2017/18 Davy Klaassen

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Sadly, one could see Davy's struggle at Everton coming. Given how weak the Eredivisie is becoming, one really needs to stand out in a way guys like Eriksen, Vertonghen, Suarez, Pelle, Wijnaldum, Alderweireld, Tadic and Davinson Sanchez did in order to have a shot in the Premier League. Even at 24, Klaassen never reached that level: Pretty allright at Ajax and competing with a bunch of other rather average midfielders for playing time on a not overly impressive Dutch midfield next to Georginio Wijnaldum and Kevin Strootman.

Having said that, I wouldn't write him off either. When adjusted to the physical and mental demands of English football, I can see him getting some goals in and hopefully riding the wave of momentum to arrive at a better place. Besides, it is a lovely fellow for the group; hard working, positive, understanding of what the trainer wants and just a model professional. Not a likely candidate to cause trouble in the dressing room.
 
His best game came when we had wingers on both sides of him. I think any of Siggy/Klassen/Rooney would benefit alone in a system with wingers. Sigurdsson and Klassen know how to play delicate touches in the box, so having runners would make a massive difference. Rooney excels at hitting players on the break. Not rocket science
 
Some journalist pointed out how many clubs were chasing him when we splashed 26 million on him?????
Last years Euro final v United he was bang on average in a game where it was men v the boys!
 

Sadly, one could see Davy's struggle at Everton coming. Given how weak the Eredivisie is becoming, one really needs to stand out in a way guys like Eriksen, Vertonghen, Suarez, Pelle, Wijnaldum, Alderweireld, Tadic and Davinson Sanchez did in order to have a shot in the Premier League. Even at 24, Klaassen never reached that level: Pretty allright at Ajax and competing with a bunch of other rather average midfielders for playing time on a not overly impressive Dutch midfield next to Georginio Wijnaldum and Kevin Strootman.

Having said that, I wouldn't write him off either. When adjusted to the physical and mental demands of English football, I can see him getting some goals in and hopefully riding the wave of momentum to arrive at a better place. Besides, it is a lovely fellow for the group; hard working, positive, understanding of what the trainer wants and just a model professional. Not a likely candidate to cause trouble in the dressing room.

I was hoping for this at the start but don't think he's got the ability to get into goal scoring positions in England. Defenders just seem to be a few steps ahead of him. Can't even recall him coming close to scoring for us.
 

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