These are days of relaxation but also of reflection Jeroen Zoet is passing through Crete, where Spezia’s Dutch goalkeeper flew with his wife and children for the post-season holidays. With her contract expiring at the end of the month, Zoet is experiencing a moment of impasse, in which he still isn’t clear what the next step in his career will be. Among the very few survivors of the first Spezia in Serie A (with Daniele Verde and Luca Vignali), Zoet and his agent Frank Schouten are thinking about what is the second extension offer arrived from Spezia in recent weeks, which reduces the salary figures of the Dutch goalkeeper for bureaucratic reasons.
Next season will be the first season since the Dutchman’s arrival in Italy in which clubs will not be able to take advantage of the growth decree, canceled by the Government in recent months and which therefore changes the regulations on the taxation of high-income foreigners in our country. After an initial offer, Spezia increased the renewal proposal for the Dutch goalkeeper, which now grossly approaches the figures of previous years but which net represents a substantial economic downgrade. For this reason, the goalkeeper takes time and evaluates possible alternatives, especially at home, where the newly promoted Groningen had already contacted his entourage, the same entourage to which Spezia made clear their desire not to present a third offer for the goalkeeper’s renewal.
In meetings waiting for the president Philip Platekarriving in Italy in these hours, we will also talk about the future of the Spezia goal, which in addition to Zoet’s position also evaluates that of the twelfth, given the long injury of Gian Marco Crespiand that of Bartlomiej Dragowski, whose redemption by Panathinaikos seems closer, albeit at different figures from the agreements made in January. A department which therefore risks being revolutionized in view of next season and which will be at the center of the discussions in the next few days, which will definitively clarify whether Zoet will still be able to wear the Spezia shirt or whether his adventure in Italy has come to an end.
