'Entire rows of scouts' watch Arsenal and Chelsea-linked Feyenoord stars

Willem Leijgraf

• Updated: 14 Dec 2023 11:09 GMT
• 3 min read

Feyenoord's match with Celtic in Glasgow was attended en masse by scouts from several major European clubs on Wednesday evening, De Telegraaf writes.

Attention was mainly focused on four Feyenoord players in the form of Santiago Giménez, Quinten Timber, Mats Wieffer and Quilindschy Hartman. The Rotterdam quartet has been frequently linked with the European elite in recent weeks.

Feyenoord played a dead-rubber match against Celtic on Wednesday in the Champions League in which the result could no longer change the standings of the group and which was won 2-1 by the Scots in injury time. Newcastle United loanee Yankuba Minteh scored Feyenoord's only goal.

Talent factory Feyenoord

According to the morning newspaper De Telegraaf, 'entire rows full of scouts' watched Feyenoord lose the last group match in the Champions League. All attention was focused on Giménez, Hartman, Timber and Wieffer.

The latter came on ten minutes after half-time, while Timber was taken off at that moment. The delegates came from the Premier League and five other major European football nations. This may include Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Portugal.

The interest in a large number of Feyenoord players, including the quartet for which scouts and coaches were in the stands during the match, is enormous. However, De Telegraaf writes that the Rotterdammers don't need to fear a January exit of their biggest stars. Winter transfers are out of the question, but the clubs present were already looking for summer reinforcements.

Due to his scoring exploits this season, Giménez has been linked to Tottenham Hotspur, Chelsea and Real Madrid, while Timber's name was recently mentioned as an option for Arsenal and Fulham. Hartman was linked by Italian media with a move to AC Milan and Wieffer has interest from Barcelona, Atlético Madrid and Napoli.