In the past transfer period, a record number of football players have made the switch to the Netherlands. The KNVB reports on Wednesday that 211 players from abroad came to the Eredivisie or the Kitchen Champion Division.
In the past transfer period, a record number of football players have made the switch to the Netherlands. The KNVB reports on Wednesday that 211 players from abroad came to the Eredivisie or the Kitchen Champion Division.
It has never happened before that so many players went to the Netherlands in the summer transfer period, which this year was spread over two periods (July 1-July 21 and August 5-October 6) due to the corona crisis. The numbers have gradually increased in recent years, with 177 transfers from abroad in the summer of 2019. Now there are 34 more.
Within the Netherlands, fewer transfers were recorded than was the case in the last summers. 229 players switched from one Dutch club to another; this is the smallest number since 2013, when it involved 227 domestic transfers.
In total, no fewer than 661 transfers were recorded in this ‘summer’ window, despite the corona crisis. That is only nine fewer than last year, when a record number of 670 players made the switch to or from a Dutch club.
PSV caused one of the biggest stunts in the last transfer period by taking over Mario Götze. (Photo: Pro Shots)
Deadline Day is slower than previous years
Deadline Day was calmer than previous years. An important reason for this is that the transfer market in the major leagues was already closed on Monday evening. The KNVB chose Tuesday at 11:59 pm, because that was also the last moment when the clubs could hand in their player lists for European football.
In the last 24 hours of the transfer market, 32 transfers were completed, ten fewer than last year. TOP Oss was the last club to strike: the club from the Kitchen Champion Division managed to strengthen itself at 11:59 PM with Youri Loen.
PSV was also still productive in the last hours of the transfer market. The Eindhoven team brought Marco van Ginkel back, snatched Bayern Munich midfielder Adrian Fein and staged a big stunt by signing 63-time German international Mario Götze for two years.
