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Feyenoord organised a press conference at De Kuip to announce that they have offered a caretaker manager position to Wolves incumbent manager Ray Wallace on a temporary game by game basis until such time as a permanent manager can be sought. The club was thrown into a state of chaos with the surprising resignation of former manager Travis Buck who had done such a good job with the club steering them into EFL1. The club chairman said of Buck “He gave us stability when we most needed it, and we can’t thank him enough for all the work and effort he put into this club. His achievement in getting us into EFL1 was astonishing for a small club like this. It is just a shame that he fell out of love with the game and felt he had to leave. We wish him well and hope he makes a return in some form or another.”
On the subject of their new caretaker manager the chair said “Our resources here are quite limited and certainly not to the extent of the clubs around us, so we have no expectations that anyone can pull up any trees here. However, Ray has had some success in the past in a caretaker role at this level keeping sides up and even winning a trophy many seasons ago with our arch rivals in Amsterdam, Ajax. We won’t hold that against him though and hope he can get us back on track after a difficult week or two.”
Catching up with Ray Wallace after the announcement he said “I am looking forward to getting to know the players here, although I already know our top midfielders Melendo, Quinten Timber and main striker Pedro Goncalves from their days at Wolves. I’m hoping they bear no grudges for my transferring them to Feyenoord haha. Although to be fair they are in EFL1 and Wolves are now back down in the Championship so maybe I did them a favour at Wolves expense!!”
Transfer News:
In breaking transfer news it seems that the new caretaker manager has acted already to bolster the rather weak looking midfield. In comes 28 year old attacking midfielder Arthur from rivals Monaco and going in the opposite direction is 28 year old Moroccan striker Oussama Idrissi. Feyenoord had to add some cash to the deal to bring in the highly rated Brazillian, but he will certainly help the existing midfield of Spaniard Melendo and club captain Quinten Timber from the Netherlands. Ray Wallace said of the deal “Arthur is just the player we needed to give us a bit of stability and strength in the middle of the park. He is a very good player who will only get better once he strikes up and understanding with his new team mates. Yes we’ve had to give up a decent back up striker in Oussama, but we really aren’t going to be playing with two up top at this level and with our limited resources so it was a no brainer really.”
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Feyenoord organised a press conference at De Kuip to announce that they have offered a caretaker manager position to Wolves incumbent manager Ray Wallace on a temporary game by game basis until such time as a permanent manager can be sought. The club was thrown into a state of chaos with the surprising resignation of former manager Travis Buck who had done such a good job with the club steering them into EFL1. The club chairman said of Buck “He gave us stability when we most needed it, and we can’t thank him enough for all the work and effort he put into this club. His achievement in getting us into EFL1 was astonishing for a small club like this. It is just a shame that he fell out of love with the game and felt he had to leave. We wish him well and hope he makes a return in some form or another.”
On the subject of their new caretaker manager the chair said “Our resources here are quite limited and certainly not to the extent of the clubs around us, so we have no expectations that anyone can pull up any trees here. However, Ray has had some success in the past in a caretaker role at this level keeping sides up and even winning a trophy many seasons ago with our arch rivals in Amsterdam, Ajax. We won’t hold that against him though and hope he can get us back on track after a difficult week or two.”
Catching up with Ray Wallace after the announcement he said “I am looking forward to getting to know the players here, although I already know our top midfielders Melendo, Quinten Timber and main striker Pedro Goncalves from their days at Wolves. I’m hoping they bear no grudges for my transferring them to Feyenoord haha. Although to be fair they are in EFL1 and Wolves are now back down in the Championship so maybe I did them a favour at Wolves expense!!”
Transfer News:
In breaking transfer news it seems that the new caretaker manager has acted already to bolster the rather weak looking midfield. In comes 28 year old attacking midfielder Arthur from rivals Monaco and going in the opposite direction is 28 year old Moroccan striker Oussama Idrissi. Feyenoord had to add some cash to the deal to bring in the highly rated Brazillian, but he will certainly help the existing midfield of Spaniard Melendo and club captain Quinten Timber from the Netherlands. Ray Wallace said of the deal “Arthur is just the player we needed to give us a bit of stability and strength in the middle of the park. He is a very good player who will only get better once he strikes up and understanding with his new team mates. Yes we’ve had to give up a decent back up striker in Oussama, but we really aren’t going to be playing with two up top at this level and with our limited resources so it was a no brainer really.”
Word count: 508
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