Mickey van der Pen has not only skills but also confidence.
Britain’s ‘Mirror’ published an interview with van der Penn on the 2nd (Korean time). Van der Pen said: “It’s too early to say we’re favorites for the title this season, but we’ll keep pushing and see where we end up because we want the best. We’re not afraid of any team. We’ll just keep doing it our way. “I’m going to play and hopefully I can get better than I am now and I can keep pushing.”
He continued: “We definitely want the Champions League because it’s the next highest level after the title. It’s the biggest competition, so of course it’s our goal for the season.”
In addition, “I believed in coach Angel Postekoglou’s vision from the beginning, and I saw the team quality and it was really good. You can see it on the pitch and in the training ground, playing with new players like James Maddison. I don’t know what will happen, but it’s a good season. “I believed I would be able to send it,” he said.
“The atmosphere in the locker room is really good. I think the whole team mentality was really good. We kept pushing, pushing, pushing. You might think it would get easier if the opponent got a red card or two, but it was good against Liverpool. “You can tell they are a team. Liverpool made it harder when they had 10 or 9 men on the pitch. But we kept pushing until the last minute and ended up scoring.”
Van der Pen wore a Tottenham uniform through this summer transfer market. Tottenham needed a left-footed defender to form a center back combination with Christian Romero, and paid 50 million euros (about 71.5 billion won) including add-ons to Wolfsburg.
It was a huge success. Van der Pen immediately took over the starting position and has played full-time in all eight official matches so far. And he is holding his defense strong while putting in fantastic performances. In particular, in the previous match against Liverpool, he blocked Liverpool’s quick-footed attackers well. Van der Pen left excellent game records, including a 98% pass success rate, 8 passes in the attacking area, 2 successful tackles, 1 clearance, 7 recoveries, and 2 successful ground duels.
Van der Pen fascinated Tottenham fans by giving a perfect interview after the Liverpool game.
BY: 안전놀이터