Feyenoord boss Robin van Persie named his son Shaqueel in a matchday squad for the primary time on the weekend – though {the teenager} must look ahead to his debut after remaining an unused substitute within the 4-2 defeat to NEC Nijmegen.
The previous Manchester United and Arsenal ahead, who was appointed Feyenoord head coach in February, was compelled to minimize disaster discuss after his facet slipped to a 3rd consecutive defeat on Sunday.
Following in his father’s footsteps, Shaqueel joined Feyenoord, the place Van Persie started his profession, in 2017 earlier than signing his first skilled contract in 2022.
The transfer got here after a two-year spell in Manchester Metropolis’s academy, which he joined in 2015.
A extremely rated striker, Shaqueel has educated with the primary group a number of occasions and featured in pleasant matches, however he had not beforehand made a matchday squad. Even with out stepping onto the pitch on Sunday, the event marked a major milestone in his improvement.
Feyenoord boss Van Persie named his son Shaqueel in a matchday squad for the primary time
Following in his well-known father’s footsteps, Shaqueel joined Feyenoord, the place Van Persie had begun his personal profession, in 2017 earlier than signing his first skilled contract in 2022
Van Persie informed the Excessive Efficiency Podcast in 2020 a couple of lesson he had given to his son to maintain him grounded, telling him: ‘Winners take management and look the place they will enhance’
Van Persie Sr has been keen to make sure his son stays grounded, evidenced by an incident a couple of years in the past when Shaqueel was enjoying for Feyenoord’s Below-14s.
On the automobile journey house, Shaqueel had complained about his coach and teammates after spending a match on the bench. The 102-cap Netherlands worldwide used the second to show his son an necessary lesson.
Talking on the Excessive Efficiency Podcast in 2020, Van Persie stated: ‘I informed him, “Shaqueel, you sound like a loser if you discuss like that. You sound such as you misplaced. You are blaming him, blaming her, blaming this, blaming all the pieces, however I don’t hear one single factor about your self.
‘”Winners take management, they blame themselves and look the place they will enhance. That is what try to be excited about. Ask your self, are you a loser, or are you a winner?
“‘It doesn’t matter to me as a result of I’m your dad. The one job I’ve, and your mum has, is to get you prepared for all times if you’re 20.
‘“You may make your errors, you are able to do no matter you need. I like you a similar quantity. It doesn’t matter to me whether or not you make it as a footballer or not.
‘”However you say that that is your ardour, so you need to take management of your life and cease complaining”.’
Van Persie stated he observed an instantaneous shift in Shaqueel’s angle afterwards: ‘I noticed this tiger! Coaching, working, operating. And I believed, “Okay, he realised he has to take management of his life.”‘
Van Persie has performed down talks of a disaster following his facet’s third straight defeat on Sunday
It has been a difficult interval for the Feyenoord supervisor, with Sunday’s loss to NEC – which included a surprising objective from simply contained in the midway line – marking a 3rd straight defeat.
Subsequent up is the go to of Celtic within the Europa League on Thursday, however Van Persie insists there isn’t a motive to panic forward of dealing with the Hoops.
He stated: ‘You can name it a disaster when you play actually poorly and do not present something. That is not the case.
‘We performed a incredible first half towards NEC. We must always actually have received that match. It is not adequate, and this is not Feyenoord, however each match has its personal story.
‘However we now have now conceded ten targets in our final 4 league matches, and that is an excessive amount of. And to lose the final three matches is unworthy of Feyenoord. What occurred was we misplaced a couple of tackles and had been sloppy.
‘However we now have to defend higher in our subsequent match.’
