DBasia.news – Liverpool has made Sepp van den Berg the first recruit this summer from PEC Zwolle. Liverpool purchased him as a long-term investment.
Still 19 years old, the Dutch player will compete with more senior colleagues such as Virgil van Dijk, Joel Matip, and Dejan Lovren. Van den Berg will also compete with Joe Gomez, the Reds academy graduate who has been in the main squad in the last two seasons.
Regarding the recruitment of van den Berg, Liverpool manager, Jurgen Klopp, was thrilled as the player was ready to take on new challenges in his career. Klopp gave praise to the attitude and what was shown by van den Berg in his first training session with his new team.
“Sepp van den Berg has extraordinary talent and now our team also has high quality. Van den Berg accepts this challenge, he is very excited to be part of our team and we are pleased with the attitude he has shown so far. “The first impression he showed was satisfying and we were pleased with his presence,” Jurgen Klopp said in a statement quoted from the official Liverpool website.
Klopp said that the recruitment carried out by his team can be used in the short and long term, and players have the opportunity to prove their abilities. The German manager stressed that the fate of the players in his team depends on what they do.