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KUYT REVEALS VAN BASTEN ADVICE
Liverpool's new striker Dirk Kuyt has revealed how Holland coach Marco van Basten suggested he was 'too big' for the Dutch league and needed to move to the Barclays Premiership.
The 26-year-old sealed his move from Feyenoord to Anfield for an undisclosed fee on Friday morning.
Kuyt, who may be on the bench at Sheffield United but is ineligible for Tuesday’s Champions League game against Maccabi Haifa in Kiev, said: “Marco van Basten has told me this is a very good move not only for myself but for the Dutch team.
“He thinks I have become too big for football in Holland and I need a move to a bigger club. And he thinks Liverpool is a good club for me.”
Kuyt agrees with that view, and said: “It is a dream that a club like Liverpool with their history wanted me. The beginning of the week I was just stunned by things, now it is a privilege to play for them.
“I think my game is suited to England, I think I am a typical type of player for the Premier League.
“I know there is a lot of competition up front, but that is only good for the team. Not everybody can play 50-60 games a season.
“I have watched a lot of Liverpool games, I know Bolo (Boudewijn Zenden), Jan Kromkamp, Sami Hyypia and Jerzy Dudek, they can all speak Dutch to me.
“Liverpool is very famous too in Holland, so nobody has to tell me much about the club.
“In Holland I could make and score goals, I can do that here but I won’t say how many. The big thing is that I can be important to the team.”
He added: “Liverpool have been watching me for a long time, but now the moment has come and I am here for sure.
“I will have to wait for my debut, but I am so happy that I can play soon. I will not tell people that I have always been a Liverpool fan since I was two, that would be a lie.
“But I have admired and followed them, this is a special club for anyone to want to join.
“But I did get a special feeling when I knew they were interested. I have always wanted to go to England.
“Newcastle were interested, but the feeling about the place is very important. I have only had the right feeling here.
“Everton were also interested a couple of summers back, but again I did not get the right feeling about them. It was not important for me because I always wanted to play for Liverpool.
“They are a very big club, but a family too. They have history and they gave me a good feeling.”
Kuyt will wear number 18 for Liverpool rather than his shirt number in Holland, seven, a number he knows is very famous at Anfield.
He said: “I know my Dutch number is seven, and that is a famous number at Liverpool for people like Kenny Dalglish and Kevin Keegan.
“I am number 18 at the moment, but one day it would be nice to get my Holland number again.
“I know a lot of the Dutch players in the Premier League, and I can’t wait to beat my friend Arjen Robben when we play Chelsea early in the season.
“Ruud van Nistelrooy is a big idol for me and I have a great respect for him, it is a shame that he has left English football as I arrive.
“He had a great career here, top scorer in the league, a very good player. If I can have a career in England like him I will be very satisfied.” |
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