In the center of the back at AZ, Peer Koopmeiners played the won exhibition game against Bologna (1-0) on Sunday. Last year, the Castricummer came to four games in the main squad and that should be more this season. At AZ, or elsewhere. “I’m talking to the club.”
Peer Koopmeiners has already played more than a hundred matches for Jong AZ, but he is not yet able to really break through at the first of AZ. However, the defender annex midfielder feels increasingly important. “I have grown.”
“Staying at AZ”
Trainer Pascal Jansen is clear about the future of his pupil. “He does his best to stay with us.” Together with director of football affairs Max Huiberts, Jansen talks to Koopmeiners almost every day. And the situation is now such that he has to compete with international Jordy Clasie especially in midfield.
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Patient
It is currently unclear where Koopmeiners’ future lies. His contract runs until the summer of 2025 and the transfer market is still open for over a month. “I’m generally a patient person, but at some point you have to speak up.”
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Koopmeiners will leave for the Bosnian capital Sarajevo next week with AZ for the return in the Conference League against Tuzla City. AZ defends a 1-0 lead there.