam.