Bryan Linssen feels right at home at NEC, who are fighting for second place in the Vriendenloterij Eredivisie and a Champions League berth.
\nThe 35-year-old striker once played for Feyenoord, yet he shows no envy towards his former club from Rotterdam South.<\/p>\n
Linssen, who represented Feyenoord between 2021 and 2023, will face his former club on Sunday. \u201cFor us, this is a fantastic experience; for Feyenoord, it\u2019s a must-win. I know how high the pressure is at Feyenoord. It\u2019s much greater for them than it is for us,\u201d he told Voetbal International.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also recognises that social media amplify that scrutiny. \u201cThese days, anyone can voice their opinion online. That can disrupt a player. If you\u2019re at Feyenoord or Ajax right now, it\u2019s no walk in the park.\u201d<\/p>\n
Linssen has been in that position before. \u201cI know how it feels to be constantly under fire. It\u2019s not just one talk show; there are 34 of them in a week, all mentioning your name.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI might feel good today, but if I play poorly three days later and miss two chances, that positivity vanishes and the narrative changes,\u201d the veteran forward explains, acknowledging the gulf between life at NEC and a top Dutch club.<\/p>\n
\u201cPlaying for NEC is very different from playing for Feyenoord or Ajax. Of the top clubs, I still find PSV relatively stable and calm. At NEC, the situation is entirely different. I don\u2019t read the comments myself, but I can imagine it\u2019s occasionally irritating for some players. Take Feyenoord, for example; I\u2019m sure they\u2019ve felt better about themselves at times,\u201d Linssen concludes.<\/p>\n
NEC and Linssen are set to host second-placed Feyenoord on Sunday. A win would see the Nijmegen side overtake their rivals, as Feyenoord\u2019s lead is just one point.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bryan Linssen feels right at home at NEC, who are fighting for second place in the Vriendenloterij Eredivisie…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":60547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[101],"tags":[749,199,26018,200],"class_list":["post-60546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-amsterdam","tag-ajax","tag-amsterdam","tag-feyenoord","tag-netherlands"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@dk\/116402116951385872","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/dk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}